“We have the politicians we deserve.”
What kind of “we” I’m synched with on brainwaves?
How many “we” are surreptitiously reserved
For the reunion, in whose family grave?
It’s plain to see what politicians are about
They’re ubiquitous like weather, that brings weeds
To every garden, and they can’t be weeded out
But it’s not good to blame me for their deeds
So I don’t need my politicians and their mob
But surely they deserve people like me
And that’s the awful part of their job
They know it, and demand a larger fee..
The raindrops fall into the paper cup of tea
The teabag shrinks as if it could be my remark
Unlatch the green door to the childlike mystery
It’s possible again to enter that old park
The busts and statues of the gods and greats
And shaded benches in the niches of the trees
There in the memory another alley waits
I haven’t walked on it to see where to it leads
Oh no! Those wobbly slabs I’ve walked before
The seagulls cry, the wind blows up the sand
Then comes the sound of the muted piano chords
I’ve no idea why I hear this again.
Words fail to match the beauty of the park
The magic stillness of the early autumn day
Leaves fall across your smile, completing your remark
Leaving me speechless in this colourful decay
The trees look tall in their patchy outfit
Lone robin sings somewhere in the height
So shall we go, before the dusk commits
Its usual crime, obscuring the daylight.
forget everything you know – that shouldn’t take too long
M-eaning
I-n
N-ame
E-ndorses
R-emembrance
V-irtuously
A-pplying
G-ood
I-dea's
R-emark
O-r
N-ote
Topic: Birthday of Minerva S. Giron (March 06)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-oyful
E-xpression’s
S-entence
U-ses
S-ensible
S-tatement
O-f
B-rilliant
R-emark
E-mploying
V-irtuous
I-dea’s
L-ikable
L-etter
A-nnually
Topic: Birthday of Jesus D. Sobrevilla (January 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-y
A-nnual
R-emembrance
I-mply
T-he
E-ssential
S-entence
D-eploying
E-uphoric
L-ines
A-bout
C-heerful
R-emark
U-nder
Z-estfulness
Topic: Birthday of Marites F. Dela Cruz (January 08)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-emark
O-f
A-uthor
N-icely
Y-ields
E-xpression's
Y-early
E-xciting
P-oem
E-mploying
R-emarkable
L-etter's
A-crosric
S-alutations
Topic: Birthday of Roan Yeye Perlas (April 29)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
D-ivine
A-uthor
I-mplements
S-imple
Y-early
R-egards
O-r
B-irthday
R-emark
E-mploying
G-reetings
A-t
D-elightful
O-ccasion
Topic: Birthday of Daisy Robregado (November 25)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
F-abulous
R-eader
E-njoys
D-elightful
P-oem
U-sing
R-emark
A-nd
L-ike
Topic: Birthday of Fred Pural (December 31)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-eader
O-f
X factor
A-bout
N-ice
N-ame's
E-xcellent
D-esign
U-ses
B-rains
A-nd
R-ighteous
R-emark
Y-early
Topic: Birthday of poetess Roxanne Dubarry (October 04)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-ost
A-mazing
R-emark
I-s
S-aid
A-s
N-ote
U-ses
L-esson
A-bout
O-bedience
Topic: Birthday of Maris E. Anulao (March 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
C-onstructive
R-emark
I-s
S-howed
T-o
Y-our
M-ind
A-s
N-ice
C-omment
I-s
O-btained
Topic: Birthday of Cristy Mancio (May 28)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Sitting on the chair ,combing her lustrous hair
awaiting for her love to caress her,
lost in the thoughts of their togetherness.
But suddenly the room turned dark,
she heard footsteps and through the
light from the windows she could see a shadow
she jumped on to her chair with fast pounding heart
and felt a tap on the shoulder,freaked out
looked at the person--
it was her BOSS who woke her up from her fantasy,
looking furious ,asked her to finish the project.
PS:
Written for the contest:Visualize,scrutinize and Remark
Written Date:11-3-2016
What rising doubt does cast such fear
That wills I dare not sink to feel,
But take to heights above harms reach
From that first step to tempt my fate.
I cling to pain, this bond so real, that knows,
This is my next best chance to fail.
03/05/2016
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