Looping hieroglyphic attire that dressed the miserly in cloaks of fired up brimming pride so catcher does this seeth beneath the sky, sky blue or frilled for venom, which enraptured the hornet as the serpent spent bills oh? Enough of the price? Is the motherly kind word not my own spoken twice?
Like upturned earth on haunted eves for which the beasts replete do seeth toward crisp remoteness the zepher stone burgeons and clasps those boney hands and ushers toward us. Indeed, the fallow are now spent, they rent those waters for healthier hands, but pure and brilliant are not synonymous with a hot-to-trot village filled to the top.
Pay It Forward
Miracle Man
9/18/2024
Most days many scan their menu choices,
trying to decide on which choice of meat.
But across the world comes starving voices,
not opting for choice but something to eat.
From our abundance many willingly share,
*some from excesses so that others might see.
While many today may have scant, but care,
thinking, but for God’s grace that could be me.
*Matthew 6:4-6 KJV
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
I can't believeth all the things I seeth:
the streets with such strange vehicles which wend
their way so apace liketh those gents fleeth
as metal lions. Nev'r has't i penn'd
a sonnet on such vehicles and highways.
Nev'r has't i hath felt so unbelieving.
I might not but tryeth to traveleth all byways.
Above me in the sky, huge birds art leaving.
Of metal too art those gents, which art of charm.
Oh, mine own, the females showeth their flesh,
and how the men art causes me alarm.
And lo, the air! How can the folks refresh?
Tall buildings, so few farms, and such big towns.
So crazy art the folks h're and their sounds!
Jan. 21, 2023 for Anoucheka Gangabissoon's Shakespeare in 2023 Contest
Translated into Shakespearean English
using English to Shakespearean Translator - LingoJam
(I can't be sure that it's exactly right, but I am hoping this is how they actually talked in those times. To understand my poem better, you can go to Lingojam and just reverse the process translating Shakespearean English back into Modern English!)
It is the worrying that is causing me to snap at others.
As if responding to a snide remark.
After trying to be inhibited for so long-
As if my inhibitions would ward off the thoughts I believe others are thinking.
As if a thought could turn into my fate.
But eventually, all secrets that seeth within.
Will turn into a whirlwind of confessions.
Confessions that confuse.
Maybe they knew nothing after all.
And the silence that was there all along-
Continues.
I know you say that it takes time
But time just ain’t healing mine
Trauma
but I would be fine
If the water didn’t swallow me whole
Feeling the Demons pull
Dragged beneath
To the coral wreath
Till the Demons devour me and seeth
Into my soul
Consuming my own body
‘Till nothing much is left of me
But A dreaded, feral, monstrous beast
‘Cause They. won’t. let. Go.
When I reemerge-
what you see
How can We be sure that it’s me?
I wish I knew who I was meant to be
A long time ago.
I feel the chaos stir within
The Devil wants my soul to sink
I swim
Taking chances on a whim
I don’t know…
Falling
Into the deep
Drowning
In mine own beliefs,
Calling
Calling to the sea
Wishing
I could go Home.
You thought that I’d be weak, one easy to subdue
You wove your web of lies and never followed through
But in the dark, I swam the depths none other could withstand
I fought for love, I fought the pain with bloodstained, aching hands
Through the dark I held him, but at dawn he slipped away
The warrior fought against the night and left to meet the day
But for his love and for belief, I’ll swim the sea again
You cannot comprehend the light when all you love is gain
I’ll rise from dust and flame, you cannot keep me down
A thousand drops of rain can force a man to drown
A churning sea of love and pain will seeth behind my eyes
You can try to stop me but man can't hold back the tide
Blissful to share with the needy ones’ welfare
Hearts that care engage in blessed love* affair.
*1John 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
February 11, 2022
1st place, "A BRIAN STRAND SHORTIE" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 2/23/2022.
Facing a street kid pleading for bread, I was gripped with mixed feelings, especially that I had in my possession purchased goods for our orphanage from a grocery with this label: “the good life you can afford.” Oh, the social worker in me could not escape being confronted with this question: “Why does a child have to beg for a basic necessity... when it can be afforded?” By God’s grace, I have settled myself with the answer while fulfilling my commitment.
emotions clashing
grieved midst reality angst~~~
still love* and care reign
* 1John 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
April 17, 2021
2nd place, "Moments Of Reflections - Haibun" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Malabika Ray Choudhury; judged on 5/11/2021.
freedom fighter
advocating peace
do I exude God’s love*?
