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All In the Name of Progress 1st Addition

The wrecking ball long since
     demolished boyhood house zen
located at 324 Level Road,
     a once rural residence,
     which soulful yen
I called home
     since February 28th, 1968, when

Boyce and Harriet Harris
     (my octogenarian
     widower father, a transplanted urban
cowpoke father, and late outskirts
     of poker flats mother) than
experienced livingsocial in the country,

      cuz aforesaid domain didst span,
and encompass,
     one hundred plus acre estate
     listed in national register
     as "Glen Elm", where ran
woodland surrounding a golden pond

     favored by Canadian Geese,
     but under game plan
of commercial developer Donald Neilson
     (a tall lumbering 
     "all business no play doh" man

blueprints drafted for
     an army of vinyl city
     exemplifying Little boxes
     on the hillside ditty
Little boxes made of ticky tacky...gritty
material upending wildlife refuge,
     ah...what a pity

yet, impossible to stop industrialization,
     the das capital way
spurring thy preferential longing
     for nature preservation oye vey,
and to make a million bucks in USA

if land left off limits
     for propertied class today
then in the near future,
     an aggressive builder will sashay

confirming prophecy     
     scooping up gobs of profit
     out maneuvering competition
     analogous to a marathon relay
race quickly witnessing little boxes
     to sprout all the same

     by construction workers,
     who hammer away,
nailing steady income,
     viz all work and no play,
who maxim eyes

     American middle class dream
     asper buying affordable home
     after acquiring a mortgage to outlay
their limited choice sans, may
be there's a green one and a pink one

and a blue one and yellow one, how zing
free enterprise, and they're
     all made out of ticky tacky
     held together on a wing
and prayer they all look


Premium Member An Excavation


          Digging mind, started an excavation.
           Continued scooping to find sublime soul.
           Deep thought roaming in my introspection.
           How soul is functioning? Does it control?

          Mind yearns for, brain to direct, analyze.
          Digging mind, started an excavation.
          How soul operates, I cannot surmise.
         Sinking deep in mind on contemplation.
        
         I need solid proof not an assumption.
         What’s the status of soul? Does it hold shape?
          Digging mind, started an excavation.
         to know: After demise does soul escape?                                        
                                            
         Whether soul exhibits identity?
         Getting no solution, but confusion.
        No concrete answer for its entity.
        Digging mind,  started an excavation.

   

                                                           Second Place
  'This or That Vol.4 '  Contest by Edward Ibeh
Form: Quatern

When I Die

WHEN I DIE
Wash me, wrap me, dig 
some earth 
Buy me a casket if you must
Love, when I die don't let 
the holy man touch me.

For the life of dirt I lead this 
here
Could a year of prayer wipe 
a slate
Engraved with gold and 
blood of theft and tears 
And greed and lust and hate
Many a foetus robbed of 
breath and
Seven nights and seven 
days of orgy
Drunkenness and rape
Of scooping icings off some 
cakes and
Much disdain for day of 
death?

Wash me, wrap me, dig 
some earth
Buy me a casket if you must
Love, when I die don't let 
the holy man touch me
Lest he contract a death of 
sin.

Premium Member Let There Be Limericks: a Little Bit Biblical I

The Garden of Eden
Some people believe that the Garden of Eden
Was in Africa, Asia, Australia...not Sweden.
The presumed site of its location
Is assumed from the interpretation
Of which Good Book's being read…and who's doin' the readin'.


Noah 
Noah's ark, neither yacht nor a sloop,
Was constructed to be one big animal coop.
On his crew It must have been a strain
That during forty days and nights of rain
To keep forking in fodder and scooping out poop.


It Ain't Necessarily So 
Pious people are prone to become agitated
When agnostics assess their belief's overrated,
And the words that they're liable
To find in the Bible
By mere men were created, not divinely dictated.

Premium Member Oh Dear Alien Away Out There

Oh Dear Alien, I hear you've been, 
   buzzing me in recent days.
With flying saucers and drones,
   scooping down here in droves.

Well I for one would love
   you to come, and land for me,
To swoop me off my feet,
   up into your cool dude craft.

Oh Dear Alien, 
   far away out there.
I sent you a message
   to show that I care.
   You gotta get me outta here.

I don't care what you look like,
   green of skin, or pop-eyed as well.
I've seen you in the movies
   and E.T. looks just swell.

So common Mr Alien or anyone!
   I'm looking to hitch a ride.
To somewhere else, anywhere else?
   Out of this, my stale ale abide.

