I miss you so much, my love
It must be cold out there
I mean in the skies above
You must be provided with care
Uniclo tops of navy blue
Sweaters and coats, and warm socks
Must be delivered to you
From the heavenly stocks
You wouldn’t believe how painful
It feels to continue alone
Without a face of your faithful
Without a garden grown
Without you I worth nothing
You must be well received
In your new place that they think
Surpasses the one where you lived.
In Landmark College's hallowed city,
Knowledge flourishes with simplicity,
Learners absorb with eager facility,
Blended curriculum, a harmonious unity.
Teachers sympathetic, empathetic in duality,
Guide learners with compassion's clarity,
Vast in trends, educational advancement's reality,
Conducive environment, a learner's serenity.
Modern facilities, equipment in totality,
Sporting complex, a wonder in locality,
Emotional, physiological, spiritual, cognitive, physicality,
Wellbeing's holistic approach, a noble integrity.
Day and boarding options, flexibility's liberty,
Pastoral parents, a nurturing community,
Full boarding facilities, a home away from home's security,
Landmark College's care, a promise of tenacity.
Academic excellence, integrity, honesty's sincerity,
Mutual respect, hardworking, a moral clarity,
Little wonders thrive, lunch provided with generosity,
Landmark College's slogan, a promise of fidelity.
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Perhaps earth will be lovingly kissed
With snowfall at a time such as this
To grace the holy day
Jesus was laid in hay
Our first and most blessed of Christmas gifts.
A short lifespan, a joyful lifespan
For Frosty the cold, winter showman
With hat, scarf, pipe and gloves
Provided with much love
From children who adore a snowman.
Slowly, sadly, snowman melts away
To the sorrow of childhood at play
Hopefully he'll be back
Before winter has past
And snowflakes come falling thick and fast.
You, with your everlasting sorrow mom
deserve nifty hands and healing ways of
You, who always loved with the truest calm
now sit bereft of food and needs God's glove
You, the womb that bore consecrated Zen
sit still with your emptiness praying that
You, will once more be as fertile as a hen
fresh as the ocean in God's special vat
You, who have given us bounty with grace
have birthed a sapling, a seed, and the bud
You, Mother Earth whos honest clean faced
has always provided with substance and sud
They, who have loitered and taken your fresh,
are caught in a web, they cannot dis-enmesh.
The sky fell mercilessly and tornadoes fury was landed
The earth caved where seeds of new crop, a farmer had planted.
In recession, the capitalists made a fortune
and the deprived were left with debt and burden
In moments triumphs were not of those who had toiled hard
but those who were able to play the fluke card
The rain did not fall in the barren land
and the army fired at the innocent & unmanned
The aging parents lost their bread winning child
And the winter at the refugee camps was anything but mild
The father hit the mother in front of her young children very violently
The forest fire cost every house on the ground blatantly
The privileged were given more favours and opportunity
The humble were provided with disappointments and ambiguity
A family slept hungry again another night
A child was left alone in fright
The pups were treated by their caretaker unkindly
All because someone treated their loving friend badly!
Anyone with a connection to the internet has the ability,
to self educate themselves greater than at any prestigious university,
especially if you're one who seeks self education seriously and passionately.
All one needs to do is to type in the subject you desire to self educate,
and you'll be provided with many avenues to passionately study and investigate,
and then whenever you feel you need a self educating break,
your connection will bring whatever you find relaxing or entertaining to date.
Sadly most use this technology for entertainment and profit purposes only.
If only all could recognize our present self educating opportunity,
this world would be a far better place, I truly believe.
Far better than most people today could ever possibly conceive.
THE FINAL ACT
After Humpty Dumpty’s fall
Angry residents placed a call
The locals destroyed the wall
As it shouldn’t be there at all
Injured Humpty was all gloom
Alone in the emergency room
Having to use a nom de plume
Talking with doctors on Zoom
With meds all suitably labelled
Finally diagnosed as disabled
His complaint was then tabled
And a damages claim enabled
Then he was in constant pain
Smiling went against the grain
But was provided with a cane
Yet would never dance again
All the King’s horses and men
First aid was beyond their ken
As fighting was their acumen
Hadn’t joked much since then
Now Humpty has lost weight
One could say he’s in a state
His scheduled operation is late
Now wondering about his fate
It sounds just like a tale of woe
But that is the way a life can go
He’s a producer now you know
Sitting on walls is his new show
Whatever you may hear
Is not now final my dear
One can cheat your ear
Truth may hide very near
Never believe in what is said
Let musing happen in head
Just by saying "daily bread"
Stomach cannot be fed
By skillfully concocting a rumor
Into your ears one may murmur
It may be provided with glamor
Here comes reasoning grammar
Your ears, never close at all
Grasp whatever others disclose
Please exhibit an innocent pose
Valuable news, all will expose
Analyze the received message
Scan every possible advantage
Let no news cause any damage
Your life you shrewdly manage.
