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Premium Member Connie's Daughter Ran Away

Connie's Daughter Ran Away


To mama, 

I'm sorry for the grief I'm causing.

It's not everyday a daughter runs away. But I must.
Forget my bunny hop, and the tangibles. I just
couldn't deal with the intangibles of being left
off the team. It hurts.You were right. I am so
very reminiscent of dad. However, I regret, 
not proudly at the moment. Mama I'm sorry. I'll
be okay. I have Rule, Sheldon, Steele in my 
brain pockets ... I'll find my way around on the
streets. Don't fret, I'll keep in touch. I know
I'm only eleven. But I'm a big girl. Mama if you will,
forward letter, please. PP.


To my softball coaches
You know who you are,
You're a bunch of roaches
Your brain's off par

Off tracks
You are far worse than bums
A pitiful bunch of crackerjacks
Drinking moonshine rum

I cry at my loss
But I can laugh at you, you
For I'll even die on the cross
To make you coaches out as fools

By the time mama read this
I will  be long gone
She will be run heartbroken, amiss
But sadly my life here is done

I leave behind in memory, pops
A Mama that loves me
Forever she'll be tops
I need to be going, set free

In the end Bobby Sox got my goat
With hillbillies running the show
Sorry mama for my lost hope
I say with sad tears, I must now go

Love you dearest mama, Paris Pachecho

connie pachecho

12/28/16


Premium Member Such Innocent Madness

Such Innocent Madness
  
Listening to KHJ with the Real Don Steele,
playing it straight and loud on Boss Radio, with an
Elusive Butterfly wafting about, inside the tan ’68 Caprice, 
when his secret journey of a thousand eye blinks, 
commenced painstakingly and torturously, 
like a dead glacier on fire.
To the left there, by her brown-skinned sternum, 
with her young heartbone cleaving through snail-paced determinations,
he found her tender button throbbing, 
beneath the cotton cover and the bleach,
there, in the excruciating darkness of teenage intensities;
You and he were reaching for the soul of an hour, 
not stopping until constant time achieved the impossible stare off, 
between them and it,
between the air, and the touching; 
between the voicing of electronic controllings,
and the perennial reaching for another red apple, 
served au jus, with croutons, earwax and studied leanings.
Now, it is just another pause in the exertions of young existence, 
another heaving mindmelt in the suburban fog,
where you and him once sat fifty years ago,
at the big oaken table beyond the archway there, 
inside his mother’s old musty house on Hoover street, 
amidst the closed bedroom doors, the bougainvillea, 
and the tacky green carpet with a dozen dog stains.
You sat there alluringly and decidedly silent,
with your long smooth legs opening and closing,
like a panting mouth, sucking in cigarette smoke in the dry wind.
But it was such innocent madness, 
what was done and said that distant night in 1969,
with you and him sitting decidedly close in the darkness,
within the secure, locked confines of the tan ’68 Caprice.
Listen. Can you hear his bellowing voice through the speaker?
The Real Don Steele said it was April, when
all elusive butterflies swarm to the beat of the night,
the elusive time for young lovers to learn, and sigh.






 


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Invisible World

"Invisible World"



seen but not heard
behind our masks
the mind hides
from our reflection
caught in each other’s eyes

the light being borne 
from butchered past
leaves us confused and blind
we are the lonely people
seen but not heard

behind our masks
we shine our stories
paint our rhymes 
over hearts still singing 
there remains love 

still moving 
in our invisible world

it is marking time

(LadyLabyrinth/2021)
gvlm




"Invisible World" / Tony Steele & The Massacre
https://youtu.be/d0Kvme-NvRY

Elizabeth

At first I thought I was mistaken
But her eyes kept diverting to me
Unsure and a little bit shaken
Taken back by a Russian beauty

I’d watch her walk past my apartment
An exciting, self confident walk
Auburn hair and a smile heaven sent
I just knew with her I had to talk

Sitting on the porch in the courtyard
Relaxing, enjoying the night air
Sneaking up and catching me off guard
My dream girl Russian beauty so fair

Her sitting next to me changed my life
We talked leaving out not a thing
How I met Elizabeth, my wife
Of twenty-six years and still counting



Randy Steele

Lost and Found contest
Form: Rhyme

Heartthrob

“I open the door and cross the threshold of imagination”

                     A Rambling Poet




One path finds the door
Traveled only from the heart
Through the eyes to life

Hovering about
Dragonflies of all colors
Dancing with sunshine

A mystery world
Sparkling glass dimpled with life
Guarded by cattails

Nervous chatters above behold
A strange sense of company
I watch a miracle unfold
From behind a red oak tree

I hold my breath, don’t make a sound
Slowly peeking bit by bit
Tugging, jumping and playing around
Four unaware fox kits

The wind became my enemy
My scent from it they stole
No hesitation, instantly
They scampered down their hole

Astonished, I ponder what a rare sight I had just witnessed.
The tranquility of being surrounded by huge trees envelops me as I walk around the pond’s edge. 
Led by a bullfrog’s ballad, I hone in on its stage location.
Startled, the frog leaps into its safe haven and disappears into thick vegetation.
The setting sun glimmers in the wake of the bullfrog, as does my reflection.
I watch until the water’s surface is smooth again.
A rustling in the brush directs my attention to a doe and her fawn wandering in search of a tender morsel.
The long shadows of dusk begin a tale of nocturnal beauty, a revelry to the nightlife to dance with a miracle world.
Content, I find myself back at the threshold of my heart.
Leaving the world that will some day surround me, a horn blaring taxi barely misses me.



