Long Hope society Poems

I was born in far Morsania,
a small, backwater Eurasian state,
known to most folk in this wide world
for my grandfather’s prodigious hate.

My given name is Jocefeus,
but I mostly go by Joe these days,
because that tyrant grandpa...

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Reporters swarmed, the rabid jackals,
around my house they made a big crowd,
even harassed my poor old mother
to the point she could barely go out.

I growled loud at more than a few,
got one locked up for...

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The law was given, that the offense might abound,
So man would know of his guilt, yes, the whole world around;
The law is our schoolmaster, to bring us to the Lord,
To reject the law and it's...

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What is Woke
Unbridled intention or activism shrouded by an enveloping cloak?
Doing Good
Embracing causes from some unwritten book.
Driving Equity
Is there some clarity or just another term for charity.
Pro-Choice
For set boundaries to be given a clear voice.
Gender-Neutral
A...

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Controversy! Controversy! 
Is social media's economy
Lies and confusion is the only way to make  money
Hating our neighbors but loving overseas
Blinding the sighted so now no-one will ever sees
Leaders of those nation, calling us enemies
In...

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Why wait for anything
and regret unrealized dreams
when even hope redeems?
Why have an awful feeling
and settle for uncertainty to come?
Rise above your hopelessness 
and get rid of scary things
that affects almost everything...
what's your hesitation to cling
to...

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We stand on ice that feels much too thin,
six feet suddenly feeling like miles.
Our footing is loose on this shaky ground,
and the cracks can be heard all around.

I see the fearmongering, the conspiracies,
the boredom and...

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Does the Message of Christmas Offend You?

I know of many who got somewhat “defensive.”
It has to do with something, they find “offensive.”

This seems to be the direction this country’s going.
People getting offended and it’s showing!

The...

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Behold, the Lamb, John did say,
The sin of the world, to take away;
Behold, the Lamb, soon coming again,
Will He find you ready, or in your sin?

Behold, the Lamb, so lovely and so fair,
God's Son so...

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While jurisprudence illustrates through brief,
the bureaucrat stands verbal in reply.
To pillage righteous freedoms like a thief,
he fans malfeasance tethered to a lie.

  Incitement is the weaponry of choice 
for inspiration fanning despot flames,
autocracy inflects...

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The Lord provides hope and happiness day by day,
This is God's blessing and way.

To live in a society both complex and divine,
This society both human and refined.

Talents respected and enhanced,
A chance to celebrate life and...

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A Sparkling Array Of Elegance


Just one look deep into your eyes I can see
 Words cut deep
 A promise
 Long lines in their vast formation
 Just need to take a break
 On a long awaited...

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Just flip a coin
And you'll enjoy
A newborn, bouncing baby boy.

Just flip a coin
And find a pearl
A newborn, bouncing baby girl.

Both born co-equal at the start -
Co-equal with a heart, a mind,
Yet differ as their lives...

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There you are -Filled with the brightness of your beautiful face,
And men who run behind your beauty like a rat-race,
And here I am - Alone in the dark,
Singing for you like a lone skylark.

My world...

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Jimi was crazy in his days of purple haze
 Getting tossed with the sauce
 As a mouse is stuck in its maze
 Had screaming sounds with his guitar
 He was a shooting star
 Never will...

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Where There Is Honesty

Where there is honesty,
there is trust.
Where there is trust,
there is freedom.
Where there is freedom,
there is fulfillment.
Where there is fulfillment,
there is wholeness.
Where there is wholeness,
there is giving to others.
Where there is giving to...

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There will come a day
when people remember a time
when thorns of selfishness
were topped with roses of kindness.
When bonds were strengthened
through thoughts and words,
not kisses or embraces.
When people became heroes,
their only superpower was that they cared.
When...

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