We’re reading some Rebus
Connecting up dots
It bends us, it weaves us
In all sorts of knots.
The writer is laughing
We’ve misread the clues
The motive is baffling
One more we change views.
We quickly turn pages
And wait for the twist
But Rebus he taunts us
A flick of the wrist.
He sits in his glory
An Edinburgh bar
Sir Ian shapes our story
While sipping his jar.
And we’re hung out to dry
We’re tortured with doubt
And as hard as we try
We can’t work it out.
The final page greets us
The truth a sharp sting
And Rebus, he saves us
And Rankin’s still king.
R Roseta is famous now, Italian town, beautifully "backward"
O Okinawa, Japan, shared health wonders with Roseta
S Science proves both sides: Lonely folks "smoke" 15 cigarettes
E Even when they are not smokers - 60 million in US feel alone
T The amazing fact is Lissa Rankin is a doctor, in the hardest way,
A Admits now, Rosetan People became lonely like "modern" people and
N Now have what we have. We treat symptoms with meds and surgery
P People lose backwardness and gain useless stress (fight or flight) always!
E Everyone must hear the Gospel (of Christ) & The Gospel of Health
O Over to you now
P Please do NOT kill the Messenger or Prophet or Poet
L Leave the doctors and Pharmacy-Disease-Industry to defend themselves!
E Ever wonder why you are so invested in defending poisoners everywhere!?
I know that I can't be there to help
you through your pain But. my arms
are still around you as the tears go
down your face . Each time my heart
is beating I pat you lightly when you cry ,
to let you know how much your papa and
I love you each day that goes by .
We pray that God will Strengthen your pain
in your heart to know that Emily Harper is
with God in Heaven watching over you and
will always be by your side . Although her
time was shorten God's reason Emily Harper
passed away ,for a short time you were her
parents . She knew of your great love ,she
carried it to Heaven with her and shared it
With God , Emily Harper will always be loved .
She passed away on January 30,2016 . Our
granddaughter ,your daughter ,we love you ,
Babegirl ,Emily Harper , Sweet Angel up above .
R.I.P. Emily Harper Rankin ,My granddaughter
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Also, you have my permission to use them in any way you see fit.
If they have any positive results on the lives of others or have
encouraged them to write poems themselves, would like to hear about it.
Also, I am trying to find out the email address for the Rachel Maddow Show.
She just was talking about someone in a Don Trump audience who was
reading a book in the background the name of the book was "Citizen" by a
Black author named Rankin. It reminded me of Ayn Rand at first.
There are a lot of interesting things going on now a days regarding poetry.
"Citizen" is primarily about racial integration and disintegration I am also adding.
Would be interested in anyone's comments.
'We must open up our minds and start learning all over again.'
You can quote me on that.
'If for our poems it hadn't been,
where would our brains start to begin.'
You can quote me also on that one also and start digging into it much deeper.
Jim Horn
Whatcha gonna do if’n Famous Jameis goes pro?
‘tain’t nottin ya can do ‘bout it, Coach Jimbo
Dontcha know, da freshman Heisman winner’s caught da eye
Even da Giants’ Eli ain’t a-rankin’ too high
Butcha ya got ta give it ta dem dadgum referees
Dey even find ways ta yeller-flag Drew Breeze
‘tain’t sayin’ Jameis is apt ta go jest yet
But if’n he gets lotsa bucks, he may jest be a Jet
Shure, New York might be colder’n a witch’s tit
But yer brass bra in January, Jameis can fit
Tajh Boyd ‘n’ Michael Vic should be grindin’ der teeth
Dey ain’t fallen outta da ugly tree yet (look beneath)
Now Aaron Rodgers is so granny-slappin’ good
Dis’n deserves ta stay; it’s jest understood
Jameis is hotter’n' a goat’s butt in a pepper patch
Jimbo, ya best find a way dem pro offers ta match!
*Written August 25, 2014 for Verlena's Ebonics contest. Jameis Winston is
the quarterback for the Florida State Seminoles and he won the Heisman as a
red-shirt Freshman. FSU's coach is Jimbo Fisher.
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