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Last night we attended a John Prine tribute concert…and I must confess
in the 72 years I’ve been alive…something must be wrong…
because although I was familiar with his name…
I was not familiar with his songs.
But I am now!
As I sat and listened to his music I was enchanted…hypnotized.
How wonderful that at my age I can still experience something new…
that I am still young enough to be surprised.
It was easy to understand…as they played his songs
and I listened to his lyrics and each accompanying melody…
How a simple song can make you laugh…
or cry…
or fall in love
as it creates a memory.
And it made me stop and wonder…What have I been doing all these years!
That, until last night, not one John Prine song
had found it’s way into my ears.
My words cannot express the magic of his music…
and you know what…I don’t care…
I just know life is a little sweeter…with John’s music in the air.
He was a prolific songwriter…
writing over 160 songs in his lifetime…
last night we only heard a few…
Which means it’s time for me to end this poem
because
I have a lot of catching up to do.
That wonderful day in forty-five
Which made me feel glad to be alive
Returning home from across the sea
A chance meeting between you and me
Festivities raging in full swing
The feelings that living again will bring
I Looked across the crowded street
Saw someone looking Oh so sweet
In your uniform the nurses had worn
Slightly dirty, slightly torn
A lovely smile the captivated
Any man who would have waited
For your return to homely shores
That special person who soon would be yours
I did not know it would be me
All that beauty I could see
I smiled at you and dropped my pack
It made you laugh and look back
I plucked up courage just to try and see
If you would come for a drink with me
To my surprise you answered yes
From that moment on I would never guess
That love would smoulder for a while
I thought that you would run a mile
We danced the evening away until the dawning
At the Pallais Ballroom then in the morning
I took you home, not far away
And hoped I would see you another day
Next evening celebrations were still going strong
You would have thought that there had been nothing wrong
Least of all a six year war
That razed our county to the core
The rubble that used to be our street
Now flattened like a bedroom sheet
But no one cared no more wartime noise
Just people trying to regain prewar poise
Our first kiss I remember well
And it felt kinds swell
Your eyes were closed so I closed mine
Our arms wrapped tightly, it felt fine
You looked radiant despite the dust
I was shattered but felt I must
Keep you close away from harm
It must have been my magnetic charm
Not long later, a few dates more
I asked the question and I felt sure
You would say yes, which is what you did reply
We hugged and kissed which surprised a few people passing bye
I put the ring on your finger
And we named the day we did not linger
Married three months later to the day
You first smiled at me when you came my way.
After fifty years we are still together
It just proves that love can last forever
I still smile and laugh as I remember that day
When a beautiful angel came my way.
Dear Dale, so loved were you
that even now, thirty-nine years later,
you live inside the dreams
of your siblings. I suppose this to be true
since I, at least, have had you in my dreams.
Dear Dale, you came to live with me and my sisters
when I was halfway through my childhood.
You with your freckles and reddish hair
and your spirit of enthusiasm,
inspiring others with your love of the Lord.
Dear Dale, although a stepbrother to me,
you were my one true brother in this life
who stayed up late at the kitchen table
sharing fun stories with me and the others
who liked to spend the night simply conversing.
Dear Dale, you’d be surprised at things today.
So few people just sit and enjoy each other’s company.
You though were a firecracker and a social butterfly!
Loving to participate, you encouraged everyone
to partake of the good clean fun you were a part of.
Dear Dale, you went abroad to bring the Gospel
to anyone you found who would hear God’s word.
Then home you came and studied many years at college,
nearly graduating from your law school
until death came to you from out of nowhere.
Dear Dale, we lost you when a drunken fool
ran over you as you sat so innocently
late one night on the curb of a solitary street.
Your death was instantaneous. Then and there,
I’m sure your soul flew straightaway to heaven.
Dear Dale, although of course you had your flaws,
to me you were a perfect example of
the way a man should have integrity.
Abruptly you were lost to death, but we will reunite.
“Only the good die young” echoes in my mind when I think of you.
Jan. 22, 2023
for The Loved and Lost Poetry Contest of Regina McIntosh
Take Me To Your Leader
Suspended animation all the way,
it took a mere two years, but they arrived
from Earth to land on Titan, Saturn's moon,
where forms of life were known to be alive.
They disembarked; secure in their space suits
with breathing masks, they walked into the woods.
Then all at once were greeted by something
that looked familiar...and they were surprised.
"Please, take me to your leader," Earthman said.
The Titan seemed to understand his words.
They walked a winding road, then went inside...
and there he sat, a 'Grey' with huge, blue eyes.
Yes, welcome to our home...we've waited long
for you to reach us here in outer space.
For sure, we know about your Humankind,
and you have seen us often come and go.
You're scared to recognize abductions made
and unexplained strange lights in your night skies.
We cloned you, but with ways how we survive,
and brought our hybrids back to Earth below.
YOUR leader, too, I will become in time.
Our kind has walked among you many years.
You cannot tell which one of them we are...
but we will rule a PEACEFUL Earth some day.
