Summa Poems

Graduation Of Two

It is a day to remember,
my son and grandson together,

Graduating with an A-plus,
so tell me what is all the fuss,

Cannot recall a dull moment,
from yearly gifts now bestowment,

Both of you summa cum laude,
G.P.A. four-point-oh lordy,

So come now, uncle...Read More

AUSSIE OUTBACK CHRISTMAS
Comin' 'ome in an aussie sleigh,
ol' tractor ute with a rusty tray,
with a big branch of Gum, it be
the Christmas tree .
hard to find 'em white ant free.

Nailed it to a webbed dusty wall,
usin' my boot as a...Read More

     An overachieving college student
                with lofty ambitions.

         Her education is finally over,
...Read More

" Summa Lamma" Countrey Dellia  won a 
sixman " one woan brawl"
to hand the right to date
the infamous " Miss Wombahaz" Tense Tussy
he made Brinney Bassier submit using
a Castmen Crawl  ( elbow clasp)

World Champion
The big Sky" sat on...Read More

the womans sista took exception to what was happening
and wanted in on the deal.
" thats my Daddie Dough,"
ya'll gonna get me sum-of-dat money"
I got a secret formula too, and ya'll need mine
to get where ya'll wanna be.
her daddies recipe
7 cups...Read More

HE CAN OUT TALK
OUT JIVE
THINK TWICE AS FAST
AND SOMETIMES
CAUSES YOU TO ASK YOUR MOTHER
"WHAT KINDA JIVE TONE THIS CAT
IS PLAYING?"
YOU AINT GONNA OUT FOX A FOX
AND THE COUPE WILL HAVE AN OPENING
WHAT KINDA GAME IS THIS CHUMP GRITTIN WIT?
HE WORKS...Read More

I wrote this 50 years ago, yup, been dipping the brain in ink for a few years now.

What do you do on a rainy day 
'sides twiddle your thumbs to pass time away.
I have a suggestion, mere conjecture,
escape from it...Read More

Second Chance


They all expected me to go that year
     to a college of my dreams.
Good high school students are imagined to
     continue academic paths.

But see...I fell in love, and so I chose
...Read More

your song is a woman
and she
phat azz sh--!
foo reel
she sweet and tangy
witt sum love
to provide
hip as she wanna be!
grab my thang and steer yo
right in your face
and say
" I want summa dat!"
foo reel dough
dat's sum smooth sweet meat
got sum inches
to...Read More

Santa Claus took from the NON-for Profit 
" people who wish to marry fund"
to support his gift giving campgain.
Santa who doesn't eat Venision
heard that the "rights of Modern Men"
were sponsoring a Four Meat supper
to raise money for  the
" People...Read More

serving up sum o dat fooreel dough stuff
track one on love
cast the night these folks
love one another
summa tyme jam boar ree!
corner jerk, the ritual
stand up and sing
better love next tyme
let the player do his thang,
shuck -dolly doo-woop
crazy bout talking tease
warm...Read More

   when onset 
   of periodontal disease didst rear
innocuously unbeknownst then, 
   that...nada one tooth experts could spare
though grievously sad to bid teeth adieu

     now, tis gratitude these words 
...Read More

His voice was loved,his colour not
Only the former him fame brought
Summa cum laude in study and sport
His origins drew him up socially short
Jim Crow laws were the sinister wedge
Which left him at his country's edge
His nation's shame burned deeply within
Denying...Read More

I know a girl—her name is Rose.
She has long hair that’s thick and dark,
and big, green eyes like no one knows;
and she can sing just like a lark.

She loves to read, and is well-read:
she’s a genius, and knows a lot—
in...Read More

Midlife Choice


A midlife challenge offered me its hand...
with careful thought, I took the challenge up.
This choice I made...some could not understand
why this endeavor would help fill my cup.

The cup of knowledge I was meant to fill...
to gather facts of which...Read More

Ibi , culpa non est
Quia hoc modo non solum superest,
Dixit non restrictione

Et tandem sanavit dolor meus
Let me poetemur sine ban
Quia est indefinita

Et quod relinquetur mirabile escape
Hoc erit questus
Denique , non permanens, restrictione

percutiam
in finem
Nam cum summa felicitas legere omnibus dicam?

©Copyright 2015....Read More

When your not happy with yourself ask why
Is it because of that toothbrush in your bag you had on standby
You may not enjoy your body but many people don't
But just like King James have those thoughts overthrown
Some people can't even...Read More

Children raised with discipline
Parents spanked and praised 
Summa Cum Laude
...Read More

I’m a little firework
Halfway towards the sky
That’s burnt out to dust
Into nothingness
And now I have to die.

I was a crow, flying through a tree
Tried to slalom through the branches.
The thorns clipped my wings
Here the handcuffs cling
Because of my murderous advances.

I’m...Read More

dear summa i got so used 
2 bein around u

da way u kept me warm
da way u let me touch u

deep conversations all night
like we n high schu

u got me feeling good 
summa i wanna wife u 

when it rain...Read More

I Am MoonBeam
My Sisters, StarLights
My Brothers, SunRays
… All-Academic-Bright

My Family of Heaven
My Mother, DawnSky
Father of Celestial Lights              (James 1: 17)
Taught At Universe-High

By Father’s Master-Degree
And Mother’s Alma-Mater
Brother Graduated
Summa-Cum-Laude, Super-Nova

Dine...Read More

Ernest Dowson was a singer of the saddest, tritest tune,
Of the fawning, futile love that poets blame upon the moon,
And his lyrics all were painted on the margin of the page,
So his water-colored lines were barely noticed by his Age.

Wine-and-roses,...Read More