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Premium Member Silver and Gold

Johnny MacAlister was six-years-old, young enough still for wishes,
Baby sister, Rosie, was all of three, all giggling and adorable kisses.

With fond, indulgent parents, the family was content in their home,
In a town, sleepy in sunlit day, where a scarlet cock used his comb.

Johnny played with Rosie every day. He loved to get her laughing;
As if a gaudy parade of jesters and clowns, chanced to be passing!

Forget-me-not days brought fast friends, in fruitful times of flowers,
Fuchsia and filled with fragrance, highlighting fun, burgundy hours.

Fair days bloomed where fall had faded, and fortune brought family;
Like festive fireworks of celebration, illuming sunset skies, uncannily.

Johnny lived in the house of joy, and tiny feet, ever pitter pattering;
And of playing, mauve dawn to dusk, like bluebirds, ever chattering.

Sapphire, dusk skies twinkled smartly, beyond their street of scents;
When scanty, pink sun fled, scorching, while night waited in suspense.

With naive, newborn day, came neighbors, for hot coffee and nougat,
In green, noisy days of nearby birdsong, and violet butterfly contact.

'Fairy magnolias' created such magic, and 'hummingbird' blooms knew;'
And hibiscus 'imperial dragon' roared, as eyelash plants, lovelier grew.

Cape primrose 'wow,' awed, while syngonium ‘milk confetti,’ glittered;
And begonia 'ring of fire,' was smoking, while purple martins tittered.

Johnny's birthday wish had come true, he saw when he unwrapped it;
And found a pair of blue, roller skates, like a rainbow, shining for a bit.

But, before he could finish eating, the dreaded rain had begun to pour;
And his childish impatience grew as, instead of less, it showered more!

Yet, Johnny made another wish, magically granted, as skies brightened;
When the rain slowed, midst sunshine, its silvery-gold drops, so vibrant!

Johnny had such fun that day, for all the days of childhood, allow magic;
And never forgot the day silver fell like coins, like an old, golden classic.

'Rain, rain go away,
Come again another day.
Rain, rain go away,
Little Johnny wants to play.'
Form: Couplet


Another Generation

   We had Debbie Gibson, 
And Motley Crew.
   We had Jon Bon Jovi,
  and Scooby-Do.
 We had Axl Rose,
And MTV.
   We had school
 house rock, 
And MR. T.

   We had Alf, 
And Pac-Man.
   We had Doc Martins,
and Duran, Duran.

   We had Boy George,
And Bill and Ted.
   We have Ferris Bueller,
  home sick in bed.

  We had Where's the Beef,
and Robo-cop.
   We had Thunder Cats, 
And pudding pops.

  We had Ayatollah, 
And the Whopper.
   We had Spud McKenzie,  
 And Cyndi Lauper.

   We had Ziggy Stardust, 
And Family Ties.
   We had Michael Jackson, 
and Hungry Eyes.

   We had Rainbow Bright, 
And Flash Dance.
   We had Pee Wee Herman
And Puffy pants.

   We had Led Zeppelin, 
And David Bowie.
   We had Pink Floyd, 
And Chocolate 
Chips Ahoy.

   We had Jaws,
And Richard Pryor.
 We had the 
war on drugs,
 and Easy Rider. 

       TURBO1904 ?
Form: Rhyme

Tiktok

Here comes a generation of substance.
Trouble lies, her name is Constance
Future of tomorrow caught with substance
Imagine Janet, Judith, Tiktok for instance.

Looking Hot another name for Misconduct.
Tell Angela Martins I have her product.
She ordered ring light for brightness
With a future filled with darkness.

Technology is sweeter than Candy,
Sweeter than the candy I gave to Andy.
Teenagers teenaging in Advancement,
With rationality reduced to Entertainment.

Tiktok, Facebook and Whatsapp,
Nigerians are lost in you dear App.
Tell them what you're meant for,
Lest we dance wastefully to Old age.

The Hands of the Eld Pianist Player

Strangers but loved
                aged pianist's hands
                   don't die in silence...
                 The old pianist watches
                 his hands ... learned
                 a secret... the music...
                 Even injured and with strength
                 touch still finds.
                 In silence his tips
                 dactyls hurt, suffer...
                 But the silence knows that
                 will speak in his ringtones...
                 dying toes
                 suck the last ones out of life
                sighs...
                The old pianist sweating,
                 cry dry tears...
                 But the blessed sound
                 the piano plays the music
                 holy, torn from
                 heart...

  Homage to pianist João Carlos
   Martins and his extreme pain in the
   extremities hands and fingers...

Premium Member Poetic Podcast Episode 12 Bop

I still remember the suit and Doc Martins, 
choker full of X’s, and a brand new mantra;
Rebellion was tricky and full of temptation,
doing my own thing alone with a mission;
Peer pressure never really phased me 
I was violently loyal to my own ideology;

I’m glad I met that straight edge kid
back in high school;

Finding a tribe that shared my firestorm;
No drugs, no smoking, and no alcohol.
Who knew others were my kind of crazy?
I always thought that I was alone, 
‘True til Death’ that lyric will never die,
it became a sort of gospel to live by. 
Yes, I was clean when I was in college,
as an adult that lifestyle’s harder to follow;

I’m glad I met that straight edge kid
 back in high school;

Now whenever I hit a difficult patch 
I don’t entertain any kind of crutch;
Working through it let’s feelings fade 
I can handle this just like the next bang;
As time goes by and the world gets heavy?
I stay sober, I’ve been there already. 

