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Going Bald

As biology goes, I'm surviving,
a few aches and pains and a cough
and I check every morning when in the bathroom
to see if my bits have dropped off.

Now, father time knows where I'm living
and likes to make regular calls
which I know by the strands of my hair on the bedding
that have come from my head and my nose.
(Yes, I know what that last line should be, but it's  a family website)

The condition called male pattern baldness
is feared by men everywhere
and even I've tried all of the creams and the potions
to try and save my bit of hair

A comb-over like Donald Trump has,
using all of the growth that remains
was still not enough to stop that awful tapping
from every time that it rains.

I even tried growing my eyebrows
as long as I possibly could
to comb them straight upwards and over the top
but that didn't look any good.

A  hair loss clinic was suggested
so I phoned them and gave my details,
but I bought myself one or two different fedoras
quite simply in case all else fails.

 Then the hair loss clinic gave me an update
which I wasn't expecting so soon,
they'd found my lost hair on a Camel's backside
in a market just outside Khartoum.
© Viv Wigley  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Black Lotus Sun

The remainders retreated into 
the granite chest of the mountain.
Waded through the icy vagueness of life-
Crossing the Siamese catwalk.
Over the opaqueness of death.
Scratched, battered and scarred...
They reached the eternal overlook.
Peering into the great expanse.
Where worthless wars were fought. 
For the sake of salt, oil, religion, and land.
To test weaponry that makes glass from the sand.
On plains where babies were born to be orphaned.
Young women ravaged over and over again...
Young men promised robes of satin but given bloody rags.
The remainders sipped from the pond of the asp.
Nibbling the bones of a black lotus sun.

Despite the infinite signs and miracles.
The prophecies and teachings of Holy men.
A million visions from the Shamen.
All but a precious few refused to listen.
To merciful lessons that time had given.

Within the petals of a lavender genesis.
They'd thought only of themselves.
Within the metal veil of Armageddon.
The warring wicked tumbled straight into hell.

Universal Islamic Message For Lifetime

Universal islamic Message for lifetime:Part 1.
https://youtu.be/o1ZLQzEotfo
Allah is most Merciful forgiving and Allah is the greatest.
Allah AlMighty is the Greatest who created beautiful creations.Allah is greatest and greater than anything because Allah has created everything.
Allah AlMighty is the Greatest who is the only worthy to worship.
Allah is the greatest who sent many prophets to guide mankind.
Allah is the greatest who gives us birth and takes us back.
Allah is the greatest who blessed us with water, food, friend, family, relatives, knowledge and many more things.Thanks to Allah.
The greatest gift in this life is Islam. If Allah blessed us with that gift, everything else is secondary. Allah is the greatest. Who blessed me with Islam.
The Mercy of Allah is far greater than our sins. Always have hope and repent.Allah is the Greatest he will help you.
Allah is the greatest who can give life to even dead and take life any moment of the one who are still alive.
The real muslim pious believers follows the Divine Message,The Holy Quran & feel fears the Most Merciful unseen.Then God will allow them good tidings of Forgiveness & Noble Reward.When some one find right islamic straight path.He can able to fight for his own human rights through this harsh world.so he stop fears to everything.He made himself a Best Ideal God Fearing Person & also Best Ideal Good character Normal person.He will be blessed through all aspects in this world and in the next world.God has forgiven him and placed them among real virtue noble reward honoured blessed Heaven person.The human being who can able to differ between good & bad deeds,Haram & Halal,right & wrong.He got the Real Mirage of blessed humanity.Then he show true love for humanity,maintain worldly peace & do friendly relations among all people of the whole world.
By Miss Aliza Kashmala Kiran.

