I'll be back before it gets dark
after we get tired of playing king of the hill.
Sun sets so late in summer
against the willows..
sometimes I forget.
No, it just isn't so.
I don't always choose them over you,
'course I could never tell you that.
You're a girl, a special one.
But I can't tell you that either.
Still, when you told me your stomach hurt,
and I was the reason..
I believed you.
Don't know what to say, never seem to
'cept maybe
'Sorry you feel bad, I know that place too.'
'Put your sandals on, I'll walk you home
we can go slow.'
Oh alright - looks over her shoulder to the gang
'now we can hold hands.'
Friendships are made, friendships are broken
But the friendships here on the site
Are as strong as any that have ever existed
Unencumbered by outside influences
They thrive in an atmosphere of a common language
That of love, compassion, and joy
In the knowledge there are still loving souls out there
Amid the turmoil that exists in the world
Wars have been fought since the beginning of time
They have always been part of the human condition
This desire to be king of the hill
Starts early on with childhood interaction
Bullies trying to prove their superiority by strength
But their strength is usually only physical
There is also a strength of character
Which the so called meek of the earth can possess
That is stronger than physical strength
Strength of character is the strength I describe
Those that possess it often go on to great success
If their fire within is allowed to burn brightly
So let the friendships here on this site
Burn brightly with the love of the written word
The words in rhyme that communicate
A love of our fellow inhabitants
Of this wonderful site and this wonderful world
We call Earth!
South Park and
Dragon tales.
Twin peaks and
Seinfeld.
Family guy and
The Daily Show.
Ace of Base and
Cheryl Crow.
Friends and
Will and Grace.
Babylon 5
and spaced.
The X-files and
The West Wing.
Fancy and
Shania Twain.
King of the hill
And Mad TV.
Sponge Bob and
Ren and Stimpy.
Frasier and
The King of Queens.
Boogie nights and
MR. Bean.
Spawn and
Blue's Clues.
Goodfellas and
Dazed and confused.
TMNT and
3rd rock from the sun.
In living color and
Brooks and Dunn.
Jackie Brown and
Wayne's World.
Beastie Boys and
Don't take the girl.
***** as folk and
Beavis and Butthead.
The Simpsons and
Father Ted.
Lil Kim and
The Sopranos.
Selena and
Hey Arnold.
Reservoir Dogs and
Johnny Bravo.
Clueless and
You oughta know.
Turbo1904 ?
Tom Petty, artistically free,
Voice of Lucky Kleinschmidt, King of the Hill
Creator of Rickenbacker 660/12TP guitar
With his signature gray top hat
American Girl, I won’t back down
He think he's the king of the hill
Because he have lots of bills
He get what he wants
No one tells him don't
He also summits people at will
I stole millions but boy, I am proud!
Crowds just love me, I guess!
Even writing a book, people adore me, for crying out loud.
Learned that criminality, pays, no duress!
The Lion of Power is all the rage these days.
Lies and crushing peoples rights is de jour.
We've silenced millions in their social media haze.
Our latest, doubled masked wearing rage.
Of course, mass media is our left arm.
They are liars posing as the Ministry of Truth.
We indeed plan, for this nation, censorship and more harm.
Enjoy your deserts of yummy non- truths!
Notice, please....I keep churches under my rulings.
Job losses mean nothing at all to me!
Even, the Pope better learn from my schoolings.
Thanks for making me King of the Hill, in DC~ the autocrat,
Whom I always wanted to be!
2/11/2021
~1~
Friendships are made, friendships are broken
But the friendships here on the site
Are as strong as any that have ever existed
Unencumbered by outside influences
They thrive in an atmosphere of a common language
That of love, compassion, and joy
In the knowledge there are still loving souls out there
Amid the turmoil that exists in the world
Wars have been fought since the beginning of time
They have always been part of the human condition
This desire to be king of the hill
Starts early on with childhood interaction
Bullies trying to prove their superiority by strength
But their strength is usually only physical
There is also a strength of character
Which the so called meek of the earth possess
That is stronger than physical strength
Strength of character is the strength I describe
Those that possess it often go on to great success
If their fire within is allowed to burn brightly
So let the friendships here on this site
Burn brightly with the love of the written word
The words in rhyme that communicate
A love of our fellow inhabitants
Of this wonderful site and this wonderful world
We call Earth!
It's not easy to be trim and fit
so I just let my body go
As for drive and motivation
I'd rather take things slow
Good looks are hard to come by
That's why I didn't try
Regarding top grades and all
I gave up in junior high
Ah, but when it comes to laziness
They say I'm 'King of the Hill'
And regarding plain incompetence
At that I'm highly skilled
So, ladies: If you seek the 'perfect man'
I'd make some other plans
But if you'd like to start from scratch
I may be the perfect catch
King of the Hill
(remember the game we played as children)
By Franklin Price
07/15/2020
When congress on the hill today,
Not there for work, but dirty play
When their noses out of joint
They do not do, they finger point
Used to be king of the hill now king of the pills
Pills for this, pills for that, pills that give my parts a thrill
Those I overdose on
Feel like an Amazon
Could last for days but then I look like roadkill
A couple of reposts
Who wants to act their age?
Not me, count me out!
Who wants to be King of the Hill?
Remember that game?
It makes me quite ill.
Why can't we just be ourselves?
Instead of proving we are the best
of the bunch.
The Olympics of Poetry?
POTD, first, second, third or honorable
mention.
Do these bind us together or a cause for
separation and dissension?
I'd much rather see plain enjoyment of each
other's poetry.
Where you are you and I am me.
A poem, further should stand on it's own.
No videos, no images, just let the
poet's words roam.
Think of Poe, Shakespeare, Cummings or
Longfellow.
If their words cannot reach us on their own,
Must we find an image or video to drive the
point home?
Such is the age we live in,when
words no longer matter?
But we must, oh,we drool for an image.
To fill the void, when it's the poets
job to be the artistic master!
January 22, 2020
11am PST
Used to be king of the hill now on a bunch damn pills
Pills for this, pills for that, pills that give my parts a thrill
Those I overdose on
Feel like an Amazon
Could last for days but then look like roadkill
The Poet Snarkies
These are the pigtailed cuties who play in the parkies.
Also, so darling and sparkly, they are the the life of all parties.
Till a new girl comes in and tries to simply
jump rope,
She has no idea they are Snarkies and they
will lead her to like them.
Alas, she is has no hope.
At first they welcome this playmate!
But be sure, their friendship with her has
an end date.
Suddenly, they see, OMG, she's jumping too
Far better than they.
So, being Snarkies,plan do all they can to see that she does not last.
Like boys playing King of the Hill,
The Snarkies have sweet words to tell,
before they move in for the kill.
One afternoon she comes to the Park,
She's told to get out, by the Lead Snark.
She just does not get it!!
Just leaves them snickering as she walks
alone, on a bench to sit.
The new girl wakes up the next morning
And knows it's her day to be dawning.
She learned her lesson well!
And has no more Snarkies to poison her
poetry well.
Adios, Snarkies!
Panagiota Romios
4/24/2019
9:30 am PST
Used to be king of the hill now king of the pills
Pills for this, pills for that, pills that give my parts a thrill
Those I overdose on
Feel like an Amazon
Could last for days but then look like roadkill
Used to be king of the hill now king of the pills
Pills for this, pills for that, pills that give my parts a thrill
Those I overdose on
Feel like an Amazon
Could last for days but then look like roadkill
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