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Single Mom Double Honour

SINGLE MOM DOUBLE HONOUR

Tears won't dilute your strength
Your mood won't make it less of who you are. 
You're not broken but a token that is indispensable
A fraction that's left and yet inevitable. 
That's who you are
You speak the voice of two
Just to take care of one
You put up acts of two
Just to raise a mighty one
You show love of two different persons
Just to prove to the world better lessons 
You double  your passion and shower it on one
Just to make your child a complete  mansion

The world sees you as incomplete
Yet you fill more than a gap of two
You train your hands and won't allow those strains to constrain you
You don't give up even when it seems the world is up against you
You turn your words into bricks and build a world for your child
When others build with bricks 
You build with gains of the risks
You shunned your supposed shame 
You raise a world that will bring you fame 
All just from your crumbs of gains 

You're a superwoman. 
If no one ever said that to you
They are either blind to it or rather jealous to admit it
That's who I see in you
That's who I believe you to be. 
You may not be completely right
But you can't be more an angel than you are already.
I adore your strength
I respect your hustle
I envy your myth
And I pray for your might 
You don't need get everything right
Not everyone can stand in the arena where you fight

I pray that you win this fight
And never quit praying every night
You may be the wing of flight 
Every other victims will like to fly
Make them look unto you
Never you breakdown
Crush a brick and the building may go all down
Hold firm and win this battle
You won't just be called a winner
You will be a legend with double honour. 

(Tribute to all the single mothers out there)

CONCEPTUAL FM  ???
Form: ABC


Premium Member An Old Cowboy

An Old Cowboy

An old cowboy left yesterday.
Once drove herds over open range.
Many hardships along the way,
But a life he would never change.

Heard sound of cattle full stampede.
Rode days in slush up to his knees.
Tall in the saddle on his steed.
Broke, but had all a cowboy needs.

Up before dawn most of his days.
Often playing an old guitar,
Singing tunes about dusty trails,
And lost loves that were torn apart.

Old age and time at long last struck.
Glory gone like western ghost town.
Life’s work over and spent last buck,
A cowboy king without a crown.

Withdrew in deep grief and doubt,
His way of life had gone away.
Last words, “head ‘em up; move ‘em out”,
Old cowboy died yesterday

Premium Member Giving an assignment from God- tribute to prophet tb Joshua

What you give attracts people
The way and manner you give it attracts God

Therefore give in humility and love 
Giving is not an occasion to show off

Rather it is calls for remorse and brokenness 
If you cannot  give from the little in your hand

Giving big  when you are rich may never happen 
Giving is a sacrifice only
When you give what you cherish

When you give with all your heart 
Someone will be waiting to give you

Giving with expectation in mind  is giving wrongly
Cause giving is an assignment from God

And you cannot afford to fail God
It is much blessed to give

Than to receive says the Holy Book 
The secret of blessing is in giving

Those who are to receive must learn how to give
Giving helps us reshape our destiny 

Love expresses itself in giving 
True giving is giving without  expectation

Premium Member Our Halloween Devil-Cat

On Halloween- so many years ago,
our grandkids had a pet named Georgie cat;
   a sweet Tuxedo cat for sure, although-
could offer soothing purrs or claws combat!

   Kids dressed him up in a red-devil suit-
were so surprised he did not hiss or stir.
   Just slight annoyance on his face, so cute;
to dressing up, he sweetly did defer.

   The glare within his gold-green starring eyes
so much enhanced his red-horned costume, that
   our Georgie with his Halloween disguise
became our holiday's much-loved black cat.

   But now, in heaven- where dear kitties go,
we're left with memories- and one photo.
   As Georgie angel purrs neath halo-glow,
we smile- remembering his devil show.


October 12, 2020

Contest: Halloween Meow
Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke

Revised from a shorter 12-line Rhymed Poem
posted October 14, 2015,
to this longer 16-line Iambic Pentameter Poem

Premium Member Emily Dickinson Phrasis Trilogy Recited Part 111

DICKINSON PHRASIS  part 111
The sunshine almost spoke this
morning as Summer laid her supple
glove in the sylvan drawer.Nature
confides now its crowning extravaganza.
The fruit should be more sweet,apples
are ripening fast, cider is almost done.
The dying day more golden,twilight 
seems to pause.I try to delay the frost
and coax the fading flowers from
shadows which silent,sleep.
Autumn has been here. 

Letters of Emily Dickionson ed Mabel Todd 1894

A Phrasis is a structured verse where the poet uses selected prose phrases of another writer’s  (out of copyright) prose  to compile  unique poetry therefrom as a tribute thereto,the word phrasis is Greek for phrase.

