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Premium Member Unmissable

I reminisce I miss
	remonstrate and misplace
		in search of my narrative
dust off the shelves
	smoothen around the edges
		align what seems meant to be

Carefree strong winds of sailing
	through the attic of past truths
		founded in a basement of sense
when a candy apple was sweet
	molten gummy bears on my tongue
		liquorice swirling freedom’s taste

Relish for evermore pleasure
	rebellion passionately unwrapped
		not knowing the limits of flavour
pure twang of victorious delight
	when a ball crossed the goal line
		a couple of jackets for uprights

A cherished trophy in hand
	muddy muck on scraped knees
		and a soul without gaping scars
when youth knew no bounds
	only I was my own referee
		fighting for justice and team

The game’s rules have changed
	have become more complicated
		plans are mere drafts on my canvas
for better or worse I absorb
	collect reminder and gather
		impress vacant echoes in pain

At junctions of insight
	when reason and feelings
		refuse to kindly commune
I have to evoke the losses
	clear the fog’s misty path
		gather stones in my way

Seeking to disentangle
	causes and resulting effects
		dead ends on the highway
the tunnel of happiness
	undergrowth and overpasses
		fading street-signs I pass

when pot holes and drift sand
	block progress and motion
		draw me down in despair
a voice from deep inside calls me
	to look forward and therefore
		I miss I reminisce I miss


19th March 2021


Fear of Terrorism

Fear of Terrorism

T raumatized tortured tumultuous feelings of trepidation
E ncapsulating effervescing emotions everywhere eventually
R esponding rapidly to ruthless and relentless repetition of
R evelations of  revolutionaries remorseless rapaciousness
O bstreperously obliterating outrageously the innocent
R etributions replicate as ramifications remonstrate
I nsurrection insidiously intensifies as ideologies immortalize
S trategically surreptitiously suffocating silently sons sanity
M ankind muses meticulously as methodologies morph into misery


John Derek Hamilton
March 24,2016
Form: Acrostic

Buhari: a Song of Praise

Thou has been our saviour,
Though we've been bewitched by different savours.
That emanate from thy armpit,
Pulling along with it,our infamous wits.
The product of your skilfulness,
Had stirred in us readiness.
To war against food stupor,
Even if indirectly we're tasked by the law.
Like the yellow sherbet ball,
That gives untamed attention to the winter's call.
The seat on which you abode,
Bear to us variant valuables we can't afford.
And the ignonimous status of your delivery,
Heartily give our thoughts laundry.
Many says: 'His ways and heart are hardened',
But never mind: 'Omi po ju oka lo ni'.
They often remonstrate on your health,
But they know not that it brings death to our dearth.
Sa wo!,iwo erin sa ni wo ti n fon,
Keep blowing till their no more chance for fun.
c.2017
Form: Ode

Premium Member our natural state

Pavlov’s dogs are salivating
bells of nature ring as
every action yields consequences
stimuli evoke a response and
primeval instincts dance with evolution

‘I think therefore I am’ jingles in the mind
while valid emotions seek freedom
from primordial shackles and chainsaws 

‘progress not perfection’ I hear you say
a cornerstone headway and presupposition
for a purposeful life of truthful meaning

it is only natural to doubt in disbelief
so many answers but what is the question
when the personal is political and
belligerent affairs are demeaning

the Self runs riot in justification
as ill judgements and warfare take over

canines drool dribble spit fire
yet monkeys share their spoils and bananas
humans however claim ultimate fitness
in their fight over natural resources
account for behavioural actions
in grandiose faith only in themselves

the planet is crying out for pity and mercy
and of course I am a mere cog in the wheel
spun out of control from kindness love compassion
a whole is more than the sum of
global destruction as the clock keeps ticking
to the desperate sound of destruction and evil

we are brutal self-centered savages
wild at heart and remonstrate
‘it is only the natural state of affairs’
lack objections remorse and reprieve
soothe our consciences with sweet babble of 
paradise with apples and megalomania
in a snake pit in which fruit 
fall too close to the stem
decompose into rancid cynical cider
ferment toxic venomous black outs

does or should life really flow on its own

slaves to collective insanity wreckage and carnage
we wield words swords mine fields of Ego
and the world and its nature
could be so beautiful without
such axes of evil bedlam instead of
respect for a Universe 
so much bigger than greed

