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Premium Member Perfect Ending

I want to tell you something
Something that may seem
To be just idle chatter
But you I don't just flatter

Now you may think I'm biased
But really it's the truth
The former is the latter
My words I don't just scatter

I think you're the most beautiful 
Girl I've ever seen
The kind of girl that lives inside 
The film reel of a dream

And though at present moment
I only get to look
That doesn't mean inside my head
I'm not writing a book

It's a romance story
It's not fiction at all
It's all about a troubadour
And his zeal for the belle of the ball

Fast forward to the ending
It's what endings are made of
They walk into the sunset
Together and in love
Form: Rhyme


Acta Non Verba Speaks Volumes

Acta Non Verba... Speaks Volumes

The above ad hoc Latin catchphrase,
(concatenated with two English words),
I regale chance reader
immediately sets ablaze
title of poem with timeless adage,
aptly suits this solitary

older male, whose daze
spent on planet Earth
aimless curriculum vitae
configures a zigzag maze
significant blocks of time
poorly aye now appraise

and rue so little forethought
wrought starry eyed glaze
amiss to any Amish, 
colonial, horse drawn observer
passing by in their chaise
puzzled, asper my

doggone catatonic gaze
indicative as if me mind
lost in a foggy haze
yours truly attests,
concurs, he now flays
chastises, fulminates, lays

hard and heavy lament,
albeit cloistered frivolous,
lackadaisical, unproductive... ways
apathetic, estranged, indifferent...
ambivalent state comatose phase
toward life, when at young age

lacked joie de vivre evincing braise
zen lee oblivious zombie behavior
upon quick observation displayed craze
zee demeanor synonymous
with institutionalized craze
zee wardens of the state,

and at present realize futility to raise
hullabaloo, when 20/20 hindsight
shines figurative light on
how appeared to laze
about lost in space,
within outer limits
of my own twilight zone ways!

Love For All Times

In past, I was a sinner unworthy,
Too unworthy to come before God's throne,
But, praise God, now He has made me worthy,
I am bought by Christ and am His alone.

He has washed me snow-white with His own blood,
His sinless blood shed for me on the cross,
Through Him, by His grace, at present I'm led
Right up to the Lord, my Father and boss.

Again, in Christ, I have the blessed* hope,
Bright hope of a divine future secure,
No more in darkness do I need to grope, 
My future's booked up in heaven, I'm sure.

Dear brother, sister, come to Jesus Christ,
For your past, present, future, He'll suffice.


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24.11.16


*Blessed - counted as 2 syllables
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member Crisis In America, the Wall - a Perspective

We the people, of the United States of America, choose to live in harmony.

As respectful citizens under the protection of our laws,

That we, the people, have established in this great Republic of these United States.

When any nation is overwhelmingly threatened,

By those who choose to break their protective laws,

And disrupt their harmonious way of life, in any way, shape or form,

Then we, the people, must enact jurisprudence to defend it similarly,

In any way, shape or form, and if such counter-measures,

Be the wall, then let it be done.

Any act that will not result in bloodshed,

That is, to cause injurious harm and or death of another's life,

Unless it is something that they themselves have created,

To which the end results in the effect,

Will be deemed as an act of caution on both sides of the wall.

Present and future expenditures of the existing conditions,

Outweighs the cost of the wall,

And members in Congress who are in opposition,

Has so far offered disputable counter proposals.

We The People

Of The United States

In Order To Form

A More Perfect Union

Establish Justice

Insure Domestic Tranquility

Provide For The Common Defense

Promote The General Welfare

And Secure The Blessings Of Liberty To Ourselves

And Our Posterity

We are proud of our

Past accomplishments

And humble of our

Past inabilities

At present, we are stacked, 

Against formidable odds,

As a nation, indecisive in itself,

Instills indifference, both here and abroad,

As the American people faces their most fearless foe,

For a nation's future has yet to unfold.
Form: Prose

Premium Member My Soul

In the reflection of a lake,
One day saw my very own soul,
In shape and form it looked like me,
But in colour as black as coal!

Surprised, I accosted with ‘Hi‘
Nervous, not knowing what to say,
Hoping it was just a bad dream,
would wake up, it would go away!

Soul stared back without interest,
like had been watching me for years,
It appeared both peaceful and calm,
was completely bereft of fears!

We could speak in thought without words,
travelling through the time tunnel,
our memories although the same,
in conscience I felt a villain!

We started at the beginning,
when I was small, my soul was white,
Then through the erring steps of life,
It grew darker with steps not right!

Arriving back at present day,
I could see why it was so black,
In the pursuit of worldly joys
My moral values had lost track!

Wiser, I seek to cleanse my soul,
With a noble deed every day,
Years hence, when I visit the lake,
A whiter soul will come my way!

