They came with dust on their boots and a morning star,
Shadows of boyhood still clinging to their shoulders—
They were sons of the land, faces bright with the dew,
Carrying small, cherished photographs in their breast pockets.
They rose with the sun’s trumpet call at dawn,
A summons to arms, to fear, to death—
Yet they did not tremble,
They carried the burden like a hymn on their lips.
Mothers with hands trembling at kitchen sinks
Counted each day as an offering—
Each letter a balm, each silence a wound.
Their prayers rose with the smoke of factory chimneys.
The beaches were gardens of iron and flame,
Where the sea’s voice met the cry of youth—
The soil drank of their blood,
And the wind carried the story homeward.
O Freedom—your price is the soft hush of sacrifice,
The echo of a last goodbye in the night—
They sleep in quiet fields now,
Their names folded in the flag’s bright embrace.
Pride blooms in the hearts of those they left behind—
A tender ache, a candle that will not be quenched.
We walk in their footsteps, grateful and small,
Ever humbled by the price they paid for us all.
Categories:
ll, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Let's start holding hands
Then proceed like thus
We'll hug the first verse
Then kiss the chorus
With lots of repeats
And much give and take
I think you'll enjoy
The song that we make
Categories:
ll, desire, i love you,
Form: Rhyme
I will--Aptly Indulge--the truth, with
self--Apply Inscribed--words that wills
from--Ageless Issued--passed down
via--Ancestral Inheritor's.--A Mother's
prayer,--Apostolic Intercessor--over
power &--Abolish Intruding--snipers of
reality.--Almighty Immune--me from
those--Always Iniquitous,--spitters on
prophesy,--Awards Injustice,--be wary
of this--Advancing Incursion--in mind's
full with--Attempting Insights--of Hi-Tech
designs--Algorithm Ingenuity--and form
of all,--'a i',--checker/plagiarizer. Beware
the claimant--Another I--it's NOT me.
Categories:
ll, animal, brother, garden, jealousy,
Form: Carpe Diem
We’ll Ride a Horse Down Rocky Path
We’ll ride a horse down rocky path
Fall in love in the aftermath
Well do-si-do and do it right
Me and honey can dance all night
Roll away to a half sashay
‘neath the moon’s where we’re apt to stay
We promenade around fig leaves
with rolled up jeans and shorter sleeves
Hanging out in the doghouse tree
I circle left and she don’t leave me
Promenade with a giddyup
Be home in time for kiss-make-up.
Allemande left as we make things right.
all things beautiful, all things bright.
Weave the ring, a forever link
All ‘lone till life turns blue and pink
Categories:
ll, dance, funny,
Form: Lyric
oratorio
overjoyed ocean opus
opal orchestra
March 27th 2024
Categories:
ll, blessing, christian, encouraging, music,
Form: Haiku
Our souls want to stay
Our bodies want to leave and receive new love, exploring a new world.
And if one day we feel imprisoned by the whole world, return to our never-separated souls.
Categories:
ll, art, creation, emotions, poetry,
Form: Verse
gunshots ring out loud
fields trampled by running deer
mass graves along roads
Categories:
ll, nature,
Form: Haiku
By heck it was cold on the Humber ferry
The water was deep and Hull smelled like leather
May I mention the bridge it’s all there’s left
The boat man’s gone, it must be the Styx
Right it was cold on the Humber ferry
!ow I’m a widow from him who I married
His mother was Hilda his father was Harry
His father went fast but his mother did tarry
We could well have drowned her
If she had come on the ferry.
Categories:
ll, age, humor,
Form: Rhyme
It is in these times we remember
here in the UK her majesty the Queen
in my lifetime Elizabeth so royal
showing real dignity even in her teens
Her coronation before my birth
so in the earliest times on the TV
much and often her presence there
always looked up for then I was wee
The Queen has been a model of majesty
faithful in duty, full of faith in her Lord
showing her belief in the sovereign God
with trust in God's word her sure sword
The amazing miles across the seas
her majesty traveled both near and far
a great lover of her own Scotland
loves its beauty high above every star
Now been on her throne these 70 years
platinum indeed so richly deserved
for all these years of undying service
many challenges but never one she swerved
Now tonight her majesty has gone
her smile not be seen again
a testimony of selfless service
always was her people's friend!
