Long Reign Poems
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May tranquility reign and grace your Thanksgiving board this year,
As you thank the Good Lord for all the blessings you hold dear!
I pray that it will be a time of good cheer and not a free-for-all,
As in the dysfunctional family described below, ending in a brawl!
Grandpa said grace that rambled on interminably while stomachs growl.
Grandma had heard enough of that and poked him with a warning scowl!
Pompous Uncle Blimp boasted about the democrats winning the election,
While saner heads steered the conversation in a more innocuous direction!
Ne'er-do-well Cousin Cletus who was recently released from prison,
Wailed about being falsely imprisoned saying the cannabis wasn't his'n!
Aunt Louise complained that she didn't get the turkey gizzard as was her due!
Dad was happily sozzled having consumed too much of his homemade brew!
Little Marvin slopped gravy on grandma's prized heirloom tablecloth!
Nana screeched about controlling your brats - she was most visibly wroth!
The kid howled and mommy hugged him saying, "It was not your fault!"
In the aftermath, little was said except an occasional, "Pass the salt!"
Elbows flew and the hapless turkey's carcass was stripped clean and bare!
Grandpa removed his teeth to take a snooze, fed up with the whole affair!
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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Revelation 11: 13-17 In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth
of the city (Jerusalem) fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed,
and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second woe is
passed, Behold the third woe is coming quickly. Then the seventh angel sounded:
And there were loud verses in heaven saying,"The kingdoms of this world have
become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever
and ever!"
And the twenty four-elders who sat before God on His throne fell on their faces
and worshiped God saying: "We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, The One
who is and who is to come, Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.
Mark 13:2 And Jesus answered and said to him (His disciple) "Do you not see these
great buildings? Not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown
down." [ This happened forty-years after the Crucifixion, death, burial and resurrection
of Jesus Christ. The Roman general Titus, along with local Roman legions, destroyed
the temple of Jerusalem in 70 AD]
Rev. 17:8 "The beast that you saw was; and is not, and will ascend out of the bottom
less pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names
are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the
beast that was, and is not and is. Rev. 17:11 "The beast that was, and is not is of him
self also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
"The Librocubicularist"
The rain gently strokes the window panes
they’re foggy from the warmth inside
she’s caught up in sheets of
pages, white Egyptian cotton bounds her long naked
legs, she turns over on her side as she’s caught in different stages.
She moves her long slender fingers
over her captive’s
words, ever so softly whispers,
“I wish this story would never end.
Make me your infinite final draft,
I’m now in your story, my friend”.
She reaches over and turns on "The Silent Forest",
it’s a Chillstep Mix,
"It’s going to be a very slow
read", she muses.
The rain lashes outside
pounding harder and harder,
the bed shakes.
What a perfect
day to be held captive
in her story,
listen to her reign.
She thinks of "Little Earthquakes".
(Lovejoy-Burton/ December 2017)
1. The Lawrence Tree - Georgia O'Keeffe, 1929
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawrence_Tree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDbAtWpoA6k
https://youtu.be/LC_3I34I8CA
After four days of charcoal clouds
With intermittent pouring rain
The longed for sunshine appeared
It's glory eased my pain
I told my husband let's go out
Visit nature's wonder
We road around the edge of forest
Enjoying each minute with no thunder
We rode by pomegranate bushes
Bursting from swollen seeds
Because of days of pouring rain
But the ground fairly free of weeds
Then downward to Swift creek
to see its capacity after the rain
It was up and stained but gone down
Since the last downpour's reign
Sound of fast water
rushing to the seas....
in the stillness~ calm
The rocky places sounded like
A small waterfall's music
Nothing at all like my writings
Most seem anacoluthic
It's Simple
You step out of the real world
Join the wonder one
And start to live in conflict
To reign in confusion
To walk in disguise
And rage
It's Easy
You forget about happiness
About fulfillment
About contentment
About motivation
About commitment
Its possible
You stop to seek
stop to search
stop to hide
You decide to embrace
Emptiness
Lack
And incredibility
Its achievable
You just wake up
And declare you don't exist
And swear
You will never live
In a world conquered by love
To love and be love
Is part of humanity
whether you are in pain cause of love
Or in despair due to lack of it
Love keeps the mother
That birthed us here all
Love is what mortality and immortality share
Its what spirituality and carnality share
Its what saints and sinners desire
Its the invisible force that reigns
even beyond the grave
Its possible to imagine out of it
But impossible to live without it
Form:
Epitaph for the Test Dogs
What you did for us, not many know,
because you did it so long ago.
