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Premium Member My Favourite Things

Bagels have holes in, my garden has moles in
Some teeth have gold in and some text has bold in
Teeth, moles and text is a song no one sings
But holes must be some of my favourite things

Donuts have holes in, the ocean has shoals in
I’ve got a door that is letting the cold in
Seas, fish and doors to my life no joy brings
But holes must be some of my favourite things

Swiss cheese has holes in, a toy box has dolls in
It seems my TikTok has got many trolls in
Tik Tok, trolls and dolls do not give me wings
But holes must be some of my favourite things

When I get dirt 
On a new shirt
Or when I’ve been had
I think about holes and the joy each one brings
And then I know I’m……. not mad

My hand was unhurried, I typed this unworried
Had I been fearful, I might well have scurried
But I shall accept any flak that it brings
When I say that holes are my favourite things

I secretly hope that I’ve driven you nutty
You only read this cos it might be smutty
Yet sometimes a writer has tongue-in-cheek goals
But I truly love to suck mints that have holes

I call them Polos; you call them Lifesavers
Mints that have holes in and candies; five flavours
When I feel nervous or fear what life brings
Those holes must be one of my favourite things

When I get dirt 
On a new shirt
Or when I’ve been had
I think about holes and the joy each one brings
And then I know I’m……..
…………..
Not mad!
Form: Rhyme


William Tells

Hapsburg bailiff Gessler’s hollow kow-tow;
was a farce William Tell would disavow.
A hat on a pole!  I'll never bow.  

Such disregard tagged him, non-compliant
in a poem told by William Bryant -
William Tell was the one most defiant.

His snub of the snob gave reason to dread 
Tell must shoot an apple from his son’s head.
"Now off to prison!" Boss Gessler then said.

Mountain man in prison swallowed his doubt
dreaming of freedom's well-followed route.
Swiss subjection he would soon hollow out.

January 15, 2021


inspired by William Cullen Bryant's poem, William Tell,
Legendary hero of Swiss independence.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member My Switzerland

Mountains of my life
                 never forgotten.
              Rivers of my veins
    flowing through my memories.
             Green Swiss valleys, 
                far from my sight, 
     but always close to my heart.
        My Alps where I was born,
          bring to me the fresh air
                 to breath again.
    I remember those summer days,
                    with my feet 
           into the shore waters 
                of the Rhine river, 
           or the long walks across
         the charming countryside.
            Oh, bohemian Basel...!
                   my birthplace.
         Oh, my lovely Switzerland...!
     you will always be my first steps, 
           my unforgettable dream, 
           a treasure in my mind...!

As Won

A perfect of delight the morning
a brunch for 20 people.
Delicious the word of the day 
Dill, cilantro,garlic, cucumbers
,green onions,lime juice, cream
Cheese, chopped Swiss cheese,
Bacon  and olive oil mixed smooth
Served with watercress 
Cured salmon 
Cured herring
Procuttio 
Toasted garlic bread

Scrabbled eggs
Ribeyed steak steak loaf
With fried onions, mushrooms
Provolone, cream cheese
Peppers, bacon wrapped in
Pastry and served with cheese
Sauce 
For dessert a
Glorious raspberry and strawberry
Pastry tarte with pastry cream
And Carmel pecans