Listen to me read this phrasis  trilogy on youtube under my pen name ichthyschiro
Form: Verse


Premium Member Brooklyn’s streets and soulful beats

Yo, welcome to the vibe, where Brooklyn’s streets and soulful beats collide. A sanctuary for the mind, a chill retreat, where mellow rhythms and memories meet.  
In honor of those legends, Phife Dawg, Scientifik, and Tony D, gone but never forgotten, their voices echo through the beats, in every rhyme, in every spot. Real hip hop, raw and true, no artificial, just the essence in what they do, A tribute to the roots, the hustle, the grind, the spirit of the streets, forever entwined.  
So, kick back, let the vinyl crackle and flow, feel the nostalgia, let the good vibes grow. This is more than music, it’s a story, a legacy, a sound so pure. In the heart of Brooklyn, hip hop’s soul endures.
This mixtape's a time capsule, a golden thread, from gritty streets where legends bled, Dusty beats and rhymes so raw, A culture that broke every law.
Boom bap drums, a heartbeat’s pulse, Soulful samples, stories convulse, MCs spitting truths that cut deep, reviving memories we forever keep.
It's more than music—it's a movement, a voice, A legacy made by choice, A journey through struggles, triumphs, and pride, where hip hop's soul will always reside.
Press play, let the past ignite, feel the spirit in the night, this rare find, a treasure true, A gift for me, a gift for you.
Welcome to the era that still inspires, A flame that never tires. Hit like, share, let the world see. This is hip hop's legacy.
© Tony Adamo  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Julius La Rosa

Born in Brooklyn was Italian-American singer Julius La Rosa.
He was destined to be a popular vocalist in America.
In the late forties after a short stint in the US Navy,
he got the attention of radio and television star Arthur Godfrey.
Julius recorded two popular hit songs in 1953.
They were "Anywhere I Wander" and "Eh Cumpari".
In 1955, near the end of an October radio show, 
Godfrey unexpectedly announced he was letting Julius go.
Despite this setback, La Rosa's popularity would grow.
In and out of show business, he would be frequently seen,
until he passed away at eighty-six in 2016.

I thank wikipedia.org online encyclopedia for valuable information I obtained to write this poem.



















































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Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Grammie's Basement

Grammie’s Basement

A quiet place of rest covered with the dust of decades
Where wicker chairs of discarded summer days
Sit with tangled strings of Christmas lights on their laps
Alongside ornaments of glass so thin a whisper shatters shining globes;
Bowler hats and boxes of stray buttons among the useless collar stays
Seek reunion with blouses out of fashion and starched collars;
Puzzles, games - pieces missing - a china doll, one shoe lost,
Takes tea with tea sets buried beneath cards of celebrations long forgotten
In melodies of old records played upon a phonograph
Stuffed with card decks of fifty one, without their jokers,
And cancelled checks - records of a life now passed
In steamer trunks and satin shoes near yellowed lace on broad brimmed hats,
In sewing patterns seen through new eyes as re-purposed treasures
Awakened from their moth ball naps and cardboard catacombs,
Blue mason jars filled again with harvesting preserved, refinished rockers,
Crystal lanterns lighting up the twilight, walking sticks restored,
Pictures welcomed back to life, remembering names forgotten,
And fabrics reborn into warming winter quilts beneath the stars,
Witnessing their rebirth, gracing once again a sleigh bed - 
Life no longer waiting for revival – rejoicing in the resurrection.

10-21-19
Craig Cornish
My Favorite Junkyard

Premium Member Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

Aboard the Maid of the Mist, drenched from the spray,
Approaching Niagara Falls, I gaze in awe
At this wondrous sight of the renowned cataract,
Cascading fervently over the precipice
And violently crashing down upon the rocks
In a roiling boil is mesmerizing to see.

And behold! Out of the mist a rainbow appears,
Arching a span over the turbulent waters
From where thunderous roars are heard and eddies swirl
As if the heavens opened: “The Rapture is here!”
With angels descending to carry Christians home.

And I am small amongst giants (walking in the world
Defenceless against nature’s challenging forces),
Who will read “Insignificant” etched in my headstone.
Unlike those who think their works will last forever,
I’m like Niagara, trickling into the future.
Form: Verse

Shoes

Steady in my walk
Taking it in stride
As I compliment my feet
With the latest style

There's a gazillion of them out there
Doing what they do
If you haven't figured it out by now
I'm talking bout the shoe

They come in many styles and dazzling colors
Giving us the widest choices
Some even come with tongues
But have yet to find their voices

Although the tongue still flaps at times
The shoe it does not show
The ignorance that comes with it
Unlike some people that I know

Another marvel of the shoe
Is that it has a sole
Unlike men when it wears thin
You can replace it on the go

In NYC they prefer the high heels
In Florida the famed flip flop
Nothing beats a good boot in Texas
When you dance that Texas stomp

So won't you join me in this tribute
To the shoe cause there's no other
Which should be praised for the lives it's saved
In it's major role as a stink foot cover

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