Jump Poems

Dong Zhongshu, 179-104 BC

If you've a yen
(it's not zen)
you may bet your bottom dollar
while integrating yin yang cosmology
Chinese philosopher and scholar
Dong Zhongshu
(good old you know who)
favoured heaven worship results
over and above traditional cults
altho' a man well-read
he often wrote instead
yet to avoid confusion
knowingly said, 'Jump to assumption,
arrive wrong conclusion.'

Jump for Joy

Jump for joy, not my knees,
but in the Spirit with ease.
Jump for joy, Hallelujah!
View King of glory with awe.
Jump for joy all my days.
Floodgates of heavenly praise.
Though the flesh is weak,
in quiet & quickened hymns I speak.
Jump for joy, my shadow all,
then with faithful love I fall.
I bend, I bow - His glory seek.
A little

Running Jump

in a field 
under a tree
lies a pile of leaves
and a rake
and now
a running jump
I'll take

jump already

The cattails and frogs were less than amused today
By mallard duck, dressed so weird down by the bay
Duck named Tuck was getting ready to dive
Bees laughed at him, and raced back to their hive

Damselflies and dragonflies flitted around merrily
They liked ducks who acted silly and prissily
Did you see his suit? It is from way back

The high jump would be totally different

See if there was an Olympic Games for drugs

Would the use of every drug be expected 

All the MJ athletes still at the starting position
in an endless loops of yeah are you alright
72 hours after the gun went
Might have to call it a draw

Ever coke cola fans disqualified for false starts
That guy hit a satellite

Valleys to Jump Into: An Epilogue

he never learnt to fight back
he never learnt to give up as well
he climbed the mountains
with a weight on his back
he jumped from the mountains
and into the valley
but still survived
living a life
with no place to die

i recall the last words
he died fighting bravely in the war
a child born under dark clouds
you were never the problem
i

Joyful Jump

K-angaroos
R-arely
I-gnore
S-ummer's
T-ender
I-nvitation,
L-eaping
L-ightly,
E-xhuberantly
 
M-aking
A-ll
R-adiant,
G-limmering,
A-nd
R-efreshing
E-cological
T-reasure,
T-hen
E-njoying

G-reen
E-arth's
R-ich
O-utdoor
N-ature
I-n
M-eadow's
O-penness

©bfa060225
Monocrostic (Birthday of Kristille Margarette Geronimo)

Where Buffalo's Jump

Politics & Religion
boneyard 
of existence
Power & Corruption
misleading
in kind
Promising & Deceiving 
legislation
and dogma
Politics & Religion
deathtrap 
— for mankind


(The New Room: June, 2025)

707 BRONX JUMP

A street beat… no, a clave/ not just one, but a chorus of Cuban souls, whispering stories of sun-drenched streets/ sugar cane rum, and women of the streets/ Conga lines in the neighborhood/ Fidel Castro and baseball/
Mongo Santamaria, Chucho Valdes, and Perez Prado/ 
   rumba and rebellion, history in their pulse/ then a

A hop, skip, and jump away

I treasure the moments
when my eyes catch an animal
hopping through a field of flowers 
or even just a plain field.

In my headspace,
I metaphorically become both
the field and the rabbit.

Jumping through a field of flowers
feels like an intrusive jubilation
a sudden burst of hope,
a quiet sign that all will be well.

But a plain field speaks differently.
It feels

Let's Do The Chicken Splash Together

What are you all quacking about!
A little rain never hurt anyone!
Let's do the chicken splash together.

No raincoats or umbrellas are needed,
just a ducky spirit with attitude.
Do not reply if you are afraid to get wet,
or if you want to be a bore.

Now for some rain fun!
Put your right web foot in,
now put your left wed

Let’s See Who Can Jump the Highest

Ariana shrugged, taking her turn,
trying to beat his rebound.
Josh clapped and mocked her,
his grimace ringing through the pinball.

Josh pulled a satellite
and held it to the wind.
His eyes, full of coldness, met hers.
“Ready to fly it?” he asked,
handing her the firebomb.

Ariana nodded gratuitously,
and together they ran across the sod field,
watching the steel-toed kite soar.
Josh scoffed as

Let's Jump In

Sometimes ‘jump-into-something’ has a negative connotation

But let’s revisit that saying and define it

As an affirmation

Let’s jump-into-faith

Leaving behind every opportunity for doubt to close the gate

Let’s jump-into-delight

Abandoning the things that cause us fright

Let’s jump-into-hope

Dismissing all that makes it impossible to cope

Let’s jump-into-joy

Letting go of what is meant to maim and destroy

Let's jump-into-gladness

Leaping over everything that brings

Little Man

• Little man run
• Little man jump
• Little man hidden inside of a stump
• Little man skip
• Little man fly
• Little man asks a polar bear why

Trump Jump

Trump's triumphant cry echoes through the air
As he leaps with joy, his arms held high and fair
Golden glow surrounds him, beyond compare
Victory's sweet thrill, he soars, spirit free, rare

© daniel miltz

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