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You claim that you’re the future
and all should clear the way,
you say that older ideas now
can no longer have a place.
You think you’ve found a new path,
that you’re rising like the tide,
too blind to see from events past
that history has no side.
Islam once believed that it
had a path cleared by God.
It swept across North Africa,
conquering all that it saw.
But when it reached fertile France,
Charles Martel had a surprise,
at Tours he made it very clear
That history has no side.
After the blood of The Great War
peace was the new buzz-word.
The intelligencia all agreed
that violence was quite absurd.
So determined to avoid war
that they appeased an evil guy
who showed in no uncertain terms
that history has no side.
Others thought that they could bring
a fulfillment to all mankind,
that Socialism was history’s goal,
That we’d reached the end of the line.
Time, it made a fool of them
and a hundred million died,
their gulags made it all quite clear
that history has no side.
Just recently it was proclaimed
that history would be made,
a woman as the president,
that’s what they all did say.
People even broke the law
to grease the skids for her ride,
even cheating she got thumped,
‘cause history has no side.
Our great love of narratives
sets us up for this blunder.
Reality is us lurching crazily,
trying not to be torn asunder.
In truth we walk a tight-rope,
untrained, terror in our eyes.
Most don’t ever cross the span
since history has no side.
Woke up jumped off the couch and
put on a mask
Used in order to survive another average day
Sat on the stairs lit up and smoked
enough to blow a mind and descend
into a heady hazy trance
Oh boy John said to Paul
I just watching the news today
Witnessed both a declaration and a
timely reminder to the everyman
To in no uncertain terms know thy station
know thy place
Within the unwritten small print of the law
Opening Gambit Pincer movement
King Trump's pawn
Check mate
The rich will never see the inside of a court
Otherwise what is the point of being powerful
and wealthy
If it can not pervert the rule of law
The judge and jury have long already
been picked and bought
Why call him Andy
Why not Scott
At very least that rhymes with free
And at a mere cost of 12 Million pieces of
slippery mercury worthless currency
Adorned with his sad tragic mother's face
and royal family crest all across
Matter's not of that I am sure to him he
obviously has a lot and won't go or be left
without
It's no more than tangible proof of yet
another breach of public trust
I only rather wish it was not just another
mistaken reported case of fake news
than simply just another example of
A day in the life
Of the opposing lives of what both
the rich and everyman have to deal with
And the glaringly senseless point of counting
potholes whatsoever however small or
insignificant they appear in the
1st place
If there is absolutely never any desire
or intention of ever actually trying to fix
or repairing them at all
Or is that in actual fact indeed the
case and point being mistakenly overlooked
Far more joy and fun is to be garnished
from rubbing people's noses in and seeing
the look upon disheartened faces
When the final edict and not guilty
verdict is read out in astonishment
your labored breathing
called out to me
and in my soul I knew
what needed to be done
I reached for the drum
to summon the spirits
called out to ancestors
and anyone who’d listen
gently tapping to the rhythm
of our beating hearts
united as one in a prayer
released to the universe
filled the silence of
your labored breathing
drumming for hours
till the pleading was done
everything had been said
the prayer consummated
left in the hands
of the universe to respond
then it did in no uncertain terms
in an exorcism of sorts
draining the passages
to free your breathing
and so it was
in tune with the universe
the healing power
of the drum
Read on air by invitation ~ February 11, 2021 'LATE NIGHT POETS'
Read on KPBX called Poetry Moment by Kara Bowman 2022 [karabowman.com and griefpoetry.com]
AP: 2nd place 2026, 2nd place 2022, 2nd place 2021, 3rd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2021, Honorable Mention 2021, Honorable Mention 2021, Honorable Mention 2021, Honorable Mention 2021
Submitted on June 13, 2025 for contest YOUR BEST AUDIO POEM sponsored by TOM WOODY - RANKED 2ND
and on May 28, 2021 for contest ALL YOURS (MAY 29) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 1ST
What is beauty to me
Beauty is the walk of a woman in heels
The swing and sway of her hips
The subtle uncertainty of her steps
The vulnerability in her eyes
As she feels all the staring eyes
Devouring her beauty
There is nothing more charming
Than the little girl look in her eyes
As she enjoys the attention
But at the same time is uncomfortable
In the role of a seductress
What is beauty to me?
The sweet woman smell as she passes by
Nothing in the whole wide world
Either natural or manufactured
Can even come close to equaling
This ravishing potion that says love
In no uncertain terms, the message comes through
Loud and clear without a word being spoken
As males of the species
We are uncontrollably under her spell
What is beauty to me...
WOMAN!!!
Cathie finally lets me go out on my own now
As long as I wear a tracking device of some kind
This, of course, is needed in case I wander away
And can't remember where I live!
At times I have even been known to take a bus
And wind up in a city miles away or even in a different province
I often follow nice looking ladies
Hoping they'll be nice to me and ask me home for dinner!
So far that hasn't happened although once
I offered to bring a nice lady to MY house for dinner
But I couldn't remember where I lived
Tried walking into a house that looked like mine
The alarms went off and the police took me and my friend
Down to the police station for interrogation!
That was really quite embarrassing!
I've been told in no uncertain terms not to talk to strangers
And in particular, pretty young ladies!
I whined and stomped my feet but Cathie insisted
Or she won't let me go out on my own anymore!
I'm as sharp as I've ever been but I do call her Mabel sometimes!
Hope we defeat those dirty Nazis!