Victoria’s reign to flapper days,
you lived in labs while other dogs played.
Pancreas removed from each of you,
you were, then, rendered diabetic too.
Were insulin shots something to trust?
Since they worked for you, they were tried on us.
They worked like magic when they were tried.
Type I diabetics no longer died.
To you, furry friends, this tribute we give.
You gave up normal lives so we could live.
Contest: How you live or have been healed from a difficult and challenging health condition?
How earnestly, dear, you enchant my dream
Blooming heart’s wishes in amorous theme
Lifting me to your realm of astral mysteries
Buoying my longings on wings of your spirits
Rowing leisurely to paradise of ethereal bliss,
Surfing azure winds, navigating stellar seas.
Traversing through empire of eternal revelry,
Dazzling me with allure of inflamed intimacy
You lured me to magical palace of fantasy,
Way beyond kingdom of nebulae, galaxies,
Through reign of Venus~ the goddess of beauty,
And mythical territory of monarchy moonlit.
Mesmerizing dawn, scripting tale of romance,
You touched my soul, conquering my heart,
As purple tints engraved arc of ebullient morn
Honoring love, when hastily you were gone,
Leaving behind memories, wallowing in awe,
Of your passion esoteric, blazing on and on.
February 11, 2023
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The Donkey of Destiny
The party was set, the guests were invited,
The adults were happy, the kids all excited.
All going to plan; the hosts were delighted,
Then the Donkey of Destiny brayed – he-haw!
The Donkey of Destiny brayed.
The Board of Directors set forth their campaign,
To conquer their industry, supremely reign,
To guarantee ultimate financial gain,
Til the Donkey of Destiny brayed – he-haw!
The Donkey of Destiny brayed.
Military leaders made their decision,
Troops were deployed with painstaking precision.
Soon they would realise their tactical vision,
Then the Donkey of Destiny brayed – he-haw!
The Donkey of Destiny brayed.
To amuse the young children, a day out was planned,
Buckets and spades and sunshine and sand.
Ice-cream and fish-and-chips; seaside brass band,
But the Donkey of Destiny brayed – he-haw!
The Donkey of Destiny brayed.
There’s nothing as fickle as Destiny’s Donkey,
Capricious as weather, and sly as a monkey,
Be certain that everyone’s hopes will turn funky,
When the Donkey of Destiny brays – he-haw!
When the Donkey of Destiny brays.
My heart is weary, my soul is worn
From the weight of struggles, the sting of scorn
I've walked through fire, and weathered the rain
And I'm searching for solace, a refuge from the pain
Be my peace, my shelter from the storm
My calming presence, my gentle form
I've got enough pain, enough heartache and woe
I need your soothing balm, your peaceful glow
In your arms, I find my peaceful nest
A place to lay my weary head, and find my rest
Your love is my solace, my comfort and my guide
Be my peace, my love, and let my heart reside
So let the world outside, with all its strife and pain
Fade into the background, as I bask in your peaceful reign
For with you by my side, I know I'll be alright
Be my peace, my love, and fill my heart with light.
What are these ancient creatures?
Which once dominated the earth
Left a mark which we will never forget
They came and saw during the Triassic era
And they continued their reign all through the Jurassic era
Before we starting spending pounds or dollars or Lira
230 million years ago
They dealt with the mammals of their time
With just one blow
And devoured other reptiles as well
Nice and slow
They ruled the seas and oceans almost completely
And they hunted for preys on land quite discreetly
Pterodactyls controlled the skies before the coming of jets and drones
And they communicated with their peers without the need of cellular phones
They lived through the ages for more than a hundred million years
And were the masters of lions and even big brown bears
Before the coming of *****sapiens
They roamed the sands
And conquered other animals in many distant lands
With its blade like teeth and an enormous jaw
Tyrannosaurus Rex was the largest carnivore they ever saw
But my favourite was the herbivore, Triceratops
He could repel an attack by the T- Rex until it stops
And had two horns on its fore head like the sign Taurus
With huge talons on its feet that looks like gladius
And the dumbest was the plant eating Brachiosaurus
With its long neck which made it look simply ludicrous
The dinosaurs prospered and flourished
And they were all over the place
They were man’s predecessors
And ushered in the human race
By design the dinosaur was no bird or reptile
But it may have comprise of the two
Because its spine stood erectile
Always looking for something to bite or chew
One day an asteroid came crashing down
And wiped them out
All the dinosaurs who used to live in our town
The proof of their reign
Lies deep in the soil
While their fossils remains
Their flesh became crude oil