Sing to me, sing to me
Now and for eternity
I'll play for you, play for you
Heart and fingers, one from two
You give, I'll take; you take, I'll give
And together out of time we'll live
And walk forever I with you
Voice and fingers, one from two
Categories:
jorum, i love you, inspirational
Form: Rhyme
THE JOYS OF OUR MOTHER
Before Eko learn how to pronounce his name,
Let him learn to brother his brothers
And the older brothers from broader brother too.
For this is the way of the soldier-ants
Who will never bid a bleeding brother by the border.
Right from 1914
When our mothers bled out tears from their pristine vagina,
Till the early sixties
When our big uncles
fought a viscous battle with the European battalions
To ensure our liberty;
We've been here tangoing.
And now, let the dance continue
And the music knows no stop.
For together, we drank the frowzy portion from Nigeria
When the 'Long-Noses' sell their language to us.
Oh! I'll keep calling my brother's name with it
And my brothers, mine.
The warm-fuzzies of drinking in this jorum
Shall be; when a load is to be carried,
The whole fingers lend in their strength.
The broom never sweep with a stick.
The soldier-ants never barricade with just a soldier
So, when I answer my brother's name
And he answers mine too,
Mother will nod from her grave
"These are my sons".
And our voice shall pierce through the desert wind
To take our message to gods who feed on children skull.
Categories:
jorum, africa, allegory,
Form: Ode
Blue Moon Tears--a love spell
In days to come, two hundred year,
The Blue Moon rises...catch its tear
Within a silver jorum sphere...
Then add to it from this list here:
Rose petals soft: one pink...one blue
Narcissus stars (at least add two)
One bleeding heart, bright red will do
Add stardust, half a cup, (if new)...
Daisy, aster, blue iris, too
Hydrangea petals, (also blue)
Blue hyacinths and lilacs, dew...
Lily of the valley and yew,
(Young shoots and berries' flesh)--a few.
Queen Anne's Lace...a tulip to woo
Rose petals, (white)...before you're through
Peonies for healing: add two.
Now you must mix it in the sphere
Beneath the moon...and with its tear.
Aloft each charm will disappear
Among the stars...as moonbeams peer.
And all the world will be made right
You'll break the curse of hate this night.
1.30.2017©deborah burch
Couplets
For Lewis Raynes' "A Love Spell" contest
*note
Each item bears significant qualities
For love, healing, rebirth, and more
And can be explored under any google topic
On flower meanings (if you don't have a book
Or prior knowledge) ;)
Categories:
jorum, allegory, fantasy, love,
Form: Couplet
Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk
Know Your Onions
Hey there Big Cheese
I think you are the bee’s knees
Not a bluenose or a flat tire,
But, ooh hardboiled & too Oliver Twist to resist
Let us skip the youths' rub & head far removed from the petting pantry
Share a jorum of skee at the local speakeasy
Now we are on the trolley!
Let us slowly ankle to the joint
I’m a copasetic-bearcat
Watch my gams, catch my point?
Oh hepcat I’ll get your handcuff or
This darb Sheba’s bank is closed for someone else
Butt me, you spiffy sheik
Cuz I’m stuck on you bimbo
Unleash
Know your onions & manacle this
Choice bit of calico,
You know you can’t resist
Then and then only will you wield me to your struggle buggy and
We’ll be jake!
The cat's pajamas!!
Berries!
Sunshine Williams
1920’s Slang
Categories:
jorum, boyfriend, cool, funny, history,
Form: Free verse