Eccentric
Journey of the Black Woman
Life and Times of African Queens
Sheer beauty, Wit and Strength
Destiny comprised
Eyes propel truth
African Queens know what they want
Turning negative approaches into opportunity
Tribal Accent
Tribal Heritage
African tribute
Essence from the skies
Standing alone
Enterprising paths through the branches of success
Mercy and Grace that follow
Determinations showing courageous and no fear
Through the airs of assurance
Action of preserver
Mission to transform
Transitional Spirit
Permission granted
Impact from detail
Sunshine casting the spotlight
Charm every step of the way
Golden treasure
Committed to tomorrow in agenda to complete
Not thinking defeat nor will retreat
Standing firm on affirmative
African Queen walks in the sunsets in what accomplishments that were done
Challenges through the objectives
Walking in what destiny calls
Falls but gets up
No time for pity having everything to gain
Helping a world to understand a African Queen’s value
Commodity assured
Pursue in succeed
African Queens developing a creed.
It’s lonely here, at the top,
the manure high and much
to shovel; fertilizer on sale
today! My family business,
hauling and distributing animal,
fecal slop – pungent every
route and obligatory stop...
Quite enterprising to make
good use, of what they eat
and freely let loose --
all nature born to recycle --
?~Wonder if the soul resents what it knows,
the scented consumption of bodies kills
what it grows --
knows what it uses (a generation)
to make love and
strife (life the fickle-begetter of life)
leaves from behind such an
odious spice… Clouds form,
sky spits and rains – man eats,
drinks, sh’ts on all mountains,
in seas on rolling plains. Seems,
no-matter what man produces
involves decay and pile of stink --
When God planned His evolving nature,
did He perhaps have occasion to burp, pinch His Nose,
fart and blink?
Paper started it off
Put down in front waiting for the Poet to write
The Poet was thinking in what to compose
The pen itself was in the Poetic’s hand
The paper and the pen were encouraging the Poet’s mind
They became a team in starting progress
Suddenly, the Poet came up with a concept Theme, “Logical Esteem”
Through the parallel of the open mind
Pulled like a theater curtain
The assembly of words and sentences like an orchestra
Essence smooth and serene
Aligning keen eyes with a metaphor idea
Minds, Rivers, Valleys and Lakes on the Poet’s mind
Bayou reflections being the thought
Crystal clear images
The Pen being creative
The Poet thinking selective
Wise above
Inspired below
Connecting each alpha letter serving a purpose and reason
“Rhetoric, Objective and Preserver”
The source being a Poet
Illustrating the core and showing it.
His name is Lou, he’s a frog who reads in bed
His parents live down in the old Swamp homestead
They have taken his books and burned them too
But he keeps finding books, this enterprising Lou
Something is wrong with him, his parents lamented
He should be focused on flies, loopy and fermented
Books is for people, he needs no education at all
His only true calling is to lap gnats and bugs from a wall
Right in the middle of a massive
Walmart parking lot
An enterprising young lady
preyed on cars in a most unusual way
Weaving in and out of crowded lanes with consummate skill
she soaped up every windshield for free - no charge - no bill
Her calling card sticking out from the wipers at a hyper-extended angle
she fully expected to cash in on her ludicrous finagle…
But alas and alack, her business was about to go ka-plooey
For just as she sponged extra soap on her two-hundredth car
The sheriff of the town approached her, trying not to grin
“If you wipe down all them windshields, darling
~ ~ I may not put you behind bars”
Tempo Distinction
Energized skies
Enterprising praise
Descend in the stature
Rhythm of the wise
Beat by beat
Legacy retreat
Dancing in bare feet
Warmth from the sun
Survival honor
Native land tongue
Ancestry spiritual rejoice
Heaven’s delight
Inspiring breezes
Breed of value
Slave once never again
Strength and Endurance
Drum beat
African pride
Spiritual uplift.
A world I thought being enterprising
Never once realizing
Once had a job
Laid off being nobody fault
Landlord evicted a tenant out
Living on a city street
The pavement no one wants to be
Stuck in defeat
Must step on my two feet
All alone
No family
No shelter
Courage to muster
Settling in
Totally broke
Homelessness is no joke
No longer having an official address
In my own stress
Never knew homelessness before
Used to see people and just ignore
In the circumstance for sure
A lesson to learn
For grace it is now me
Now I know how homelessness feels
Feeling it and it is for real
Society is not your friend
Cover up being pretend
Cold and frustrated
The happening for a reason
Be careful in what you think
Open door wonder
Devasted
Homelessness could be you.
I am a most well-balanced kid,
so why did I do just what I did?
Flunked from pre-school for one ride
in a Red Ryder wagon on the slide.
True, I am an enterprising tike.
So, I strapped the wagon to a bike.
I charge a reasonable price (one quid)
for every ride and every kid.
When it was time to take a nap,
I told Miss Hot Stuff to shut her yap,
and cut her in on the action,
much to her satisfaction.
So, Mister Principal, my friend,
I propose a happy end.
I wouldn't want to see any trouble.
I'll take my place back on the double.
Thanksgiving Day being the same old routine
As a Turkey, it makes them mean
Fork and Knife
Turkey Find
Butterball type
Turkey ax
Dig in feast eat
Year after year same drill
The Turkey being the one to fulfill
Woo’s me no more
As Turkey Freddie says, he’s hitting the road
Greyhound bus bound
Inspirated and encouraged sound
Traveling away from Thanksgiving Day scene
No cutting on me
New horizons being the enterprising frontier
Vacation laid back
Sunny Florida
Embracing the Florida sun
Nothing but sheer fun
Soaking up the beach, and no thought of Thanksgiving among
Peace and tranquility
Refreshing reality
Other Turkeys can Gooble Gooble if they want to
Calm relaxing thoughts
Having no dive of the folk and knife
Making sure I stay lean
Let the folks at dinner tables be mean
Turkey Freddie will be working on his tan
Thanksgiving folks are not his fan
While cut shall be done on Turkey Freddie
Oven away
Busy on a getaway
Turkey Freddie eat won’t be seek.
Lemonade is easy, I keep the lemons on my hat
We liked this enterprising chap, gnome named Matt
I pull them off when I need them if I start to run out
Smart gnome for sure, selling lemonade on the parade route.
He was a gumptious enterprising chap
To his monetary endeavors, I gave a simple clap
He developed a brand-new computer app
It pointed out a lucrative treasure map
Why didn’t he go broke? Asked my pal Hap
Because he then invented a tasty wrap
And a guard dog that gives you a zap
He was a gumptious enterprising chap
Despite the fear mongering
(phony news) (Socialist Blues)
American's economy is doing
well – not, in a hand-basket,
going to hell. Today's new
jobs report, 228,000 created,
America being resuscitated --
(Sorry for tariffs, no other choice)
(Capitalist’s again have an enterprising
sane voice)
(Despite Socialist Boos, by adopting
Free-trade World Economies will all
prosper~ and not lose!)
Those corrupt closer to home,
The little man is no-longer your
manipulated cash-cow – we had
sense of being ripped off~ Musk,
is only showing us, by who and
how.
optimistic coral youthful polliwog
sat on the verdant fern in the bog
rain dripping off his smooth leaf umbrella
he is such an enterprising fella
The new Secretary of the HHS?
How did we ever get into this mess?
'Twas when into RFK Jr's brain it strode,
an enterprising nematode.
ROLE REVERSAL
A most enterprising canary
Always found the cat very scary
So to turn a new page
Shut the cat in the cage
It’s the cat’s turn now to be wary
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