A watchful eagle
spying high, swoops talons low
attempts to survive
He had to be mad
to invade Ukraine
his troops followed orders
they must all be insane
to cross the borders
an unwarranted attack
by a megalomaniac
bombarding innocents
who couldn't fight back
one leader was a comedian
the other is a clown
the former gave us smiles
the latter makes us frown
what do the Russians hope
to achieve or accomplish
by destroying all they covet
leave us alone Ukraine's only wish
and it would be right in the pocket
if Zelenskyy signed a docket
for a galoot in cahoots
who's a-rootin' tootin'
to shoot a stealth rocket
between the ears of the idiot Putin
Seeing you makes me wonder,
How your life's been doing over.
I hope you're getting better,
In everything, you'll be greater
You're happy that's good,
You seemed to be in a great mood.
It's like the warmth of the firewood,
On that part I understood.
In the future don't be scared,
Always be ready and be prepared.
So that in problems you won't be ensnared,
From having a harsh outcome, you'll be spared.
Always take care of your health,
As it is considered as wealth.
Sickness is good at stealth,
Make one wrong move, and it can make you melt.
Avoid people who are chaotic,
Most of them are liars and dramatic.
It's ironic,
That you draw those who're problematic.
Enjoy your day,
Always be okay.
In sadness don't stay,
In problems find a way.
Keep smiling,
Avoid overthinking.
Push forward on the path you're taking,
Be successful and achieve everything.
Focus on self-improvement,
Strive for your achievement.
Make sure to use your talent,
Be like stars as they're eminent.
WE GOBBLE GOAT’S CHEESE
Scales of justice weighed in gold and coal
cherubs and demons cheer without fear
horns blow, rooms gather fat
Coaxing a grey Persian cat
climb stairs of glamour
or disillusioned clamour
Heads dance across Florentine floor
joy shiver silent at a wooden door
hazardous stealth the cunning core
Roti fry in sesame oil to serve
with Côté D’ Or, everything coiled
drops of champagne sorrowfully soil
Chameleons cut own coloured flesh
hiding wounds wry waistcoated breasts
Botox gone awry, confess !
Scales dramatise to legitimise
two platters evenly plead
weighing a crafty compromise
We gobble goat’s cheese
celebration up in a breeze
©GhairoDanielsPoetry&
Songwriting2016
the years have added
to my patina in ways
that were not pre-approved
they crept up
one saggy whimper
one tiny wrinkle at a time
sly and sneaky
perfidious and insidious
emphatically inclined
till one day barely recognizable
the years took their toll
adding much to my patina
AP: 3rd place 2023, Honorable Mention 2022
Never disagree with the Officer Class
When you’re serving in the ranks,
Never disagree with the Officer Class
For you’ll never get any thanks.
They seem to think
The time they spent
Getting Commissioned
Makes them Omnipotent.
Heaven protect the squaddie
Who’s discovered to have been right
For the Officer Class hate the thought
Of an underling who proves to be bright.
The NCO learns as he earns his stripes
The approved way of how
To Impart common sense and wisdom
While appearing to kowtow.
You have to learn
And understand
How to make them think
They’re in command.
No never disagree with the Officer Class,
Learn to manipulate them with guile.
No never disagree with the Officer Class
For they get grumpy, prickly, and hostile.
Ignore this advice
If you choose
But if you do, brother,
You’re bound to lose.
moves with stealth and grace
prowler concealed in darkness~
ebony feline
April 5, 2022
Black Cat Haiku Contest
Sponsor: Robert J. Liguori
The moonlight was just right for talking.
You hardly talk, that’s reason enough not to fall in love.
Do you know Morse code? Maybe we can tap it out.
Wait, are you trying to seduce me stealthily?
Can I just buy a vowel?
I'm not insulting you.
I'm describing you.
I’m being candid.
Unknown to each other, the true gift-
with roots beyond imagination-
to discover, discovery-kiss.
Transient situational unveiling rift.
Flash of judgment to the past less full,
from which a tree blossoms it's at last, unfurl.
Poignant, pure, sift, of
beautful strangers in searching-expression;
at full detection-of-the-World.
Stark, blessed, shining pearl.
Truest mystery solved, to know (if anything),
a fuller set of roots lies-
with and far deeper passes between;
within, and all in itself can only have ever been,
so few expressions
betwixt (that?????) if beginning is taken from within
as being a poem to forever decode,
"ever" has been, mirrored, within,
the unveiling mode of dawning moment.
For ?we cannot look outside into oneself
with one or with few impostered covers
to take from a dusty shelf, firmaments.
Unique, frontier embarked in Time's persistence.
To know someone new and grow
our experience of what exists in Truth.
"A nice to meet you".
Is magical, words beyond our current comprehension.
Stealth out of the Blue.
Sudden kisses, in lusty stealth - warming as morning sun - unmasked favors to allure and added heat to deep affection.
Those eyes, fair heaven should be spangled with such stars - and those radiantly concupiscible lips perform witchcraft.
Slow hours of marriage-like joys soon followed - lover’s tongues tanged from the sweetest flowers not of the field.
In that dear company, I surrendered, like eve's apple, that treasure - peevish, proud and idle whose natural enemy is man.
What I find now haunting my sleep are the nights, the years of lost and unused benefits - knowing that fault was mine.
Ghost Santa Stealth came upon a dead night dreary,
His intention was madness and I was quite weary
He took bits of my mind, but not in the usual way
He chomped it out of my fleshy brain dendrite gray.
I felt him chewing, his masticating was angry and mean.
He was a destructor, a Christmas devouring, ugly machine.
He took my ideas and threw them outside in the snow.
He burned up my house, not fast, really slow.
I was trying to tell the firemen, but I could not speak.
He had eaten the part of my brain where language doth peak.
Might as well have scalped me. He chewed slow and gave me a fright.
I was terrified of this devil, that Christmas Eve Night.
R-abidity
O-f
S-ilent
E-pidemic
A-pplies
N-efarious
N-otoriety
E-mploying
G-rime's
E-erie
N-astiness
O-f
S-tealth
O-utbreak
Topic: Birthday of Rose Anne C. Geñoso (June 06)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
K-iller
R-isk
I-n
S-tealth
C-ontamination
H-orribly
E-mploys
L-ethal
L-ink's
E-erie
R-abidity
A-pplying
F-lu
A-nd
E-ndangering
L-ife
Topic: Birthday of Krischelle E. Rafael (June 05)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Proud to be alive, with a beautiful stride
it’s a mate she has to sway, before it’s too late
After something to strive, it’s now time to reside
with not wanting affray, she says bye to her mate
Her cubs born in a hive, and still having to hide
it must me mums’ way, that decides their fate
Getting taught to survive, from a mum who has pride
they’ll need lots of play, to turn out so great
Wanting them to thrive, she has to be their guide
so they can have their say, for what’s on their plate
With young ones to feed, she goes hunting for food
with a stealth of a creep, she gets close to some feet
It is what they need, as their meal comes her way
she has a big leap, and clamps down on her meat
In they come to reap, on the catch of the day
they now start to feast, after finding the best seat
T-he
E-pidemic
S-ickness
S-preads
I-nfecting
E-very
C-ommunity
A-s
S-tealth
T-hreat's
R-aunch
E-mploys
N-asty
C-orona's
E-eriness
Topic: Birthday of Tessie M. Castrence (April 15)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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