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Premium Member Uncertainties

Blooms that I see today fade the next day.
Green leaves turn yellow. They dwindle and fall.
Fruits that are ripe fruitlessly find decay.
Nature stands alert to an unknown call.

Flora and fauna seem non-existent.
Curiously, creatures here cogitate.
Nature, amidst deaths, stays resilient.
Every being confronts the games of fate.

I search for the meaning of my existence.
What's the purpose of my life here on earth?
Between body and soul, there's a resistance.
Will there be, after this life, a rebirth?

Where, when all is said and done, will I go?
Like dried leaves with the wind, will my soul flow?
Form: Sonnet


Premium Member A Recent Change Of Mind

That stiff-neckedness; that boulder-like stoneness
The so-called track-travel; that perfection-proneness
The 'looking-down-upon' others as backboneless
That sharp surety of sheer, shadowless shallowness
All came to a standstill like a train on a halt.
I felt something stopping my voluntary vault.

'Take it easy'—I heard the inner self prompting.
'There's a need for reciprocating and bonding.
Perfectionism has high streams of expectations.
Thoughtlessness fills and fixes all fluctuations.
Critical, unrealistic ruthless morals
Leads to my depression, unmet goals, and laurels.

Fear, failure, procrastination, low self-esteem
Nullity and nothingness enter a clear stream.
Like a wounded dove amidst vultures, I suffer.
The environmental zeitgeist turns stone tougher.
I should be calm, cool, and consciously cogitate.
To follow out, I must mindfully meditate.

Thus, like a serene, solemn stream searching the sea
I plunged into the hunt for my lost true 'me.
Shedding that glittering gift-paper-wrapped spirit
And securing a supple self to my merit
This change of mind has now taken on newer roots.
In my thoughts, words, and deeds, bringing abundant fruits
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Of Legacy

Have you done enough
so far, to build
an everlasting legacy?
How would you like
to be remembered?
How do you think...
people will remember you...
years, decades
after you've gone to glory?
A century from now?
Do you think folks will
smile and say... 
"God bless that gem of a soul!"
when they reflect?
Or do you think...
they'll spit out in disgust
and curse your name?
How much impact 
do you think you've made
on people with whom
you've shared
pieces of yourself?
Do you really know?
Most importantly,
have you lived a life 
worth remembering?
Take a moment...
to cogitate.



Food For Thought Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Silent One (Winner: 3rd Place)
Date written and posted: 01/04/2019
Form: Verse

What If Destiny

What If Destiny... 
Deeded Mine Singular Default Mode To...

Communicate (temporarily,
     strictly and hypothetically)
     merely allowing me to burble
essentially rendering, limiting,
     and fixing me tubby nonverbal,

where frustration ensued -
     inducing passivity, asper myself
     shrugging shoulders in resignation
     coon sitter ring thy fate
     nsync with that of a gerbil?

Thus codifying, con
     fining, and consigning
     stricture to a sorry lot
perhaps finding me
     envying fun 
     Gus of ergot,

which organism at least participates
     in a pro active life cycle,
     though one may say,
     said organism doth rot.

Now...all Joe King aside,
an attempt will be made tried
though daunted to cogitate beside
Ritch ching deep inside
     and remain on - ride
ding the straight and true
     so please dont chide
restricting me to bide

with guise of seriousness,
     when aye decide
did to complete on
     par tragedy thalidomide

wrought, yet this poem, though belied
and bedeviled pondering
     how Yukon not induce tongue re:
     totally tubularly restrained,
     sans tubby unable to talk
     plus afflicted with autism,
     hence guide
did through extreme effort

     pretending, thus
     to feign being denied
critical skill to chat
     with a snap allied
(NOT with van knit tee),
     but dead seriousness try
ying with futility hypothetically
     impossible to imagine tubby

     accursed without means to speak
     compounded by autism,
     an immeasurable frustration
     must mount inside,
viz unfortunate behavioral demeanor,
     nonetheless I cried
inside when the limp deceased body of
     six year old

     Maddox Ritch – already died,
drowned mainly supposedly,
     when dashing ahead,
     he didst play hide
with his father (Ian Ritch),

     while the special needs child
     (unknowingly) both spent
     final hours together
     bonding at Rankin
     Lake Park in Gastonia
     within North Carolina.
Form: Elegy

Premium Member A Rooftop Repose

his day is almost done.
a tranquil getaway, 
yet still at home.
his solitude 
couldn't be more divine.
a rooftop repose; 
his perfect place 
to cogitate, to commune 
with ghosts of the past.
it's where 
he watches the infinite stars;  
ever so visible at twilight.
it's where 
he looks at the vast sky.
the flight of birds from there,
so captivating.
the whirring zephyr on his skin,
the rustling of trees 
so crisp;
nectar from the gods. 
daily hustle and bustle 
muted at dawn.
up on the rooftop
everything is amplified.
a most welcome respite;
his cloud nine.


