I stand on strong shoulders
of those who before me
risked all so I’d never fall
Prey to hunger and hardship
~ or to the lie that I did it all
Life had dealt him a rotten hand.
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
As we adults in charge make the world…more violent,
more prejudice,
more fearful, frightening and wild
may we be blessed to someday understand….
the weight of all the hardships we’re creating
are not meant to be placed on the shoulders of a child.
Squirrel Shoulders
The Size Of His Head
Wait A Minute!
That's A Big Head
Thighs The Size Of 2 Heads
And More Than 50% Tail
By Length, But All
That Extra Length Is
80% Fluff.
Let's Not Get Into
Too Many Details.
But Those Hands!
So You Don't
Call Them Hands...
But Those Bionic
Biomechanical
Marvels Just
Adjust To Suit
What Ever Incredible
Task Might Occur
On A Whim.
Looking Sideways
Both Ways At Once
Catching Motion
Holding...
Eating A Nut.
-Gray Squirrel
06-04-2025
May we be blessed to understand
our shoulders are meant to carry the weight of our children’s worries…
that is one of our parental powers…
And just as blessed to understand our children’s shoulders
were never meant…to carry the weight of ours.
Today I’m grateful for shoulders…
I have been blessed to have stood on my ancestors shoulders…
Blessed the way our lives have intertwined….
And I hope someday my children and grandchildren will feel blessed
to have stood on top of mine.
We will all have certain burdens in our life…
a life that will be long and diverse enough to vary them…
May we be blessed that whatever burdens life throws at us…
we have shoulders strong enough to carry them
You left
in anger
and despair
with hand grenade
words
thrown in the air
how much
you didn’t effing care
although I knew
that wasn’t true
a heavy door
had slammed
shut behind you
so I looked
up to the clock
for a minute
then began
to stare at
shrugging shoulders
shaking heads
scratching hair
all looking at
your big empty chair
with not much left
for me to say
except that
our time was up
now we too
had no choice
other than to
leave it there.
So much pressure weighs
on the shoulders
of the oldest child.
She tries to hold it
but can’t grip on
and it all falls apart.
The life she wields
No longer can deal
With all the pressure
Of a family of five.
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Section VIIII-VVIII of
Article 2B under Chapter IV
Predispositions and Urges
A.....The instructions to
love with affectionate Quality
in such performances
B.....Various formats and
genres requires content
definition that word usage
is often rhymned for the
rhymers sake.
(changing phrases often
allow word usage to folk
who wish decent content)
C.....A Deep passionate and
affectionate tone set for
two people
D.....In a number of perspectives
where the recipient meeting
certain expectations or rules
E.....where one might feel
trapped or feeling that they will
only receive love based on their
actions(might there deeds may
never receive award or reward)
may be associated with
disappointment or frustration.
F....Critical thinking skills
should be used to avoid being
deceived
G. Recitatives and Bel Canto
Aficionado-an intense emotion state
characterized by a strong sence of
affection.
Mighty Mercury
Alert then aloof, snuggly warm then colder
His rangy legs spring to hitch a ride on our shoulder
Lifting our hearts to elation
He’s our portable vacation
We cherish Mercury more each day we grow older
I know everybody’s done it
when they’re around a small baby,
your pick them way up in the air,
make your shoulders into a seat.
It usually gets a small squeal
from an excited boy or girl,
we make them feel like ‘big’ people,
and help them glimpse the wider world.
They wrap their arms around your head,
or ball tiny fists in your hair,
see the world from another view
when they’re perched safely up there.
Sometimes they just ride quietly,
quit content with the path you take,
other times they try to dive off,
seeking to make a quick escape,
not realizing the injury
they would sustain from such a move,
and even if they did get down
it wouldn’t end anywhere good.
For what does a small toddler know
about the real dangers in life?
That’s why, when they get lifted high,
you have to hold on extra tight.
But as I ponder on these things
a unique thought occurs to me,
does God put us on His shoulders
to help us glimpse eternity?
…He does like to be called Father.
They don’t part with loyalty:
Members of The Royalty:
Raiders grabbing a booty:
Just judge it your First Duty…
Big fault of The Royalty;
You can’t dodge its penalty:
Of unpleasantness fruity,
The chimney-black and sooty…
For true shows of loyalty
They must head Admiralty,
Their seats nicely Velvety;
Your Football Match Novelty…
All escapes from penalty
A drama of loyalty:
One’s back bending for kings sword
With its delicious “My Lord”;
Always from His Majesty,
“An Undeserved Amnesty”…
My Next World: A Royalty
On shoulders of loyalty.
Great Britain and their beloved colonial states,
struggled and determined each their own fates,
foes in war, but united in common civility,
unlike Putin's abandon of simple humanity.
Ravaged and weakened, but firm on their feet,
Ukraine lacks no courage in evil they meet,
and those who would claim, "It is not our fight."
abandon Heaven's calling to do what is right.
. for public domain
BLEEDING SHOULDERS,YOU ARE UNTOUCHABLE AND UNREACHABLE
THOSE WHO GET TO HAVE AND HOLD YOU,ARE HIGHLY REGARDED
THEY ARE ENVIED BY MANY AND DESPISED BY MANY AS WELL
BLEEDING SHOULDERS,YOUARE EVERY WOMANS DREAM
BUT ONLY THE SELECTED FEW ARE CHOSEN,OR SHOULD I SAY SUPPOSED TO BE CHOSEN BASED ON MERIT
BLEEDING SHOULDERS,YOU ARE DISCRIMINATIVE
ONLY THE MONA LISAS AND MARILYN MONROES ARE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE
THE FRANKENSTEINS AND THE JEEPERS CREEPERS ARE MARGINALISED
AMONGST THE MARGINALISED,LIE THE TRUE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALES OF TOMORROW
PEOPLE WHO WILL CARRY YOUR IMAGE AND UPLIFT IT
FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE THE ART THAT HAS GOT NO BOUNDARIES
NO HOLES BARRED
BLEEDING SHOULDERS,YOU ARE UNTOUCHABLE AND UNREACHABLE
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