*1John 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
October 19, 2019
2nd place, "Get in touch with your Zen" Questionku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Richard Lamoureux; judged on 11/1/2019.
Pray…
trust God
with faith’s might
…never doubting…..
assured by Scriptures
of immutable strength…
believing He grants what’s best
………. according to His time table
….... forever supremely perfect………..
*Matthew 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
August 5, 2019
Life Souvenirs
By: Miracle man
11/3/2018
Each day I’ve passed through a doorway,
To a never before place and time;
Though subsequent days may have appeared the same
It’s time I saw but once.
Life has bequeathed me physical scars;
That is like a shadow box filled with medals.
And though my appearance has changed,
Things remembered are often punctuated with a scar,
And every scar has a story to tell.
I’m reminded,
That the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart;*
*1 Samuel 16:7
Do you ever lie down in grass and gaze,
pretend no duties call and let mind float,
play which knight wins the furious battle
somewhere in the wisps above daylong haze?
A lizard morphs into war time schooner.
Raise those sails! Ready the scope! Man the wheel!
Take a journey crossing perilous seas--
with dragons rising from deep and horror
creatures lurch from Sargasso and bare teeth.
It fades before the appearance of Fido.
Floppy ears turn pointy mouse or scholar.
Few adventures require battles that seeth.
Mind or heat can equally turn so tragic
or fun filled when elves spiral down slides
or angels hop cloud to cloud, bring fire
to sky ablaze with pink, gold, pelagic
and hope rests in rising billow's spark
lightning, rainfall, nourish of tomorrow.
Dream is a need we must cause to flower--
decorate minds and our chummy wood ark.
So tell me truly, tell well what anew beams
think hearty, think faulty but do reveal
do you ever lie down in grass, gaze, for
on a passing cloud there floats brave new dreams.
9/12/2018
LOVE
Love is calm
Love is blessing
Love is truthful
Love is faithful
Love is enduring
Love is superior
Love is brave
Love is respectful
Love is obedient
Love is joyful
Love is pure
Love is righteous
Love is courageous
Love is light
Love is feelings
Love is emotion
Love is strong
Love is the heart
Love is not selfish
Love is not jealous
Where love lies, lies the heart
Love is honey to the ears
Love is beauty not ashes
Love is kind and precious
Love is humble and cool
Love is not cruel and harsh
Love sees everything possible
Love is soft and easy going
Love is perfect and helpful
Love lie not
Love sin not
Love hurt not
Love heals pains
Love kills hurt
Love sees righteousness
Love envy not
Love is not criminal
Love curse not
Love strive not
Love makes life
Love takes life
Love speaks right
Love lack not
Love connects
Love conquers hatred
In love, in faith, in harmony
We dwell with the truth of hope
Where lies love is in the heart
Love seeth no fault nor seek
To blame another or compromise
Love is above all things in life.
LOVE
Love is calm
Love is blessing
Love is truthful
Love is faithful
Love is enduring
Love is superior
Love is brave
Love is respectful
Love is obedient
Love is joyful
Love is pure
Love is righteous
Love is courageous
Love is light
Love is feelings
Love is emotion
Love is strong
Love is the heart
Love is not selfish
Love is not jealous
Where love lies, lies the heart
Love is honey to the ears
Love is beauty not ashes
Love is kind and precious
Love is humble and cool
Love is not cruel and harsh
Love sees everything possible
Love is soft and easy going
Love is perfect and helpful
Love lie not
Love sin not
Love hurt not
Love heals pains
Love kills hurt
Love sees righteousness
Love envy not
Love is not criminal
Love curse not
Love strive not
Love makes life
Love takes life
Love speaks right
Love lack not
Love connects
Love conquers hatred
In love, in faith, in harmony
We dwell with the truth of hope
Where lies love is in the heart
Love seeth no fault nor seek
To blame another or compromise
Love is above all things in life.
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