Written 25/08/2020
premium competition winner 9th place
Soul Slipper contest 
Sponsor Kai Michael Neumann
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Plantae

As I sit in my earthly womb reposed
Unflowered in a crib that will be my future bed
Whilst being exposed to elements retorts
That oft rain their convictions
And expound relentless energy
In that time, I sprout unnoticeably so
I tend to bury my toes
Stretching downward, as I probe
'Neath the weight of my girth, of above
Where the rest of me takes a peak
E'er so oft, I would slowly unsheath
My thin blade, by and by, will soon be mightily
As I am resigned to poke further
And the earth, then pulls away
Where I start lowly, for at present, that is my worth
A small verdant thing, that I seem to be
Yet I bring forth the breath of life, that is my being
Of that, I offer freely, more like a trade, for it to be
In exchange to being part of this world
I will extend throughout my presence
And share pieces of me
At first close to my being
For the rest of me will be carried by the wind
Thereby, validating my ever as being 
Most times, I will be my true verdant color
Then times, I will be the most colorful me
In contrast to my stated purpose
Though I sometime get very cold
For the life of me, I would slowly undress
Time passes, not a sight to behold, now naked I be
Until I return to the color of my design
Then age will creep up, its telling tale ingrained in me
For in a form that will wither me away
Nevertheless, others will follow
The same path, as I came to be
And we will all grow
For the world
Needs us so~
As that is the 
Nature of how
'Tis to
~be.

Sigh of Sin ? (Part - 1)

in this world of the limped nuptial 
i’ve appeared as a power-missile of the lac-dye 
that is used by the hindu women 
to paint the border of their feet 

the tooth-ache of some-one pumpkin 
that grows on the thatched roof of a hut 
has wringed spirally  
my mythological birth with corporate death 

managing and arranging  my thoughts 
on what I was in the past 
what I would be in the future 
or what is my dos at present  
the wonder-paintings of the altamira cave 
unfolds its wings beside my painful in-growing nail 

and in her own sky of miss marry  
my hands become so much condensed in every drops 
as if within that moping smog 
without any speech 
speaks the twinkle twinkle little star…

beside  that labour pain what awakes then
is the patronage of a one-horned idea 
along which while walking  without much preparation
i can enter into any e-mail 

though our love pulls a very long-face about itself 
and in the opinion of the married women 
the sigh of the sin ? of our love wants to cultivate 
mustered-seeds on the soil of the inhabitants 
of this human-life 
with a stick by which the monkeys are driven out 
what more can i say in lieu of 
a piece of red-salute written in green ink

if i say in the dawn of the 52-cards
i touch your face 
by the hands of a school-boy 
your calmness and earthly perfume 
make me stunned 

then in this field of sweat and war 
the explosion of logic and intellect 
of your top-floor 
seems more famous anchor than the milk 
that spilt over on the fire 

and more to say 
when daubing all over the body 
all taste of the path of joy 
enter into then fort of gold you can notice there 
when in some unknown moment 
my pajama dies socially 
by the bite of the snails and oysters 

to keep the heart of the break-kiln always move 
this form-less interactions are so well 
in the harvest-arrangement of the late-autumn
 we are all uttering the name of cherry-flower 
and begging shelter from the mango leaves

Premium Member Enter Your Own Competition

Poetry contest I have now decided to soon sponsor
Try and write an original poem in any form for me
Why spirituality is an important and essential factor
By any measure in our strifed lives at present time.

If you feel in your troubled mind the pangs of agony
Grief has engulfed you like the dark mist all around
Brief sojourn in divine imagery will bring peace aplenty
Belief in God will make poem rhyme in ecstatic sound.

This contest I like but can’t enter I being the sponsor
Wise vision of passion you may use look deeply within
Disguise He wears making Him so difficult to discover
Surprise me with poem of divine image I haven’t seen.

September 17, 2017.
Form : Lento.
Form: Lento

4 In Less Than Forty

1 

Have to be somewhere in 40 mins
Enough time to write at least one
Fortunately I’m not using and pens
Else I would not be close to done

Of course you see the form I write
One familiar yet still complicated
It should be easy I write every night
Why my poems are often post dated

Halfway there only three minutes gone
Can I write eleven of these in my time
Maybe but could I post them all as well
Not sure, but I wouldn’t even bet a dime

The last I didn’t rhyme of first and third
I will admit I normally will rhyme abab
But in my amount of time that’s absurd
I am trying to finish quickly as you see

                             2

I already finished one how about another
The next line already in my head of course
Now you are probably saying o brother
This guy is a distinct body member of a horse

Really it’s just practice and having a bit of fun
I am definitely bored at this very early hour
I’m also texting a friend here and think of pun
I’d tell her what I think, but she might be sour

The last of course was purely a joke my friend
No evil thoughts currently in my head Miss PD
I at present, do not have that emotion to lend
Or maybe it was serious the last stanza hehehe

This is so much fun, a great way to pass time
You should try it, if you would possibly dare
I have said time a million times in my rhyme
Take time reading them, go ahead and stare
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Words You Can't Take Back

We have all had that moment of frustration
We search for words that hurt out of desperation
Having a hard time sorting out our feelings
That's the moment we become harsh in our dealings
There are times we fight to be understood
Wishing we can take back the words if we could
It doesn't pay to speak out when we're mad
We say things that leave scars which is bad
Relationships are lost and love isn't regained
Scars can heal but the words always remain
Your emotions are running high don't go no further
Whatever you say at present can ruin the future
When it comes to anger it's an honest and true fact
Never say anything you know you can't take back
Form: Rhyme

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