Long Hot springs Poems

What drives the stuff of life to persist and thrive?
What drives it to struggle so hard 
to be fittest to compete and survive?
What drives it to be the most fecund 
and best at seeding the...

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MY BUCKET LIST

Years and years ago, I made a bucket list.
I looked everywhere and could not find it.
I don’t remember everything I listed,
so it’s time for a new one to be created
or just to go...

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OLIVE ELOISA
    came from my Mama's name: OLIVIA.. OLIVE means peace: ELOISA means hale and wide

MY TRAITS:
  
 *CHILDISH
     28 but young at heart, sometimes still impulsive...

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Poem about beautiful sunsets and the journey of life.

Spent all day walking on the beautiful powdery white beach. Picking
up oceans treasures, scallop shells calico in colors rich and diverse,
conch, coral, cockel, Sand dollar, sea biscuit,...

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The Druid lived far from people in a simple cave 
once or twice a year he came down to sell his potions
trinkets and bits and bops said to cure all ills.
He would sit with others...

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Over the years there have been many game shows and some are standouts.
With sport things like baseball, football, basketball, golf, it a good combination.
The game shows of the 50's staples on the game show channels.
Have...

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she awakes from the sun shining on her face unaware of what her day holds.she rolls over to 
an empty bed.she sighs and stretches and rubs the cold from her eye.she tells herself 
to 'forget...

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To the legendary teacher I pay tribute
For imparting live voices to the mute
You paid gratitude
To the multitude
On the mountain top you stood
And all the heads understood
You never said ‘Never’
As admired in Geneva;
Tremendous work for real
Remains...

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I have this strange feelings twirling in my stomach since yesterday and it will not go away, it is not a feeling of pain, it’s not a feeling of shame or guilt, it is the...

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Cotton Lizard yellowhammer Heart of Dixie We dare defend our rights.                        ...

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The Romans came and they called it Aqua Sulis,
there aint no place on the earth can out do this,
if Bath was a day then I think we'd call it Christmas,
if Bath could be owned then...

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Quote by Krishnamurti: In obedience there is always fear, and fear darkens the mind.  

Fear has a way of diluting emotions and making us in-active.If we learn to un-  
Earth our fears and...

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Dressed in green, plants and trees grow
Roads of red clay, joining paved highways
Dry and dusty, wet and muddy 
Walking shops, sleeping vendors
Basket of fruits, bin of vegetables
Mother of foods, server of nations

Flocked Churches, packed Mosques...

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STARS & STRIPES 
I know the Treasures held by the snow
I know pleasures unknown
And the measure of the shadows below.
They said Look what you've become.
Red, I replied I know. I've grown numb.
More dead than when...

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From fjords, forests, hot springs,
slopes and snowy mountains,
people from different 'walks of life,'
connect their cultures to entertain.
A vision of Europe and humanity,
where a continent is home to many dialects,
serenading in diverse artistic styles.
Blending voices that...

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Cleopatra's Baths in Gocek Bay, Turkey*



Sail away with me in the sunshine
Follow me as I slide into the welcoming foam
Hold my hand as we search the shallow pools
For the elixir that kept Cleopatra so fine

Come...

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A place so serene with myriad colours,
With nature's beauty so plenty,
Yet wild!
A land full of rivers, lakes, ponds, hot springs and volcanoes
An wandering eye would love to behold,
But!
Neither the springs have water,
Nor the lakes are...

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My most favorite vacation ever was in Taiwan,
That was in October 2019, not in year 1991.
I’d humorous experience with my four friends,
On arrival day and travelling by bus and train.

The moment we arrived at the...

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I lost a friend so long ago
Back in the juvenile years of life
To witness death, too young, 
But Universe thought it wise
To show death to a child. 
I saw her laid in a box 
covered...

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As Commander of the weird
Member of the phurst church of phun
An ordained member I am father and I am mother
Of the rubber chicken

Juggled between one George Bush and the other
Between camps, I break my foot,...

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Poems by Jake Cosmos Aller For Poem a Thon 2017
 JOHN (“JAKE”) COSMOS ALLER is a 
 
April 1 Berkeley California

Growing up in the 60’s
In Berkeley almost 50 years ago
I think back
At those turbulent times
Those...

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Appalachian Mountains for hiking so awesome
Beauteously inviting while snow-blanketed… 

Carpeted with ice, Niagara Falls stop cascading
Delightfully stunning along frozen water display…

Enchanting hot springs in Japan offer healing efficacy
Fascination-sites as macaques soak themselves fabulously…

Grand Canyon midst...

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Rambling down the memory lane
I remember the day 
When you made your first espy
and made me believe 
you are the one for me
your care and tutelage 
sheathed me from umpteen stings
and got me over the...

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SPRING

Like holding the hands of children, two cords
of blithe, did rear lovers ~ oh how they’ve soared!
Amorous and forward, Lil’s his reward 
draped in angel wings.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

A precious love stokes warmth from a...

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Kristalle aus Eis und Salz
überziehen den See rot
im Abendlicht.
Am Horizont erstrahlen die Anden
im Mantel aus Purpur und Gold,
Eldorado  der  Ewigkeit.
Die Andengipfel hüten ihr Eis
wie wertvollen Schatz.
In der Hochebene am See
suchen Flamingos vereinzelt nach...

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