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Respect for the Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama, who has earned 
great respect and admiration,
has said that, after his death, 
he will achieve reincarnation.
The school of Mahayana, 
a Buddhist doctrine,
teaches social concern 
and universal salvation,
a revered belief system
in his Tibetan nation.

The government of China,
with its history of prevarication,
insists that only it can decide
on the Dalai Lama's next manifestation,
showing complete disrespect
for Buddhist faith and tradition.

This atheistic tendency
shows no understanding 
of trancendency,
and I hope his successor
will continue the struggle 
against the oppressor.

Whatever you do or do not believe,
religion is a powerful force,
and the true Dalai Lama's credibility
will always be a matter of course.

J The Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church is a congregation of all baptized persons
United in the same true faith
The same sacrifice
And under the Holy Father
The Pope
Father Christ founded the Roman Catholic Church to bring all men to Eternal salvation
Father Christ gave the power to teach
To sanctify
And to rule the members of His Church to the Apostles
The 1st Bishops of the Church
The successors of Apostles are the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church
Father Christ gave special power in His Roman Catholic  Church
To St. Peter
By making Him the head of the Apostles
The chief teacher
And ruler of the entire Church
The Successor of St. Peter is the Holy Father
The Bishop of Rome
The priests
Especially Parish Priests
Help the Bishop in the care of the Souls

I Listened

To motivation I listened.
Daylight greeted, and bid farewell
but I still listened.

Night came
Peeked though the window,
watched as I roamed around
comprehending what I had listened to.

Days turned to weeks,
and weeks to months,
then years, almost in unison
Yet nothing came about 
I listened still 
to motivation like a 
motive motioned to 
evocate.
 
I believed and crazy I was labelled
I fell and laughter 
erupted from their throats
hoarse yet mockingly infectious.

"You can't do it", "you're only a dreamer"
they mocked and concluded.
But I still listened
Diligent, helpless
yet submissive to conquest,
and now 
I listened,
conceived, and attainment is tied
around my soul's
successor, for thee who listens
in abundance gift's he shall obtain.

Can You Guess My Name?

Can You Guess My Name? 
 
I was given to you with a manual, a guide so precise. 
I came with a expiration date, my time to suffice. 
The world welcomed me joyfully and gave me a name. 
Now I am dying, no longer the same. 
 
Unlike any entity on earth I know the time, 
The second of my death, it's eerie chime. 
I know the successor who will take my place, 
The one humans await with an eager face. 
 
In my span I've known your secrets, your every plan. 
If use of the manual has you feeling joy and pride, 
If in your mind God is smiling at you, you'll thank me, 
You'll remember me and move forward, eyes opened wide. 
 
If not, you will celebrate my end with cheer, 
Welcoming my successor fresh and clear. 
Brand new, untainted, with hope anew, 
For better days ahead, a brighter view. 
 
I Am The Year 2024 
Your Manual: The Bible


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Give 'em Hell, Harry--'s Successor

      “There’ll be hell to pay,” DJT warned today …

        ‘Give ‘em hell, Harry’s,’ successor’s OK!

Assassination After Installation

An old dying king to name successor:
Likely, his first son, a feared oppressor;
Even, the speed of his new kompressor,
Quick prayers to God, The Intercessor,
His name for three full hours Mind Changer.
“Don’t let the king enthrone Long Ranger,
Who has been to us Happy Stranger:
A prince proud to be dog in a manger!

And should Long Ranger emerge the King
In his ears, Russia’s new bullets shall sing.
Courtiers and guards might round him form a ring 
But sure he will be collecting the thing!

More Time For Wife Or Car

Long hours spends with his blue Compressor
A fine automobile-turned oppressor,
With a mechanic still an aggressor;
Priced a poor Two Million by an assessor:
The cost of Tree’s Computer’s Processor…

A wife with cause to hate a Compressor
Just like the killing of Twins by a Slessor;
“Much changed my husband: A whole professor!”
“Demons fighting his car!” said confessor;
“Hence, machine you don’t leave for successor
But if you must, first seek Intercessor…

Turn into land that owner makes lessor.”

