¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ Miranda wakes,
Feels the sun ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ unwilling step ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
Shuddering to the mirror.
¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ Miranda's sight
Is old and gray and dirty;
¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
This morning she is thirty.
Shining ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ star,
¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ twilight shining,
Haunted ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
Miranda is a-pining.
Silly ¦¦¦¦¦ silver girl,
Draw ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ toward you;
Time ¦¦¦ makes the years to whirl
¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ he adored you.
¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ timelessness for you;
Calendars ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦¦¦¦ a year, or thirty, to
Loveliness made woman?
¦¦¦ Night will not see thirty again,
¦¦¦ soft ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ Miranda;
Pick up your glass ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
How old is Spring, Miranda?
(Blackout of A Lady Who Thinks She Is Thirty by Ogden Nash)
get a life and stop pretending
all your drama is never ending
it's okay to be happy and to smile
try helping others and go the extra mile
simplicity is the best way to go
instead of constantly going to and fro
so, take a deep breath and then exhale
all the negativity you must expel
you can do it, I know you can
and if you fail just start over again
Get a life, surpassing existence-birth
Such is God’s gift toward enjoyment bliss
Midst adventures with lessons not to miss
Optimizing strength midst well-being mirth.
Get a life, conquering survival plight
Thanking the Lord*, Source of gracious breath… blest
Along kindness in doing very best
Each day, serene with functional delight.
*Ephesians 5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
February 11, 2025
4th place, "That's Life: A Different Kind of Challenge" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Andrea Dietrich; judged on 3/2/2025
Releasing a
lost-in-city
Inland Taipan
into the wild,
the snake handler
exclaimed with joy
'go! get a life'.
Slithering away snake
hissed back 'you too'!
So God asked me smugly, “How did you
find the life I fashioned one for you?”
“Not very colorful, Sire,” I decried.
“My wife was homely and dull
My kids, mediocre and drab
I slogged, I struggled feeling ever gray.
An uneventful life. Unconditionally normal.
Methinks, you did a gross injustice by me.”
“Oh, shut the … whining,” God boomed.
“Just go back and get a life!”
Stop playing therapist and
get a life.
Insulting others, intimidating
them?
You bully, only causes strife.
You give me, some serious phlegm.
Who wants to post, to a dude
like you?
I made that error, and have copies
of your vain replies, too !
The nerve of you to tell my good friend,
"Pangie's blocked all comments?
Nope..only you...non- friend!
Creeps here, do not last long!
Suggest you find a new site to
go to and feign, your fake poet's
-therapist song.
Comments here are meant to be
positive!
Destroying other poets in open posts?
Is simply not your prerogative!
5-28-2021
this do for you
things do go wrong
mabe its hard to carry on
if you try do it right
you'll see the light
SO
GET A LIFE
The hours are like ticking bombs if you don't get a life!
John Hamilton: Monoku Madness
Aug 19,2016
don't lay on the ground
head hanging down
go to a new town
stand up and fight
you got rights
GET A LIFE
stop this pain
acting insane
you can still gain
just stand right
to see the bright light
GET A LIFE
Pay no attention
to Ad pop ups from Netflix
interrupting thoughts!
Conspiracy Theorists: Get a Life
By Elton Camp
Conspiracy theories are merely illogical rot
That says most events are due to some plot
But they never explain just how or why
The conspirators are so powerful and sly
Scholars generally don’t believe such a thing
Because conclusive evidence they don’t bring
Contradictory evidence is explained away
It was planted by the conspirators they say
Outlandishly false such beliefs are seen to be
Cranks or the lunatic fringe only can them see
“But our views are being coved up,” they claim
They’ve convinced others to believe the same
As true theories, these claims don’t go very far
Actually, it is only wild speculation that they are
The mainstream report always works just as well
And these “theories,” nothing useful do they tell
How many people to the conspiracy must adhere
And a whistleblower they never seem to fear
But someone’s conscience would be in fright
And he or she would bring the conspiracy to light
If they should read this, I know what they’ll do
“Look at that. He is in on the conspiracy too.”
Conspiracy theorists are people we should avoid
They are mixed up and likely some are paranoid
'Get a life'
arrow-words, jarring, ripping the womb
of reality.
and the entrails of possibilities gush forth
to form redemptive streams.
'Get a life'
Drill-bit words, tunnelling iron mountains
like a train given new life, like a train
given new life.
Shouted words
dashed against prior knowledge,
striking a fitting richochet.
The man in the mirror
picks himself up,
dons his courage and begins a new trek
on the trail of time.
well, here i am at the grocery
store looking at some
good food that i could
possibly cook for a friend,.
i wonder if this is what
my friends mean,
when they say........
get a life.
i am scared at the grocery
at 3 am and everyone
even the night employees
look like a vampire would
look.
i hurry up near the frozen
food and find frozen
biscuits with my
frozen breakfast
trays
slowly i look around
and pull my cart up to
the cashier and dump
all my goods on the
counter
now, i am loading
my car, by myself,
and wishing that
someone would
come over and cook
these things for
me.
hey guys is this a
life......somehow
i thought i would
be more exciting.
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