Our Nation in Gaiety
04/19/2015
Listen!
Hey,
Jamie,
You got to understand,
Rob was so devastated,
Hmmm!
Right on,
See this is the situation,
My old lady,
I'm not doing this!
Reise, Reich, Renae
Is anyone still quick on your toes?
How many days in repeat?
All sound is contained in my auditory canal.
Where is yours?
Frontal lobe overhaul equals Mental Illness.
Oh and gun control to the max!
JRR
She awoke to dawn’s crispy rising,
her head filled with tasks for the day
and what she found surprising,
the time was here, come what may.
The eventful night must be perfection.
It was in the planning for ages.
Each detail sans objection,
having gone through many stages.
This graduation was like no other,
her eldest son with top honor.
Recalling his small voice, “Mother”,
a melancholy fell upon her.
The evening came, a noted benchmark.
The gaiety of youth lit the sky with dreams,
each other’s thought became hope’s spark.
A mother’s tears glittered down in streams.
The original purpose of Planet Earth
Over four billion years ago since its birth
Was peace and harmony
Without conflicts constantly
Only extreme happiness gaiety and mirth
What in hell happened???
The original purpose of Planet Earth
Over four billion years ago since its birth
Was peace and harmony
Without conflicts constantly
Only extreme happiness, gaiety and mirth
What the hell just happened???
The original purpose of Planet Earth
Over four billion years ago since its birth
Was peace and harmony
Without conflicts constantly
Only extreme happiness, gaiety and mirth
What the hell happened???
a baby is true gaiety in human suit
I love you with my entire heart
Feeling your devotion
Basking in my arms, my dear one
Revere me through
Everything, that is in you
The spirit of your beauty
Under this summer gaiety
Time of upbeat, and fun enjoyment
Amid crown of lights brilliant
Illuminates all things, considered
With quiet night devoted
Murkiness flies, and all is light
You twinkle in the night
To hear you murmur, sweetly, smart
I love you with my entire heart
leaves fall on the ground,
dancing, Oh, glistening!
on the grass carpet.
The original purpose of Planet Earth
Over four billion years ago since its birth
Was peace and harmony
Without conflicts constantly
Only extreme happiness, gaiety and mirth
What the hell happened???
© Jack Ellison 2015
Take my senses away
Make me crazy,
Stir some memories
Make a story;
Oh, Love me to death,
Give me a life then kill me.
Show me the way
Then lead me astray,
Enrich me with love
Then waylay me;
Be my friend, betray me,
Be my God, bedevil me.
Let's congregate in a tavern
Worship in this safe haven,
Follow no faith
Pander to no priest;
Let's hobnob with the angels,
Befriend the demons on the sly.
Drag my soul through the desert
Then carouse there in an oasis,
Set me ablaze with your passion
Then douse it with your sweat;
Let's sleep on a bed of cactuses
And thumb our noses at the heavens.
Ha, let's grow up
And just kid around,
Lie down in a grave
And wake up in a cradle;
Let's usurp the world from Atlas
And rattle the hell out of its core!
~A Strand (1047) contest
~Sponsor: Brian Strand
A parade of virginal buds peep in delight
Feasting on the wonder of spring reborn
Dressed in purple, orange and red sunlight
The rhapsody of garlands kindles new dawn
As crimson sky rolls the hues upon thirsty lawn
Swelling with April’s vow of cherished flings
When passion beams long after hours fade to dusk
And each burst of gaiety blooms on firefly wings
Enticing one radiant day to strip clouds’ husk
With pleas for an extended spring, do we dare to ask?
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for Brian Strand
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