(Tongue in cheek... of course!)
Just lay back on the couch and tell me what’s unsettling you
Everything has changed and I don’t know what I’m to do
Expand on that in ways that might help me to understand
I used to be so popular: revered throughout the land
And now? What do you feel has changed to make you less adored
I feel like I’m invisible, I’m frequently ignored
Are you able to elaborate, to quantify your pain
People used to talk to me, at least now and again
And how do you perceive that things are different here and now
They used to trust my judgement but all that has gone ‘Kapow!’
I think perhaps you’re lonely, you should get out and about
I tried that but it’s like nobody saw that I was out
Did you try to mingle, or engage in idle chat
I did but they looked through me, so it seemed that that was that
So are you sure that all this change is not just in your head
I was told in no uncertain terms by someone almost dead
Don’t you think his mind perhaps was just a touch impaired
All I know is when I touched him no one stood and stared
You feel they should have stared at you, what have you not yet said
There was a book about me that a lot of people read
This book that you refer to, was it ever really real
I do not know who wrote it, but he wrote it with some zeal
And this, your true life story, does it shape the way you feel
I guess it was a fantasy that held a strange appeal
To feel you should be popular, you must think that you’re nice
Years ago the people used to beg for my advice
So what if I should say that people love you dearly still
I’ll give you your score out of ten… approximately nil
Well, please complete this record card with name and occupation
I trust that you will keep secure my private information
Your name and job description will be seen by only me
In that case, they are both the same… it’s “God”… that’s Gee, O, Dee!
Suzi the giraffe was all but 2 years old,
inquisitive, sensitive and positively bold.
She asked her mum a question, in no uncertain terms,
‘Why is my neck so long’ a statement which affirms.
‘But you are a giraffe and all our necks are long,
it saddens me to think you might believe you do not belong’.
‘It’s not that I don’t love you mummy’ Suzi did reply,
‘it’s just that when I look down I’m really awfully high.
On top of that I cannot hear a word anyone says,
lest lowing my head for the rest of all my days!’
‘But think of all the positives by being up this high,
you cannot hear the squabbling’ replied mummy with a sigh.
‘As I see it you’re best up here, ignoring all the gossip,
of what he or she thinks of everyone, on each and every topic.
It’s bliss up here, I can assure, so just enjoy the ride’,
replied her mother whose wisdom was intentionally implied.
What beauty is to me
It's the walk of a young woman in heels
The swing and sway of her hips
The uncertainty of her steps
The vulnerability in her eyes
As she feels all the staring eyes
Devouring her beauty
There is nothing more charming
Than the little girl look in her eyes
As she enjoys the attention
But at the same time is uncomfortable
In the role of a seductress
What beauty is to me?
The sweet woman smell as she approaches
Nothing in the whole world
Either natural or manufactured
Can even come close to equaling
This overwhelming potion that says love
In no uncertain terms, the message comes at you
Loud and clear without a word being spoken
As males of the species
We are uncontrollable under her spell
What beauty to me?
Woman!
© Jack Ellison 2014
I couldn't give a toss for the caber
cromach bagpipes sporran or kilt
(a fling's the thing)
and you can stick your dirk in your haggis
up to its bog-wood hilt
yet I'd like to hike through the heather
on happy Sassenach holidays
see the scenery admire the view
along Scottish hilly highways and byways
to pick a pink-purple thistle or two
and should I come upon a hairy Highland cow
on the hoof in a friendly farmer's flink fold
(for protection from the cold)
in no uncertain terms I would declare
"I say to you, hoo noo broon coo?"
och aye no sooner said than done
than perchance from the Caledonian bovine one
the reply too true in a Scots burr would come...
'Moo!'
...The wedding was planned for that fifth year,
but when it came Rob sadly did say:
“I’m being deployed, they’re put us on alert,
I’m sorry love, but I must go away.”
She was in tears, but what choice had they?
What could she do but curse their luck?
The wedding was postponed, and Rob deployed,
saying,”It’ll be over quickly enough.”
But conflicts drag on and for the next three years
Rob was stateside for only four weeks.
In that short time they made a daughter,
a little squirt that they named Genevieve.
Facing fire each day made Rob sport grays,
just surviving was brutally tough,
when his term was up he decided
that for his county he’d given enough.
When he came home he looked worse for wear,
and was missing two fingers on his left hand,
she ran to him, said in no uncertain terms:
“Tomorrow you’re giving me that gold band.”
At a justice of the peace they finally said their vows,
it was simple, but they were in love,
laying in bed that night, he said to his wife:
“This day couldn’t come fast enough.”
Eight years had passed, another girl was born,
but one day Charlotte felt short of breath,
at the hospital the doctor looked grim,
saying,”We’ve just got results from the test.”
A cancer it seemed had gone undiscovered,
but they’d hit it with all their best stuff.
As the months passed she looked worse and worse,
the chemo just did not do enough.
By her bedside, with tears in his eyes
he said,”We have not had enough time!
After all the delays I thought we would be
growing old by each other’s side.”
She smiled weakly, and said to him:
“I know this is going to be rough,
but our girls need you, you are their world,
I know that you'll be strong enough.”
When her day came Rob was a wreck,
but never did he leave her bed,
towards the end she looked up at him
and in quiet whisper she said:
“Do not be afraid of what is to come,
I’ll be looking down from above.
What’s a few decades compared to all time?
We’ll have our eternity soon enough.”
He said,”That day cannot come soon enough.”