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Bored of Peace

You know a man is Bored of Peace 
When he chooses to unleash the beast
Of weapons and military might
And celebrates it all with a UFC fight.

You know a man is Bored of Peace 
When his hands look like he’s got a disease 
When he falls asleep during the day 
And says “obeying me is the only way.”

You know a man is Bored of Peace 
When the cost of fuels increase
And he really couldn’t care less
That you and your family have so much stress.

When a man uses his position in office 
So he and his family can increase their profits 
It’s corruption at its highest to say the least
Then you know that man is Bored of Peace.

*President Trump established the Board of Peace to promote world peace shortly before he and Prime Minister Netanyahu launched attacks on Iran and Lebanon respectively.

Wanted But Never Enough

When I lay down at night,
All I feel is such a fright,
Never quite alone, just out of sight.

To be alone — how is it, you may ask?
Expectedly, it's not an easy task.
Do I suffer or simply wear a mask?

Before I say, you must know,
Ultimately, it is something I cannot bestow.
Tomorrow comes far too slow.

Not once did I say I am losing the war,
Even though I'm hurting within my core,
Vacant soul, punishing me — nothing to restore.

Eventually, I know my time will come,
Respectively taking me, and I feel numb,
Embracing the freedom from others' scum.

Neglecting to see the life I've lived,
On top of that, I feel deceived.
Undoubtably, stuck — and I grieved.

Grieving throughout my days, don't call my bluff.
Horribly wanted, but never enough.

From The Desk of The Professor

old slag value, as valuable as Value allows it
Then as a valuable secondary source,
 the slag resulted from the gold-bearing 
electrolytic mud smelting
 contains up to 0.8–15 k g t-1
 Au and 9–13 kg t-1 Ag, respectively
------------------------------------------------
Coal Ash experiments
sorted theories and Soughted formulas.
Coal ash pits using sewage,
sawdust, and other
dissuaded organics
to recreate renewable coal.
Leaves, shredded wood chipped
wood ash, tobacco stalks
straw hat manure compose
all will be mixed and allowed to 
cure to recreate a renewable
source for energy.
Racheter l'ancien Walmart du comté de McDowell,
 en Virginie-Occidentale, pour créer un nouveau
 magasin et contribuer à la relance 
de l'industrie charbonnière locale.
Musique pour basson et cor d'harmonie
Ce genre de musique « Ooh Baby »


Premium Member Samsara and the Circle of Life

The Asian version of Life
Is of a wheel that endlessly spins
Rotating in kaleidoscopic scenes
Of beings in realms
Trapped by their karmas in endless suffering
Endless until it, of course, ends
Which is what all things must eventually do. 

In the West the dominant view is now
Of an endless cycle of Life
Where we don’t actually become anything
After we die, just a nutritional building block
In the ecological web of growth and decay.
It’s a rational seeming world view,
But one devoid of soul.

On the whole these two views compliment
And complete each other;
Soulful and soulless
To give a sense of life on the wheel.
But the truth is neither are complete,
Together or alone
Because neither sees what lies beyond the wheel.

Of course, they say eternity and annihilation respectively
But what is the it that endures or dissolves?
And if it endures was it ever really trapped?
And if it dissolves was it ever really existent?
Somewhere between is the middle way
Free of extremes and labels, 
Free to simply be, what is, inherently ineffable.

(10/12/25)

Premium Member Uh-Oh, No-Nos

     This poem contains sexual talk

         partial and frontal nudity

         pornographic videos

     See lines 1, 2, and 3 respectively

Observable Reality

A fact and a fallacy,

Our observable reality.

A space shared by so many,

Exploring and forming its identity.

Through thoughts from you and me,

Comparing, preparing collectively.

Inner worlds act reflectively,

Creating what you see.

Acting as the entity,

Carrying you to me.

To my destiny,

To the rest of me.

The best of me,

Who I truly see.

A symphony to the Galaxy,

One entity separately.

All creating energy,

Finding balance in harmony.

Disarming negativity,

With heightened sensitivity.

We start shifting collectively,

Perceptively.

Our Perspective equally,

On being the change We wish to see.

Living respectively,

Spreading positivity.

Reflecting a reality you wish to see,

Without labels or scarcity.


Xchanging Handz

Unbalanced Entities,

Happy in Their fallacies,

Are Co Creating Reality.

Patterns of Violence,

And complacency,

Run rampantly,

Through Society.

Being catered,

By The Agency,

Directing You and Me,

Dictating our Rights To Be.

Famine and War Plague our Soul Family,

And The Rich are asking for your Charity,

The Classes creating Poverty,

A pointless Economy.

Hypnotizing It's prey,

Guiding the way.

Hiding away.

It's there everyday.

For some it collects dust,

To others It's a must,

All or Bust.

If I could just,

Change the perspective,

Of the collective.

Let's change the Objective,

Subjectively,

Understand It's energy.

From Entity to Entity,

Reflectively,

Respectively.

Flowing repeatedly,

Carrying our energy.

Negatively or positive,

The cycle is a must.

If it's collecting dust,

It's affecting us.

Just let it move freely,

It could just feed the Needy.

Observable Reality

A fact and a fallacy,
Our observable reality.
A space shared by so many,
Exploring and forming its identity.
Through thoughts from you and me,
Comparing, preparing collectively.
Inner worlds act reflectively,
Creating what you see.
Acting as the entity,
Carrying you to me.
To my destiny,
To the rest of me.
The best of me,
Who I truly see.
A symphony to the Galaxy,
One entity separately.
All creating energy,
Finding balance in harmony.
Disarming negativity,
With heightened sensitivity.
We start shifting collectively,
Perceptively.
Our Perspective equally,
On being the change We wish to see.
Living respectively, 
Spreading positivity.
Reflecting a reality you wish to see,
Without labels or scarcity.

