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Premium Member Crossroads

CROSSROADS

                    Several crossroads are intersecting on paths of life.
                        You are bound to stop at crossing
                             obeying Red signal
                            of danger or dismal
                              or conflict critical.
                    
                    Waiting eager with zeal and vigor
                        aiming ambition flickering on Amber glow
                          turning Green seemed to be clean. 
                                                           
                    Proceed prompt being keen
                     on exuberant ecstasy expecting at least to achieve
                          what you deserve
                  or hoping a miracle to be reserved for you!

                     Yet journey is hazard, haphazard.  
                     Hardly haply happy happenstances.
                     Random occurrences bearing no balance
                     
                     Puzzling perplexing maze hard to cross periphery.
                      Purposeless tour in a closed contour, 
                        putting again at confusing crossing of crossroads.
  
  09/17/19
                  Third Place

   'CROSSROADS'  contest by Silent One.
  
                                                                        HM   
   'BRIAN'S CHOICE 2'   Contest by Brian Strand


Premium Member A Poetry Piece

imagist fragments
              rhythmical effects of
                 virtuous wordplay
                  of    singular soundplay
phenomena
       in   linguistic tracts
        occurrences in the vernacular
        disfunctions,interpolations
        from the poetic heart
repetitions
          stereotypical
          transcribed in a whirlwing of verse
          virtuosity intensified
           heightened &focussed
           sensitively sounded
            envisioned
authentic perceptions
                           made manifest
           initiated in discourse
           conceived in patterns of dialogue

inherent dynamics
          extraordinary in breadth
     lengthened beyond 
       lexical limits
fashioned to facilitate
enrich&endow

the unfamiliar      introduced, then
           interpreted becoming conjectural
           unexpected metaphors of
           the observed natural
                                     panorama
the spectacular articulated
                  with inventiveness
                     surpassing the everyday
rhythmic interplay
                between avenues
                     of
                       poetic
                          light
Form: Verse

Premium Member Perspective On Compartmentalization

Aiming to organize perfectly with zest
Brain of mine braces up against distraction's pest
Compartmentalization becomes clear mindset as best
Dividing rightfully; yet what along how is a challenging test...

Each has proper place in every way
Failure to do so may, can and will cause delay
Good thinking should function along wisdom ray 
Hoisted by trust, prayer-propelled... smiting dismay...

Inevitable occurrences along puzzling maze
Juggling concerns creating issues of mental craze
Keep me confused vis-a-vis compartmentalization blaze...
Lord, help me, I beg to face controversies with simplicity-gaze...

Mental attitude of triumphant glow
Now is my goal against faith* that's shallow
Optimizing divine direction with optimism as I follow
Perspective of wholistic pursuits and wholesome serenity-flow.

*Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

July 28, 2023
2nd place, "This or That, Vol 19-Compartmentalization" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Edward Ibeh; judged on 8/4/2023
Form: ABC

Master Masaoka Shiki

5-7-5
Tragedy striking
all the children are dying-
A master prevailed!


4-5-4
Tragedy strikes
Children are dying-
Masters prevail!




7/6/2017

Kobayashi Issa as a child was cared for by his grandmother. Due to the death of his mother. When his grandmother passed he was left lonely and moody. Not too long after his father sent him on is way to make a life of his own. During this time there was a span of 10 yrs of his life that is unknown. From there he wrote a journal titled "Last Days of Issa's Father". He was also misfortuned with the loss of all his children on top of a fire destroying his home all separate occurrences. Issa wrote over 20,000 haiku's in his life and died November 19, 1827.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member In the Belly of the Whale

darkness, like Jonah 
held in the belly of the whale,
the end of a world;
closed-in time in dark spaces -
gives one, a hell of a time to think 

in the belly of the whale 
grew a whole world, 
longer than 3 days and 3 nights,
the construction took finesse 
and dare one say, a gauche fearlessness

to unravel that ball of light
eject it out of her universe 
like a supernova,
like a titian haired prodigy,
far from easy, ostentum

to accumulate the life of it all
extend the regeneration in kind,
of a generational call -
each time an infant cries, 
the occupant in an infant is re-borne;

they say, it will take
3 days and 3 nights -
to destroy it all - 
the end of an unprepared
naive world -

who keeps tabs on the betting 
of it all, the end of a world?
there’s always 2 sides to a game -
the dimensions, levels all endless,
split and perplex;

in your arms today, gone tomorrow,
the love and the purpose stolen,
the end of a world -
the cycle sometimes broken -
yet the perpetuation of life, 

for all its worth -
continues, 

light and dark
some more light,
some more dark,
some sit on the fence 
in the middle, in-between; 

the end of a world?
they say shooting nuclear rockets 
into the Moon’s shadow 
could be a valid reason 
to collect unknown dark matter -

dark matter resides in us all -
why target the Moon and the Sun,
when we have bountiful supplies
within us all, human, here in this world?
all Jonahs, at some point, we are -

inside the belly of the whale

the internal infernal wars 
of us all, 
perhaps she thinks ...
she should cry like Jonah, 
hmmn, not anymore buster, not anymore

she’s had a life time 
to think on it all,
mull it all over - 
more and more
the rise and the fall,

but, she doesn’t cry anymore

the philosophy 
the mathematics 
of the metaphysical 
revolution takes over -
the futile banality of it all;

ostentum 

the occurrences, 
foreshadowing future events
borne from the belly of a whale 
the ostentum, 
goes about freely, now

watched from afar, 

by the love of another,
uneclipsed, 
in her own world

like a child 
watched by a loving mother




Candide Diderot. ‘24


Premium Member HEART THAT IS NOT DISMAYED AS THE LORD ALWAYS COMFORTS

March 12 Heart for God Bible Meditations Based on Joshua 5-8

Key Verse – Joshua 8:1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.