August 3, 2018
Contest: Take Me To Your Leader
Sponsor: Caren Krutsinger
Note: "Grey aliens, also referred to as "Alien Greys", "Roswell Greys" and simply "Greys" or "Grays", are alleged extraterrestrial beings whose existence is discussed in ufological, paranormal, and New Age communities and who are named for their unique skin color. Forty-three percent of all reported alien encounters in the United States describe Grey aliens." Wikipedia
...But it is not just the women
effected by such bad beliefs,
strangely men are also at risk
when it comes to which path to seek.
Since modern women end to say
they want a tender, gentle male,
who’s in touch with his emotions,
and everything that that entails.
Some men actually believe that
what women say is what they want,
agree with every word they speak,
and their ‘compassion’ they will flaunt,
thinking that this will find them love,
(or at least underwhelming sex),
and always they seem so surprised
by all the things that happen next.
When those same women who proclaimed
that they want a sensitive guy,
let far less agreeable men
be the ones in between their thighs,
When those women praising soy-boys
just roll their eyes and cheat on him,
thinking if he really loved her
he’d grow a spine and fight to win.
And that becomes the crux of it,
they’re still much attracted to strength,
deep down, in their instinctive parts,
they crave a protector in men.
All the ideas preached loud by fools
can’t change the genetic presets,
if a man’s too weak to see this
then no children will he beget.
And there again lies the filter,
recovering those strong enough
to resist the social nonsense,
or see that it leads to a bust.
The very ideology
that women claim would raise them high,
self-selects out of the gene pool
those fool enough to live the lies.
Where once disease and predators
determined who got to have kids,
nature now uses bad ideas
to remove the weak or stupid.
The Journey
I take you places, here and there,
Some you do not want to go…to.
It is better than being from.
So I keep taking YOU…
The list is still long.
I want to take you to Auschwitz.
I want to walk you into the oven.
I want you to touch the walls,
then be surprised as the door closes.
Not slowly, but suddenly and completely.
The moment you realize, this is just to teach,
not real, but yet, the second before that…
the hesitation in your (atheist) soul,
the quiver in your inner being,
was …something altogether… breathless…desperate and painful.
I want to take you to Venezuela for a vacation.
I want to serve you dog and rat, so that you will be full and happy.
The people they are beautiful there, as we (they) paint everything in blood.
Having sold their freedom to parental government,
The price of the word, “free” by definition, needs to be explained…
further.
We will stop at “All” the best places. I want to take you there.
I want to show you that none of this is real…
It has such low appeal to anyone on their phone,
that it is missed on a business trip,
or forgotten out of time.
Then denied altogether,
out of the course of each day.
The lion’s den was full of death.
Daniel was there.
God was too.
He is here.
Amen.
5/9/17
I don't know how we originated
I don't know how it all was created
On such subjects, folks are fascinated
Or getting nauseated(irritated)
I don't know how long I'll be here
I don't know if the end is near
People seem to believe
Respectfully disagree
Or remain naïve
It's all becoming peculiar
I don't know if I can speak any truer
I don't know the future
I don't know all the evildoers
Civilizations made by humans
Now ruins
With conclusion
There is still so much that has yet to be proven
I don't know how it all came to be
I don't know, but wouldn't be surprised if others felt different or the same as me
By: Dalton Ogletree
The empty seat
Every day I had to beg and plea,
For him to take his seat.
He rather preferred to take the broom,
And sweep the room.
No, interest in Maths or English,
For him it was all gibberish.
Creative Arts, makes him smile,
He can draw and perform all day long.
On Monday morning, I got surprised.
He waited for me, took the key,
Today no begs or pleas.
The whole week, no fidgeting.
But very inquisitive.
How, when, he exclaims
Very serious, it made me curious.
On Friday afternoon,
When everybody said goodbye,
He turned and smiled.
On Monday morning,
I received the news,
He went with friends to the beach.
An accident occurred,
And everything went blurry.
His seat stays empty.
All
Behaviors by choice good or bad
Comes
Down from the minds of humans
Every
Facet
Goes unawares, no one cares
Harms
Individuals of all races, colors
Jumping
Keeping promises in the dark
Lands
Noticeably found in plains and parks
Moving
Outward away from the citizens
Placing
Quarks remembering nothing
Reaching
South and West they do ride
Toward
Universal controlled
Visitors
Warring soldiers
X factors
Yielding
ZZZZZ somebody sleeping
One I won't except this
Two I run from it
Three this may sound crazy
Four no I'm not lazy
Five I'm alive
Six I can but I won't lie
Seven I need just one friend
Eight I am not so great
Nine I'm surprised
Ten I still only have one friend
Eleven times have I cried
Twelve times a day I've prayed
Thirteen this world so mean
Fourteen is this a dream
Fifteen seldom wakes
Sixteen I like chocolate cake
Seventeen been born again
Eighteen what do I mean
Nineteen plus one is
Twenty
Just a Matter of Fact
Turn your dreams into reality by making the right moves
Time to come out of your shell, you have something to prove
Turn what are your inner desires into a course of actions
Take a chance to investigate what just might bring you lots of satisfaction
Life has so many avenues that a person needs to explore
Do not limit your choices, let the world show you what it has in store
Allow yourself to be that person you have created in your mind
Explore the four corners of the earth you may be surprised at what you might find
Climb the highest mountain, take a hot air balloon ride
Time will provide you with whatever you want, you just need to decide
Above all do something that ignites that fire deep inside
Life should be fulfilling, heart pounding, magical ride