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Sounds of Something

Sounds of something somewhere sound so absurd
    Silence in the section of the unspoken spoken word

    Seriously over sensitive a silver screen scene everyday
       Study the students social scale to see who actually stays

    Separating the subpar scores standardizing who to select
      Sensitivity can be sabotage so smile wide to all suspects

    Saliva slips sliding out the mouth down to a slippery chin
      Second place with so so skills so step it up so you can win

    Sounds of something  like this sheet still sound so absurd
      Silence in this sections stanza of simple unspoken words



                                             bmdavey@11/22/17


A Regular Man

I read a poem when but a youth
    That inspired me to something simple see
    When I was young and in poor health
    A regular man  I wanted to be

    I worked and  prayed to be the best
    At the simple things in life I knew
    My health got better and so did the rest
    With the struggles in life I grew

    Now math was my passion from little up
    Though I had to leave school when only a tween
    My learning continued for I wouldn't stop
    From someday obtaining my dream

    You see a dream that is followed
    Will take you as far as you can believe
    So for me subpar would simply not do
    For I had much more to achieve

    Now I would still get my schooling 
    Though I needed no school to learn
    I would get the info from wherever I could
    A high school degree in time I would earn
    
    Now manual labor is all that I've done
    To earn a living you see
    But I am still working to overcome
    For a regular man I still want to be

    Now a regular man continues to work
    To be the best that he can be
    He doesn't give up when things get rough
    But will overcome mountains you see

    My life I feel is far from through
    For there is much more my faith can see
    I know with Gods help what I will now do
    Yes a regular man I will someday be

Wrote August 11 2015 Written for the Childhood Dream contest.
Form: Rhyme

Someone Is Disgruntled

This is written in defense of the contest sponsors who are being disrespected by a 'poet' who feels his entries were not judged fairly. In separate posts, he contested their judgement. They should never be publicly harassed by a poor sport.


Someone is disgruntled and quite perturbed
so, he wrote about it. Could be he is disturbed
Got some bees buzzing around in his bonnet,
but can he rhyme the lines in a good sonnet?

I find his poetry nonsensical, and often inept
but he must think it's worthy, and so he wept
for not being a winner, a fact he can't accept.
That shows conceit and for sponsors, disrespect.

"OH, WOE IS ME," cried the sorrowful dissident.
"I'm not appreciated, and wasted time spent
writing for poorly sponsored contests and lost.
My poems were read and then they were tossed!"

He thought each entry deserved a shining star
With vengeance in mind, he decided he'd spar
with contest sponsors and called them out,
so, acting like a spoiled child, he decided to pout.

"I'll show them and give them a piece of my mind.
My poems were better than some. They're blind!
I'll even mention them all by using their name.
for not awarding me prizes and robbing me of fame."

"OH, WOE IS ME." cried the sorrowful dissident,
Upon getting even he seems to be hell bent.
I doubt that his poetry will ever make him a STAR...
The KEY to winning contests is to stop writing subpar.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member I Am Mohammad Ali

 From the Earth to the Sun, from Sea to Shiny Sea
 there's no one Brighter than me, for I Am Mohammad Ali
 from the Wind to the Stars, from the Fire to the Sage
 I AM EXCELLENT, Forever Anyways
 by Divine Grace, I Ascend Most Haste
 no one does it better for Heavens Sake,
 Born of the Solar, for I am of the Solar
 Born of the Lunar, for I Am of the Lunar
 I Am the Greatest of the Greats, there where Greatness plants seeds
 I Am Ever Higher, Soaring Higher, I Am Mohammad Ali
 from the Stars that Scintillate to the Kingdom that Shines Within
 on High Ground, where Trumpets Sound, I Shine down like Jerusalem
 Never Subpar, I Rise Afar to Greater Excellence
 Float Like A Monarch, Glide like Fervidus, I Soar in Benevolence
 from the Rivers that Flow to the Eternal Sonnets
 to Infinity and Beyond, my Breath is Everlasting even in Death
 I Am the Greatest of All Time my Shine is more Sweeter than Sublime
 I Am the Champion, I Am Ever Up High
 by Mighty Steeds and Mighty Creeds I Endeavor towards Israel
 towards Lofty Paradigms and Lofty Citadels,
 by Solar Prowess I Excel towards Solar Supremacy
 not by Luck, not by Hope, but by Destiny
 I Am Triumphant, I Am Victorious, I Conquer All
 by Swiftness, by Spiritual Riches, by Battle Scars
 I Am Ever So Powerful, by Power I Attain
 in Lion Ways I Unlocked the Lions Cage,
 and so, They Came, They Saw, that I Now Can See
 for I AM FOREVER MOHAMMAD ALI
Form: Rhyme