Writing Challenge - V words - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France
Theme of choice: Vast
Date written: 04/21/2023
Form: Imagism


English cricket's got rickets

Seedier media’s spewed a lot of late

Crude is all about lewd Bazball’s fate

Ben eschewed then stewed had to wait

On Stokes & ECB feud did concentrate


A tomfoolery catapult at a summer fete

Deranged but change won’t contemplate

Glummer fans can berate but no debate

Won’t halt dumber all out assault template


Fawn this new dawn to thrill will facilitate 

Once did reinvigorate now does agitate

Ban this bland brand just a T20 ingratiate

Test tragics thirst perverse curse won’t sate


Hiss Brook took the piss & will aggravate

Ben we no longer trust and must castigate

When he then lost his zen & did denigrate

His men & all the plaudits he did generate


As Test cricket’s saviour we didn’t hesitate

Defending best sort of our sport appreciate

Stopping unwise franchise rise we participate

Tests out of date follow a reprobate mandate


Cogitate let's all just trust Bazball & meditate

New chapter couldn't create must abbreviate

Lust did rust so deviate to your ego capitulate

Ben did abrogate before he then did abdicate


You bled said in red Tests would emancipate 

New autobiography a publisher did ingratiate

Was a helluva scheme to your team castrate

Then on Test cricket you literally did defecate


From embers lets remember when did venerate

Rule of cool cats & sexy sultry strut of their gait

We did anticipate how they did titillate & titivate

In the thrall of the gall as Bazball did captivate


Is this the future of Test cricket we did ruminate

Rid of Covid new bid to stop the skid scintillate

Calling card is freeing the old guard to salivate

Enjoy the game again as wins did demonstrate


The swagger turned to stagger did defenestrate

Of course horse bolted.. before closed the gate

We’re entertainers the reason they did extenuate

Facts and their foolhardy acts will still repudiate


Our chagrin as on seriously thin ice they do skate 

The plain disdain for the WTC did really infuriate

England is in such a state has enough on its plate

From the ruins nothing to excavate as we excoriate


But blunder here and down under won't exonerate 

Uncouth truth can’t be hid from livid fans who hate

Bazball gesticulate just a cheap buzz like amyl nitrate
Form: Monorhyme

Tired of Feeling Sleepy Today August 17th 2019

Tired of feeling sleepy today - August 17th, 2019

Lashed with fatigue,
eye cannot fend off lethargy
hazy, hot, humid weather zaps
mental physical, and spiritual energy
even men of cloth
various and sundry clergy.

Undoubtedly summoning Parson Brown
currently out of season,
though stratospheric demand
for his person now
unprecedented as summer
dog days force physical slowdown,

nonetheless he would
experience immediate meltdown
booked solid throughout
"Winter Wonderland,"
when deep freeze
doth make clampdown,

no matter sung by masses
with uncertain reason
caroling 'bout said enigmatic figure
heard in every hamlet
or sprawling boomtown
belted clear as bell 

o'er nor'easter howl
undeterred by polar vortex windblown
chilling atlas shrugged 
off undaunted facedown
weathering arctic blast
making snow angels

comfortably numb jollity reverses frown
even elderly folks
sport about though grown
spry stick figures shoveling tunnel
courtesy white blanketed lockdown
"careful ma am" not
to fall on keister or crown.

Presence of said parson
linkedin with spate
of blizzard conditions and
Frosty the Snowman,
whose power to bring society
to standstill will not abate

proof positive to commander
in chief who cannot extricate
whether from climate, and trumpets
what he doth cogitate
dismissing global warming -
calling out "end of debate"

twill usher doomsday, cuz he
and trolling henchmen skate
on thin ice, and whose
dawdling crass, base
actions only accelerate
day of wreck conning

when most species will
lack mien ways to acclimate
all the more rhyming reason
to bid mortality adieu
and slumber permanently
battened down hatches
with me sigh ease oompa loompa mate.

