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Premium Member Where Would We Be

Where would we be without a second chance?

  Will you ever forget that pit in your stomach?
     That hollow, empty feeling when
  'The love of your life' walked out the door?

Is life really over, is all lost, after one failed romance? 
    Yes, it may feel that way for a while
    But then we take a deep breath
            Sigh a great sigh
    And move on to love's second dance

What of the lad who steals from a store
   An apple, a bar of candy, or even more?
Do we lock him up and institutionalize him
   Or find out why --- empathize with him

What of the schoolgirl who plagiarizes  
   For an innocent mistake -- forever stigmatized?
Or do we simply explain her the duty to give credit
   When citing sources or quoting from the internet 

Learning how to drive all too often engenders
   Minor mishaps: Rear-enders or fender-benders
Is that cause to give up forever -- an ignominious end?
   Or do we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off
                                   ~ and try, try again?!

Recall now the humble beginnings of number twenty-three
   The greatest basketball player the world ever did see  
At age 15 Michael Jordan was cut from his high school team 
   Did he up and quit the sport, or determinedly set out
                                  ~ to realize his dream?!

Be it in love or in school, we all get played for a fool
   Pray tell, where would we be with no second chance?


              January 20, 2019
 Entry in "Second Chances" Poetry Contest
       Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke
Form: Rhyme


For whom the Bell hotel tolls; pithier version

Their ma & pa were Eastenders 

Blah blah..don’t remember the Blitz

Lit the bonfire..won't call it quits


Make even their kids crazy..like nits

Hazy troll scroll hits

Society in bits due to fascist fits


Dimwits just going on benders

To the nutter gutter they descend

Quixotic pretend patriotic defenders


Horrific hateful slurry..getting lippy

Like their tan..the glory of a tandoori

Sh**  hypocrite story…more in a hurry

For a plateful of curry.. than a Mr Whippy

Or a trip to the chippy


Oblivion.. foster an imposter roster

But brag..as minions from the 

Dominions opinions they gag


No refrain from disdain campaign

Vain..inane..insane Reform reign pain

Yet bet still the norm to holiday in Spain


It’s a farce..you are working class

Toffs scoff..no VIP pass 

Stop.. just being an ar*se

Fooled..fueled and ridiculed

By public schooled top brass


Belligerent…militant instruments

But insolent..indolent & ignorant

These refugees are innocent

No different…like you a descendant of an immigrant


Tomfoolery cash for a stash 

Of bold gold jewellery 

Sold their souls at the polls

For whom “the Bell” (hotel) tolls


Farage barrage racist goals pepping

News airs..or views flares

Dares from their speakers


Roles of shoals of brash proles prepping 

Mass of thrill seekers going for the 

Kill in crass flash sneakers in Epping


Due to the "colour of your skin"

"No room at the inn".. spin

"Don't let them in" chagrin din


Charlie snorted...no parley

Reported we have resorted

To getting it sorted by them being deported


Cardinal sin..won't let them win

Cos Asylum Seekers they are schlepping
Form: Rhyme

The looms of Cashmere and Lima

Nice shoes
and a fancy saddle
a beautiful horse
a gorgeous, gorgeous horse!

Oh to be, love and excepted
a graduier way for me to feel
a gaudy way for self expression
the silk you see is for real
owning and caring for
the whole ordeal
shined my shoes
they shine like polished steel
people of this hemisphere
an earthy more healthy
way to play
to sing from such a position
all can hear what I say
every sorted gesture
ah rhmns for singing
not just any ole way
this one has meaning

Oh til then
on we go
if you need
I'll told you so
aint no love
like you and I

When the world
opened it's eyes
a covering of clouds
in the sky
fruits for us
portioned to be
the offering of
my love for thee

You must think I am crazy
lap steel guitars
string benders
Bassey Grooves
and drums
Form: Burlesque

To Liars, Pretenders and Well Honed Masqueraders

#COVERS BLOWN, INTENT KNOWN, ACTIONS SHOWN! THE LACK OF, IMPACT OF..."SEWN!" IRON-CLAD, NOT JUST A PHAZE OR FAD, MICRO-KNOTTED, MASTERFULLY PLOTTED, WON'T BE FORGOTTEN-
"THAT" TO BE EXACT...IS  INFINITELY ROTTEN!