Haiku, Rhyme, Narrative

Randy Steele

Three Gems contest

August 7, 2011
Form: Haiku


Premium Member TO GOD BE THE GLORY

"To God* be the glory" indeed
For granting gift of wondrous worth
Eternal life by Gospel seed
Assuring bliss of heaven’s mirth.

I say, “It is well with my soul"
To God be the glory indeed
For achievement of divine goal
Reaching-out to meet other’s need.

Propelled by the Lord Who does lead
"I’m pressing on the upward way"
To God be the glory indeed
Inspiring my faith every day.

"Victory in Jesus" --- that’s right!
Such is true to me beyond creed.
Privileged to carry His light
To God be the glory indeed.

*Jude 1:25 KJV To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

1. To God be the Glory by Fanny J. Crosby- Hymn sung by CBBC Choir; Ira Sankey had introduced it during Moody's 1873-1874 evangelistic campaigns.
2. It is Well with my Soul by H.G. Spafford-Hymn sung by CBBC Choir; also by Sandi Patty and Mahalia Jackson
3. Higher Ground by Johnson Oatman, Jr.-Hymn sung by CBBC Choir; also by the Smucker Family
4. Victory in Jesus by Eugene M. Bartlett-Hymn sung by CBBC Choir; also by Band Steele

2nd place, "4 Lines From Any Song" Quatern Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Joseph May; judged on 2/10/2024
Form: Quatern

Rose

“come fluttering words, come drifting words to me…”

               A Rambling Poet


A mere housemaid awakens before morning light.
Eyes wide, she bolts upright to the bed’s edge, as if late for work, though she 
never is.
Another beautiful day to labor away. 
Polishing silver all day has its advantages.
Each piece polishes to a looking glass, each a porthole to her dreams.
As she stares into the final polished vase, her weary face transforms into the face of 
a lovely, fair skinned maiden.
Soft red lips highlight her perfect cheek bones and straight nose. 
A simple pink ribbon holds her long, auburn hair in place.
Sparkling green eyes and a happy smile portray her excitement as she admires her 
floor length pastel summer dress. 
“Oh my, It’s time for my evening stroll,” she reminds herself.
Twirling once, she heads out the door leading to the apple orchard.
Barely noticing the orchard’s beauty, she strolls toward the stone steps leading to her favorite place, the stone rose garden.
Making her way down the steps, she immediately notices someone has placed two arrangements onto the platform from the stone cabinet.
As she bends to smell the flowers, she accidentally brushes some petals off, sending them floating to the platform and moss covered stone walk.
Closing her eyes, she lets the essence take her back a dozen years to a young girl 
planting pink roses with her mother.
“There’s not a lot of room to plant,” her mother would say.  “Two inches of soil between all this stone is what we have to work with.”
She opens her eyes to find herself staring into the polished silver vase.
Her tired, smudged face reminds her it’s time to go home. 
Something different catches her eye in the polished looking glass.
Her long auburn hair is no longer neatly bundled under her cleaning bonnet, but held in place by a simple pink ribbon.

Randy Steele
July 25, 2011

"What Is She Thinking?" contest
Form: Narrative

Summer Fun

Bountiful castles with walls of sand
Each grain an intricate part
Albatross squawk in high demand
Con morsels from those with soft hearts
Hot bodies bask in the blazing sun 
Bikinis boast dangerous curves
Lifeguards patrol tanned to well done
As surfers show off their steel nerves
Nautical transports battle the swells
Kites soar aloft dot the sky
Enveloped in rays and happy kid yells
Transfers to a new level high
Blankets of color protect fragile skin
Immense weight of stress melts away
Nod off gently and try to imagine
Going to work every day
On a beach where work is like play


Randy Steele
Beach Blanket Bingo contest
Form: Acrostic

Gutter Hearts

"Gutter Hearts"



He’s got a gutter Heart
bleeds words that birth
diamonds sharp on his tongue

They hit her like 
bullets from an Uzi gun
Silent, her heart implodes like molten marshmallow

She’s standing in the cafeteria 
moving grease with a smile 
that cuts his goat’s cheese like sharp steele

He licks his fingers 
his tongue stings, he's still burning in Chile
while his mind calculates her 

Unknown to him
She moves white white to black calculated, 
his cufflinks are mounted with Pearls

She spells him
a long sentence 
dripping from her eyes onto 
an empty plate of dreams

He writes what comes to his mind
on a paper napkin, a story 
smudged with tears and cigarette ash

the words slip out slippery
antiquated, smashed.

“What would you like?”
she takes his order

“A Normal Girl," 
he passed his payment in cash

She smiles
and thinks, he’s the No Go Zone

He’s living in another world.

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)

The Death of Peter Scolari

He starred in "Newhart", "Bosom Buddies" and "Baby Makes Five".
Sadly, his life ended on October 22, 2021, he was unable to survive.
In 2020, Scolari starred in a movie titled "Looks That Kill".
He guest-starred in "Happy Days" and "Remington Steele".

He starred in movies titled "Dean", "Sorority Boys" and "Letting Go".
He starred in 66 episodes of "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids: The TV Show".
He guest-starred in "The Nanny", "The Love Boat" and "Family Ties".
He had Leukemia like my dad and it's sad when such a talented actor dies.

[Dedicated to Peter Scolari (1955-2021) who died on October 22, 2021]
Form: Rhyme

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