As I travel on a path
Or drive upon the road,
Signs communicate to me
With their certain code.
They are there to stipulate
Wherever I may roam.
Directing me inside a zone...
Carrying me home.
On their walls, doors and gates...
Fences and their posts.
If safety was a said party,
Signs would play the hosts.
Dictating my pace of speed...
Displaying navigation.
Precautions there ensuring me
Towards my destination.
If it was not for the signs
Designed, then I would be
Without limits and likely lost
Within my life's journey.
Making a mistake,does not stipulate failure
It only emphasize your humanity
Embrace your weakness
Making a decision,does not mean intelligence
It only magnifize your thinking
Acknowledge your thoughtfulness
What it is,It is,
As the waterfalls,falls into the river
May they know who you are
Stimulating as it is
As the temperature,rise into the universe
May they know,what you have become
Touching as it is
Who you are,is who you are,
Making a commitment,does not stipulate stupidity
It only emphasize your values
Embrace your strengths
Making a seed,does not mean growth
It only magnifize your ability
Acknowledge your creativity
What's to come,would come
The ancestors sequence,is something
That is felt all over the world
The embracement of unity
The humanitarian sequence,is something
That is needed all over the world
The unification of a nation
Peaceful as it lands,
Be grateful, Mboyi
For what has been achieved
It's priceless
Be honored, Leta
For what has been accomplished
It's ancient
A modification of a legacy,
The holiest sequence,is something
That stipulate the existence of the unspoken tongues
The releasement of what needs to be said
The truthfulness of the sequence,is something
That is much needed all over the world
The responsibility of one's being
Peaceful as it settles in its place
Iridescence
intermingle
explicate
wriggle
& inspire
placidity
immaculate
prearrange
dedicate
& appreciate
accolade
amplify
achieve
affection
&bravery
intrepid
explore
galvanize
promise
& specify
symbiosis
relationship
cooperation
stipulate
& venture
shrewd
resourcefulness
recommendation
unpredictable
& corroboration
Obdurate
resist
persuade
endure
&reincarnate
acquiesce
argue
comply
quiet
& blissful
tremendous
tempting
teamwork
tantalizing
&bespoke
conundrum
intricate
wrestle
to nurture
solemnity
Written: March 24, 2023
1st place contest winner
A Brian Strand Premiere No 1202 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
Once upon a time a well-stacked, beautiful Playmate
One featured in Hefner’s magazine, which was first rate
bought herself a marvelous Hollywood estate
With future proceeds she hoped to create.
This was way back in the day, about seventy-eight.
This girl had big boobs, pretty eyes and was not overweight.
I need to clearly voice this to my readers to demonstrate
She had all the equipment to make a fine date.
She went out on sixty thousand adventures, all a first date.
She thought it was because each guy was a cheapskate.
She always ordered extra dinners to go for at least eight.
This selfishness on her part, kind of sealed her fate.
She had all the equipment, she was good-looking bait.
But on this fact the male’s mothers would usually fixate.
She is probably out for your money, they would demonstrate.
Her spending habits are totally clear, they would stipulate.
This Playmate of the Month remained single as life would dictate.
She never understood how her weirdness sealed her fate.
At age 70 she has not gained any beauty or lost any weight.
But she is still dating in hopes of finding a forever after mate.
O the chancellor of the exchequer
Seems to think that we’re all Boris Becker
And under the bed of which little is said
A big bag of cash and there’s more in the shed
Does he live on a different planet
Is his brain made of marble or granite
He’s not said it yet, but it’s a sure bet
He’ll follow the lead of Marie Antoinette
If the price of our milk is insane
He’ll say we should all drink champagne
He’ll then stipulate, for sanity’s sake,
If bread’s too expensive, why don’t we eat cake
I phoned him and told him we’ll be skint forever
And then he said this, which he thought was quite clever
We could help ourselves out by quite an amount
And take some cash from our Mumbai bank account
He was destined to live in this castle for all of eternity
with all the cobwebs and ghosts and things of ambiguous energy
Although death did not become him the contract did stipulate
that unless another individual died in one of these old cavernous
rooms, he was to remain between the walls of Charleville castle
forever and a day...
