With philosophy and poetry there are sleepless nights; and indeed acrimony.'
Not to mention..The many moany critic's
You see.? With the former calling.' It looks
Real fine..Yet the descriptive is difficult to
Rhyme.' So in as it were? In erud-i-tations academy i opted to go with the latter citation'
For as the ultimate life choice of how i'll
Work out my time..the shorter sentance i
Guess? Was the main factor..To mind,
How though In
Essence of it all.' how did i even get into the crime.?
With philosophy and poetry there are sleepless nights; and indeed acrimony.'
Not to mention..The many moany critic's
You see.? With the former calling.' It looks
Real fine..Yet the descriptive is difficult to
Rhyme.' So in as it were? In erud-i-tations academy i opted to go with the latter citation'
For as the ultimate life choice of how i'll
Work out my time..the lighter sentance i
Guess? Was the main factor..Though In
Essence of it all.' how did i even get into the crime.?
On this sizzling day of summertime heat
I was hungry for something cold to eat
Until Ben came along
Wearing a swimmer's thong
So, I opted for something hot and sweet
There stood a tree,
Not a rusty, disgusting tree,
But, a tree of life and vigor.
Upon this tree,
A young bud lay
A bud who through rain, sun, and night
Would grow to a leaf.
This leaf however,
differed from its spirited kin.
Upon the arrival of fall
His prophecy was to be fulfilled so another bud may be
And contrary to his brothers,
This leaf clutched the branch of its maker.
And soon was left alone
upon a now dark and hollow tree
In his loneliness,
this once purpose defying leaf
Opted to maintain the cycle upon which creation brewed him.
He let go from the tree
Only to find his stem could bear the weight of purpose no longer.
And unlike his brothers,
he did not fall to the ground beneath.
Rather, hung sullen upon a hibernating tree
Spring came,
And despite the winter,
The leaf clutched on to life.
Unfortunately for the now optimistic leaf,
His newfound life would soon depart,
The stem from which he hung could no longer support the old leaf.
And upon springs first sunlight the leaf found a bed among his kin.
HALLMARKED INDIVIDUALITY
autonomous
complexities
increasingly
intact
opted
isolation
ascetically
sought-after
creativity
in
stability
stimulates
&
fascinates
artistic
genius
September was a long time coming
Summer seemed to last eleven months this year
Kansas had never had such a hot August
I was hopeful we would get down to comfortable temperatures
The next four days predictions are 95, 94, 96, and 93
Not what we are used to in Kansas
Our pools close the weekend of Labor Day
Melting and being miserable are our two options
Unless you are retired and can stay inside your home
Which is what I have opted to do
My girlfriends are begging me to meet for lunch
My car has leather seats
They get burning hot while I am in restaurants
I am putting my faith in October, hoping to see seventy degrees.
Ask a quirky bee not to fly,
Vibrating wings always deny,
Go my queen and don't be shy,
No one asked you for any reply.
The bees turns and hummed in solace,
let me get going in natural grace,
Possibly left alone in the race,
A very few retained the equity in pace,
Others opted out in silent disgrace,
Many are getting ready to replace.
Oh! Pardon me to leave the place,
Far away is the beautiful floral space,
It teaches me to be humble and kind,
By brilliantly healing my body and mind.
Mamdani-Trump when played cricket,
Trump opted, full of hate to bat.
A few Yorkers were forked
Out, and Trump was New-Yorked!
Which, opened for him a flood gate
Of setbacks-- quite a few--
By taking not a clue,
Would he invite destiny's date?
___________________________
Happenings |15.11.2025 | USA, humour, political
Note: Not only Mamdani as New York mayor, but a few other democrats/socialists won against republican candidates supported by Trump. His own approval rating also dwindling fast. Public demonstrations against his policy measures, court rulings against tariffs, and more. Would he complete his four-year term?
Towards the moon we headed
I opted for a road less traveled
The heart recognized its calling
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
I heard about Wisconsin Dells for years
My husband dislikes traveling, so I opted to go
Spur of the moment with three teenage girls and two munchkins
the munchkins were also girls, about nine
One was mine; the other one belonged to a stranger
I was amazed they let me take her five hours from Chicago
But this was back in the day when strangers trusted each other
I booked a room, and off we flew; I was driving like a maniac
When we arrived, I collapsed next to the motel pool; I wanted to nap
“Missy!” a strange man was yelling at the other nine-year-old
that nine-year-old took off toward the man, I gave chase.
He had been her daddy’s best man
Now I knew napping was not going to happen
Wisconsin Dells has everything to do and we did it all
I spent eight-hundred-and-ninety-five dollars in three days
It was worth it; we came home on five dollars.
The young are prone to blithely say, “Time’s on my side,”
but youth’s no promise one will long on Earth abide.
“He died too soon,” we say beside a young one’s grave
and ponder why God opted not his life to save.
Those who have not achieved all they desire in life
sometimes blame others~~even God~~for pain and strife.
Let’s flip the coin. Are we convinced that we deserve
all blessings we receive? Do we have that much nerve?
God’s ways are not our ways; we cannot think like Him,*
but we must trust he doesn’t merely act on whim.
(*Isaiah 55:8)
His Word assures He loves us; this, we must believe
and have deep faith He’ll comfort us each time we grieve.
When we depart this shell of clay, we’ll clearly see
what we now view as through a glass dark as can be.”
(I Corin. 13:2, the Apostle Paul)
Keep out of the kale and the captain’s keg
Lazy light foot like you could lose your leg
Miserable moments mastered by minion Meg
Never needless, yet not necessary without a doubt
Olive Orangutan outrageously opted out
Providing persnickety persimmons a playful pout
I might prefer time to alter my line,
Ends up replacing ofences against good takes.
That aims perfection to surplus my present,
Merrily got up as a cause to those opted processes,
And now I am what I am with no more retakes.
Life's long ride
To which,
I opted for smaller tides
That comes and goes
Like latecomers, summer night
Seeing myself passing over the potion
Summer changes into winter
And now I am with the ocean
With no direction, just a sprinter
Problem Statement, cook county, sheriff in style !
My father’s daughter was engaged to my father’s sister’s son.
My father’s mother opted out to have a side to join the festive eve.
She (narrator) stopped as she (interpreter) intervened.
O yeah! Your tortilla and your taco and your feeling!!!!!
Self reliance and legacy of family tradition.
Whom to say? To usher a may?
My father’s niece was engaged to my father’s nephew.
My father’s mother opted out (to die before) to join the festive eve.
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