Glancing at him from the window's glass,
It felt as though the railway had taken away his joy.
Sometimes his hard stares or into nothingness.
Being nouveau to the town; from my madam I heard his tale,
He was a miser with her, his woven bag of pearls.
Her Milkyway skin had an equivalence to jade,
Lips rosy from his unending kisses,
Even though she was his, and a peasant thereof,
Her garment smelled of class and nothing less.
His childhood had been a blasphemy, an abusive pa,
And a public town helper for a ma.
Famously known as a child bathed in blows and scum,
In his childhood he was pitied by no one.
More the reason he lost her to a forever moving train,
With the prince as its driver.
I must have hit an item to the floor,
As he turned to face me directly - grunting like the old man he is,
Wearily he headed back to the lovers' bench,
Where he once sat with his love;
Gazing and laughing at the passengers who had been left behind.
Categories:
herman, 11th grade, depression, hurt,
Form: Prose Poetry
His name was Paul Reubens but many people knew him as Pee-Wee.
He was a famous entertainer and he lost his life at the age of seventy.
When he starred in Pee-Wee's Playhouse, he entertained children.
Sadly, Pee-Wee Herman has died and we will never see him again.
He starred in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Big Top Pee-Wee and Pee-Wee's Big Holiday.
He had a small role in Batman Returns and people are sad because he passed away.
He starred in Mystery Men and two Cheech and Chong movies as well.
He made a mistake in a movie theater in 1991 and he went to jail.
But we should forgive him for the mistakes that he made.
Pee-Wee Herman has died after living for seven decades.
[Dedicated to Paul Reubens (1952 - 2023) who died on July 30, 2023]
Categories:
herman, celebrity, goodbye, memorial,
Form: Rhyme
There was nothing out there like it
When Paul Reuben’s show first aired.
To the Pee Wee’s Playhouse family,
No one else could be compared.
There was Globey (yes, a talking globe)
And Chairry (yes, a chair),
Plus a host of wacky others,
All with silliness to spare.
Cowboy Curtis, Mr. Window,
Blue-faced Jambi, Miss Yvonne,
Pterri, Reba, Randy, Conky,
Oh, the list goes on and on.
Leading all of them was Pee Wee,
Less a grown-up, more a kid,
Who delighted in his buddies
And in everything they did.
And the joy was so infectious,
Even parents had to smile.
(Also, sneaky wordplay for adults
Showed up once in a while.)
I’ll remember Pee Wee Herman
(Reuben’s alter ego star)
For providing entertainment
Filled with joy, though quite bizarre.
I was grateful, as a parent,
That with Pee Wee on TV,
There was laughter, now recalled
By both my grown-up son and me.
Categories:
herman, appreciation, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Herman heard me,
The howl of a nation.
Scourged! I was usurped,
And I was atomized!
Toivo came, a solemn tide
He contrived the paradiddle
That led to my autonomy.
Toivo, the inexorable current
That ringed a contrasting atoll.
Archracist criminalized him
Yet Herman endured unmitigated,
His heart never inuring to my cry.
His oratorical showers watered
The long rocky road to M21.
A sower of the seeds of hope
Andimba dispersed his ardour
Deep in the hearts of men
Ensuring the brave do not contort.
And when I was amorphous,
His sagacious parlance
Was perceived across oceans.
Toivo extolled my unsung features
And with his bellicose
He lit my torch of sovereignty.
Today, I am the Land of the Brave,
Because Herman heard me.
Categories:
herman, africa, appreciation, dedication, father,
Form: Free verse
Herman Cain
Purdue University gaud work full-time as a ballistics analyst and
the U.S. Department of the Navy as a civilian
completed master's degree Purdue
started working for Coca-Cola as computer systems analyst
later join Pillsbury, becoming director of business analysis
in its restaurant and foods group
assigned to analyze and manage 400 Burger King stores
Cain's success at Burger King prompted Pillsbury to appoint him president and CEO of another subsidiary, Godfather's Pizza. DO IT!!
4/26/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2022
Categories:
herman, analogy, character, history,
Form: Rondeau
Herman Cain was his name
And he headed up a pizza chain
No virtue signaler was he ~
Opened up jobs in the black community
Categories:
herman, appreciation, black african american,
Form: Clerihew
An old-fashioned modern Jew
He was brilliant, unique
Weaving the strands of tradition
Into best-selling novels sleek
A Navy man, aboard a WW2 mine-sweep
Mr. Wouk loved letters, his country, and
Talmudic wisdom, from which his works drew deep
Herman Wouk, the prolific novelist and
lifelong student of the Talmud, has
passed on to his Maker today, at the
tender age of 103. May he rest in peace...
Categories:
herman, death, jewish, literature, tribute,
Form: Ode
I sit here cursing at Herman Hollerith,
and his foolish punch card machine,
trying to make base-2 make sense in a base-10 world.
Now I can add and subtract as well as any man,
But peeking where I poked is really a hard call,
much harder than it looks!
Though I've received compliments for my two's-complement notation.
Some people even flipped their bits!
I have fond memories of bytes that flowed, making words into meaningful structure,
Though I must confess, that iterable data structures often leave me irritable.
Like objects of my memory, now dereferenced, though fail when strict'd
I also learned a few good pointers, which makes it easier I find,
if you want your look up tables to behave.
But I've also found that,
it's pointless pointing pointers where you have no address saved.
I never optimize what I have written clearly,
But I shudder when coded memory has leaked!
Oh no, t'was caught too late,
it's crashed again.
