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Deliver Me, Deliver Us

I have found my voice

at humanity’s eleventh hour

I have found my voice because

I called upon humanity’s wisdom

and asked if I can help to deliver

to you

some units of joy

and lessons of love

so I ask you to hear humanity's inevitable lovesong

ancient

humble

soothing

And deliver me

deliver us

deliver me 

on the days Jefferson spoke of inalienable rights

deliver us into that night of human liberation

when czars were overthrown and utopia envisioned

deliver me on the day Martin had his dream
	
deliver us on the day Paris’ commune became community

deliver me

deliver us

I say deliver me

And deliver us

Because without the us 

there is no me

And without the me 

There is no us

humanity’s struggle

constant argument between

Me

And 

Us

The me and the us

Were at 

Lexington Concord

Gettysburg

St. Petersburg

Stalingrad

Omaha beach

Paris, Prague, and Mexico in 1968

Tianenmen Square in 1989

And Occupy Wall Street 

The me and the us

Are at kitchen table

Deciding whose childhood is spared

The me and the us are at

Parliaments all over the world

Deciding whose life is worthwhile

The me and the us are at the UN

Deciding which nations are worthwhile

The me and the us

History has been about the me and the us

History’s first experiment in liberation

Stalin and world interrupted, still insisting on the me

so I ask you, humanity

I implore you

In the name of so many terrified faces

In the name of so many torture chamber places

I ask you here and now

At humanity’s eleventh hour

brink of armaggedon's world war

to

Deliver me 

And deliver us

Deliver us from humanity's dark night

let the children and future generations breathe

freedom's air

Deliver me

Deliver us

Deliver me

Deliver us.


Novel Refuge

Locked in the pages of a book 
I find sanctuary, a quiet nook,
Where I often retreat and find
the kindest heart, the vilest mind.

Whenever I feel like getting away
From the rigors of life on any day,
I step through the portals of a book
into a fantasy world and take a look:

At the mythical realms of dragons
Fairies, nymphs, demons, gorgons,
At the dreams, adventures and magic 
of life and death purpose and logic;

Folktales of love, miracles, covenants
Of knights, heroes and revenants,
Of saints, seers, demigods and mystics,
Priests, pundits, mullahs and clerics.

A vast chronicle of betrayal of trust
of reverence, innocence and lust,
Of deceit, debauchery and debacles
of witches, vampires and oracles.

 Deeds of dictators, despots, czars
The chaotic world of wasteful wars,
swarming with malicious mobs,
fawners, snivelers and slimy slobs.

Be it poetry, mystery or tragedy
Racy romance, fantasy, comedy, 
Oh, just give me but a book any
I will forgo a damsel’s company.

In the Library contest by Isaiah Zerbst
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Magical Mystical Moon

Her journey begins in the west
a golden globe upon her breast,
amongst a carousel of stars;
although she sleeps, she never rests.

Gazing at the heavenly czars, 
passing on a course from afar.
illuminated by the sun,
floating in an astral bazaar.

Flirtatious, concealing for fun,
a myriad of faces spun.
Her province, to adjust the tides;
with mystic powers it is done.

At a celestial pace she glides,
passing astrological signs.
On a cycle, cannot linger;
keeping a course that she abides.

A wise old crone, no beginner;
knows when to rise, shine, and shimmer.
An orbit of mystique and charm,
sometimes bright and sometimes dimmer.


Date: May 23, 2022
For: Rubaiyat Contest Poetry
Sponsored by: Sotto Poet
Syllables verified on Howmanysyllables.com
Rhymes verified on Rhymezone.com
Rhyme Scheme: aaba-bbcb-ccdc-dded-eefe
Placed 3rd in contest
Form: Rubaiyat

Freedom Lost

Freedom Lost

Sane men know what’s going down,
but no one dares to make a sound,
and those who think this will not last,
should listen, listen, to the past.
Hear the sound of breaking glass,
the Crystal Night when windows crashed,
when those who knew just looked away
and thought that things would be ok.
The day the yellow stars were pinned,
the night the cattle cars rolled in.
The camps were there but no one knew
what evil was about to do, when good men looked away.

Or turn your ear to the land of Czars,
to hear guns crashing ‘neath the stars,
and hear the words of little men
destroy so many lives again.
Words of hope and change and such,
that never do amount to much.
But people listened and they learned,
their world on hollow words had turned.
The hammer and the sickle joined,
but freedom from their hands purloined, while good men looked away.

The sounds are building all around,
The sounds of footsteps on the ground.
The sounds of windows crashing near,
fires burning, shouts of fear.
Mobs are passing by our door,
all sounds the world has heard before.
These sounds are hidden from the young.
Hidden by those with crooked tongue.
But those who know the truth are crying.
It is the sound of freedom dying, while good men look away.
© Hal Deats  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Daylight Freedom Quest

I slide and heave with gaunt brittle bones,
along this pitch fume-filled black tunnel , 
twisting, rolling, writhing  in  a sea of  tar,
vapours  hot and sticky taunt my nose,  
as thoughts of orange-red sunsets,
coral pink lagoons, dream scene blue, 
 moon shadow are my visual anchor,
catalyst to daylight freedom quest.
here  I am scrawny skeletal innocent,  
squeezed like toothpaste from a tube,  
into a world of pulsing urban metros,
Big Brother cameras snoop on  sight, 
prying eye, CCTV cadre choker.
wolves in human form fly a kite. 
venal dormant czars censor skylines, 
concrete jungle watchtowers scar heavens. 
has this earnest gumption-driven fugitive,
swopped one form of jailer for another

Posted : 6th March 2022
Form: Imagism


Premium Member False Prophecies

If you prophecy the end of kings you are wrong. 
Write no epitaphs, dig no graves, taste no grief.