Premium Member Does Pride Ooze From His Eyes

Silver and glitz,
Satin and gold,
Place oozes with joy,
A pearl-laden crowd.
Four men standing.
Grinning like half-eaten moon pies
One holy man, somber and straight.
A fancy woman walks in escorted by her son.
Three chorus girls make their descent, in matching dresses.
A little pink-laden girl with fancy petticoats prances past,
Dragging an uneager pouty boy along. 
The crowd murmurs, softly.
The long anticipated song begins.
Everyone stands.
Turns.
Hoping to have a glimpse of the veil-clad princess
Who is hanging on to the suit of her father.
Not me.
 I always turn and look at the groom.
That’s the real show.
Are his cheeks alcoholic red?
Does he look like he’s ready to hurl?
Or is he bright-eyed, and bushy-tailed?
Does pride ooze from his eyes as he watches his bride?
This tells me so much about what kind of
Life she will have after the
Big day.

Premium Member This Is A Song - 2025

This is a song for a man or a boy
It’s a song for a woman or girl
This is a song for the straight and the gay
It’s a song for the whole of the world

This is a song for the cheerful, the fearful
and those who must stand up and fight
This is a song for the brave and the bold
and for those who are forced to take flight

Tyrannical despots
marauding invaders
Who see no wrong in what they’ve done
For those who would seek
To be conquering raiders
There’s no song… SO YOU CAN DO ONE!

The justice of peace
shall embolden our hearts
And we’ll face down your missiles and bombs
The angels for you
have no tune in their harps
So you'll just have to sing your own songs

This is a song for the black and the white
It’s a song for all shades in between
This is a song for the whole human race
And for you if you land and you're green

This is a song for the rich and the poor
Notwithstanding your hue or your tongue
This is a song for the peaceful at war
It’s a song for the old and the young

But this is a song to be sung with a smile on your face
A song to be sung anytime… to be sung anyplace
Where ‘Vive la difference’ puts the ‘human’ in the human race
And this song sings best when it’s sung with a smile on your face

Tyrannical despots
marauding invaders
Who see no wrong in what they’ve done
For those who would seek
to be conquering raiders
There’s no song… SO YOU CAN DO ONE!

The justice of peace
shall embolden our hearts
And we’ll face down your missiles and bombs
The angels for you
have no tune in their harps
SO, YOU’LL JUST HAVE TO SING YOUR OWN SONGS!

So, should you go forth with the dark in your heart
And your frown shows your mood to be black
Just sing for a while with a heartwarming smile
And you may find the world smiling back

For, this is a song to be sung with a smile on your face
A song to be sung anytime… to be sung anyplace
Where ‘Vive la difference’ puts the ‘human’ in the human race
And this song sings best when it’s sung with a smile on your face
Form: Lyric


Breeig Dadder At Icon Cap Clap Trat

It's just too goo to be true,

in a crazy little crew,

drawing the ramps up,
dynamic slapstick-

always having food as thought,

the pummel on row,

which is 9000ft straight towards physical steal;

entered into a falsehood-

through made gravity stick,
and unleash the past!

Every loop an iron cross,

all dishes lost,

the accident,

the belonging,

On-
Time,

a relief rafter,
trapped her in a bastard-

livin' lavish though,
lacked her plaster!

I' reddemmed, but inside of your calculator...

Ready or not it's just like your liked NOT to come,

ingenious or not, it's indigenous laughter to rum.

Premium Member Summer and the River

Summer, 
	the Guadalupe River, 
	at least a couple of decades ago...
 	
	A bend in any river,
	no matter how slowly that river flows, 
	erodes the outside of that bend, 
	digs away at the bank, 
	separating stones from sand, 
	nudging them into shallow water 
	across and down the river, 
	sorting them by size as it goes, 
	the smaller, rounder ones 
	in a layer on top. 
	
	That’s where I was that summer afternoon, 
	on my back, half-submerged in the gravel shallows, 
	the water so warm I couldn’t feel it, 
	my arms straight out from my body,
	interrupting the flow, 
	causing almost waves
	as the water washed over. 
	My ears were under water; 
	I could hear only the flow of water around me. 
	Above me the leaves and branches 
	of trees overhanging the river 
	moved gracefully in the hot breeze. 
	Somehow the leaves and branches and water 
	moved at the same tempo, 
	not like music, 
	but rather a deep humhmmm 
	I could both see and feel. 