Coffee, sprite and vodka infection


Yottia, Yottia, bleep bomb ooh!
Got me sangin!
Form: Ballade

The wish

Torrid pride consorts the wishing tree so swine and vines galoring vapid pines does bring recalcitrant openings for lurid cross-patternicities like ferns imploring for goes-a-dowsing the drowsy wolf sheepishly grins a piecemeal quilt now hereafter wins, and won a goodly row and the cause unslept in a tattered curtain wishes evergrain forest were smaller and spent. To make anew the wishing star, aglow the pew of solemn arts, the four-poster bed leeches the ceilings shadows now night is bifurcated and sunlight prances, the hasty parade of dismal greetings, swiss-chocolatiers readied for so-cast dearlings, and so the collar is abreast with fending cries that torture poets like sickly scythes pouring mock-endearment into the lover's crest a merry wake-up a darling chest. The wishbone has curved the day to the beat of the storming east, whereupon the western sun has created easts, so back-and-forth we turn the sounds away I guessed at mysticism and the mystic rays, so vetted foxes of fire sojourn, and free the reddish birds from empyreal homes. The wishing well has cared so deeply but honorable and well-fought are disparate seeds, so planted next to the wishing well in a garden of evil, is the flowers cast for all for anvils, that craft for wishes spent, the wishing well, the wishing star, the wishbone and the wishing tree, quail is a soft catch.
© Ken Martin  Create an image from this poem.


Sapphire

I walked down the stage with moisture in my faces and a subtle smile on which everyone could rely. I held on to the uncompromising truth that could not be denied from my youth.  

I still hold the pen that was placed in my hand and held it firmly with courage and dignity to walk over the land and a special cup that was given to me to drink from is still in that secured place in the cabinet. Some things never lose its composure even if it is not gold. Some people can see it from afar and if you are close, you could examined it with a magnifying glass. 

 The stage was packed around me and as far as my eyes could stretch, I could see hands waving in the thick crowd and the people were shouting and screaming out loud. I wasn’t sure if I should laugh or cry but it was a fulfilling feeling that I could not deny. 

I stopped and pause for a while as the moderator made the introduction. It wasn’t Oprah Winfrey, Bouncy, Tina Turner, Adel, Lady Gaga , Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton or Abba on stage, it was a simple woman wearing a simple pair of shoes, it was hard to comprehend how I have survived so long in the lion’s den. The miracle that got me out made the universe scream and shout.  

They made the introduction and the voice of the roaring crowd thundered in the sky. It shook the birds from the trees and sends them flying back to the calm sea. I move from town to town with the vessel of love spilling on the ground. Here I was with the object of truth covering my face as we worked on the final round to complete this phase.  

All the naysayers and soothsayer, don men and Hench men, flatfoot man, pimps and hustlers, religious dons and gangs are all gallivanting around the town holding up their faces to complete the final round, and as the burden of truth begins to sink in the devil, and his agent begin to sing a petrifying hymn, leading them all to the altar of truth. 

I could see behind the curtains, pearls, gold and diamond, dangling in front of me and just across from there ruby and sapphire standing in Juxtaposition staring at the Swiss chocolates piling on top of the dish and the appetite of truth dripping water from their cracked lips. 

The crowd went wild, the city came alive and everyone was in agreement with the new crown.

Mind the Paint

My mind a project of hesitation;
 draw an oval maze of meditation.
Enter penciled lines, make them squiggly,	
  then paint it yellow for Mr. Wigley.

Squeeze a few lemons for it’s sometimes sour,
  then let it dry for half an hour.
Stick here and there some golden stars,
  before you inscribe my memoirs.

Use a hole punch or glue on swiss cheese;
  for between my ears, sometimes a breeze.
Last, but not least, cover with cotton;
  for the time it's fuzzy and things forgotten.

Then tear it all up, this art you’ve designed,
  because suddenly Hon, I’ve changed my mind.




Written: 2/25/18
Contest:  Mind the Wet Paint
Host:  Viv Wigley
Form: Rhyme

My Treatment Plan

Electroconvulsive therapy,
     a last ditch avail
able effort optioned, aye bewail
as desperation if standard
     psychological measures peter

     out leave ving paul tree
(paltry) choice, and blackmail
ling Doctor Frankenstein
     out of the question, cuz
     accidental discover re:

     visa vis could yield (ahem) grave
     zero APR, hence bad
     (bon jovian) medicine
     sought as precautionary
     measure to countervail

undesirable repercussions
     hoop fully curtail
ling any unexpected derail
ment, thus every nitty gritty detail,
asper my treatment plan

made purposely intractable
courtesy Matthew Scott Harris,
     to flummox decrypting
     this daunting task, whose
     hair brained scheme didst entail

hatching with Sam I am
    (of Doctor Zeus fame)...Oh...My...G___
egg gads no fail-
safe recourse, should shell shock
     Electroconvulsive – formerly electric shock 

     therapy even slip an infinitesimal jot
     offsetting requisite
     exactly predicted results
     yes, even if precision errs
     by a mere clipped fingernail...

