Earlier Poems

Sunset comes earlier

Sunset comes earlier each day as the season turns to fall,
Harvest time soon will end and colder days embrace us all.

Rebuttal To a Poem Posted Earlier

I can't help but find it ridiculously absurd
when people call Biden a liar and a fraud
yet believe Trump is truthful with his word.
Cheering his fictitious claims, they applaud!

That man has spun so many webs of lies,
that he has to tell more to cover his butt.
Blaming others for everything, using alibis
that are nothing more than ludicrous smut.

It's not our Democracy that has failed,
but narcissists who want to act like a king.
He's the guilty one who should be jailed.
Alcatraz is closed, but what about Sing Sing?

I had no intention of being political again,
but sometimes lines are written that irk me.
I've no political affiliation, but I won't abstain
when some wing nut is on an anti-Biden spree.

The claim seems to be that Biden likes to rant
but who bellows and rages more than Trump?
It befuddles my mind, and I swear I just can't
comprehend why they defend that ogre's rump.

The Earlier the Better

In these troubled times, 
What should we be telling our children about life, 
That gives them the tools they need,
To navigate a path away from fear, 
Away from drugs,
Away from comfort food,
Away from thoughtless acts,
Away from gangs, and those prey on the vulnerable,
Away from all the things that lead to feeling,
Useless, hopeless, with anger frustration,
Taking them down the path of negativity, envy, jealousy,
Which can only end badly for them and those who care,
For them the most.

In these troubled times,
When we ourselves are struggling with the exact same issues,
It is never too early to talk about choices,
The good ones and the bad ones,
That got us where we are today, 
And made us the people we have become.

In these troubled times,
It is never too early,
To choose to talk about choices,
In simple terms, 
Emphasising our own struggles,
And how we would never have made it though,
Without support from others who cared enough,
To talk to us about choices and their consequences.

Yeah That Bit of Fur Was Itchy 2 Seconds Earlier Leave You Bore Me Now

Scratch
payback
for the clap
on the back
of the purring cat
as he pulls
the hand back

Sunday Poem Earlier Than Usual

H Holy Spirit, have Thy Way in me as much as with
O Others
L Loving Thee, we love Jesus: no difference, other than He was man
Y YOU ARE

S SPIRIT
P Please may I never grieve Thee, Spirit of God, Spirit of God's Holiness
I In Thee, Jesus gave us all we need in a world in love with itself
R Recalling at dawn I saw the great white owl, on the next roof
I I saw the clouds like mist around the moon, a bride. I, a bride of Christ
T Thank U for Church - human believers - is the Church, the Bride He died for ...

shalom, shalom. (Do visit a church, Bible-Teaching Church, it is His commandment per Hebrews 10:25. WE pray alone but in Community, too)

I Left the Convention Earlier This Year First Time

only the mind can stop gravity
the rotation of the planet and the seasons
when an event infects its knife in your flesh
and you look from you to yourself

you see nothing
mirrors are broken
the world is opaque
or maybe it 
only now comes to mind

in chaos you returned
waiting for nothing to age 
to die
to become something else
the first sign of life
another life

You have no idea

the landmarks hid their grief
the manipulation of matter has ceased
the clock stopped
you are in the middle of the balance
no gesture infulges with the expression of a breath
no matter how small
the meaning

you are the point that can start downwards sideways
you are something that is no longer
but what matters
in the morning you take it from the end
and thus you notice that
even the point is a planet
with the girls exposed to a star
today 
I am the electron that runs on a weak path
I do not know if I will fly into nothingness
or I'll stay in orbit
glad 
of the attraction of my old star
the unknown nucleus

Earlier Than Now

A-s the past is gone,
G-ladly leave it all behind,
O-nce present is here.

Form: Haikustic

Come Round Six We Eat At Four

THEY RECONFIGURED THE FORMULA
BY MAKING IT MORE FOR A TARGETED AUDEINCE.
TARTNESS AND SWEETNESS GO HAND AND HAND.
SOME PEOLE LIKE THEIR SWEETS THAT WAY.

