Long Macintosh Poems

Once at the roundabout, I stopped for precaution
Stretching my arching legs, so much exhaustion
Many a long mile I have been, 
I am steadfast without chagrin. 

Left there yesterday to get here early
Didn’t get lost but...

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Not when you put cotton candy in our grapes
You might as well give it to a teacher,see what they have to say if they haven't already sold their...

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Recess 1


Third grade
Ms. Greene
Handed me tightly wrapped Chinese candy 
And Starburst occasionally

A little girl
Fresh out of Haiti
Bullied
Teased, punched and kicked
Scared and scarred
Yet well mannered 

Blue she wore “going on a date?
Ms. Greene giggles and smiled

In...

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Today the Sunday special brief
     iCloud online worship session, I did attend
(via remote support)
     found me feeling pampered,

     when adept technical support
 ...

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Oh Lord, Our Heavenly Father of all creation
We rely on you in all tribulations of life
Hope you will come down to touch and heal 
Our bleeding hearts, for your mercy exceeds all bounds
You cannot turn...

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Top notch legal scholar Erin Go Braw
     (less concerned about being fair versus
     abominable, irrevocable, and execrable
     unforgivable oversight most holy "M" &...

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It was a clear, beautiful evening
The sun still ablaze, a tad too brilliant,
Playing out its last moments, 
The sky, a ruddy glow of luminescence!	

I was stationed on a park bench
Lazily watching the stir and commotion
The...

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Resting in Benign Pleasure
By Sy Roth 

They watched me, 
Waiting for a segue.
Continuously gazing at me 
A waxen bowl of fruit
Tantalizing, 
Clinging to my every move
Like lichen on the leeward side of an ancient oak,
Like...

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Give me a soul whos lost their way and I'll show you a soul who needs His 
Intervention.  The only way to make it in this world is to have Faith and  
Veer...

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While Mr. Bartlett was heard to declare,
"I will be famous.  I've found a new pear!"
He was nothing compared to Mr. Newton,
Who found the first fig tree with some fruit on!
When next in a biscuit,...

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Oh! Behold
The bliss and beauty of spring
The warm sunbeams, the sudden showers,
The husky wind, neither swift nor soft
The verdure of shrubs that puts forth their buds
And their sweet fragrance 
When opening their delicate folds.

Lo! That...

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My beloved poet - a Victorian bard,
who took my breath away with his fascinating works, 
when as a teenager I fell in love with poetry, 
romantic and passionate.

a poet from Victorian era 
who hypnotized me 
with...

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Robins sing joyfully to the morning sun,

hidden behind the pale white summer flowers,

up in that old basswood tree out back

Splish splash splish 

 sounds of the sprinkler 

water the now lush green grass

smells of freshly...

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I wash my hands, I wash my hands, I put on a shirt, make sure it is right,
I adjust my tie, it has to be straight, I look in the mirror, it is straight!
I turn...

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Some days my grief consumes me
It's so hard to believe you're gone
Part of me doesn't want to go on
The part that died when you left me.

I place my hands upon my face
To hide the tears...

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When I wake up in the morning
after dreaming and see the dawn of light,
like a rude rooster crowing, reality bites,
when I watch the nightly news
and hear about the daily crimes,
like a terrorist attacking, reality bites,
when...

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Oil Painting 4 & 5 Contest
Sponsor: Eve Roper

Annie plays alone at the beach,
    Sand sloping down to the sea,
         What beautiful golden hair she...

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As dawn would bring no daylight
without dark, empty night;
    the clearest day no beauty hold
    without dense, clouds of gray.

As spring would bring no rebirth
without cold winter sleep; 
...

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It is still the twilight but with a promise of a moonlit night;
beneath my feet, grass is damp in the evening mist;
air is scented with the smell of white temple flowers,
and wisps of smoke rising...

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Sad, I looked at heavens a while,
Saw stars making the blue sky smile,
Lonely, aloof stranded on isle,
Wondered what touched my heavy heart.

Morning news when fill me with strife,
Nature silences the chaos of life,
My emptiness gets...

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Starlight of my Life
When you found me I was 
Lost, teary and alone
Alike a fledgling bird
Fallen out from its home.

From the first moment on
I felt I’d found a friend
You, my true love only
Helped a damaged...

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wave me a light in midst of gloom,
boundless your mercy, give me room,
candle I light for you with hope,
oh! please my Lord, throw us a rope!

world is torn asunder by hate,
evil rides the stallion called...

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Call it kindness or kind-heartedness, helpfulness or humanity, compassion or sympathy, all human attributes, yet, sometimes it is felt that Nature often scores over humanity. The poet here that observes trees envies them, their flowers...

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I see


I see pictures on a blank canvas.
I see images inside your image.
I see the tranquility within the madness.
I see a beautiful world only I can envisage.


I see words where none are written.
I see winter...

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Greenslopes

Greenslopes Army hospital was ,
For the returned soldiers cos,
They needed repatriation,
For war causes sickness of,
BEWARE
Bronco-Don was there again,
Suffering trauma and the pain,
Till a scan was sought because,
THEY
Put his head in a vice like grip,
Said it...

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