Patience and Understanding

13 June 2024  1:00 PM

Love and Kindness progedy
Are Patience and Understanding, respectively

Patience is unhurried she has time to spare
Forbearance is her virtue, mans heart is her care

Her speech is calm and flowing
Her anger is never showing

Living , walking, residing in grace
Her Fathers heart within her and her mothers smiling face

She works with her brother Understanding
And helps him to be wise and reasoning

His judgement is sound
His comprehension unbound

With his Mothers heart and His Fathers face
He is stern and respected and his smile is never out of place

Together they work for the betterment of mankind
Dispelling fear and confusion and keeping order through time.

Premium Member The Heart Worn Lips



"The Heart Worn Lips"

She wore her heart on her lips as she spoke
the white owl sitting on one shoulder hooting wisdom
the black crow perched on the other hidden in shadow cawing dark things

the voice made moderate in the in-between
rolling out into the aether words like dice
flying to land like black-winged strokes on a wholesome alabaster page

the meaning captured more in the intonation 
than the visual puzzle left wide open and waiting unexplained
for the taste of luck in the silent air, in circles the hungry eyes ever watching

the heart worn in flight
the lips stop speaking 
the mind takes over

no sound
endomorphism rings


Candide Diderot. ‘24





"Endomorphism rings always have additive and multiplicative identities, respectively the zero map and identity map."

“I can feel myself slowly fading from your mind.” 

"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom."

In Concernment

Whereas in the interest of both soventy and nationalism
We recognize both boundaries and the establishments
Which govern. Where north is north east is east ,west is west and south is south. The laws of peace where each government 
shall recognize the laws of the other.
Where diplomacy and negation, shall be rule of law.
Monitored and medicated.
Where each government recognizes respectively other governments interest, regarding allies associates and fors.
One in defence of the other for boundaries sake.
One in the interest of the other for the sake of sovergnty.
Recognition of the rights of all governments and there people.

Concern Citizens of Earth

Whereas such truths establishes an environment of diplomacy 
where the sovergnty of the people both united and divided interest is expressed in a democratic way.
In full regards to the public interest.

In Concernment

Whereas in the interest of both soventy and nationalism
We recognize both boundaries and the establishments
Which govern. Where north is north east is east ,west is west and south is south. The laws of peace where each government 
shall recognize the laws of the other.
Where diplomacy and negation, shall be rule of law.
Monitored and medicated.
Where each government recognizes respectively other governments interest, regarding allies associates and fors.
One in defence of the other for boundaries sake.
One in the interest of the other for the sake of sovergnty.
Recognition of the rights of all governments and there people.

Concern Citizens of Earth

Whereas such truths establishes an environment of diplomacy 
where the sovergnty of the people both united and divided interest is expressed in a democratic way.
In full regards to the public interest.

I Ching Hexagram


Three coins tossed at once; each coin is given a value of 2 or 3, depending upon whether it is tails or heads, respectively. Six such tosses make the hexagram. Some fortune-tellers use an empty tortoise shell to shake the coins in before throwing them on a dish or plate.

A Sonnet Lipo-gram No Letter A

Flyby moments of springtime, sweet impress 
deeply rooted in the feel of the skin 
Discern the hour of its serville prowess  
then bloom with kindrid spirit, be its twin 

Flowering florets with midget whole buds  
sendings shivers down your comfy dorsum 
Sleep inside this hothouse with silent thud 
then rouse gently, like the weightless vellum 

Time for betterment is here, find your pound  
weigh it in, turn the compost of your plot  
Let bygones be bygones, cover the grounds
with redress, then grow your own blessed lot 

Hold the tortoise shell, put three coins in it,  
then consult I Ching, the way you see fit.

Cupid Falls In Love


He ran around shooting unsuspecting souls with his golden tip arrows
and one perfectly bent, Port Orford Cedar bow. Wearing nothing 
but a diaper and a silly grin he aimed, shut one eye then Wham! 

love is dapper
always a gentleman 
respectively yours 

He studied at the Rose City Archery where all smart Cupids go for  
an education on falling in love!  What he wasn't expecting was some
day he would fall for a crazy red head who was a Pixie in disguise. 
   
he leveled the arrow
it ricocheted back
to his heart 
 
She baked him cinnamon hearts both spicy and hot to the taste.  Then she 
took him to a magical place where every day felt like Valentine's day. 
It wasn't long before a winged infant carrying a bow and a quiver of 
arrows  bounced up and down on Cupid's knee.

I'm a Cupid
 he said to his daddy   
with Pixie Ma, Whoo-ee

Premium Member GREAT LIFE THIS NEW YEAR

Vibrant life is Creator’s gift worthy to be enjoyed
Triumphant in vanquishing selfishness, arrogance, apathy
Radiant to exude peaceful bliss, marked by love midst care.

                    Abundant blest life
                        assured by the Lord of joy
                             conquers dearth’s gloom with hope's bliss
                                   toward good sharing 
                                        ready for each one who works
                                             while trusting provisions’ Source.

Jubilant great life
brings us this New Year by faith…
we claim with God’s grace*

*2Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.

This poem employs three forms:
1.	Sijo has three lines. Each line varies between 14 and 16 syllables. 
2.	Sedoka consists of 6 lines of 5-7-7-5-7-7 syllables respectively. 
3.	Senryu has 5-7-5 syllables respectively.

9th place, "UP TO YOU" Poetry Writing Premiere Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 1/10/2024.

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