I am grateful for never knowing
where my gratitude will come from day to day.
Today I happened on…by chance…
The words of Gerard Way
co-founder of My Chemical Romance.
Who said regarding the days and months
and years in life we are notching….
One day your life will flash before your eyes…
Make sure it is worth watching.
Always Prepared
Ready
Freddy
The Untamed
Feral
Ferril
What’s in Frankie’s Pockets?
Frankie’s
hankies
Patriotic Guy
Yankee
Frankie
Of the highest Quality
Fraser’s
razors
Small Eater
Grazer
Frazer
The Warlock
Pagan
Fagin
The Brilliant One
Star Glow
Fargo
Something’s About to Happen to Him
Herald
Gerald
Poet
The bard
Gerard
The Mimic
Parrot
Garret
Who Needs Pudding and Pie
Georgie
Porgie
Good Grief!
Lordy,
Gordy!
Best Things in his Garden
Gerrett’s
carrots
The Stoic
Steely
Greeley
What People Always Say to Him
Really,
Greeley?
The Generous One
Sharin’
Garen
Thrill Seeker
Gnarly
Harley
So Angry
Snarly
Harley
Embittered
Soured
Howard
Not Brave at All
Coward
Howard
What’s in Henny’s pocket
Henny’s
Pennies
The Pest
Vermin
Herman
What Herman Gives Each Sunday
Herman’s
sermons
Why Can’t He Just Stay Home?
Roamer
Homer
Better Than Ice Cream
Sherbet
Herbert
Get Him Band-aids
Howie’s
Owies
Nonsensical
Phooey
Huey
Always Amazed
Wowie
Howie
The Overly Sentimental One
Gooey
Huey
A woman in scrubs came to the waiting room.
She was wearing a pony tail and tennis shoes.
“GERALD!” she yelled loudly.
No one got up.
An older lady with pink hair and a floppy hat looked at me.
She shrugged.
I smiled, but she could not see it because of the mask.
There is a minute of silence.
Another nurse came out and yelled GERALD!
Several of us looked up and down at each other.
No one moved.
The older lady with the pink hair rolled her eyes.
A few minutes later the pony tailed nurse returned.
GERALD! She hollered.
The pink haired lady asked “Do you mean Gerard?”
Apparently she did.
Gerard was the old guy with the pink haired lady.
part 2 of 2
“How’s school going?” Annick asked later, moving some of my fly-away hair out of my face - a trace of the maternal in her solicitous fussing - but I liked it.
“Easy peasy,” I said, the lie warming me like an ember or black magic.
There’s no real sibling rivalry between us. Imagine you’re Beyoncé’s sister, what are the odds that you’ll eclipse Beyoncé? Yeah, it’s ZERO.
“Ha!” she laughs, “you are such a little fibber.”
“I am NOT,” I hotly say, but my defense is ruined by my laugh. “I’m doing ok - but it’s a lot,” I say, to erase the fib.
They’re ENGAGED!
I tried not to act stunned but I doubt I was very convincing. The news thumped me like a gust of wind. Suddenly, I knew. Our yesterdays were no more substantial than a story we’d read together growing up, that you can mourn and rejoice at the same time.
Otherwise it was a family lunch, although at first I was a bit nervous around Gerard. At one point Annick says, “What are you doing?” as the table gently quivered.
I smiled wincingly, “Making circles with my ankles,” I said.
Annick smiled knowingly.
We live our life not thinking at all
of how one day you'll see it in a flash
right before your eyes all at once
now today you can sort it but be not rash
Think back when you came on earth
with one certainty you'll leave one day
no matter what years you have in between
so make an impression while you stay
You really want to show you're on song
singing a melody that fits your tune
using all your repertoire in your display
make sure you are truly in prime
Years toll by and grey hairs come
look back on all that's gone before
make sure you've kept your integrity
be true to yourself within your inner core
So strive on in rest of your life
be sure you're worth the watch
remember who knows who's looking
so live to show no blotch
(Quote:
"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching."
-Gerard Way)
SCOTLAND'S MONSTER DINNER
walking upon the moors of Scotland i saw a sprite who
became a unicorn -- she mated with Kelpie: kissing
therianthropy --> she rode the unicorn: shedding her skin--
saltire!
I when to Restaurant Andrew Fairlie --
manager said someone got mutilated late last night -- upon the
moors of Scotland! Oh no!
Glad I ate Haggis! Sean Connery in drag -- like a werewolf
kissing Gerard Butler. Princes Street spending howls
shopping in the street in the capital! Edinburg makes
nice suits and covers all things of humans and beasts. but i
prefer Lothian Road in the west; near Leith Street! In the east!
oh ah Aaoooooo!
Like Lon Chaney drinking a pina colada!
:: 09.09.2020
Self-seeking combined with appetite
unsettles our global foundations.
Arrogant malice yields agony
as volatile as dynamite.