Wife soon swears to Husband cut like scissors!
Quite unlike Reader of Paul’s Ephesus,
For this is the sixth week she’s sex-starved
By a guy who’d had time for The Show carried.

The Pope and the Papacy

The Pope is
 the Bishop of Rome
is the Vicar of Father Christ (Jesus) on earth
The visible Head of the Church
Successor of St. Peter
The supreme ruler of all Christians
He is the supreme judge in all matters of faith
Morals
In pronouncing upon which he may exercise unerring
His office is called the pontificate (or papacy)
As possessor of the keys to the kingdom of heaven
Gifted with unerring or certainty
The Pope keeps the doctrine of the faith pure
Acts as the center of unity in the Church
His office is a royal one
As represented by the triple tiara traditionally worn by the popes

Poem Written: 10:12a.m.
Time Written: 10:12a.m.
Poetry Form: Free Verse

Clerihew Poynter

Edward John Poynter a classicist
a successor to Leighton some insist
As President of the R& A
&teacher had some  influence in his day

My Commanders In Chief

Many think this holiday honors all United States presidents we elect
But let me reflect
It is Washington’s birthday that we celebrate 
It honors President Washington and President Lincoln as of late 
Let’s see how they relate 

Washington was a good ol’ lad
He was the best that America had 
Unanimously elected to commander in chief 
He gave colonists some hope and belief
Posthumously, promoted to a six-star general 
That will forever remain unattainable 
Presided over the Constitution writing
That must have been rather exciting 
Unanimously elected as our first president for two terms 
To which he affirms 
Relinquishing his power
Setting a precedent for every successor 

Lincoln was a prominent figure
During the Civil War 
Another commander in chief 
With a strong belief 
His Emancipation Proclamation 
To end slavery in our nation 
He met his untimely demise 
By a Confederate that did not sympathize 

Both of these men deserve a day
For creating the country we know today 
Though it is not perfect in any way 
America is where I want to stay!

Bloviation Nation

He stood on his soapbox in 2008
    Shouted to the world, 'Change can't wait'

  Weather-beaten now, battered by fate
    His successor bloviates ~ too little, too late

Treasures

Treasures
I know of Treasures.
I've calculated the measures.
The depth goes on forever.
An endless pit of darkness.
An Abyss thick like leather.
The deepest and darkest.
A Black ocean and silence is its successor.
The art or the artist.
The pictures or illustrator 
The creation or Our Creator.
He drew the equator and He
Deflated puffed up dictators.
There is no equivalence.
There is none greater.
Is it the Musician or the instruments.
To what level, to what layer.
Is it the Hero or the vigilance.
The devil or the prayer.

I Plan To Be In and Out

I plan to be in and out she says.
This translates to – don’t expect me to work full time.
We have already had one of these people.
They are not the best for this position.

This is day one.
I try not to make a judgement
But it is difficult to not think this
As it is what her successor said also

Always gong to post regular hours on her door
But never doing it
I am disappointed
For this is a position that is paid and could have helped children.

By noon the first day her room is dark.
She is already “out”
Sad really.

Telescope

I
James Webb - wise investment by USA
After Hubble's wonders, now light
Billions of years, perhaps since Big Bang
Seen by humans; J. Biden's pride
In America's foresight, help folk, help science
When most nations notoriously lack basics
But not for want of money, mandacity there
Prayers here don't make muster (loadshedding)
But I'm grateful for Pics yet to be seen
I heard tidbits on the radio, long-expected blessing
James Webb telescope (God smiles?) 'midst ancient light
II
The long-awaited Hubble successor, James Webb Telescope, is off & running. USAmericans have a right to smile ... Yes, recession, depression & race & political oppression are all about us, but we can AND MUST DO MORE THAN ONE HUMAN PROJECT AT A TIME. amen

The Wild Lilly

I knew some plant pieces by your name 
When my father tried to persuade me 
To be his successor as a TCM practitioner 
I have not seen your beauty until recently 
When my wife made our garden your home 

I was confused by these controversial facts 
That someone like my wife value Your beauty 
While others like my father deplete your life
For their own purposes ?

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