Long Gunners Poems

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Left With Tears To Quench Their Thirst

A barren land is thirsty for rain
Its dry sands can’t yield any grain
The ground printed with bare footmarks
And a soldier boot prints in their tracks

Famine was signalised by a beautiful sign
The innocence of a bright and cloudless blue sky
Under it they pray to the gods to make the clouds weep
As their water wells ebb down into sips

Tears fall more frequently than rain
Sinking into the hot arid terrain
The wind whistles by without moisture
It blows past them carrying away their prayers

They look to the skies for humanitarian manna
To the same sky they look out and dread the gunners
The land the poor till for survival
Is the land on which the rich kill for minerals

Women and their babies live their fighting men behind
Asylum lies beyond the unknown borderlines
Their land is just a name and memory, home is no more
A place they came from, now in the claws of famine and war

Dedication: To the struggle for peace in South Sudan
Form: Rhyme


The New Arsenal

(Rhyming Haiku)

Whenever I view
I jot each line heart pursue
Yet plead muse too blue

Whenever I saw
I am fine if it is raw
Yet mix lines muse draw

Whenever I get
I love timing an art duet 
Yet both rarely vet

Whenever I fix
I do such of rules that mix
Yet both brings conflicts

Whenever I bow
I bid grace of sins avow
Yet life disallow

Whenever I can
I bask being an earthly fan
Yet wish flesh be  ban

Whenever I see
I wish flesh be drown in sea 
Yet swims undersea

Whenever I call
I feed service like a thrall
Yet quests don't install 

Whenever I cry
I see reason not to try
Yet I dream to fly

Whenever I sing
I hope my voice wins Eon's King
Yet my lyrics sting

Whenever I pray
I decree of divine sleigh
Yet its race delay 

Nowadays I view 
The change in lines heart pursue
How money comes new

Nowadays I saw
The change in thoughts I couth raw
How progress won't flaw

Nowadays I get 
The change that balance dream's duet
How time flies cum debt

Nowadays I fix
The changed rose and violet mix
How future predicts!

Nowadays I bow
The changed call nature avow
How circumstance plough!

Nowadays I can
Change the night, Arsenal fan
How Arteta span!

Nowadays I see
The change in season and sea
How good is referee!

Nowadays I call
The change a long waiting thrall
How freedom treats all!

Nowadays I cry
The change that waited my try
How staying paints bye!

Nowadays I sing
The change running London's King
How lovely is spring!

Nowadays I pray
The changed wheels of gunners sleigh
How to bring hooray!
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Occupational Therapy

I’ve been working since I was twelve years old,
But my first on-the-books job
Was as a sailor in the US Navy,
Gunners Mate.
Six years and three Westpac deployments.
Fifty months of sea duty
Changed me for good and bad.
Over the years since,
I’ve had many terms of employment,
Both full and part-time.
My part-time jobs have included
Hanging wallpaper and painting houses.
Building stockade style fences.
Landscaping and more landscaping. 
Cleaning commercial kitchen exhaust hoods.
I’ve been a receptionist at yoga studios,
A registered yoga instructor,
A certified personal trainer,
A high school cross country,
Wrestling, and track & field coach. 
I’ve been a substitute teacher
At every grade level, K-12.
I’ve also been a supervisor of 
Student teachers earning their 
Master’s degrees in education.
Most recently, I work as a museum docent.

My full-time jobs have included
Bartender in a low-life country dive.
(Yes, I drank on the job.)
Laborer in a garment factory,
(Yes, I drank on the job.)
A refrigerated trailer factory,
(Yes, I drank on the job.)
And a lamp factory.
(It was too hot to drink anything but water on the job.)
I’ve engraved gift items in a mall kiosk. 
Yes, I drank on the job.
I’ve worked at a day camp for disabled adults
And was a resident advisor in a facility
For profoundly disabled adults.
I’ve been a public-school custodian,
And a teacher of high school history and sociology,
My longest tenure at any job, by far.
My final full-time job
Was as a maintenance superintendent
In a seventy-building garden apartment complex.
I’ve also been a writer of fiction 
Who draws from experience
Attempting to fashion a plausible tale.
Form: List