The Brits have a saying keep calm and carry on
embraced it I have to the heart
Keep on keeping on somehow
missing a vital part
I could carry on like a woman mad
Or keep to a manner insane
Calmness required for rational thought
to do elsewise inane
Three diaphromatic breaths children
from the stomach a rising balloon
Then empty that gut no if and Or but
As an artfully wielded bassoon
Every pain whatever it's nature
All concerns within make without
Inhale life giving air the vacuum to fill
Capped off with a joyful shout
Never give up improvise
turn that which is toil to a game
What delightful dish with an eighth pound of meat
Can you create and hopefully eat free from blame
While telling yourself it's all for the best
I consume too much anyway
Work with what's at hand or whatever you got
Words of wisdom old granny would say
End each meal on a sweet note
Thanks again for all your hands wrought
To the LORD then the cook who provided with love
nourishment delivered when sought
He glorified
Cared for them
Raised them
Chosen by God
Jesus does nod
Make sure they grew
Knowing the Lord they knew
Through their spiritual bath
He would guide their path
Always receiving
Our Father feelings
Provided with peace
Best way to relieve
Gave them the gift
On which they wished
Revived unity
Released their creativity
Through the Holy Spirit
We have achieved it
A way to say hi
To reach beyond the sky
Who shall believe her
A true believer
His children are never denied
Only God knows why
By George P. Lumayag
https://georgelumayag.weebly.com/
I doubt a student fully learns the activity
if he or she is not provided with answer keys
right after the home tasks.
A Remedial Test does not justify complete learning
unless the student is provided with the right answers
at the end of the test.
Well, he or she will be promoted
but some of his or her questions are unanswered.
three flowers ...
of extraordinary bloom
seeds and earth, spun together in chaos
soil of arable value, some more or less ... firm,
but challenge not the care of the tenders - their loving ambitions
they gardened and provided with nurturing hands
far-from-perfect, the aliment entrusted ...
not always in accord, but consistently full hearts for the task
oh, those blossoms were, as any, pressed by the elements
for life is as much the storms, as it is the fair and fine
but the roots were strong and reaching
what they sprung, hearty and bright and graceful -
as imperfectly perfect as childhood dreams
now, I stand back and watch them gather light and wings
drink rain, bend in the wind, fold their petals in twilight ...
seeding new buds and blooms of their own
for that is the way of flowers ...
their beauty, blessing.
Submitted on June 3, 2020
To the "Brian's Select 3, Any Form, Any Theme" Poetry Contest
Brian Strand, Sponsor.
SWEET SLAP
Being deprived of Mom’s love and affection
I spent my unfortunate childhood days
Her deliberate discrimination
compared to my siblings pricked me always.
Not provided with proper food or care.
‘I am unwanted’, to feel each moment.
To give me bonus points she did not spare
passing abusing crescent crude comment.
I was twelve then and went to friend’s home
as school closed early after tiffin hours.
We were making fun and playing carrom.
About delay was not at all aware.
My senses reacted at end of game.
At eve street lights on, I ran in hurry.
Mom waiting at the gate, too late I came.
She slapped me without any query.
Most expected, abuse must not be mild
But surprisingly she burst into tears.
Repeatedly uttering ‘Oh! my child
I was so scared as if I lost you Dear!’
09/18/18
'Write Me an Emotion-Act' Contest by Brenda Chiri
Proclivity of Sensativity
Of things was provided with a prosperous proclivity,
So needed some training that should be sensitivity;
Amazing motif,
Beyond belief;
He was made into a moron with much immensity.
Jim Horn
Don't forget the goal.
True love is powerful and not to be taken lightly.
It's hard to reveal your all to a complete stranger without assurance.
To be fully accepted, to hold to have in complete comfort.
Don't let go of the way your heart beats.
Let it flourish, grow from the stem and fill the petals with something wholesome.
Dreams are built within dreams.
The thought that leads to action.
Take the reigns.
The stem only knows to grow.
Provided with enough sun.
Enough water.
Dispite whatever obstacle.
It grows over, it grows through even under.
It takes form and even grows with a bend.
Nevertheless.
It grows.
Covered in sheets spread and enveloped in the bud of petals.
In arms reach of each other.
Through sickness and in health,
In perfect communication.
Through dirt, through the mud
Not only in bad weather but the days where the sun shines its brightest.
With thorns to protect,
It feeds the nature of balance which stimulates more growth.
Never forget the goal
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