The new czar, a rough and worldly killer firmly fixed
this very day stirs the cauldron of war to reset empire

Still, foxly friends of tyranny, who stab at weak democracy
praise the czar's autocracy, and mock free speech with treachery.

As modern judases, riding limitless swells of fortune, tease simple mobs
our old republic stagers and fades, mortally wounded by hypocrisy.

Perhaps, someday, freedom’s autopsy will show what transpired,
but if you prophecy the end of kings you are wrong.

Indigo I

The color blue the color of sky 
On a bright sunny day 
And the warmth of memories 

The power and presence of a grand mind 
The eminence of one 
Blue the cool and soft hue of delicate pools

Bright eyes the color of blue 
The depth of Indigo the color of Endless Skies 
The color of souls dark and aszue 

Blue the color of a soft hues delicate in touch, 
Pedals n wishes or some such
Cast in to Wells 
The Hues of soft blue; Prussian nights 
In lands of snow bounds czars 

Sparkling cobalt mornings running as a youth 
Plays into hazy summer days, indigo 
The waves became dark blue cold as ice 

Sharp as blades blue steel flashing, keen 
Stark wickedly mean, the coil of passion 
The dying in the bright light, waiting 

To a soft Hues sapphire, fire 
Blue is the color reflected in Chrome 
A washed in red of drying flash
The bruises are shades at rest

Lingering, still on the floor.

Bright as a newborn sky full 
of warmth and Memories, 
power and presence 

Of something grand 
the image of the infinite 
The blue hue of indigo 
and futures, new!

Premium Member Oh Come

                Oh come, oh come into the darkened night
                look up with open eyes of adoration
                trace the shaft, a perfect radiant light ~
                journey to humanities salvation.

                Oh come, look up, where angels host the stars,
                below, a manger lies, swaddled in birth,
                a prophecy born to rise above czars;
                Emanuel descended to cleanse the Earth.

                All "Glory be to God in the Highest"
                bring "Peace on Earth" and "Tidings of Goodwill"
                blessed, redeemed in grace, revered and pious;
                we accept 'the word', His promise to fulfill.

                Oh come, oh come into a silent night,
                born to free us, from sin and human plight.



              * Published on-line at spillwords.com / Dec. 15, 2023
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member What I Think Will Come True This Year

The czars and the kings will hold on to their throne chairs
until they are dragged out kicking and screaming,
tweeting all the way to their dungeons.

Nuclear winter is a few years down the road, but global warming
will have people flocking to Kansas soon from Florida which 
will drop into the sea.

The Texaco Shareholders and their families will build a wall, 
and stay inside, breathing their own greed and selfishness.

Jesus will be saving other planets, not concerned at all about our silliness, 
as we have so many wanna-bees here.

Stocks will go up and down, so many times. It will be called the 
yo-yo year of the stock market. 

The girl next door will develop narcolepsy and 
refuse to come out of her house or answer the door, 
not telling us it has flown into agoraphobia.

It will be the year of the PIG, and the pig will be orange 
and be featured on balloons with diapers. 
A misogynist bully-pig.

This is what I think.

Premium Member The Obama Song

Chorus:
             Barack Obama
             Barack Obama
             He's the U.S.A.'s own Dalai Lama.

             Barack Obama
             Barack Obama
             He's the guy who's here to save yer Momma.

Verse 1:

Oh yeah Obama's here an' he's really cool
Gonna tell yer kids to pay attention in school
Gonna make us all follow the Golden Rule
'Cause he knows Michelle ain't gonna suffer no fools!

He's an all-around, straightup nice kinda guy
Who don't get upset when ya scream "You Lie!"
He cares about the Earth and he cares about the sky
Gives ya cash for the clunkers you were stupid to buy.

Chorus

Verse 2:

He's gonna stim-u-late us, gonna spread the wealth,
Gonna write out a prescription for the nation's health,
Gonna come down on Insurance like a big black Stealth
Gonna take those stem cells down off the shelf!

He's gonna see we win in Afghanistan,
Someway, somehow - without a plan.
When yer rude to da cops he is da Man
Who'll give ya both beers an' make it right again.

Chorus

Verse 3:

He's appointed more Czars than the U.S.S.R.,
Gonna raise the mileage on yer car
Gonna lower those emissions both near and far
It lookin' snappy like a First Exec Star.

Can't answer "yes" or "no", it takes a paragraph
To get to the point, then it's good for a laugh
The Right hates everybody servin' on his Staff
- But their side of the Aisle makes most of the gaffes.

Chorus

Verse 4:

Is there anything Obamaman cannot do?
The assertions are fantastic; some may even be true.
He beat out Mrs. Clinton right outta da blue,
Now he's lookin' out for me and he's lookin' out for you.

If his ears were any bigger he could teach himself to fly,
But despite his geekiness he's still a heckuva guy
His heart is fulla Hope, his head is in the sky
An' if you give him grief Ms. Pelosi'll make you cry.

                                   WORD!

Chorus et finis
Form: Lyric

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