Diplomats dream up celebrations
portraying worldwide euphony.
Dazzling garlands line the street
winking past the gluttony.
Roses from all nations
scintillate, incomplete
harmony.
March 9, 2020
The last three lines are a quote: 'Roses from all nations scintillate in complete harmony' from A Rose by any other Name - by Maria Williams. My apologies, Maria, for altering the essence of your line. Scintillate may also mean a flickering, wavering, bewitching light.
The form is new to me, the curtal sonnet, created by Gerard Manley Hopkins
“Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature” Gerard De Nerval
THE SNOWY FIELDS
The honeymooners sleigh-shaped bed — a vase.
Arrange our starry souls, so sound awake.
O lovebird buds, fly free above our place —
Embrace the happiness of snow globe shakes.
The snowy fields of baby’s breath catch mine.
Its strong and downy spread of beauty soft.
O Winter glistens in my arms. The sign. . .
A million stars of love’s sweet light; the loft.
Date written - 10/23/2019
Writing Challenge, October, 2019 - Flower or Flowers -
Sponsor, Dear Heart - Wiishkobi Ode
These are the male names I rhymed.
It has taken some thyme.
Tome-Jerome, Guillaume
Richard- Redford,Clifford,Conuford
Willard-Gerard,Barnard,Cunard
Wilton, Parton, Clayton, Keaton
Wayne- Dwane,Germine,Jermaine
Rolland-Gilbert,Eabert, Delbert, Norbert
Ronnie- Johnny, Lonnie
Jerry- Barry, Gary, Harry, Larry,Geoffery
Derek- Garrick, Eric, Herrick, Fredrick
Raymond- Grimond, Richmond, Osmind
I Have No Name October 25. 2017
The morning seems so far away
We fight the waves of life
We're on our own in sight of death
Will we die, our final breath
The waves of death are high
Can you hear the children cry
We are different but just the same
No future, I have no name
I don't exist, freedoms way
I love my children, they slipped away
I had no say, go away
No possessions, that's what they say
I faced the waves in freedoms way
I want to live another day
The waves are strong in our fight for life
Sometimes we loose, in the dark of night
No goodbye kiss, things I miss
The morning count of death
The morning seems so far away
We fight the waves of life
Gerard McGeachy
I love you like a four-year-old
loves playing Hunt the Thimble:
I want you like Inspector Gerard
wants cuffs on Richard Kimble.
As Mork has eyes for Mindy, I
am crazy, too - no, loonier!
But, to ensnare you, I'll do "square",
like Efrem Zimbalist Junior.
As Elly May loves critters, and
young Jethro worships Jed,
I tell the world that you're my girl,
verbose as Mister Ed.
I seal each letter with a kiss,
just like I'm Brian Hyland:
immaculate in every way,
immune from dirt, or tooth decay,
you've never known a Bad Hair Day,
like the girls on Gilligan's Island
Next time it rains, close your eyes
And smell the color blue
So fresh and clean, the life it brings
The aroma of brand new
While they're closed, listen to
The music of her mood
Baby blue for lullabies or heavy electric blues
At times she feels icy blue, others warm indigo
But when you're wrapped in her embrace
You feel like a vibrant rainbow
We always see her coming
Dressed in clouds dark grayish blue
And when she leaves, she takes her blue
And all the other hues.
an original poem by Daniel Turner
painting by stricher gerard all rights reserved
NOT FOR CONTEST
The peace sign is a symbol universally recognized and venerated;
to some it means sacrificial death, to others gentle love instead...
shouldn't, its creator Gerard Holtom, have drown it with arms up
instead of arms down...didn't the ancient signs influence him a lot?
Whichever is the interpretation of this sign,
we all recognize it as love besides peace;
during the Vietnam War the fanatic hippies
used it to protest the deaths of young men.
From the day of its creation, when angered crowds protested in line,
it has become the icon of an Humanity that wants an end to all wars and turmoil...
then shouldn't it resemble the upward branches of a tree bristling over unspoiled soil,
or a teary, lonely child reaching out for arms to make his face shine?
"ROBERT GOULET"
Robert Gerard Goulet'
Singing love songs 'twas his forte'
As Lancelot wore ornamental panache'
Kissed several Guinevere's with sexy mustache.
*panache' - helmet
*For Nathan's Yesterday's Clerihew Contest.
*Sept. 24, 2012.
Oh,what can I say about you Callie?
I never expected to find a friend,as true and amazing as you.
My life was pretty bad before we became friends,then after we became friends-it turned around.
I now have a reason to come to school.
And on a even more serious note-gave me a reason to live.
I've never had a friend that cared so much about me,Or one that I could call my sister (or daughter lol )
Every time we are together,It makes my day a little bit brighter.
We laugh and talk loudly,Usually about James or Frank and Gerard, and we don't care who hears.
I love you,best friend. And I hope that we spend many more days together :)
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