An Analytical Observation Into the Causation of Earthquakes

Firstly, one has to take into account their scientific peers’ remarks,
As to the likely cause of how an Earthquake starts.
Some forums say it is caused by the shift in tectonic plates,
Others seem to doubt, seem to hesitate.
Some believe a government conspiracy of a machine that causes the devastation,
Their conspiracy being at the cost of the suffering of another nation.

The layman believe, if all the people in China, at the same time jump,
It would cause worldwide earthquakes as their feet come down with a thump.
Nevertheless, to conduct such a feat would be a difficult task
Therefore it has never been tested and is considered a farce

I have read the theories from all these schools of thought,
And collated the facts that backs my theory which is now widely taught.

Take some time to cogitate the facts
Sit back and take the time to chew on the fat
You will see the simplicity in my theory
And say to your self it’s all true how eerie

The Earthquakes are caused by, you guessed it me and you
From the sexual experiences we all go through 

Example:

“I felt the Earth move, how was it for you?”
And she would say “I felt it tremble and saw fireworks too”

Or:
I saw Jane today, you know, the one that makes me go weak by the knees
She’s a real knee trembler a real sex tease 

Now imagine these experiences on a grand scale,
No think bigger than me misses; I know she’s bigger than a whale
They say there is a couple having naughties every second of the day
That’s many earth moving experiences I have to say 
These minor trembles are absorbed by the earths crust from these sensations
That occur in every town, country, and among diverse nations

So when you lie in bed savouring the tasty aftermath
Before you decide to take a bath
When you think how he or she made you feel the earth move
You have contributed to the making of earthquakes and there’s the proof.

Good night
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member 'Be Patient'

It took me awhile to comprehend 
  the true significance of "be patient."
     We've heard it all before,
        but it's funny how we often fail
           to cogitate over this phrase
              and feel it's ponderous weight.
                 One who says it to you means well, 
                    not playing the pontificating fool, 
                       but hanging a priceless jewel
                          over your head so you wear 
                             the advice like a necklace.
                                So please listen to whomever 
                                 advises you to "be patient."
                                  It's arguably the two most 
                                  important words you could ever hear.
                                It'd take me a mighty long day
                               to list all that I've learned 
                             from this simple phrase.
                          It's common sense, stripped naked, 
                        made to dance in a cold rain.
                     Yes, my friend, be patient,
                  when wading back into 
                the murky creek of love and romance.
              Be patient as you chase 
            your rainbow. Don't move too fast!
          You'll get to that pot of gold.
        Do not be discouraged.
     Be patient when on life's highway
   lest you crash! Good things 
come to those who wait.


Date written: 01/17/2021
Form: Didactic

The True Essence of Beauty

Out of the pot of Nature's Heritage we were created.
The taste of originality to savor, such novelty to behold.
Fearfully and wonderfully adorned with a spirit nurtured as a replica of our being.
A magnificent culture of beauty who have under-taken as a task,
In the misconception of thousand ways to keep such aesthetics alight.
Rather than lived out the beauty of our souls,
Focusing on the weightier matters, are fastened on outward frivolities.
Baked earth marked with easy simplicity and freedom from artificiality.
Rather left a congenital appearance to be remarked, remodeled and redesigned with embellishments.
Who can find a virtuous woman, for her price is far above rubies.
Consider the great beauty in the heart of the Queen of many Queens.
One of Esther, a fair and beautiful maid of whom the royal crown was placed upon her head.
Bore and carried upon her shoulder the pains and burdens of her people, travailed much but overcame.
Abigail, a woman of good understanding and a beautiful countenance with graciousness,
Averted the mischief wrought by Nabal her churlish husband.
Reflect on the beauty of the courage Deborah seised, serving as a judge to the Lord's people.
Fought in the face of danger as Sisera was sold into her hands.
Contemplate the amount of love Tabitha a woman full of good works and alms-deed possessed,
That even at death her folks would rather she lived again than lay helpless to death.
Ex-cogitate the excellency of the fulfillment of everlasting covenant,
The lord established through a seed from the barren womb of Sarah.
Ruminate over the determination of a virtuous Ruth,
From a low estate Mary, blessed among all women of whose seed is the king of kings.
A chew-over ambit an acquisition of a quintessential perspective.
Form: Didactic

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