07th January 2025

Premium Member What a Insert Expletive

Blame hardly ever helps unless it is used to express anger

it does not achieve any more than venting raging frustration

levels the playing field to a point apportioning recrimination

without actually achieving anything but turning on the tap

of seemingly futile emotions seeking for a functional cause


My lover and I were set to move on from Spain back to home

a new abode on the British Isles to work and retire for good

Sitting in a house in Valencia with boxes packed with books

memorabilia trinkets and carpets rolled up for easy transport

we simply waited for one final certificate from the authorities

Nothing fancy just a signature on paper and promised long ago

but nothing had prepared us for the legendary mañana mañana

with months of inaction inaptitude and not a thought for reason

We are working on it they said but no one seemed to care about

how much depended on the form and a long chain of consequences


Now the buyers pulled out and who can blame them as they 

patiently waited such a long time and eventually merely gave up

on their dream and by proxy on our venture and own aspirations

Unpacking the moving goods will keep us busy for a short while

to make our house presentable once more and waiting to ensue


Injustice grinds its teeth at feelings and reason that do not conform

fail to find the wise mind to align their disarray and stark confusion

and so we are lost in transition that keeps on lingering for an eternity

while our souls bleed remonstrate on what ifs and other conjunctives

Lashing out at floorboards and ceilings does not deal with the grief


My grandma used to say it is what it is and advised with great caution

that one never knows what it may be good for and advised acceptance

and her problems were bigger than ours with a war raging in Europe

bombs on her head ruins devastation existential fear and an unknown

and we have each other a roof over our heads and food on our table


And yet it is difficult to be grateful when a vision for imminent future

has been shattered so crudely in its unfairness of unnecessary delay

On the bright side candles and scent sticks are unpacked as we pray

17th March 2021


Premium Member Rabid Raven

sheep sleep surreptitiously 

spiders spin shredded silken seances

song birds sulk soporifically 

rabid ravens rave rapturous rhapsodies


capriciously caught in clangour

I die dire deceptive dreams

tepid tears tear through torment

viscous vapours vacate venom

pus pelts my pitiful pillow

oozes omnipotent oblivion


alliterations alight anger

freeze fervent fear

reiterate raucous refusal

ruminate reverberate rancid rile


I wake the wake of weary waste

recycle random rubbish remonstrate

then morning mourns Morpheus 

mocks mountains of morose meanders


day dawns dubious daunting delight

as I tease temptation to take a tally

send syllables into space and shuttle

to morphing metaphors from my mind


until excruciating echoes become echelons

of cumbersome circuits and contempt

when restless rest revisits and revolves 

recoils at respite and the raven raves


20th December 2020

Let Join Hands Together

World stay still
                      Human is mortal
             Life is a tale coming and going.


             The Rate of increasing
       is higher than the rate of decreasing.

                Population of the country rise
              meta her economy.

               Poverty is unbearable.
         It takes great impact in corruption.

            People  remonstrate "what is the
                 Impart of  government"
               
            Whereas, some cause much of it
             Our government are doing their
           best to make our country the best

                    Let join hands together
                   to build a strong nation

              A nation where peace prevail
                     A nation of no poverty
                     A nation of no corruption

                      Let join hands together

                        To build a generation
              of creative generous innovation
              Our future lies within our hands.

20/5/2015
Contest: what's the big idea
Sponsor: lyric Man.
Form: Epic

I Am Now

" ... full blast ...."