the sought after outcome
     (devised on the fly - by night
     Reddit writer above named author)
must absolutely dovetail
     with The Elements of Style

or very close
     facsimile thereof, anyway
strict requirements quality controlled
     with results tubby
     sent as email

to Strunk and White,
     who will flail
like some GMO gone awry
     (if patient accidentally electrocuted)
     finding them to become

     instantaneously petrified and frail
looking analogous to
     witnessing the Holy Grail
shattering into a bajillion pieces,
     whereby the heavens,

     would reign hail
scaring every last man,
     woman, and child to hightail
donned in heavy duty boots
     studded with many a hobnail

with duff feet, sans long arm of
     law and order on their heels,
     and if any scapegoats nabbed
     definitely consigned to jail
without chance of parole to prevail

no matter guilty might sail
to some tropical island awash
     with countless carbon copies
     of Euell Gibbons doppelganger,
and Swiss Alpine like mountains to scale.
Form: Bio

The Price

At the sound of the bell, you rushed on the floor and as the morning breaks you push through the door; the screens are filled with numbers the phones are lighting up and you just don’t know who to trust.  

The news anchor arrives on the scene with a report that is not so clean, he leaked the secrecy on air and turned the market in frenzy far and near; electronics are selling but guns are sinking into the ground, there is no appetite for Swiss cheese but Americans cars are still speeding in the breeze.  

The penguins are walking hand in hand, some gather in small groups conversing with each other and embracing one another. I can see an anxious man standing in the corner grinding his teeth and shaking his legs, and numbers keeps going up and down on the board and he looked at it with intense precision  

The woman on the side kept her smile real wide, her numbers keep climbing her support kept growing and whole town is embracing her. I felt a warm feeling inside as my stock, bonds and shares has landed wealth in my hand and trading was just right for a lengthy sacrifice. 

The theory of the East is simple, you must buy and sell in and out of season, keep your price at a normal rate and when it’s time to go, get up and walk through the gate; don’t hang around when the market is closed 

Don’t talk with your competitors before the victory is won; the Arabs and the Asians are one of  a kind and the Jews and the gentiles knows what is divine  

I gather my team and build an entourage for the summit. Horses and mules trotting along as the delegation heads to the east singing a merry song. That’s where the oil is flowing and the goat meat is stewing and hens are laying eggs.  

Jewelry is expensive and diamonds are raising havoc in the skies, emerald, rubies, Sapphire and Jasper shall be with you for the rest of your life

The African merchants are raising the heat but the Chinese are holding on to the beat, the prices are high and but value is what counts. I have more that what money can buy.
Form: Narrative

Broadway Ballad Christmas Gathering

The Male Belgium Blue
Spieciem #.0009-280
and Female specimen
Brown Swiss--290
( a deluxe wool Hat)
Swiss Maids Uniiform
west cotton that rots
but new she's a doll!
said Bisser Daned to have
the calf in the spring
but his wife wished it for
Christmas thyme and
all the joy it would bring.
Thought the cold winters
harshness
werst the chances
of success.
The newly built insulated
barn
was ready for the test.
He shall feed these cattle
the feed should last
until spring.
The joys of a new calf
and all the milk the calf
will bring.
Eggnog for Christmas
a rummy cultured drink.
Caroling and cigar
smoking.
While nature does
it's thing!
Form: Ballad

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