(My thoughts on our majesty Queen Elizabeth reaching 70 years on the throne of Great Britain.
But tonight (08/09/22) sadly has passed from this world and we mourn a great Queen and inspiration who we may never see her likes again.)
Categories:
ll, death, inspirational, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
There is a change
that is revolutionary
and almost normal
but marked
in experiences
if it is a colour
it might have been
named
as a kind of nomenclature
and if it is a sound
it might have been
heard yesterday
today and now of course,
and if it is an establishment
it might have been
taught in schools
as a kind of knowledge
of course, though common
I think there is a
slight difference through.
Categories:
ll, love,
Form: Free verse
I wake up
and found it
a burning.
To light my
way at least
to travel.
Hence to where
I can find
that tis proofs.
Categories:
ll, adventure,
Form: Haiku
I have come to trust in Leanne advice
because it comes with great intention
and from the heat
And as recently as today she said
Like a graffiti artist who sprays his
wares onto an empty canvas
If your chosen art form be poetry
and the written word
Then spit , stick and pin whatever
comes into your mind you deem
worthy of screaming about onto
your wall of choosing
If not for anyone else but you
yourself and you
And if by chance some passing stranger accidentally stumbles
across it and in so doing takes
solace from it
Then surely this is the answer you seek
to the question
First and foremost do it for
for yourself and the shear love thereof
and if it touches the life of someone else
then so much the better
Because unbeknownst to you in so doing
you may be fulfilling your destiny
and the very reason you we're put on this earth
for in the first place
That being to save someone from themselves
they would never even know or get to meet
Who could just as well easily be a close
family member friend or neighbour you
never even knew was struggling or in a
dark place
Categories:
ll, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Oh! Only God's love conquers all.
He gave humanity average people
Just like you and me. The
Very best gift he could possibly
Give unto us. He gave his only
Begotten and beloved Son,
Jesus Christ to bare our
Sins debts and penalties.
Liberating all of humanity,
Whosoever will call upon
The name of the Lord
Jesus Christ will become
Saved and inherit ever
Lasting life. We have no
More fear of tomorrow!
He conquered all of our
Sorrows!
Oh! Only God's love conquers all.
His only begotten Son liberated
Us from our Adamic disgraceful
Fall. By becoming the second
Adam, the Son of God and
The Son of Man. He will
Truly set us free. We just
Need faith and believe in Him!
Love in Christ Jesus!
Roxanne Lea Dubarry
Roxy Lea 1954
Roxy 1954/ October Country
June 09, 2020
Categories:
ll, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Lyric
do me the honor
of being my wife
love me forever
us together
as man and wife
together
us together
in a union of love
who knows what tomorrow brings
it's more than the weather
you and I together
making our way thru the days
we can be apart
and have things
go some kinda way
but if you say
i'm yours forever
then you can make me
the happiest man around
how does it sound
me and you together
ain't gotta be fancy
something simple
just call up some friends
and a preacher
we can keep it nice and simple
get it right
or don't do it at all
thats what folk say
let's do our thing
do it up our way
let's marry one another
some might find it
easier to take advantage of
you in this type of circumstance
i wanna keep you way from those harms
if only you give me the chance
just give me the chance
let's leave this place as
fiancees
and start creating our tomorrows
if you break someone else's heart
to be with me
then i'll have tomorrow
do it right or don't do it t all
someone needs to recognize
i'm the man for you in all circumstance
just say you'll be my wife
Categories:
ll, business, devotion, engagement, heartbreak,
Form: Lyric
i never
figuratively
but literally
try to make
a point
and my puns
are always in
tended with
out me
having to make
finger quotation
marks in the air
while
trying to find a
synonym for the
word synonym
Categories:
ll, muse,
Form: I do not know?
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