HEART THAT IS NOT DISMAYED AS THE LORD ALWAYS COMFORTS

Our heart is not dismayed as the Lord comforts us…
Toward virtuous transformation by His purpose’s foundation
Against adversary’s protest and opposition
Amidst evil occurrences bringing persecution
Along our devotion to Him with sincere dedication.

Our heart is not dismayed as the Lord comforts us…
Toward earnest prayerfulness by His steadfastness
Against unbelief’s attacks and destructiveness
Amidst mocking skepticism of humanism’s godlessness
Along our dependence in Him with full submissiveness.

Our heart is not dismayed as the Lord comforts us…
Toward ministry-involvement by His kingdom-advancement
Against worldliness’ invitation for monetary betterment
Amidst material comforts offered by earthly investment
Along our desire for Him with bliss-filled contentment.

Our heart is not dismayed as the Lord comforts us…
Toward discipleship certainty by His sovereignty
Against ecology’s disaster and calamity
Amidst economic crises around financial difficulty
Along our delight in His assured security.

Our heart is not dismayed as the Lord comforts us…
Toward holiness’ radiance by His guidance
Against waywardness’ control and ignorance
Amidst intellectual assistance, towering in arrogance
Along our duty from Him, entrusted with divine endurance.

Our heart is not dismayed as the Lord comforts us…
Toward becoming a Gospel seed-sower by His power
Against compromises’ failure and doubt-shower
Amidst weak conviction, bringing His standards lower
Along our direction to His path of blooming testimony’s flower.

Our heart is not dismayed as the Lord comforts us…
Toward soulwinning delight by His might
Against slothfulness’ fight and laziness-blight
Amidst varied excuses with negligent height
Along our commitment to lead others for heavenly flight.

March 12, 2026

Premium Member South Core

About the digital age and loss of human fidelity and meaning 

South core stabilized after all the smoke had cleared.   

None could understand how such occurrences could be part of every day life, but the setup was inevitable.  

All relied on another type of persistent Image outside of the self.  The other path discovered unto destruction by the hand of crafty men.  

Despite the failures, they persisted on the path.

They created higher dimensions of interference against the intuition of the native images until one day, the merger occurred.  

No one could anticipate the outcome.  

The complete loss of the native images to the present new Image seeing everything.  

Like the god Image of old, a new more prescient Image demanded performance at the limit of the native images.  

None could accept the serfdom but none could escape the reality imposed. 
 
All wished for the smoke for relief.



“There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside of them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.”
Quote by Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf

sextile plants reduce raw items in relative productive haste

Bird mouth on the brain sells 
plump unstately bucked up 

matters of actual o-
bligatory occurrences at 
Owl's Creaky Bridge where
forageable items can 

spawn like people squeezing 
elf-aware and clammy chowdered 

clown adults from 
rubes off courting blots of 
nightingale PM firenze
crushed and all mixed up be-

between a frequent
moving stream of

freebies wheeling in a 
west virginian's mother mar-
ried pupward to a
shapeless clumping mob or timely 

hunk stoned sober old and sentient fac-
tory molding

silver fish resigned to meet-
ing parties all aligned and 
drawn from quarters pound-
ed into minds repeated over 

bendless queasy headed eggs a-
top the Falling Garden Wall.

Are You There God

Are You There God?

Are you there god,
And not just a voice,
A sound in my head,
Or just a life-choice?

Are you not just a reflection, 
Of what goes on in my life;
Friendships, events, occurrences, 
And the things that cause me strife? 

Do you not just soak up my guilt, 
Of not giving foreign aid to Africa, 
Not showing care to my friend, 
And not doing what’s right without end? 

Are you physical, tangible, 
Touchable by my hands,
Able to be defined, 
Ready with discernment stands?

The physical is true and real, 
And determines the social;
It’s me that's responsible, 
For my actions, thoughtless or noble. 

You are not there at all,
But I can always ask,
For a greater confidence,
In my life task.

You can't elicit or evoke,
As someone would;
You're not in any way proactive, 
But just a personality hood.

People console and listen, 
Take away your fear,
Stop the insecurity,
Dry the wetted tear. 


13th October 2015
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member In Pits of Pain

Inside scrapings of darkness
how restless and doomed,
the bellow crashing in like
an agonized moon; 

the tunnel hears blood whooshing
in pits full of rain,
hurling damn imaginings
of her fetus’ pain,

wails rip through the stained window
and grinds near right lung,
heart reeks for a babe frozen 
knowing breath is gone;

if I could pluck her memories
from uterine wall,
to touch sun’s glint christening
new eyes on dawn’s call.

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*Sadly,research estimates that approximately 1 in 4
 pregnancies end in miscarriage; and most women
experience a grief period during such occurrences.

For Susan's If These Walls Could Talk Contest

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