LIAR-LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE, WHAT YOU GOT AWAY WITH, AFFECTS TODAY (NO MYTH) COMPLETE FACTS!
YOUR TONGUE IS COAL BLACK...IT ILLUMINATES FROM BEHIND THE MICO CRACKS, SO MUCH FROM THAT... 
AND YOUR WORDS ARE N O T PREFERRED,
AS OCCURRED, ALL TRUTH IS BLURRED...ALL SMOKE! 
NOW THAT WEAPON OF DESTRUCTION HAS LEFT A 
P E R M A N E N T OBSTRUCTION AND THAT BOULDER WILL NEVER LIFT, AS FOR THE RECIPIENT, TOO LATE.
IT WILL NEVER S H I F T!

PRETENDERS, NUMB BENDERS,  IT'S HARD KEEPING UP APPEARANCES, DEEP ROOTED INTERFERENCES...
VERY CHALLENGING TO SHAKE THOSE EXPERIENCES; HAVING TO DEAL WITH FAR LESS, CONFESSED, REAL LOVE DELIVERANCES! THEREFORE, AT CORE, SOMETHING GETS BLANKETED...
THE WORLD WILL SEE AN ANTITHESIS PARTICIPATED, CLOSELY WATCHED AND RATED OR PERHAPS THEREFORE... OBLIVIOUSLY IGNORED, PAIN AND HAPPINESS REFRAIN, A BLACK HOLE...IN OTHER WORDS, (WHERE'S THE WHOLE)...
INEVITABLE REGRETTABLES, STORED.

WELL HONED MASQUERADERS, ULTIMATE TRUTH BETRAYERS,  NOT ALWAYS SO EASY TO TELL, PRAYTELL....DEPENDS ON MOOD, DISPLAYERS, LIFE PARTICIPANT PLAYERS OF NEED/GREED AND SELFISH REAPING SEEDS, THROUGH DIRTY DEEDS AND CALCULATED IMPEDE. "WHAT A BREED!"
THEY WILL SCHEME TO REDEEM AT ALL COST; 
IT DOESN'T MATTER OF WHAT OR WHOM GETS LOST... 
IT BECOMES A PARADE OF DESTRUCTION, IF ALLOWED, A SOUL SUCTION...WITH NO REPAIR TO THAT SITE'S CONSTRUCTION. "THANK THE UNIVERSE FOR  A *HEART AND MIND* {ALIGNED} {ASSIGNED} ABDUCTION!"


STORIES...DERIVED, DESCRIBED FROM THESE CATEGORIES. INSTANCES AND STANCES FROM THOSE LEADS TOOK CHANCES...
ON A LOVED ONE, A BELOVED ONE...
A ONE OF A KIND ONE! A.K.A. "RARE ONE". 


NOW IT'S DONE. CAN'T BE UNDONE.

THE RACE AND PACE: WHERE'S THE PRIZE...?

SURPRISE! ! !

YOU LOSE FACE (GRACE) EVERYTHING...


NO WIN! THE END.



Renee D.  Gross {GHPPR} July 9th, 2023#

Premium Member A Slippery Day

Winter descended upon the prairie plain
Pelting the ground with freezing rain
Nipping, biting this cold morning air
Thin layers of ice coated everywhere

You get out on the road but don't step on the brake
That would be your biggest mistake
For it would make you slide and spin
This would start your heart pump'in within

The accidents, fender benders take there toll
Some cars or even semi's can roll
The roads become a treacherous place
You crawl like a turtle at a snails pace

You dread having to go out that day
Driving is dangerous they say
you get behind the wheel and pray
No one will back end you along the way
Form: Rhyme


Silly Words To Express a Day Contest

A day filled with “jim-jam” stimulating my mind,
Appreciating a treasured moment in a priceless time,
Questions arose about the great divine,
Brought about a spinning “rambunctious” rewind,
For long ago life was “quintessentially” unkind,
“Gizmos” and “wing-dings” is where I drew the line
“Mickey Mouse” could never make things turn out fine
I needed a “blowhard” supernatural sign
 When I “abso-bloody-lutely” realized how to shine
 Neither” Nitpickers nor gender-benders” could take what was mine
A “penny” for my thoughts would not be sufficient for this type of dine
It was medicine for the soul and nutrition for ones vine
And just like a classic, aged bottle of wine
Revelation was esteemed this day, while being refined.

