Predecessor Poems

Kansas Wind

...no wind is stronger than a Kansas wind
today she is in her glory
blowing lawn chairs upside down
there goes a plastic bag
it might travel three towns over
my apron is not staying tied
the porch...

Implant Within me a Seed

...Implant within me a seed monthly, though the pulverization derides me. Let it conjure hope and solace to shatter my reality as venomous weeds entwine it, sickening me as I lay still in the liquid bir...

MERRY EVE

...
The magic of Christmas Day is truly wonderful…
but I happen to believe…
there is also something magical and exciting about its predecessor…
Christmas Eve.

Perhaps it’s because I was born on N...

I wish I had

...
Line of inquiry:
The ego within forced me to resist
But now I wish I had effused a love mist
With aplomb and flair, just kind of left it there
For self-aware souls passing by, who choose to pai...

Tooth

...Sharing hard candy with her best friend Shirley
Impossible task if deciduous teeth are lost prematurely
Although each child progresses in a different rate
My predecessor took its time as I came in...

There Is a Lake

...THERE is a lake somewhere
'midst pollution, coots & comorants thrive
Jewel in our overflowing sewage 
Creation endures Curse of (ANC, Adam &) Eve

NoTE:
ANC is the ruling party & government maj...

Chronicles of the Pied Piper of Mar-A-Lago

...I'm not sure how it all began, 
When this soothsayer became heroic to some.
As he molded a story of greatness,
Against what our nation has now become.

Those that listened were mesmerized by his...

Groundhog Day - Thursday, February 2nd 2023

...The date of the celebration
(the second day of February) coincides
with medieval feast of Candlemas,
and its pre-Christian predecessor,
Imbolc, a day also rich in folklore.

An old Scottish pro...

A Heavenly Christmas List

...*Image of Until We Meet Again by MVid.

A Heavenly Christmas List

An endearing Christmas list too precious to reserve
as a blessed season occasions its heartfelt deserve;

My olde...

Deciding To Leave Scarecrow Up

...I was given fresh coins and an unexpected apology
not sure what this reparation meant
for you, the woman said.sliding me twenty dollars also
she was ugly, old, with a nose you could ski from
high...

In Suppression of Treason

...If one chooses to enter the political realm
[To serve his or her country in high office]
Inevitably, they will be accused of misconduct
Of one sort or another during their tenure
Julia Gillard...

Star Trek Stinker

...a place of peaceful rest
from cursing…reversed
in Paramount Plus

gun slinging verbiage —
trashing the Most Holy’s name

in Star Trek IV, Nimoy
was given his lines —

exposé of colorful lan...

Predecessor, May Dismay

...A Predecessor, ... May, Dismay 
    At All The Work, Twas Made Of Me!

If Fields Of Victories To Win;

Raise Our Voices, .... Loud We Send!...

The Red Chinese Emperor of Our Entire World Part One

...The Red Chinese ruler now wants to become The Emperor of our entire World! Already I have told you how he has deified himself and deified Chairman Mao! He should remember his Old Testament predecesso...

The Kuttab

...Rigid and small in dunam
Revelations glued into baldam
Literacy filled amalgam

Inherited from its predecessor
Abram the Hanif ancestor
The legacy of pilgrim Lordor

Revealed command “read”
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