Doctors Particularly Biomedical Engineers

Doctors (particularly biomedical engineers)...
really trolley train hard to keep track of patients

Eye tell ya we (spuds)
pulled up stakes after four yar
and zero scores ago living in Bryn Mawr
salutary heart and lungs figurative
storied Main Line Health medical network
latter part of June tooth thousand seventeen

approximately July first
same year bidding au revoir
bid good riddance account
to slumlord - hood did spat and spar
moved to Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
unsafe to ride bicycle without handlebar

economical, geographical, practical...
subjected by Grosse and Quade tyrannical czar
dom low income facilities housing
nattering nabobs of nihilism whose intellect subpar
candidates vetted by Jaclyn Geiger registrar
courtesy nepotism unexceptional manager

thanks be to her papa, she drives fancy car
unlike this pauper and the missus
limited to schlep near and not far
afforded by rattletrap motorcar,
no driving prohibitive number of miles,
crossing sketchy territory warning signs

picturing dangerous avatar,
(especially during inclement whee thar)
determining risk to forego
top manic kin Michelin
money grubbing cannibalistic
surgeon's earning equivalent silver star,

or comparable civilian rating touting specialists
while bonafide topnotch indivisible tailors swifty
stitch ink, viz tattoo back parlor shop whar
exemplary Patients Matter Always
buzzfeeding, inoculating, kickstarting...
healthy medical network,

hobnob, kibitz, schmooze...
drown lackluster lovelife at the bar
parting paramour with such sweet sorrows par
for the course during pouring rain how bizarre
necessitated our lucky find locating physicians
supreme nsync with Google high reviews

receiving, scoring, nabbing,
incorporating... truevalue re: vector and scalar,
we veteran trooper seasoned renters
luckily blessed chance
cost us pennies on the dinar
general bang for buck amazingly
found yours truly strumming his air guitar

pleasantly situated among picturesque poplar
resort within Skippack Village, a tourist
mecca for devout or 
secular gourmandizing, earning
catering and acquiescing savoir
ole mighty faire Benjamin
legally tendering expensive bazaar.


Premium Member Sanctuary

From a teen of 14 until this year 2020, I'd say that I had a secondary sanctuary. Being secondary does not by any means place this sanctuary in a 

subpar position. My primary sanctuary, currently more meaningful, has always been 'me and my quiet place'.  In both the primary and secondary, there is 

always acknowledgement of 'The Sacred One'. There can be no sanctuary without the presence of both the 'Holy Place and The Holy One'.  For the                          

first time in my life, my association with my 'secondary sanctuary' has been curtailed. The Coronavirus COVID 19 in 2020 has necessitated limited and 

conditional 'church attendance'. However, the virus has caused a greater appreciation and utilization of my primary sanctuary. Early mornings, Bible in 

lap, coffee in hand, sitting in my chair and watching the sunrise; Sanctuary! Quiet, calm, peace, poise, solace, stillness, and prayer that involves little talk 

but lots of listening; Sanctuary!  My sanctuary is more defined as a 'God- infused state of being' than a place.  In Judaism, before there was a Temple   

or Synagogue in Jerusalem, there was a Tabernacle in the wilderness.  
Where ever the Israelites went, every journey they took, the Tabernacle was 

with them. Sanctuary!  And for my Christianity, where ever I am, God's Presence is with me. God's Presence and me! That's Sanctuary!!