Categories:
herman, allegory, conflict, irony, poems,
Form: Free verse
Europe claims a lengthy list of lusty wars
One graced the Church with Brother Lawrence
A giant of a man, hated being dishwasher and cobbler
At a large monastery in Lorraine, France
After the Thirty Years War, intimacy with Jesus
Made him forget every pain, his lame leg, isolation
As he came to know and see Grace face to face
Practising God's Presence, inspiring every denomination
PRAYER:
If you are moved to, Let's agree in spirit, as we pray Matthew 7:7
For all who are in need of healing, to arrest THAT sinking sad feeling
And intercede for fathers, moms, siblings scheduled for heart surgery
All through this Marvellous Month of May, faith is revealing
The Face of Grace, ever giving, for some, Jehovah Rafah, Love Amazing
In the Son, as much in Father and Spirit: ever-giving Holy Trinity! amen
Categories:
herman, 12th grade, allusion, america,
Form: Verse
Saturday mornings were the best
How I loved to catch your show
Your high energy naughtiness
Your effervescence was contagious
Delighted me and left me in awe
Peeking my curiosity and
Capturing my imagination
So creative and quirky
Meticulously choreographed
Perky and hysterically funny
A surprise around every corner
I was way older than what
Anyone would call a big kid
But you made me fall in love
With the youth I never had
It shocked us all when
You let us down but we forgave you
You’ll always be a genius in my eyes
Submitted on
January 6, 2018
Categories:
herman, creation, fantasy, fun, imagination,
Form: Free verse
As every blossom wilts and every youth
Yields to old age so manifests every stage of life,
All wisdom and every virtue
Has its time, and cannot last forever.
At every call of life, the heart,
Wrapped in bravery and without regret,
Must be ready to take its leave and start again,
To embrace each new adventure.
For a magic lives in each beginning
That shelters and helps us to thrive.
Let us move calmly from place to place,
Clinging to nothing as if it were a home,
The “Age” does not chain or confine our dreams,
It guides our steps toward increased opportunity.
But homelike surroundings, creature comforts,
Tempt us to let down our guard.
Only those prepared to let go, to love revolution,
Have a chance to escape crippling habits.
Perhaps even the hour of our death
Will open fresh new vistas to challenge us,
Might life’s call to life be never ending then?
Let it be so! Heart! Take your leave and health!
Herman Hesse – From his novel, The Glass Bead Game
Translation by Brian Johnston
April 3, 2017
Categories:
herman, journey, leaving, life,
Form: Free verse
23 may 2013 8:36 am
Mathew Herman Vain
A child who had no name
Was killed before he was born
His cell from his kidneys was torn
Cloned and named HEK293
Those cells they use to satisfy you and me
They use it in processes to make vaccines
And process for artificial flavors obscene
He had no name as from his mother he was torn
And until now has not been officially mourned
I gave him his name so all will remember
This was a real child that science dismembered
So people can be vain
And glutony can rein
Categories:
herman, life,
Form: Epitaph
My old cat Herman sure looks like vermin
When we douse him with a bucket of water
His teeth start to chatter, gets mad as a hatter
His master, he'd sure like to slaughter!
With unearthly growls, slinks round on the prowl
For a spot to get back his lost dignity
Under the couch he retreats like a grouch
We crack up in a mood of frivolity!
One day we'll pay for this game that we play
Herman's gonna rip away at our flesh
With an unearthly meow, like a demon from hell
He'll pounce - his dignity refreshed!
So here's what I learned bout the time I got burned
By this human-like piece of machinery
We've now learned a truth, Herm does rule the roost
He's responsible for a change in the scenery!
© Jack Ellison 2012
Categories:
herman, funny,
Form: Quatrain
When we think of our friend Herman Weeks.
We think of a person very gracious and sweet!
He was always a pleasure to be around!
And brought laughter to his side of town!
From everyone that’s had a chance to meet him.
He was special! We’ll never forget him!
He was very humble, gracious and kind!
People like him are special! And hard to find!
We knew from the day that he met Snow.
She helped to make his empty life whole!
The creations and many things he made.
Were wonderful works of his hands displayed!
His service to the country and fellow man.
Is a beautiful gift that few understand!
Over the years, he’s brought joy to our hearts!
We’ve all loved him from the very start!
Thank you Lord! For blessing us from above.
For Herman and his heart filled with love.
We know now he’s in a better place.
Filled with God’s presence and his grace.
Our lives have been blessed to have him with us!
We’ll miss him! He sure has blessed us!
To Herman we give our hearts filled with cheer!
We love you very much and wish you were here!
By Jim Pemberton
Categories:
herman, death, devotion, faith, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
having not known
when he meet death
i find myself the last mourner
none the less
i have grief to shoulder
hidden tears
that have become bolder
as history becomes older
a time in my past
and often remembered moments
that made me what i am
my teacher, my master
words he would not understand
but Herman Ruff
was more than just a man
i was just a teenager
when God put me in his hand
with gospel music
he molded my past
i never let go of what he gave me
it still last
i take that talent and use it
where ever i am
that part of him still lives because
I Am
he put something inside of me
that said "I can"
i can make music
more beautiful than before
i can use my voice
to open hidden doors
i can make people
stand to the floor
with tenors harmony
that makes them beg for more
all this came from a man
i now adore
with words of tribute
that say i could have done more
some where up in Heaven
on the grandest of grand pianos
he sings
giving God the Glory
the way he taught me
Categories:
herman, friendship, inspirational, nostalgia, sympathy,
Form: Ode
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