Premium Member Rolling the English Premiere Credits

Boys turned into men 
Acting chivalry needing to defend 
Thackray who never was 
Due to the wasp woman wanting buzz 
Gunners waited for Watford to arrive 
“Foul!” they did claim in a cry 
On target goal after the penalty try 
Followed by one then another
Sunday’s mother 
Agree those went in 
Later on Arsenal committed an innocent sin 
Deeny connected 
Shot was not protected 
Three one at the break 
Story brewing about the yellow jacket relegation wake 
Being well back 
Singing stingers put together an attack 
Calling upon Danny to give a whack 
A nice song he did bellow 
Not enough to save the hives, dear fellow 
For the longest time 
In her own mind 
Mrs. Harris 
Just home from Paris 
Thackray did not cause any trouble
There was no reason to blow any bubbles 
As time ticked away 
Grealish earned his claret blue army pay 
Slicking it through the post 
Mrs. Harris a few seconds later returned the gesture with a kind toast 
A draw 
Was the call 
And Aston’s Villa would not be sold 
Since they did not fold 
“Send down the Honey Cherry Buzz flavor” 
Second tier league requested as a favor 
Mr. Bourne with toffee candy in the mouth 
His cherries ready to head south 
But today he enjoyed a sweet victory taste 
Wasn’t showing ill feelings or haste 
Instead filled with Goodison’s grace 
Citizens on the other hand made the canaries look like nothing 
Man City netting five which was something 
Four sixes were on the executive level table 
Two were issued to pensioners writing a Chelsea fable 
While the Red Devils had a pair 
Enough to scare 
That pesky fox 
Now having respectable stock 
“Worry about a single commitment next year 
And enjoy that cheer” 
Was the message 
About priority addressing 
As for Thackray, the west ham 
Romantically united Mrs. Harris succeeded in her plan 
Next time a gale force winds come through 
Infecting play asking ‘what are you gonna do?” 
Do not put the season in the hearses 
Just be sporty write creative poetic rhyming verses 

The End
Form: Rhyme

It Ends Well

No one can tell
If it will end well
If anyone knows
It would be a nose
That has never been 
A humanly made being 

The blues fear
Red devil cheers 
But the match turned severe 
And the last laugh became sincere 
Cum troubling and noisy chants 
Buried like well embedded plants 

"Them don dey go... one by one"
It ought to be just for fun
Meanwhile, many almost gone mad
As some look so glad 
What a lively match! 
Also a beautiful smart snatch 

A winning well deserve 
Another one been preserved
Rejoice but forget not 
Gunners still dey hot 
And bullets are loaded--
Tick-tack not outmoded
Form: Rhyme


Powder Monkey

The noose is a nightmare for any seafaring man
Especially those who thrive the best they can

Danger lurks on the waves like a mugger in the shadows
The only concern is the prize and the gallows

For the young pressed into service have two labors
Cabin boy or powder monkey are their favors

A fair share for those who survived
Though not to many lived to enjoy the ride

Mostly master gunners would employ the young ones
For the task of loader and powder runs

A grizzly sight to any mother of today
Blood spattered, powder covered, limbs severed portray 

I dare say I met one intact and conscious 
He was rude and quite audacious 

No name had he just an X above the knee
His mark given by Captain of the Breeze

A sloop of war in Caribbean was this
Massacred whole crews drunk as piss

The boys attitude so moved my heart
That I had to set him free from his part

Before I saw him he was the only one left to be hanged
Port Royals mob clawed and fanged 

I set to watch when I saw how young he was
I had to do something for his cause

I bid the court give me custody immediately 
They awaited the response from the Admiralty

The response was yes almost to late
For the executioner just removed the safety plank

He kicked and cried for a moment then released
With the knife of the kings lease

A bruise found its way around his neck as a reminder
For a life against the grinder

I sailed him back to London to learn a trade 
And go to school for a decade

I later named him after my name kidd
Later to be known as William Kidd
Form: Ballad

Premium Member Thoughts At the Relegation Table

Citizens were upset 
With the Honey Hornets set 
They played dance songs 
But it was all wrong 
Records being abused 
Scratching them when used 
Stingers created a vibe 
That said let the music die 
Before the first forty five ended 
Twilight Zone Rod should be commended 
Two for Stirling 
Hometown hive was swirling 
Only to see another pair go by 
Relegation staring bees straight in the eye 
Four score 
Sky Blue headed for the door 
“Nice seeing you here 
Will be playing for champions league cheer 
In the coming year 
Tabloid stuff did not work 
Honesty was how we popped the cork”
Later in the day Gunners held fire 
While Aston’s Villa was put on the tight wire 
If this was the end to the show 
Arsenal would let them know 
First half saw one in 
Enough for a claret blue army crucial win 
This allowed a table jump 
To safety over buzzing hump 
No need reporting anything new 
Except the canary could be dining on honey dipping stew 
In the dungeon 
Doing some number crunching 
Asking themselves why did we go to that high profile luncheon 
Where we did all the munching
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Sunday Visits