I’m glad I met that straight edge kid
back in high school.
Form: Other


Yes They Matter

Too many lives taken 
by the cops
Facing the protesters 
hoping things pop
All because of the 
color of ones skin
Those sworn to protect 
have let evil in
Cameras giving witness 
to what we seen
Our streets are now 
looking like war scenes
Rubber bullets and tear gas 
shot into the peace
The violence we see 
now on the increase
What the authority didn't 
expect was our voice
We have risen as is our 
constitutional choice
See the Malcoms and the 
Martins are now grown
Organizing protests for 
unjust cops have shown
How a cops knee held 
George underneath 
As he pleaded to his mama 
he couldn't breathe
We are here to say no 
matter what their force 
Our weapons you see peace
is our best source
So rise above all the 
violence take a knee
And please let my brothers
and sisters feel free
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Abraham Lincoln's Memorial 1969 Written by Yolanda Joy Nicholsen

The alarm clock sang out, my dad jumps up 
rushes me into the kitchen, today my love 
is indeed, a very special day for you, my eyes 
wide shut, as he continued, explaining civil rights
 
Cramming memories, into my little head I mean 
I'd remember sitting, on my Nona's lap as, 
Martin Luther King was killed in Birmingham 
my entire family, regressed into deep sadness
 
Aging over night perhaps, so did I ,our last names 
were Parks and King, let me tell you, during the 
60's in Chicago, if a riot broke out our names, 
were instantly called, over tornado speakers 

Sound off Mohammed speaks, we were rushed 
into dark sedans, being slowly driven down, 
Roosevelt road this was 1969 first grade 
I was preparing, to visit Lincoln's home,
 
and tomb mom combed, through my curl's, 
my grandmother ,rubbed Vaseline on my face elbows, 
and knees ,this big fuss over me, I was actually named 
after Martins daughter, well Miss. Yolanda king
 
you get to sing, on the steps of Lincoln's memorial, 
Marian Anderson's hymn, sometimes I feel like a 
motherless child, afterwards the Supreme Court Justice,
we were mourning ,with happy tears, these brown face's 
doting on me, five generations in my mist 
           standing in line, to give me a big kiss 
Written by Mrs Yolanda Joy Nicholsen
Form: Naat

Autumn Day

Darkened skies 
That cloaks the night, slowly fade away
And the melodic songs of birds, are heard
Heralding a bright new day
 
As the earth begins to feel the warmth
Of a sultry, soft sun’s heat
Morning mists envelop the ground
Like a pure white silken sheet
 
From beneath the shroud, rustling is heard
As small creatures leave their lairs
Scurrying around, on their hunt for food
That will be their winter fayre

Berries, nuts and soft ripe fruit
Abundant on bushes and trees
Will be harvested and stored away
To sustain through winter’s freeze

Dawn’s crisp frost begins to melt
And a tapestry of colour is seen
Of lustrous reds, orange, yellows and gold
As nature changes from summer’s green

There’s a nip in the air,
A chill in the breeze, rustling through the trees
Creating a kaleidoscope snowstorm
Of gently falling leaves

Treading majestically through the leaves
Is a magnificent, male, red deer
His melancholy, soulful, mating call
Tells that rutting time is here

It echoes to the river, where a hint of a splash 
Forms rings, as the salmon rise
And from their homes in the bank, sand martins dart 
To feast on insects and flies

While across in the meadow, profuse with blooms
Rabbits and field mice run free
As butterflies dance from flower to flower
To the drone of bumble bees

And in a patchwork landscape of fertile fields
Both sheep and cattle laze
Sleepy, from having eaten their fill
Of the lush, fecund, grass they graze

As I take a stroll through these idyllic scenes
It leaves me breathless, with no words to say
On how anything can ever, be compared
To the beauty of an autumn day.
Form: Rhyme

Protesting

They shot a boy the other day
not far from where I live
killed him in cold blood
they wonder what he feared
they say his hands were in the air
reaching for the sky
but that never stopped the policeman 
from making his bullets fly
seven shots rang out 
then there was a pause
and two more shot were made
as if there were not any laws
I went to the neighborhood
just a short walk away
and I joined all the protesters
while the world watched and weighed
some were looking for attention
from the whole wide world 
and did I forget to mention
the want to be Martins and Malcolm's
opportunist who've waited all their lives
for that white man to kill that poor black boy
but join the people, I must
follow their parade, I must
play the role, I must
because it matters
we marched and so did the white opportunist
who were there enjoying the cameras
one has to wonder how many Martins and Malcolm's
were there really?
Form:

Isolation Tv

The clock on the wall
Just past boring.
Today’s Big decision is crumpets
And Charlie Stayt on the BBC  still boring.
Today’s news is Covid 19.
The homes been put under the hammer
and martins told me to do my homework.
and I've been on a bargain hunt.
I turn the radio on its smooth fm
It’s a constant link of cheesy tunes
and yes I am living on a prayer.
oh I could so easily murder someone
best not as its father brown now.
then more Covid 19 on the news.
out for a walk with the lyra clad masses
and there’s more cyclists than Beijing.
Teas a thing with the shortest expire date.
And im now watching pointless which seems so apt.
then of to help Indiana  find a crystal skull
then more news about Covid 19.

Bed 

The End

Episode 2 tomorrow  in fact no just read it again.
fun

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