Semper Poems


Semper Ibi

He stood by
my cradle
And followed
my hearse
Unlocking
two portals
Both blessing
— and curse

(Dreamsleep: November, 2024)
Categories: semper, god,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSemper Alumnus

Thank you God
That I’m always a student
I abhor
The slaughters of the babies
Toddlers were killed dead
Young boys and girls were shot dead
Pregnant women were stabbed dead
That’s terror
Young men were executed
Young women were raped and killed
That’s horror
Women weren’t spared
Sick women were beat
Old men and women
Weren’t exempt
No error
Fuhrer is alive
Terrorism
Is not dead
Students have conscience
Leaders lie
The buildings are pulverized
Treaties ain’t for all
Blame a few
Murder is no joke
That’s death
True free speech
Is dead too
Students have conscience
They are always right
They make sense
They protest
No justice
Here on earth
No freedom
We wonder
We ponder
We differ
They conquer
Like wild beasts
There’s no peace
Terror, horror and revenge
I remain an alumnus.

Copyright © April 2024, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved.
Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.
Categories: semper, bullying, cancer, child abuse,
Form: Haiku


Premium MemberSemper, Mater Vester

Come sit with me, my darlings, 
beneath this apple tree.

Come sit with me, my sweethearts,
Do you not sense? It's me.

Come sit with me, my lovelies, 
all seasons of all years.

Come sit with me, my precious ones.
Come sit with me, my dears.



~ collaboration with T Kirk Tierney ~

AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on June 25, 2022
Categories: semper, children, love, mother,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSemper Fidelis

Our team lost today
  lost yesterday too
the game before that
  the one prior to that too

Seems they're on a losing streak
  Is our team really that weak?
Or are the others too tough
  and ours a creampuff?

Whatever the truth, I'm loyal still
  I believe that our team surely will --
win a game or two someday soon
  ~ before the appearance
                  of the next blue moon



______________________________
The title means 'Ever Faithful' in Latin
Categories: semper, faith, future, moon, sports,
Form: Couplet

Semper Fi Or For Maureen Mcgreavy

by definition
of recognition
always waiting for
her next submission

a risky mission
it's never to late
in my admission to
send in the Maureens
Categories: semper, muse,
Form: I do not know?


Semper Fideles

I’m a victim of this life.

cursed by God, a poisoned mind
perhaps if I lacked the sight,
at peace I’d be, for beauty blinds.

I, a violent child.

Waterfalls, song, paintings and poem.
Mountains, thunder, this world and beyond it.

Heaven and hell, angels that fell
I stand among them, seeking their hell
for I am now cursed, cursed to be breathing,
so I make sure, I burn as I’m fleeting.

I, so, very tired

have lost all control.
I write what I feel, not what I hope.
For I am now stranded, on one lonely boat,
the storm it is rising, let’s hope I can float.

I, in search for divine
drink their poison, sweet as wine.

For the waves they calm through time.

Like a drop of rain would take a dive
in shallow ponds and thinks it’s climbed,
the sky to sink in oceans,
we grew to feast in lies

and now so pretty, red roses
ignorance is wise.
Categories: semper, depression, life, loneliness, lonely,
Form: Prose

Semper Fidelis

Donald Trump has lost his temper
It seems his fi is not semper
His corruption trail
Caused close friends to bail
Trump failed as Trusted Exemptor
Categories: semper, political,
Form: Limerick

Semper Fidelis

For aught we know 
Love sometimes plays two hearts... 
There are times that 
Love is ironic 

We need to get hurt, 
To love. 
We need to lie 
Just to tell the truth. 
We need to feel the pain 
In order to show that we really care. 

We became strangers to ourselves. 
When eccentric feelings 
Strike us 
Lonesomeness comes in 

The road to real, true love 
Did never run smooth 
For it takes to travel the 
Coarse, foggy, moments of relationship..
Categories: semper, abuse, age, america, angst,
Form: Free verse

Sic Semper Trumpus

Sic Semper Trumpus

Sic Semper Trumpus;
Asi' son las maneras
De toda vida.

Diego Cuerno de Vaca
Categories: semper, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku

Semper Fidelis

The Marine faced God  
He had served his time in hell  
"Come unto me Child"
Categories: semper, peace
Form: Haiku
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