081520PSCtest, Sanctuary, Silent One
Form: Couplet

Primal Beat

merciless genocide 
     slaughter of native peoples 
     wrought with (super) wanton zeal
feeble ability to thwart 

     "discoverers" rapine wicked onslaught 
     merely ratcheted wrecked webbing 
wrenched tribal unity, 
     violently rent asunder 

     vibrant indigenous linkedin weave    
rendered sacred weltanschauung 
     decimated "noble savage" 
     woke wretched nightmare, 

     sans pock marked worsted weal
the Native American holocaust 
     shrouded in whitewashed veil
tragedy trampled truces 

     triggering tearful trail 
scoped scattered remnant 
     snuffed out via surveil
futile sympathetic remonstrances,
 
     viz rant and rail
hermetically sealed 
     dirty deeds done dirt 
     blunted, cheapened, 

     and deadened 
     lance armstrong to quail 
most definitely coloring faces 
     of captive 

     American Indians deathly pale
into figurative coffin 
     got hammered 
     rusty nine inch nail

subpar critical population mass 
     for survival, plus storied "red man" 
     bereft of ample potent male 
off limits to original proprietors
 
     forced to hightail  
happy hunting grounds o'er hill and dale
becoming desiccated bleached bones 
     devoid of awful, pitiful, 

     and sorrowful fait accompli
and roaming spirits 
     like banshees bewail
grievous shadow a blot doth cause me to ail!

Premium Member The Poetry Soup

Belly up to the table, our soup is well liked.
Just don’t drink the cool aid, I think it’s been spiked.

Come and get it while it’s hot, it’s the best I’ve been told.
Beware of the poets who like their soup cold.

Our table is large, there are plenty of seats.
You can sit for a spell and enjoy some good eats.

If it’s been a rough day and you are feeling subpar.
We have ice cold beer, on tap at the bar.

Everyone is welcome, come and give it a go.
You might become famous you just never know.

Our poets are diverse, each flavor unique.
Welcome to our club, come in and take a peek.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Trumpeting Tool

Friends, fellow poets and countrymen, please lend me your ear.
I do not live in Australia, and I wish to make that perfectly clear.
I will not insult that country, for to do so I’d have nothing to gain.
To be so rude would buy me a seat, on Trump’s derailed a$$ train.

I am a patriotic American, this is where I choose to reside.
I love my great country, and by its laws I will always abide.
In our United States, you’re eligible to vote if you pay your tax, 
giving you the right to bash Biden or ride Trump’s crooked tracks.

Don’t tell me my country is broken from over 8800 miles away.
You can kiss my grits for that slander!  That’s what I have to say.
You dare claim America is broken? How would you even know?
Was it social media and Fox News, or did a little joey tell you so?

Your political intellect is subpar, your facts are drivel and fake.
Cut back on the amount of Gin used in your stale Kangaroo cake.
You make me laugh, attention seeker, because you are such a fool.
The blunder from down under is just a brash Trumpeting Tool.

I come to write, not to bury another country for its faults.
If you’re not an American, then it’s time your pen halts.
Stop the demeaning insults you keep slinging at our borders, 
or people might start pointing out your disturbing disorders.
Form: Rhyme

agonising hatred

grief— posture stiffened
blurred disheartenment
the visage of subpar
staring back, hopeless
guttural midriff reverberations;
sighs, tolerating platters
ultimately grasping—
everlastingly out of reach.

fury— condemned to observe
perfection elsewhere, nevermore
my own, imperfection a bitter
aftertaste of juxtaposition.
perpetual torture,
sickening phobia that
I slog a laughing stock, a
blissfully ignorant jester.

envy— offhandedly able
to swagger, bareless upper half
devoid of inner critique
waltzing a cruel shape.
Yet shackled slithers of
short-lived contentment for I,
unchained humiliating realization
that all click and stare mockingly.

anguish— social gatherings,
stuffed faces converse heartily.
nibbling, flavours burst,
overwhelming explosions
from bare toast. bated 
belly hoping that it 
can cherish too, but
terror. to the surface afresh.

futility— monotonous drones
“it does get better”
void promises, attempting
to blanket stark reality.
a piece of cake for them,
ironically unfortunate.
my stomach doomed to muse
what cake even is.

weakening, my mind asks me
“will it get better?”
as my bodily systems
shut down one by one
it never hears me
utter my response
just the empty grumbles
that never get cared to.

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