Long Womenfolk Poems

You were primarily a spiritualist, 
But circumstances made you a noble warrior:
Your father, Guru Teg Bahadur,  
was treacherously beheaded.
You had to contend invaders from the Western frontier
And ward off repeated imperialist incursions from the...

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...Khan Williamson, for his troops called him that now,
split his forces and swarmed in from the west,
million of Uighurs joined him for revenge,
and all in his path could quickly attest

That if you surrendered to his...

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We are antonyms—of each other
(an in-law, a retired Colonel,
Who very often forgets
That he’s retired)
And I.
He’s an in-law,
But I think of him as an Outlaw!

We are of a family.
He lives upstairs 
And I right below.
We have...

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It's a guy who grew up with good morals
People with the purest of souls
Raised to excel and exceed
Born to treat
Attentive and sensitive

They spent minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years
Time without boundaries
Listening to the problems and...

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Time spent in Indian village, is - wisdom won plenty,
Wealth in the urn of common sense, here, never go empty...

Day here, though with chirps of birds, never dawns with no prayer,
Whether from Temple, mosque, church,...

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IV.
Myron’s jaw clenched as he eyed the old brave,
who stood quiet and took in the whole scene
glared intensely at Myron where he stood,
said,”Well then white man, what do you mean?”

Myron just stared iron back at...

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I look up to the sky, while the sun is going down,
A flock of pelicans fly, beyond the seawall mound.
Stars peep out of the dark, from the eastern brim,
The crescent moon marks, streaks of heavenly...

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Women, how can I make you a fair definition?            
You have nurtured 6 billion live children        ...

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White Lilacs

Memories rise
   like the scent of lilacs in the air
   simple yet fragrant filled with now forgotten cares,
once so important
   nothing could contain them
   as life...

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Being a highly self-directed person
Knowing how to speak and reason 
Today’s woman is alive to the sense 
Of her dignity and the importance 
Of her private functions straight
And domestic domain ultimate
Her talent is superb I...

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Rose is beautiful 
                               ...

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Just like a football I am and have 
been bounced around a bit,
But only by chance of fate, no man 
would get away with it.

The football suffers silently
the grabs, the throws, the kicks.
I’m not one...

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The old steam engine chugged trying to reach the top,
Slowly it inched as the pressure valves were about to pop.
Just a few more feet and it would start its journey down,
And it would then be...

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© Ben Burton 2-2-2015
The left contends that terrorists are really not Islamic
They're merely masquerading, maybe Christians in disguise
A peaceful man wrote the koran, the prophet named mohammad
While Christians idolize that vicious killer, Jesus Christ

Political correctness...

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Ah, I do not and will not believe in modern medicine anymore,
it is not really modern, it is just meant to scare, that's for sure.

See, just a few years back chocolate was so bad for...

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I have walked for a mile 
in her footsteps.

She
offers a cooling balm
for the heat of my frustrations.
Leaning against that solidness gives pause,
to stop and drink in
the shade of her wisdom.

And I 
marvel at the juxtaposition
of...

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Her voice dropped to a saucy tone
She spoke behind her fan.
She said, "Now, Red, don't get me wrong-
You are a handsome man.

"You're a drifter as we both know,
A cowboy through and through.
I need a man...

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Walking by the sea
 
Walked along the sea-shore
The breeze from the sea filled my lungs with goodness
The pavement was flat and smooth.
I walked for an hour, only stopping to inhale the air.
Alone and free of...

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While men worked hard until the barn was built,
the womenfolk were gathered for a bee.
They pieced together patches for a quilt
and chatted with the new bride happily.

Upon this handmade quilt were babies laid,
and eldest daughters...

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Seven thousand islands grace the shore
as narra trees arise , sun -dressed
with ripples humming a native folksong--
gracious the womenfolk, caressed
by Philippine beaches ever idyllic--
and exotic garlands spill from their baskets
crowning fiestas with decorative wares.
And boatmen...

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Adorned by cycles in rich décor,
she refills her bounty,  her lush gifts
as Mother Earth nourishes a  womb ;
caressing  seeds of life to unfold
into fertile roots  which tend  my hearth,
and layers...

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If you wonder why to men many
Womenfolk seldom seem born funny,
The reason’s straight forward
Based on what I’ve observed:
They need no humour to please any,
To them spade’s not just spade—
And menfolk included,
Let men give this truth...

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Mahatma Gandhi
While travelling through 
Rural villages 
Encountered the poverty of
Womenfolk 
Having just single linen to wear
Washing one end of it
While wrapping their body
With the other 
And then try wash
The other end...
Till each Indian get
Enough to...

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She had that arrogant all-knowing walk,
That warned pirates to get out of her way.
The walk that made mean women gossip,
The swagger of her womenfolk of May.

Captain, she came aboard the pirate ship,
With the swaggiest swag...

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