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Who Is Jake Cosmos Aller

Who is jake cosmos aller?
You asked me
Who am I?
And thanks for asking me

I am jake cosmos aller
The only
65 years old
Retired from the government service
Living in Korea
Grew up in Berkeley, California
Lived all over the world
Did so many things
And now I am a published writer

But what is more important is this
45 years ago,
I met my love in a dream
She walked out of that dream
Almost 40 years ago

That was the date
I met my fate
And started my life
With the love of my life
Who became my wife?

In the end
That is all that matters
My friends.

Writers digest prompt
April Poetry competetion
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Form: Bio


Premium Member Evaporating promises

Diplomacy can be a fig leaf for surrender
A wolf agrees to postpone the dismember
If you want peace, prepare for war
Peacetime is what aggressors use it for.

Countries have interests, leaders have ambitions
For some expansion is a holy mission.
Cost and benefits, incentives and deterrents
Under peaceful oceans can be riptide currents.

The Sioux were promised sacred ground,
But promises became vapor when gold was found
The ink had faded, land was cleaved,
Were they fools when they believed?

Chamberlain’s last words were “if only Hitler hadn’t lied”
But Hitler did, and millions died
Dictators arm, they probe, they strike when strong
When goals conflict with oaths, words don’t last long.

The U.S. and North Vietnam signed the Paris accord
but no strength to back it, we dropped the sword.
Our resentful congress cut off army aid
The North swept into the vacuum congress made

Israel and Hezbollah signed a document
The Jihadis would stay far, but close they went
they dug tunnels under the Galilee
Jews left when they knew no safety guarantee.

North Korea vowed it would refrain
From forging bombs yet forged again.
They brandished missiles, filled their store:
Their final ace was nuclear war.

Russia and the U.S. and U.K. did assure
Just give Russia your nukes, their motives are pure
a treaty sold to Ukraine as preventing invasion
Then missiles hit cities and warfare is raging.

Like snow in the sun, words transpire
Melt away when the stakes grow dire.
A promise, a pact, a solemn vow—
Not many stand unbroken now.
Form: Lyric

Premium Member Every Game Contains Another

How on earth can I relate to the news they choose
It’s enough I’m forced to pay politicians dues
Comments without commas, coming each and every day
Commons talking pros and cons, never to delay 
Let them Russian dancers sing, and Ukrainian singers dance
Let the Iranian strait float, I won’t take a chance
To go there, over there, and right there to see 
How it goes I care as much as they care for me
Life seems better without news they put on the roll
Fooling me about the things out of my control
South Korea got their bronze, than predictably
Went to hell, I beg your pardon, to obscurity
It’s a snippet I remembered, and it hasn’t gone 
Every game contains another, with no players shown.
Form: Rhyme

Calendar Haiku

Twelve Months Calendar

January 

January Dawning
Polar vortex abounding 
Winter continues 

February

February ends
With war breaking out 
Invasion of Ukraine  
 
March

March madness continues
The war intensifies
COVID fears fading 

April

April fears intensify
The taxman cometh for us 
Deadly Yellow Dust 

May

May ends with her birthday
Preparing to travel again
Ready to see the world 

June

Time to go back home
See my homeland again
Berkeley beckoning me 

July

This year I want to go
To Boston and check it out
Just because I have not been there

August

Hope to spend August
In Oregon and Northern California
Before the fire season burns it up 

September

September memories
40 years ago I met her
When she walked out of my dreams

October 

Always feel a bit pensive
During my birthday month
Want to spend it in Paris

November 

November wants to return
To Korea for a while
Avoiding the  US. election madness

December 

Hope to spend the year-end
In Thailand, Vietnam
Cambodia, Laos for the winter
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Form: Haiku

Premium Member 3 July 2118

Radio free State of Deseret 3 July 2118, 6 PM Salt Lake Time

International news first.

27 Zionist terrorists leaders were beheaded in the Caliphat of Palestine yesterday after their failed attempt to establish a third state of Israel in Jerusalem during Rhamadan.

One of the last two remaining members of the European Union, France, decided to secede after the other remaining member, Germany, forcibly annexed neighboring Austria after a surprise attack last night.  Experts think the attack on Austria was to gain thousands of hectares of undepleted uncontaminated topsoil, and to find a place to deport all the refugees Germany has taken in from the Kurdistan-Turkey-Syria conflict.

After six months of street fighting, Anglo-Canadian forces finally captured the last of the Quebec Libre forces in Montreal.  Surviving members of the Libre forces offered only token resistance, as most were near starvation from the blockades.

Several promising oil fields have been identified in the Amazon River Valley of Brazil.  Indigent natives had already left the area after the last of the rain forests had been plowed-under to grow sugar crops to make ethanol for fuel.
Venezuela and the Latino Free State of Texas are competing for contracts to drill.

Regional news.

Tomorrow marks what would have been the 342nd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the former United States of America.  It also marks the 42nd anniversary of the simultaneous nuclear attack by North Korea and Iran on 7 major coastal cities of the USA during America's tricentennial celebrations, which precipitated the schisms in North America today.