	I don’t know how long 
	I hovered in that flow, 
	but it wasn’t long enough. 
	In ways I can’t describe 
	I’m still there, 
	bathed in that most elemental of mediums, 
	moving with the leaves, 
	lost in a very long moment.

Premium Member The Dance To Your Soul

They say your eyes are the,
Doorway into your soul.
The glance across the room,
Warms your heart,
Dancing straight into your soul.
You have to take that leap of faith,
Glancing in their eyes showing,
The hunger that comes from,
Within their heart and soul.
Then you see the flashbacks,
Of a different time but it's still you and,
As always destiny is ever present.
Time heals the lonely heart whether,
It's in this time or whether it,
Was in your past life.
Your eyes will always give you away.
Your heart never lies.
Your soul is waiting because your,
Love will always be remembered,
Thru the centuries.
Take the plunge.
Take the chance.
Your heart and soul is ready,
To begin a new life and,
A new beginning.

Teinturier du Cher or Bluttraube

By Felder, Gray, and Conway
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Since we first came together for just a passing affair
We've grown closer to each other
Now you tell me that you care
I've got a question about this feeling
That makes me so happy with you
I've got a question, and I want a straight
Honest answer from you (yes I do)
Oh, tell me, tell me…
Could it be that I'm in love with you?
I sure hope so
Could it be that you're in love with me?
No one know the answer
Could it be that I'm in love with you? Mm…
Could it be that you're in love with me?
If you ask, I'll be your clown, you stand out in any crowd
You're the one who satisfies every yearning deep desire
After the sand has passed through life's hourglass
I hope that Our Love keeps me First
'Cause there's no fate, no fate that could be worse
Then if I'm left, I'm left  alone without you
(I love you) I love You
Tell me, tell me, tell me…
Could it be that I'm in love with you?
Since we've been together
Could it be that you're in love with me?
It's been nothing but fair weather
Could it be that I'm in love with you?
I don't want no one-sided love
Could it be that you're in love with me?
I Love You , baby
Could it be that I'm in love with you?
I don't wanna be by myself
Could it be that you're in love with me?
I don't wanna be with no one else
Could it be that I'm in love with you?
We've got that feeling
Could it be that you're in love with me?
I want an honest answer
Could it be that I'm in love with you?
Oh, you make me feel so nice
Could it be that you're in love with me?
I never felt like this before
(Ooh…) I've got that feeling, baby
That once in a lifetime feeling
Mm-hmm, baby… I don't want to love no one else
I just want you to throw your arms around me
Throw your arms around me and hold me tight sometime
Lord, tell me, tell me you're mine
Mmm, baby… oh baby… just say you love me
I won't love no one else
Sometime I just don't know
If I lose you, I won't have nowhere to go

From The Film "Best Grapes For Port Wine"
Form: Ballad

A Thousand Years of Strife

When I heard they had their freedom
I came straight from Hell to Earth
When I heard they wanted prizes
I brought magic purse and worth

When they said I had to lead them
I brought all my men from birth
And I ruled them well to tell them all
I can't compare for girth

When they said we needed war
I said I'd be happy to
When they said there'd be some consequence
to which I said not you

And they asked me for perversion
and I said I knew the kind
As they walked with me together
saying your more than we find

And we talked about our future
and the lives we'll live together
And the fun we'll all remember
when the end comes to remember

And they sent their bombs a flyin'
to the Ukraine I surrendered
Till the day came I convinced them
that the News would serve to ember

And they watched the missiles flying
on the tv I would render
For a definition higher
than the Ukraine could surrender

And we cried for all the bodies
that you asked me to dare end there
As we asked why all were dying
for myself and your dear bender

For we all have price to pay
when I came to save your world
From the ignorance of God
and the hope you're not his hurled

So stay by me people Earth
for the visit of your life
Till the savior comes to free me
from a thousand years of strife
Form: Quatrain

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