I nearly hanged, it was my fate
In seventeen eighty nine
I had stolen an old fur tippet
And claimed that it was mine
They put me into prison
Then sent me to be tried
The verdict came back guilty
and many tears I cried
But through the grace of mad King George
came a welcome dispensation
My sentence was commuted
and I was handed transportation
The journey was horrendous.
Eleven months or more.
Till we landed in Australia
That far and distant shore
And what this place has given me
When all is rendered down
Is a life I never would have had
In the slums of London Town.
sincerely, yours, Mary Wade
Transportation of convicts to Australia began in 1787 and continued until 1868. During this time, approximately 163,000 convicts were transported on 825 ships
Categories:
sincerely yours, history,
Form: Rhyme
Can't help myself
When I see you I can never
Keep a straight face
I have to smile every time
My emotions betray me
I will stand on line for you
The longest mile
I'm strong for you
A TITAN OF IMMEASURABLE
DEVOTION
My oh my
When you SEDUCE
You are DEVINE
Sincerely yours
VBR Black Panther!
Categories:
sincerely yours, beach, best friend, black
Form: Free verse
I am but a worm
Bowed down at your shrine,
Offering up
What small words are mine.
I know it's unlikely
Your heights I'll attain
So I'm resigned to repeat,
To revise yet again.
This drudgery, toil,
And all to what gain?
To lift up from this soil
A sweeter refrain.
My dearest book fairy,
Look kindly on me,
And give me some hope that
A poet I’ll be.?
Categories:
sincerely yours, art, fairy, poems, poetess,
Form: Quatrain
SINCERELY YOURS
He hears no bells but they ring just the same.
He feels sorry for himself as a little boy prays.
In the clutch of braces that squeeze his heart
and cause him to disbelieve that God exists
or maybe he doesn’t care at all nor hear his request.
High powered binoculars weed words into his eyes.
He’s a spy of humankind, but no word is heard.
He’d have leapt off the building cliff but for her,
who loved him with harsh words, “Have you no courage?”
With vigor, his fingers suddenly thunder across black and white keys.
Waking up with haste from his harikari and deafness,
he delivers miracles by his hand... or is it by God’s smile?
8/10/2018
Watching TCM “Sincerely Yours” inspiration for this poem.
Categories:
sincerely yours, god, miracle, music,
Form: Free verse
All I ever wanted was a friend
Every day I searched until I met my end
Really wished I had mire time
If I knew you so many years ago
Could have had streght to tell my self it's so
Killing myself slowly because I feel unworthily
All I ever wanted was to feel like family
Life could have been so less empty if someone had believed me in
All I know is life is unfair for nothing can remove the voices of dispare
Years ago if I knew you I would have had a different life
Nothing can bring them back so I want to join them soon
Although it seems irrational I can't continue life without you
And I wish I could be more but i wish I could escape
Nothing can stop the voices taunting me my fate
They block out reality making life hard to see
Home is only a call away and believe me i am waiting
On day one I met you I felt a sense of meaning
Never had i ever had such friends that try to prevent me leaving
Yes i it may sound sad but I cannot live without you so I run excuse the pun till I stop beating
Categories:
sincerely yours, absence, confusion, dedication, depression,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
I am your fatalistic optimist
Your sweetest selfish tryst
I strut before you naked
As I hide beneath our bed
I am your greatest battle
Yes the one who loves you best
I am sincerely yours forever
Until our lives are spent
Categories:
sincerely yours, dedication, love,
Form: Free verse
In your hands you hold my life
Firmly, handle me like a knife
Cut a love so deep into my heart
You possess my inner most part
You wear a hidden smile like a crescent moon
Without your shine I’m half a man
In your face you holdback a laugh
At my not-so-funny jokes, choke like half-a-cough
You call me your 'hero'
If only you knew,
I’m a sidekick looking for a superhero
You’re stronger than you’ll ever know
I’m hopeless without your cape of kindness
Loveless without your seductive superpowers
You’re my obsession and my only delight
My lighthouse when I'm lost in life’s darkest night
All I am is a man in an intoxicated state
Drunk on your perfect figure eight, struggling to stand-up straight
The one weakness I can’t turn into a strength
The one person from which I can never hide the truth
Categories:
sincerely yours, devotion, love, romance,
Form: Rhyme
I loved you,
But yet I saw your pain,
Life had never taught you
To be arrogant, or vain.
You lived within your boundaries
Of your little town,
You never had the chance
To take a look around.
Some so called friends made fun of you
I saw it with my eyes,
Some folks were afraid of you
Though I never understood just why.
I know that you had feelings
I one time saw you cry,
A bird was dead upon the lawn
You asked if I knew why.
Some say you weren't quite normal
But was that really so,
What did they mean by normal...
I'd really like to know.
I am sure of one thing
It's a special love you had,
You could always cheer me up
Whenever I was sad.
I think of you quite often
In my daily chores
My very special Uncle
I remain Sincerely Yours.
Lynn (Hanna) Barany
Categories:
sincerely yours, devotion,
Form: Light Verse
Sincerity
Becomes music,
Like a song found and repeated,
Quick silver,
Hot,
Searing,
Like liquid truth!
C. Alvez
Categories:
sincerely yours, love,
Form: Free verse