1/2 CUP OF STRAWBERRY LIQUER
1 AND ONE HALF CUPS OF SUGAR
/3 CUP OF PUREED STARWBERRIES
1/2 RASBERRIES PUREED
1/2 INCH OF GINGEROOT PUREED
1 ROAST BEET PUREED
MIX TOGETHER WITH 2 AND A HALF CUP OF
CREAMCHEESE.
1/2 CUP OF PLAIN YOGURT

CUT A POUNDCAKE INTO LENGTH SIZED SLICES (LONGWAY)
MAKING ABOUT SIX SLICES.
USING A ROLLING PIN FLATTEN
PAINT WITH BUTTER ON BOTH SIDES
IN A OVEN TOAST BOTHSIDE OF THE CAKE
RMOVE FROM THE OVEN AND ALLOW TO COOL
SPREAD ON ONESIDE OF EACH PEICE OF CAKE
STACK AND
DUST WITH CONFECTIONARY SUGAR.
SERVE WITH BLACK AND STRAWBERRIES AND WHIPPED CREAM.

I Earlier Saw

I earlier saw a pixie,
small and pointy, thin
and cute, but the People
sauntered freely as
they crushed it
with their boot.

I later saw a mushroom,
home to many tiny things,
but the People, hardly seeing,
took the ground when
they had wings.

Just then, I heard bright
laughter, sounds of sparkling
chandeliers, but the People
liked pop music, poorly chosen,
for their ears.

I finally ceased my hearing,
shut my eyes so I fit in,
became one of the People
who crush pixies thick and thin,
those People, treading lightly
as they burrow in their screens,
People who have no idea
what any of this means.

Echo of An Earlier Time

A-n echo of an earlier time
N-ever lacks the memory; 
N-or does it voice nothing, 
A-s it tells a specific story.
L-et echo of an earlier time
Y-earn to whisper the sound; 
N-ever turn a deaf ear to the truth that you have found.

O-n the eleventh of September, 
N-ever touch the grime; 
D-on't deny but evaluate
E-ach echo of an earlier time.

Christmas Is Coming Earlier

Christmas is Coming Earlier
By Franklin Price
11/24/2016

Christmas is coming earlier
Most each and every year
Black Friday defined the movement
Made commercialism clear

If we keep advancing 
When the Christmas season starts
We will soon be back to Easter
And all that that imparts

Maybe the Easter Bunny
Could help deliver all the toys
Making Santa's job less hectic
To get to all the girls and boys 

Would have to change the mindset
Of that harbinger of Spring
To forget about the Easter Eggs
And not hide the toys to bring

Earlier

I haven’t heard the songs yet
But the trees are out for sale.
The autumn goods are off the shelves
And winter scenes prevail.

The stores are filled with ornaments
And ads are pushing toys.
Salvation Army bells will soon
Compete with city noise.

It seems that every year
The Christmas season gets here earlier,
Resulting in a population
Grouchier and surlier.

Earlier Days

Earlier Days
Written: by Tom Wright
7-19-2016

The sweet scent of remembrance,
Alternates between past and present;
As I summon thoughts of youth,
When time was ours,

I stare at images of life, as two, united.
Understanding that, 
The years can never be reclaimed, 
Just remembered;

A Young Life Perished, Earlier Today

There was a thing rolling on the corner of the street
Round, hairy, small, but not hard to notice
And a body, lying faced down on the corner of the street
So fragile, so young, so small, hard to miss.
I heard the scream of a woman, and sounds of fight
But there was nothing able to stop such a blight

That man with a butcher knife, heartless
Faking a good intention to carry out his terrible deed 
Such a chance for him, so divine
A young life perished in his hand, an eerie demise
Gave him the illusion of being a god 
Tasteless, lifeless, merciless, nothing can stop. 

Blood dripping, broken hearts.

I looked again, with curiosity
My heart began to break
After witnessed such an atrocity

A young life had perished
Earlier today, on the corner of the street
This world will never forget, will never forgive
Little light bulb, may you rest in peace.

Obama Has No Coconuts - Revised From Earlier Version

I've watched this bum that some call President - Commander In Chief,

He made dozens of promises during his first campaign and none he did keep,

Promised "CHANGE" on a grand scale and has only made this country worse,

And if you carefully look at his overall record can only be described as 
perverse,

War, terrorist plane crashes and illegal aliens by the train loads break our 
laws,

While this pompous fool flies the USA collecting funds for his empty lying 
cause,

This arrogant man is a flat out disgrace to both his White and African heritage,

When confronted with facing his rivals this no gonads leader cowers in his 
cage,

Imprisoned by an overblown ego thinking he can simply ignore his 
counterparts,

A failure in so many ways it boggles a mind how so many voters had no 
smarts,

Electing for the second time a low IQ Harvard graduate fooling lots of old 
farts,

So please Lord deliver us all from this despot before our freedom departs. 


Copyright 2014 Robert William Gruhn A.R.R.

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