it's really quite clever
to never utter never
retaining the fun of playful endeavour
seeking mysteries of life forever and ever
past times these words were declared
never again because of how I once fared
then I've reneged developed skills unimpaired
there's little to gain unless once again dared
the message I value don't ever resist
much more satisfying when I doggedly persist
Problems
Problems are always
Present. One gets solved and another
Pops up. Many times, more than one. Many are a
Pain in the a** to solve and
Persist, causing the air to turn blue. It is hard to remain
Patient especially when they can be so d*****
Perplexing.
Am sold can hear the dear old Dalai Lama
Want to believe that there could be Karma
Perhaps then there would be less Drama
Perhaps then things would be a lot Calmer
Rumpy pumpy Trumpy not US self Harmer
Spitting surreal vile funereal bile like a Llama
We agree mean Tangerine's a snake Charmer
Serial killer like Attila or even Jeffrey Dahmer
AI lie farmer and fake white knight in Armour
Sadly he’s no disarmer clear there's no Karma
Won't change tack bring back Barrack Obama
And just say no to gung ho woe Keir Starmer
Lofty ambitions are not for the weak
A true test in pursuit of what we seek
Expect the unexpected when you dream
Wanting and needing…not what they seem
If they could align in moments of naïve wit
Don’t wish for something…work for it!
truthful and sincere
in right direction steer
honesty appear
a real earth shaker
they expelled two lawmakers
by fools and fakers
when they were expelled
bigots heads had been all swelled
cause trouble compelled
bigots and racists
have been part of a long list
will exist and persist
want to be knowing
when faces will be glowing
to well are going
God precious Son sent
based on public sentiment
we should all repent
Please persist
With poetry,
Though you stand accused
Of wasting precious time
On the silly art of rhyme.
You have a task,
You poets.
Of re-presenting life,
The essence to attain
Thus making real again.
You live for others,
Via poetry.
Watching with all senses,
Hearing with emotions
And feeling through expressions.
You forge a link,
Through poems.
With lilting turn of phrase
And silky sequinned word
You make your reason heard.
You sow a seed
With poems.
So whoever cares to read
The slender lingual links
Will grow as your heart thinks.
You share yourself
In poems.
Laying bare your inner life,
Engaging our humanity
And so voiding your inanity.
You shift our views
With poetry.
Evading common sense
And using verbal dancers
To question all our answers.
So don’t give up
On poetry.
You owe it to yourself
To probe your mind with artistry
And weave your oral tapestry.
I
Words may detour you, be few, but no day can be poem-free by choice
II ( THINK MONOKU)
Words may be few, when you're not YOU - welcome all poems, colors: black, white, & blue
For You, I Persist
Nothing keeps me from you..
Besides perhaps 5142 miles
And a string of moments quietly ticking away in my clock.
For you, I persist.
Soon, the space between us will cease and we will be one. And an ocean of yearning and imagining and craving will at once evaporate and transform..
Into skies of mulit-colored fireworks, finger-painting the canvas’ of our hearts,
Into a galaxy of grace waltzing at the intersection of our lips,
Into an atomic eruption of irresistible feeling, bursting forth from our inevitable touch..
and at last, we will realize what all this waiting was for.
3/7/2022
on table pounded fist
with her efforts must persist
added name to list
Friend is an expert et al.
Wrote this mentioned
by his wife.
My face is a cracked line that floats
between flurry and decline
squeezed open by promises unkept
by imprints of messiness
by the after shocks of joy
Facial skin spotted,
the sun's minted pay off
No resistance to the screen time of now
My profile settling like ash in a bin
but woven within the puzzle pieces of life
grounded in all that's humane
My face touched by your hands
shuts out addled history
shuts out combustible fear
My face held in your hands allows me to think
I could out run fire
Poem composed: July 2020
Insist to Exist and Persist
would surely insist
it continues to exist
while we will persist
Jim Horn
I have become so weak now,
that the only strength I stand with,
is the strength of my attachment.
The attachment of my improbable love.
I now know, how I could not return,
from the depth of immense rain,
of love so deep.
So hard to deceive.
My heart still awakens,
in the light of hope,
of dreams so true,
memories revoke.
Hate Crimes Exist
We must admit that hate crimes do exist;
Are always there and continue to persist;
Others harming,
Never charming,
And we should cause to cease and desist.
Jim Horn
Be Strong and Courageous
Says the Grand-Master
The Harvest is Plenteous
The Fields are Wide
Your Possibilities Are Endless
Be Strong and Courageous
I know you’re so sure of yourself
I know your Dreams are so Real to you
Likewise, real is the Messenger of Misery
You don’t have to be Pessimist
But be ye optimist of him too
Late or sooner, it is the path of greatness
Be strong and Courageous
Only the Persistent Do Exploits.
@JULY 2017/©M.H.O.G Unveiled
I Pray and Persist
Saw so many trees
That to me always will please
Along with cool breeze.
What I always like
About liberty is when it
Does not end or quit.
Wind is East or West
North or South which may be best
By them all are blessed.
When bells are ringing
Church choir has been singing
Faith should be bringing.
Heard as of latest
God will always be greatest
No one has He missed.
James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
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