Jordan madly typed away at his typewriter
it was to be a letter of suicide left behind
he wanted to go home he wasn't a fighter
if he had to live one more day he'd go blind
Then the doorbell rang and he opened it, ensconced in hope
she shot a furtive glance towards the room then queried,
"how many rooms does this castle own ?"
"a thousand " he replied with a croak in his voice
unleashing centuries of forever in one single bound;
He invited her into the castle then gave her a nebulous drink
"how would you like to live forever?" he asked
through drug induced eyes replied,
"well, how long is forever?"
"Sometimes just one second," he replied
then while he fanned her face just so,
she turned her lovely neck and died.
February 3, 2020
Murphy and His Law
Murphy’s Law, one might recall
expressed in simplest form-
states if failure is possible to befall-
it eventually will and that’s the norm.
I have personally tested Murphy’s Law-
so to this much I can stipulate-
it has to be responsible for all,
more so even than simply fate.
For me it seems change is inevitable-
except from a vending machine-
and either/or choices turn out regrettable-
although the odds to be right are even.
As for Murphy’s Law I can see no reason
why it was passed or is even needed-
so I am thinking maybe to start a petition-
demanding the damned thing be repealed.
Pure Fate :
It's always pure fate
To find the one who will be your date
The one who is your soul mate
The one you could never hate
There are a lot of fakes
The ones who are always late
Ones who try to stipulate
And turn you into someone you hate.
When that one is found
Nobody needs to make a sound
It's just something obvious
Nothing needs to be discussed
Your heart skips
And your mind slips
Always thinking of another
More than their own mother
The one will make you feel
A little more than the real deal
Quickly they will help you heal
Together, both are like steel.
Together they resonate true love
High up on the wings of a white dove
Forever locked in an embracing hug
Never to be broken, regardless of challenge
So I say to you
The one who has my heart
My feelings for you are true
Easily expressed by an "I love you"
By Aliza Kashmala Kiran
Shoes
Support me on heavy sunken soil
Sanctify my journey’s secret solace
Save me from blistered scarred sorrow
Show my give and take in solemn stride
Sound the creaks and creeks of soft sojourn
Stipulate lunar sun-crested salvation on that
Shoestring of love passion sandalwood serenity
24th August 2016
DEDICATED TO ANDREA DIETRICH AND PAUL CALLUS WHO SEEM TO THINK BY CORRECTING PUPILS PAPERS IS THE SAME AS JUDGING PS CONTESTS.
They teach
They preach
They bloody screech.
Teachers coach
The weak they approach
To their weakness they encroach.
They advise
For some they compromise
Favourites are prioritize.
They manipulate
Teachers to their innocents stipulate
If opposed they intimidate.
Teachers I was one and did the same
I saw beyond and felt the shame
We all looked ahead the pupil’s exam.
You
You give me laughter
After you teach me how to be a liar
You give me truth
After you remove my fantasy factor
You give me desire
After you stipulate no ever after
You give me hope
After you think I’ve taken back my desire
You give me lies
After you realize I am stronger
ME
I give you laughter
Because you were my desire
I give you compassion
Because you were deserving
I give you a future
Because your views were limited
I give you truth
Because you needed it
I give you strength
Because you are so brilliant
I give you love
There was no reason
TF
He,being the bridge to thought
Reminding me of what i forgot
Ubiquitous..
Seemingly everywhere, but not
Amazing its ability to mold
Shape the future and what it beholds
From evictions to revolutions
From problems to solutions
Lubricant,
To oil the wheels of time
Storing rhymes,
Rhymes to tell her and his story
Can morph from beauty to gory
Manipulate and stipulate emotions
Able to handle poisons and potions
Even god found it fit for his words
As ideas merge
And the more often it turns
Torn and stripped from the life of land
However given life to the poorest of hands
For the pen is mightier than the sword
But what would it be without paper as a source