Garden
by Frank Daub
I will talk with you tonight
and – you will answer with yellow flowers,
pale yellow roses,
BRIGHT
wax leaves tied in splashed white bowers.
In dark and on a sea
of white,
You will breathe
into my hand
Perfuming eternity with your gift --
To never leave.
Something has entered the field
System registered high alert
All stations locked and loaded
To experience an unknown hurt
Trained to react to all invaders
Defensive and shielded at the gate
Heart is guarded by golden light
So that pain and suffering never endure hate
Change was supposed to come
An upgrade to transmission
How can restoration come to stay
If loosh is released in every emission
The key is in the pause of patience
Waiting and seeing the flow
The pattern will eventually surface
Revealing where all worms go
Replication to overwhelming the system
So that no interface can take place
Preventing rescue from outside sources
Is how the sticky snake likes to lace
We are saved from within, through patience
When we see, we stand with TRUTH against lies
The blood of LOVE has filled the fears
And our testimony radiates til our enemy dies
Written by Trudy Schrader on 08-29-20266
Loves the sound of her own voice
Like music to her ears
Endless platitudes and idle nonsense
Charged with nasty airwave pollution
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
leaves rustle on trees
telling us a storms brewing
can you hear their fright
My teeth number thirty-two.
I use some to bite. I use some to chew.
In this way, I specialize.
Don't get me started on my nose and eyes.
Oh dear, this small talk's going south.
How many teeth are in your mouth?
Sixteen years since she entered my life
Fourteen years ago she became my wife
At any age love it can bloom
Opened my heart for her, love I made room
Fourteen years ago she became my wife
As well as much love we are also great friends
Opened my heart for her i made room
Any challenges we sit and just talk
As well as much love we are also great friends
At any age love it can bloom
Any challenges we sit and just talk
Sixteen years since she entered my life
Talk to me when you want,
not because you’re bored.
Spend time with me like you mean it,
not because you have to.
Love me because you do,
not for fun.
Hold me like a lifeline,
not a plaything.
All I’ve ever wanted from you
is love—
not because you have to,
not because you’re bored,
but because you actually need me.
Because I am a person,
not a toy.
And I won’t be here forever,
so don’t ignore my voice.
I reach out because I need you,
not because I want you.
So please listen to me
when I speak in rhythm.
I promise
it will be worth your time.
Because I will be your lifeline
in times of need.
I won’t miss a call.
I won’t flee in time of need.
Because I need you
like you need me
Talk is expensive, silence is cheap
Silence is shade, talk is light
Silence is cocktail you silently sip
Drifting away through the night
The car door slams shut, bags carried out
Nobody’s waiting inside
Thunder breaks down striking too loud
Nobody asks how’s your ride
Vapes on the table and TV controls
Flowers and meds there too
An iPad with messages of the missed calls
Suddenly flickers with blue
Evening emerges with pouring rain
Glistening streams patch the air
Darkening sky offers silence to gain
Cheaply, just out of nowhere.
Those negligent slips after dark,
rose tinted eyes will betray ya.
Close enough to start a rumor,
pose for that loaded camera.
Swollen this game of telephone,
when nothing exists make it up .
Stolen letters and shy kisses,
wanton talk of sex fuels gossip.
A single bulldozer
Wandered away from the herd of globalization
And wanted only to enter an amusement park.
The bulldozer hugged the neighborhood children
And played with them without fear.
It had left its metal behind outside the park
And gladly removed its heavy chains.
It shut off its noise
And ran as lightly as the quickest among them,
Searching for their mother among the children.
Ya'll fe Ought La tune?
Say song, yeah?
dance: dance no?
la musica dancsey
boogie,boogie
groovey, groovey!
ya'll dance si?
ah, boogie woogie, boogie!
La fe' gotta pretty one
clap, clap le fe'
boogie woogie boogie!
atta Bouis
atta Bouis!
Ya'll sangin' Yeah!
ya'll sangin Yaeh?
come on
boogie, woogie,boogie!
Now Roux Bouis gotta
pretty one
Roux Bouis gotta pretty one
look ya'll
look ya'll
same one!
they told me.
So, I made
an intentional effort
to keep a vow of silence
for 5 minutes.
It didn’t work.
I laughed.
Actually, I cackled,
and not quietly
at nothing,
just my vow
of attempted silence.
Oh CHAMELEON,
you have changed over the years.
You were such a tease to me,
I loved talking with you.
WOW you are the Easter Bunny.
Friday night approaches, well deserved.
We'll sit together... talk into the night.
Gather gingerly plans and dreams.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026, Honorable Mention 2026
This old house is a mystery,
it is filled with lots of history.
It needs to be cleaned out,
now what are we going to talk about?
Let's go to the big closet,
mom made this her big bank deposit.
Look a very old dusty shoebox,
wow!!! is it Ralph our pet blue fox?
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