Oh Dear Alien, 
   far away out there.
I sent you a message
   to show that I care.
   You gotta get me outta here.
Form: Lyric


Raymond Re-Examined

Clusters of refugee bubbles
         Expelled from the side of my tank
         Rise expanding in upward travels 
         Escaped depths, burst at surface 

         Forging against their vigour
         Persuasive stream broken
         by my bulky silver body
         Interrupting incoming ongoing 

         Enthusiastic thousands
         Spurts of filter flung hum
         Tickle my sheer cycling fins
         Tell me to nose dive again 

         Breaking trails of oxygen globes
         Until Billy Bully Salmon slices in
         Languid flicks follow frantic fro
         Gyrating spotty specimen vie

         Lunch pellet plops induce swished thrashing
         Tumult on top flung untimed as ocean fury
         Gaping lips capable of feeding incidentally
         Cylindrical home groans, crowded by peers

         Graduates from Tank Eight are due soon 
         To meet with intention, purpose imposed
         Sight of orange net scooping candidates
         Occasions mayhem, frenzied to catch bus

          I surge with the fastest, fattest prime
          For my place in net destiny
          Overexposed oxygen exhausts me
          Begins cressendo to deliver my bounty

         Dry eyed tribute to nurtured practice honed
         My splatting undulations
         boast industry success
         Cod calls me to lemon rained plate haven

         Farmed fellows raised by deliberation
         Egg nursery, microscopic sluge whirls
         Infuse infant entire crew with dedication 
         To feed, to fulfil, crisp silver skin served

         If you think eating me equals ocean depletion
         You'll be pleased to imbibe controlled science
         Take it from me, fat salmon, Raymond 
          I am desperate to get in your gut! 

          My reason for existence is to be ravished
          Don't reject majestic fish - re-examine 
          The pearly peach flesh down throat glide
          Indulge charitable fridge wrapped salmon

Premium Member Chocolate Lover's Delight All This Melts In Your Mouth

Chocolate Lover's Delight

Chocolate cake with tons of buttercream chocolate frosting with a touch of flavored espresso powder to enhance the flavor
An aroma of seductive passion delight and an intense creamy bittersweet taste of chocolate that melts in your mouth
A romantic treat that comforts my soul that is an epitome of elegance and good taste


Nothing beats the smooth, creamy delight of homemade out of this world vanilla ice-cream with a yummy slice of chocolate cake


You may never eat store-bought vanilla ice-cream again!


I’ve fallen under the spell of Chocolate Lover's Delight


Childhood memories of licking my fingers for the last delicious taste of buttercream chocolate frosting
Scooping the crumbs lying about on my plate with my fingers and putting them in my mouth


I shed a tear when there’s no more chocolate cake with tons of butter-cream chocolate frosting and smooth, creamy homemade vanilla ice-cream

10/27/2015

Contest: All This Melts In Your Mouth Poetry Contest
Sponsored By: Olive Eloisa Guillermo
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Denizen of the Night

Unable to escape my fate,
alas I am a denizen of the night.
As darkness descends my adventures begin.
Such freedom in soaring flight, 
a freedom that humanity will never experience,
exhilaration beyond measure.

Under the magic of the midnight moon
I live my life.
Skimming ponds and lakes,
scooping up water, so refreshing.
Gripped by a ferocious appetite
and driven by hunger:
Night-flying insects beware! 
Resting awhile near my favourite
tree and nearby hedgerow, perfect for
foraging, an absolute feast.

Sounds of the night are crystal clear.
Listening intently because 
dawn has a special symphony.
Creatures of the night 
begin to think of home.

Somehow I have got separated from the swarm,
hearing them now an echo on the air
rushing wings that swoop and swirl.
Waiting for the perfect moment to re-join them.
Swiftly we navigate, as dawn breaks,
fluttering frenzy of wings and screeching 
into our roost.
That dank, dark cave high on the cliffs
far, far away from humanity.
Perfect home for a colony of bats.





Creatures of the Night
Free verse poetry
Sponsored
by: 
Julia Ward
08/06/2022

Pixabay image by: BeaTzjoody

Premium Member Just a Little

She plucked up the courage
To help these stricken creatures
Strewn across the 
High tide mark
Scooping one up
From the sand
In her little hands
And threw it 
Back in
Shacking her hands
And little fingers
For the bite and sting
that didn't begin
A second
Than a third
Always the shake
Of hands and little fingers after
Her courage collapsed
At the sight
Of so many
I thought
She's going to walk away
She took
Three steps
Looking at those
That were left
Too my surprise
She dropped
To her knees
In the shallows
And brought her little hands up
To her face
In prayer
She whispered
Silently
Quietly
Her prayer
For the ones
She didn't have the courage
to save
In the shallows
And lapping waves
How refreshing
To see the faith
of the young
I looked and inspected
My faith
In that sunny moment
Bruised
Battered
Dinted
But some how
This little girl
With the show
Of her courage
and faith
Renewed mine
Just a little
In the human race

Premium Member It's a Dog's Life

If dogs could think and maybe they do
How would they describe their life
It's a dog's life, not one to be treasured
Restricted and told to be nice

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“I don't always feel like playing nice
At times I'd like to bite someone's face
If I do, they'll probably muzzle me
Don't want that, an ultimate disgrace

Just once I'd like to poop on the lawn
Without a human putting it in a bag
Scooping it up and taking it home
The smell even makes me gag”
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If dogs could think, would they be happy
That we call them man's best friend
What would their thoughts on the subject be
Would it drive them round the bend

Man's best friend, but we treat them badly
Make them sleep in a dog house too small
Feed them gross yucky looking stuff
And teach them to chase after balls!

© Jack Ellison 2012
Form: Quatrain

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