My father always told me
“Never refuse a challenge.
Take each opportunity
To broaden your horizon.”
And, all through life, I’ve tried my best to follow his advice.
However hard the task may have been, so far I’ve never said never.
Last month I was persuaded,
Against my better judgement,
To jump out of an aircraft
And parachute to the ground.
I wish now I’d said, “Never,”
The parachute malfunctioned.
And that’s why I’m sending this final poem
From six feet below the earth.
a single word oath
never
doesn’t last
swear it
by those empty giant nuts
for what’s more powerful is our beating heart
if fate jokes
a bow and arrow bend swerving at right path
so save the last corn
before a fowl could swallow after a snatch
[Poet’s Note in Comments Section of Poem ]
two companeros sorting revolutionary literature
in spirit’s gap unwrapping gifts knowing fresh
labour ! sabre cops might have followed us hot
cops never come on Saturdays — they watch rugby* remarks she blithely
work births experience dissolving glib speak
stealthily arrived contingent of state security police stalking
books, pamphlets, writings, ephemera, poems
confiscated not lovingly touched again
never say never self-assured confident
If you are struck by the thunder of torment,
the lightning lancet of distress shears your heart,
nonchalant you may resolve relaxed to never cry.
Solace sprouting from the compassion of someone dear,
bearing your load of anguish,
may melt the mists of your mind, sworn to never dissolve,
surge at unexpected touch,
and flow silently in the torrents of tears,
underscore never say never recognizes life’s fluidity
in the rational refusal to fold future in finality.
The Way is silent,
It was not to be, nor was it not to be.
There are no questions,
Not even a word.
Never say never,
I know that I know nothing.
Being is in Becoming.
So is life.
Paradoxical.
So I will say these things, so I will live, as only the nonsensical can make sense of this.
To have and to hold—
In: sickness and health
In: good times and awful terrible times
In: spite of a coworker
who challenges my very decrepit paradigm
with a new world
who sends lightning bolts down my spine
by touching me in passing
who changes my mind-life-soul forever
—Till death do us part
NEVER SAY NEVER…. not ever or at no time possible is anything dormant
a blindman can see things without his eyes envisioned and focus
A face can be wash with just the tears flowing from
Just because you’re a man doesn’t mean you weak if you cry out
You can truly, truly, make it if you don’t give up just try free will
Open mindedness is the blank thought that can be virility filled
Never use never narrative because it leaves no room for changing
Because of dislikes and hardships, dislikes or doubting keep going
Even a deaf person can hear a vison sound beats within the hearts-eyes reign
Being uncertain certain that change is a thing nothing permanent wait for a change
the homeless man who is begging for money
most believe he must be a drug addict or convict
what if you lost your home, your job, your spouse and alone?
you could end up beside him, lost and hopeless
the cheaters, liars and dishonest people
most think they do not know or associate with them
as they sit in the church pews every Sunday
pretending to be honest, pure and holy
some are teachers, bankers, police officers
a facade to fool the best judges of character
I never thought that I would say this out loud
but the quality of AI-poetry
has unexpectedly taken a turn for the worse
where are the days when it regurgitated
plagiarised phrases?
where are the days when it made gallant efforts
to emulate Suzette Prime?
I guess that it hinges on which programme one uses
I never thought that I would say this at all
but clankers have hallucinated themselves into irrelevance
why say, "never say never"?
hope can be the devil's tool
accepting the impossible can give peace
yet, all that was true, one day, isn't true anymore
perhaps
leave a crack in your resolve
for light to get through
A dawn chorus of unfamiliar birdsong woke me before first light. I had slept well despite the night sounds of a nightjar and the heavy breathing of unseen animals beyond my tent. Before exhaustion finally claimed me, a feeling of inevitability had washed over me.
we can't change circumstances
embracing moments
taking stock
we are either the hunter or the hunted
what part do we play
in the dance of life?
Never say, " Never " , ever you survive
Try to reach goal so long you are to live !
Devote, Dedicate ! Have confidence :
Try and try to acquire competence !
Why not ? Nothing is impossible :
Have strength, courage to make possible !
Explore your life acceptance as challenge --
Struggle and struggle at every step
Neither to give up nor to escape.
To overcome, work hard and arrange.
never and always
unpredictable siblings
like love and weather
that ignore the wayward winds
ignore fate and its inklings
yet then still wish for the sun
tomorrow's champagne
toasts with half full flutes
but hearts too shaken
to hold our pleasure
one must never say never
a powerful word
that leaves no room for could be
for what we believe our earth's nature forgets
and sends whirling tornadoes and hurricanes
impossible to escape
she cancels our firm never
making us take notice of how vulnerable we are
when fate includes those forces
often beyond our control
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
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