Knots-besotted
(too canny for a granny)
as sailors go (and they will)
of which I am (still) one
(when day is done)
I can bend a bowline
(from stern to stem)
with the best of them
(just so's you knows...
the rabbit out of the hole comes
'round the tree runs then back down goes)
and tie (not hit) a reef (or square) so fine
or (none too sheepishly)
yank a sheepshank
in a (fairly hefty) hank of line
also (if it's not too late)
do a (non-binding) figure eight
(with half a minding) to stop the rope
from sliding (I hope)
(and/or) fraying
to (defray the cost)
for new cordage paying
(in time a stitch)
yet there's one more which
(so all's not lost)
(clever clogs) calls a clove hitch
Shirley sallied forth with another amusing quip
Does she never take life seriously? Asked stern face
I chose to ignore him, preferring Shirley every day
She is always joking, stern face said to another woman.
She did not reply either.
Shirley enters the lunchroom with fairy dust and magic sparkles
Stern Face brings in gravel and disgust.
He sits looking stern
as if tongue tied and crippled
waiting to leave room
His face is so Stern
if cemented it would crack
like Humpty Dumpty
Extreme temperatures,
Melting of glaciers,
Rising sea level,
Wildfires,
Forests' obliteration,
Droughts,
Drying up of lakes and rivers,
Desertification,
Hurricanes,
Storms,
Flooding, and
Landslides,
Is the vocabulary Mother Nature uses to
Pen its stern warning to Man:
" Oh, you thoughtless being, mind your ways and revere
my eternal laws of harmonious cooperation and coexistence,
otherwise, I would not be able to provide for your subsistence."
-
© Demetrios Trifiatis
26 July 2023
-
For more than two weeks, the temperatures in Greece have been around
40 Celsius, sometimes, like today, it is 45.
During this period, wildfires are raging across the country. It comes on a day that
Our firefighters are trying to contain more than eighty fires.
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Butterfly elf man had a reputation for being a softie
Even though he looked stern, borderline determined even.
Not that it’s a bad thing, but he did not look whimsical or frolicking.
He looked serious, yet still, butterflies flocked to him.
Is he almost mean? Someone wondered aloud.
The butterflies tittered and twittered at this.
They knew he had to keep a rough expression because he was soft.
If people knew how soft, they would trick and swindle him.
Out of his treasures, his wealth, his whatnots and whatevers.
He did not dare wink or blink when other humans approached.
Keeping a stern look that fooled everyone except butterflies.
My name is The Law.
My face is stern
Toward transgressors,
But I can use
The fines they pay
Dropping into the coffers!
Bite Size Poem No. 43
mesmerized mesmers
quantified qualifiers
nomad nomalies
(Mike stern is a good guitar player
and was the catalyst for this song.)
Our only protection against nature's wrath is the observance of God's law!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
04 August 2021
* Yesterday, a devastating fire broke out around, Athens, Greece which devoured homes, cars, animals, forests but, fortunately, thanks to good planning by the state, no human life was lost. The temperatures of 45-46 degrees Celcius, contributed to the catastrophe. The fire has not been put
out yet!
She
sets sail,
November,
riding waves of
eddy leaves left from October’s debut.
Majestic and proud, she takes firm command,
steering the bow
of Winter
toward
Spring.
still have much to learn
there will be an aft and stern
world may mix and churn.
Jim Horn Haiku
I look so stern
Because I'm close to the heart
Here in my mothers arms
I hold on
Such a serious look
I do impart
Yet I too do hold on
I hold on
Cheek to breast
Ear to heart
I listen as I clench and hold
I hold on
A mother's love
Never ends as long as she holds
Spirit to flesh
Flesh to flesh
Nurturing comes
From the tender fingers, hands and arms
The body and soul of mother
I hold...
I hold on
12/17/18
written by James Edward Lee Sr.
#D
Baby Face What's you Thinkin
Number 16
STERN
Bare that stern solemn face
When things seem to go right
Struggle to feel clear grace
In the deep dark of night
Leon Enriquez
03 January 2015
Singapore
She was stern there looking at me
Not quite a pout, almost angry
Her hair, wild, is loose all about
She keeps it stringy and spread out
Her eyes burning with fire, deadly
Heart bleeds seeming a mystery
Red between lips is what I see
Protruded out with a fine pout
She was stern there
Her nose flares as if she won’t be
Won’t hold my love, she sits sternly
Fiercely she carries some dire doubt
Without my love she’s in a drought
One thing’s sure, there’s no guarantee
She was stern there
Russell Sivey
Sung to the tune of Charlie Brown by The Coasters
He has a face made for radio.
He's a tall freaky geek with a Pinocchio nose.
Howard Stern. Howard Stern.
He'll never learn, that Howard Stern.
He's gonna get nailed by the FCC.
"Why is everybody trying to crucify me?"
Topless lesbian guests are in his studio.
Where will it end? How far will he go?
Howard Stern. Howard Stern.
He'll never learn, that Howard Stern.
He's gonna get nailed by the FCC.
"Why is everybody trying to crucify me?"
Who has the biggest potty mouth?
Who makes prank calls to the White House?
Who again seems to be on his way out?
"Who me?"
"Yes you!"
"Ah geez."
Who gets fired from every job he gets
and despite it all never has any regrets?
Howard Stern. Howard Stern.
He'll never learn, that Howard Stern.
He's gonna get nailed by the FCC.
"Why is everybody trying to crucify me?"
You either love him or he's someone you despise.
In any event, his ratings rise and rise.
Howard Stern. Howard Stern.
He'll never learn, that Howard Stern.
He's gonna get nailed by the FCC.
"Why does everybody wanna crucify me?"
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