Short Feted Poems

~ Back in the 1970's... ok? ~


The faint of heart beat a swift retreat   
  a tall, hooded stranger crossing the street

Had they not retreated, they might have been feted
  to Frank Zappa performing ~ a Mother’s Day Treat




      Happy Mother's Day to One and All!...

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Suborned to serve without recourse
Bonded to fight in dissonant force
Branded as national material resource
Sanctioned to bridge political discourse.

Constrained to go on amorphous mission
Commanded to kill with cunning precision
Ordered to sacrifice without condition
Feted to die in lowly contrition....

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Hester let her say sequester-
and she feted the focus,

folks fallen inside say-

i wonder,

! plunder,

say Donner much dumber than plundering the groovy grow.

Too much woolen sleeve not enough reep!

Too much stolen ski not enough heavy peace!

Because the people will all fall over,
into fives-
into lives -
and yes baby into the night....

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She enters softly, as darkness descends
   Her movements regal, welcomed by friends
And worshippers in temples and homes
   Acknowledging her presence with songs and poems

Sends ahead two angels, to every Sabbath table
   Hoping to find candles lit, a home ready and able
To greet her as royalty deserves to be greeted
   ~ The Sabbath Queen -- Radiant! -- whose glory is feted...

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Did you hold on tight
Wanting to be in the right
Or was it all just an illusion
Feted to a head contusion 

But it keeps coming back to you
Thinking that it was all through 
So in the end it’s a living thing
Bouncing in your head knowing nothing

So pent up finally by it all
Bring down the end curtain call
Shouting no more I’ve had it now
Just leave without taking a bow.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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On the day she was born
Fields of wheat danced joyously,
like sailors coming home.
Skies hued in pink to
announce a newborn female to the world
The beasts of the wood ran exalting
All of nature celebrated the birth
of this extraordinary girl
God sent down a smile- 
dancing birds in a feted swirl.

6th place in the "Heaven Sent Smiles" contest by Carolyn Devonshire.
A tribute to the day of her birth.

A. Green...

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In the sunken hollow a gray mass 
addles
A silhouette of swaying muskets 
shadows
Braying horses the silent vigil 
rattles
A curdling breeze across feted 
expanse prattles

The stilled pageant concludes with 
the order, "charge"
From sheltering tree line, a 
disheveled mass doth barge
A shrieking, cacophonous chorus 
christens the onslaught
Menacing octave wafts;
Union, tidal waves to 
distraught...

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Wrenched from bushland
To London Zoo, they labelled you
“Jumbo” – fed you by hand.
 
African Wonder! You were feted,
Reduced to spectacle,
Humorous vehicle,
And otherwise humiliated.
 
Submissiveness turned to rage;
Branded dangerous;
A threat to all of us! –
And so condemned to Barnum’s cage.
 
Now your sad name’s applied
To all your related
Who’re captured, subjugated;
Dignity, majesty: all denied....

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The few the brave,
Real action do they crave,
They fight they die,
Yet some are lucky to survive.

Bold and Brash,
No task too rash,
Country before self,
Care for others not oneself.

Fear and torment by the score,
Overcome by pluck galore,
Each new day so full of life,
Little thought for pain or strife.

Such brave souls they shall not age,
Their deeds remembered stage by stage,
Regaled and feted by us all,
Honor, duty their one call....

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Flowering nature defines regrowth
within cycles of perpetuating life
Rotational seasons universally 
acclaimed, fruitful, abundant, then
withering to autumnal variegated scents
and scenic hues of vibrant golds, copper 
and plum feted reds decrying diminishing 
twilight hour before extinguishing 
concealed beneath the inclement 
winter’s blanket of snow


Vibrational throb
instrumentally wakens
snowdrop’s snowy head


Haibun Poetry Contest Moments of Reflection
Date 4/21/21...

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