The Deseret Volunteer Guard and Air Force successfully defended the kingdom against a new wave of attacks by gangs, pirates, and sexual deviants that tried to infiltrate via Las Vegas into what used to be Zion National Park.  

The Prophet's Safety Council wants to remind all faithful member-citizens to avoid exposure to direct sunlight, to always carry your portable water decontamination kits and air filter masks with you, and to compost all plant materials and use your compost in your sheltered Victory Greenhouses.

Keep the Faith.  Radio free State of Deseret signing off.

In One Hundred Years poetry contest
3 June 2018.


Lead the World To Peace

If you ruled with respect
you wouldn't need to be afraid
of what the people say
freedom of speech

we seek here we seek it there
in fact we seek it everywhere
Russia tried to stop the talk
people locked up silence brought

but still the people whispers truth
although behind the silent walls
they couldn't stop the truth of fools
respect can rule the day

American's the people 
can say what's on their mind
American's the people
can talk their live's away

They do not have to worry
they simply have their say
with one they stand together
with freedom speech is great

and yet with Muslim speaking
you are not allowed to think
you dare not speak about it
what will the people think

again with North Korea
you should not have a say
perhaps, they are, there afraid
one day they'll have to pay

Respect can move a Mountain
or gain the crowds respect
respect can build a nation
with praise their cups to drink

teach the people saving
teach them how to work
let them save together
and build your company's

the more your country's earning
the more you gain from tax
the more your country's earning
the more you can relax 

people that have money 
can feed their little sprog's
people that are happy
will thank their loving Gods
Form: Rhyme

Falling In Love With My Dream Girl

Falling in love with my dream woman


When I was a young man
I dreamt of meeting a woman
For eight years she haunted my dreams

Then I met her in Korea
Where I was teaching
For the U.S. army
After finishing the peace corps


I had a choice
Follow my heart
Seize the moment
Be with her

Or leave Korea
Within a month
To go to graduate school

I decided to postpone
My graduate school
For one year

Got a deferred admission
And joined the woman
Of my dreams

Thinking back
I had no real choice
But I chose to walk
The path of life
With my dream girl

And that has made
All the difference
In the world
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Premium Member Laugh Out Louderick

We know that a poem with legs is a Lim(b)erick;
But do you want to Laugh-out-Louderick?

What's a poem about the NCAA Final Four? - An Above-the-Rimerick
And a poem about a monster? -- A Chimerick
A write that's dull? -- A Dimerick
A pirate's ditty? -- A Fee-fi-fo-fum-Fimerick  
Then there's a tricky one -- That's a Gimmerick

  A church composition? -- A Hymnerick
  An illegal poem? -- An Illegitimaterick
  A poem by James Earl Carter? - A Jimerick
  A poem by a monster from North Korea?  -  A Kim Jong-unerick 
  One that's copied? - A Mimicerick

The Name Game? - A Nymerick 
Razzamatazz and all that Jazz?  -- A Pizzazerimerick  
A poem for a doctor between patients? - A Rinsemofferick
A poem for slender people? -- A Slimerick
A funny three-line pem? -- A Tri-merick

  A poem by Dr. Zeus? - A Vipper of Vipperick
  One that literally chirps? -- A Whippoorwillerick
  A poem that sounds like chimes? -- A Xylophonerick
  One about tuna that's not packed in oil? - A Yellowfineric
  And a poem that goes back and forth? - A Zigzagerick

And all this is, of course, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocierick!
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member Thank You

Whether you are in Osaka or Tokyo,
the right thing to say is “arrigato”.
If you ever get stuck in Moscow,
“spassiba” will help you out somehow.
When you are in Mumbai or Hyderabad,
you can always say “dhanyavaad”
In Turkey along the Eurasian rim,
getting by is easy with “teshekkur ederim”
In Bonn or Berlin, in order to gain,
you can always do it with “danke schoen”.
If you are in Paris or Montreal,
just saying “merci” is saying it all.
When you are in Madrid or Caracas,
gratefulness is expressed as “muchas gracias”
If you are in either North or South Korea,
you can make friends by saying “komapsumnida”.
If you have a rather steep climb in Brazil, 
“obrigado” will get you over the hill.
Wherever you go in the world today,
just remember that “thank you” is the thing to say.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Barefoot

Even his feet are cute
maybe that is why I don't like him
His eyes are bright
His hair is lush
His nose is perfect
His body so well proportion
He is short a small boy
It only makes him adorable
Girls always smile at him
I got used to being ignored
He does not like shoes
Even in class he sits barefooted
At his desk,  barefoot
His skin is golden honey
He tans so perfect in summer
I love winter time
Hit him hard with snowballs
Yet he thinks I am his pal
He says he can trust me
I laughed so hard when he stubbed his toe
I am mean, I know
When he laughs your laughing too
When he smiles your smiling back
Everybody loves this boy
I am slightly tolerated
It should be a crime to be so cute
In the middle of middle school
His family moved back to Korea
I really don't miss him at all
At my desk I remove my shoes and sit, barefoot.

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