357 is a great tale to tell...
Tesla saw the steps
so invented his call

And then in the silence 
of Olympian ground

"...I heard you rang?..."
Said d;Meter to them all....

"A cosmic gun" was just for fun
But He's challenged a.dove
To find her way home.

so here we go...
#masons #toolshed #cubit #numbers
N. TESLA
 "Fragments of Olympian Gossip"
While listening on my cosmic phone
I caught words from the Olympus blown.
A newcomer was shown around;
That much I could guess, aided by sound.
"There's Archimedes with his lever
Still busy on problems as ever.
Says: matter and force are transmutable
And wrong the laws you thought immutable."
"Below, on Earth, they work at full blast
And news are coming in thick and fast.
The latest tells of a cosmic gun.
To be pelted is very poor fun.
We are wary with so much at stake,
Those beggars are a pest—no mistake."
"Too bad, Sir Isaac, they dimmed your renown
And turned your great science upside down.
Now a long haired crank, Einstein by name,
Puts on your high teaching all the blame.
Says: matter and force are transmutable
And wrong the laws you thought immutable."
"I am much too ignorant, my son,
For grasping schemes so finely spun.
My followers are of stronger mind
And I am content to stay behind,
Perhaps I failed, but I did my best,
These masters of mine may do the rest.
Come, Kelvin, I have finished my cup.
When is your friend Tesla coming up."
"Oh, quoth Kelvin, he is always late,
It would be useless to remonstrate."
Then silence—shuffle of soft slippered feet—
I knock and—the bedlam of the street.
Nikola Tesla, 
........
and so I replied...
fragments of O
While listening on his cosmic phone
He caught the words 'Olympus blown'
A newcomer, being shown around
was guided there by way of sound
" she's listening " Archimedes found
to steps been laid upon the ground
Sir Isaac, while upside down
gave Albert a turn
saying "change that frown!"
Kelvin's finally finished his cup
and our dearest Tesla...
is about to wake up!
.
.
it's a matter...
of transmutable
#369 #vortex #74 #888 #1776 #1872 #577720 <-- oh yes, this one too.
© Izzy Gumbo  Create an image from this poem.

There's protest in my praying

there's protest in my praying 
a defiance that keeps playing
I raise objections when I talk to Father God 
about the dissatisfaction within my heart 

I remonstrate I demonstrate 
I tell God how I feel 
I speak from places of pain 
that I need Him to heal 
I protest about my circumstances
and my situation 
I challenged Him to perform 
a godly reformation 

there's protests in my praying
and like Moses was, I'm unsure 
that what God desires from me 
I don't know if I can speak for 

I remonstrate, I demonstrate 
I tell God how I feel
I speak from places of pain 
that I need Him to heal 
I protest about my circumstances 
and my situation 
I challenge Him to perform 
a godly reformation 

I need God to respond to my words, my needs 
and my desires 
I need Him to put into place 
that which will have me inspired 
so that I can become the best me 
that I can possibly be 
for God to mold me, to enfold me 
and recreate my destiny 

and like Hannah who fiercely desired a son 
she prayed in protest until the deed was done 

I remonstrate I demonstrate 
I tell God how I feel 
I speak from places of pain 
that I need Him to heal 
I protest about my circumstances 
and my situation 
I challenge Him to perform 
a godly reformation 

and like those two midwives who refused 
to kill little boys 
they prayed in protest until 
God's might was deployed 

I remonstrate, I demonstrate
I tell God how I feel 
I speak from places of pain 
That I need Him to heal
. 
I raised objections when I talked to God 
and He addressed the dissatisfaction 
that was in my heart 

I no longer remonstrate 
I no longer demonstrate 
God now knows how I feel
He's taken away my pain 
and me He's now healed 
No more protests about my circumstances 
nor my situation 
for God has performed on me
a Godly reformation 

God responded to my words, my needs
my wants and my desires 
He's molded me and enfolded me 
and in true faith, I'm  now inspired
Form: Ballad

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