By: Sabina nicole
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member They Stumble That Run Fast

I, William Shakespeare, was granted a chance -
Travel in time left me speechless for once. 

« The question of to be or not to be »
« Yes » landed me in 2023. 

I yearned to be your favorite because 
I divulged vast range of mankind’s flaws. 

To my distraught dismay in nowadays
Fifty grey tinges cast shade on my plays. 

I scramble through your modern terms alright,
Some give me goosebumps, some - a febrile fright.  
 
Queen as a drag?! Bottom line offenders! 
She and he turn « they » as gender benders. 

The question no longer « to be » but who -
Entitled to a designated loo! 

How far the world transitioned from above 
Of Romeo and Juliet’s tender love?! 

From online hookups, fast food, Amazon... 
Can't wrap my pen around what's going on. 

Descriptive language gear not hard to find -
Too rapid for my literary mind. 

I worshiped every word with utmost bond, 
Now google search is poets' magic wand. 

If 1500’s were so well equipped, 
Renaissance all together would be skipped. 

I doubt if I lived now I'd have the will 
To waste my fleeting fast pace on a quill. 

I shall not fathom merging life with thee 
As bestowed gift of 2023. 

To Stratford-Upon-Avon I belong, 
Where my pulse beats along immortal song. 

January 8, 2023
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Cave Kellers and Dig Wellers

Cave Kellers and Dig Wellers
David J Walker

Christians that go to hell 
will have one
Hell of a story to tell

       In the
Nick of time but no place to
Dwell among tent dwellers the
Cave kellers the dig
Wellers the rhyme 
Travelers the street  
Sellers and day
Sailors the night
Failures the pay
Traders the flesh
Peddlers the time
Piddlers the mind
Benders the fence 
Minders the prime 
Lenders the crime 
Numbers the prince 
Paupers the door
Stoppers the bargain 
Shoppers the grass
Hoppers old teeny 
Boppers  and hogg 
Sloppers with chart 
Toppers and good 
Coppers and hoola-
Hoopers and party 
Poopers and hot 
Peppers and self
Checkers and fat
Backers with back
Packers of heart
Stoppers and flip
Floppers and hot
Flappers and splish
Splashers and party
Crashers and hot
es and bad 
Bastards 

Christians that go to hell 
will have no one to blame
in the hottest of flame
But one hell of a story 
          to tell
Form: Rhyme

Tiny Illusions Like a Mini World

Mind Bender


Tiny pieces of mini scraps of particles circle in the air that is like a carnival.
World even I cannot comprehend.
This unreal display mind bender of mental illusions.
Tiny illusions like a mini world.

Display of mind bender particles.
World even I cannot comprehend.
Particles in the air bender.
Tiny illusions like a mini world.

Tiny pieces of mini scraps of particles, circle in the air that is like a carnival.
The air mind cannot comprehend mental pieces.
This unreal display mind bender of mental illusions—
Tiny illusions like a mini world.

Mini mind, tiny circle pieces comprehend air.
Bender mental particles that this air bender display of mini mind circles.
The air mind cannot comprehend mini mind, tiny circle pieces.
Tiny illusions like a mini world.

Unreal scraps of mental pieces bender of mind.
A world display of circle mind pieces.
Display particles in the air world, circle mind benders of illusion.
Tiny illusions like a mini world create space between mental mind benders that comprehend air in this carnival display of circle pieces even my air mind cannot comprehend—

Tiny illusions like a mini world. . .


Mind Bender
6-23-2017

Premium Member Snow Drifts In the Mind

Bones growing soft- no summer glow
plows plopping out piles of salt           
fender benders and potholes.
       
White knuckles and black ice
sun shower and petal
nowhere in sight.              
Ice cubes for breakfast 
polar vortex for lunch
wind chill for dinner                  
the snowman is hunched.
Icicles for a snack               
winter has no mercy
there goes my trick back
but I got off easy
my neighbor had a heart attack.        
             
Lake effect snow 
drifting on the road                
somebody froze to death
less than half a mile from home.
                      
Dreaming of green summer glades 
to cut through this icy cake.          
For saccades to warm the shovel
Old Man Winter acts a lot like the devil.

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