Weekend starts to close
And the football shows 
Lily in her white 
Invites the gunner for a bite 
Granted she is one point behind 
Needs to move up in the line 
Being very nice gives a goal to him 
Lily in white calls good friend Min 
He puts one in 
Score looks the same, identical twin 
As they go to break 
Lily in white took all she could bake 
Near the end to this match 
There was a Spur catch 
Lilywhites enthusiasm was pumping 
Before going table jumping 
Gunners walk away gentlemen 
Chivalry today shown and defend 
As for Mr. Bourne he had a mouth
Really upset about potential plans to go south 
Then the foxes came to pick the cherries 
Getting a netter in a hurry 
This did not sit well 
Or gel 
Instead it sounded a bell 
Picking up his rake 
A scene he did make 
Scoring four 
He was not going to be ignored 
When things were done 
Foxes were stun 
Cherries over taking Aston relaxing 
In his villa after a day that was taxing 
Two upsets kept the plot going 
In which team was lowering 
Their competitive degree 
When being relegated to another league
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Looking Through the Glasses Reflecting About the Masses

Someone once published a title “A Tale of Two Cities” 
And tonight’s European football fate seemed to be artistically witty 
Over Anfield the stadium was a fill 
While Paris there was nil 

With Man City Citizens and their gunners getting out of the way 
This sporting presentation had a lot to say 
It was like looking into reflective glasses
Challenging the accepted belief of playing to the masses 

When things were half done 
The spectacle still looked like fun 
With the French taking control with two 
Still wearing their blue 

While it was said
On the other channel those in the color red 
Put one in to get out of aggregate debt 
Back to PSG feeling alone 
Playing at home 
With a crowd on the street 
Sending some heat 
Fireworks going off  
Standing tall the French stated ‘we have to get coronavirus caught’ 
In London Liverpool still had it level this only tempted the coronavirus devil 
Another half hour could give the bug more time to show its power 
Time ticking down 
Celebrating could start in the French romantic loving town 
Beat the Germ Men again 
Protecting the image Parisoner’s defend 
As the red masses wish 
Two more periods have been put on the big red list 
Free play for those freezing after the pounds they pay 
Reds drew first blood 
But AM responded by saying ‘you know what’ 
Three in the goal 
And Liverpool went home feeling cold 
They had them in their mist 
Not expecting AM to raise a fist 
This act of self-destruction 
Ended up as the reality instruction 
AM and Paris will head on to the elite eight 
Hoping health care will have their issue straight
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Wonderful World of Bubbles

Feeling very trapped 
Dungeon canary getting ready to be zapped 
Proceed down a level 
Only giving a quotable shovel 
Building a winning case 
In a better place 
Riding in a vehicle to transfer 
Something in the air had a stir 
“Face the gunners mate 
Tonight is the date 
Do not worry about the sky points 
You will not lose em in the Emirates joint” 
As for the new castle that was united 
Confident acting armored and knighted 
Plan to invade the gold sands 
Metal detectors in the hand 
Mr. Bourne shouted from the mouth 
“Why are you heading south? 
To pick our bloody cherries
In order to pour your chalices and be merry” 
A royal not in a hurry 
Answered, “No we want to know what you have buried “ 
Before the match 
Mr. Bourne wondered about the catch 
Wanting to fry the whole batch 
“A royal meal 
Sounds like a good deal” 
Stepping off the bus
Convicted canary had no fuss 
Ready to take the arsenal aim 
Realizing it is just high profile fame 
Feeling very calm 
Taking the threat made by the cannon ball bomb 
Puttering on the beach 
Deciding on a lesson to teach
Magpies treasure uncovered a tasteful test
Carrying all the ingredients that were in the chest 
Claiming their pies are the best 
Mr. Bourne watched in content 
Reaching his one goal that he meant 
In the flavor went 
Deceptive dessert destined to be sent 
Baked by mag the pie 
Well decorated and that was no lie 
Placed in a box 
Addressed “Thackray now having Goldie locks” 
Arriving home seeing the gift 
This gave the west ham and nice lift 
Reading the attached letter 
That stated you will play better
Table saw a movement that counted three 
Jumping over the buzzing bees 
Hornets now behind 
Closer to relegation time 
After eating the treat 
Ever so sweet 
With a accompanied wine 
Temptation that was divine 
Not able to decline  
In the end Thackray shirt turned color Claret 
Due to the after dinner drink that was a perfect pair it 
Thackray thought this was good and fun 
Before a thought came to her when she was done
Appointment book said Sunday meeting at St James 
Playing a game 
Letting out a gigantic gastric bubble 
Saying “Uh oh I am a west ham in big trouble”
Form: Rhyme

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