After repeat defeats were strewn
The timing was most opportune
Started on an afternoon in June
Bazball did enthrall was a boon
Love new plans fans did croon
Bliss soaring sixes above festoon
Adoring this scoring monsoon
At the gall all pundits did swoon
Can’t impugn change of fortune
Batting assault & new era hewn
For 2 years were over the moon
Luxuriating in the Bazball lagoon
Magical mystical & mythical rune
Could stop Tests from dying soon
Harbinger of gunslinger’s saloon
Save cricket from its silver spoon
From results the cult couldn’t cocoon
Faults and default style won’t prune
Want to party like they’re in Cancun
Down under plunder burst the balloon
Stokes went from typhoon to buffoon
As the ECB and Key he did lampoon
Then Ben again did his team maroon
So it ends like any loony tune cartoon
As high noon for that wee Kiwi racoon
English Test tycoon to white ball goon
"That’s all folks” Baz’s bull finally spewn
pajamas in the dollar store
not on a mannequin
on me
the joy of being seventy-two
and knowing how to act senile
my husband who can read my mind asks, “that’s an act?”
They said I was cold,
Yet I heart burned bright, radiating love.
They said I was mute,
Yet I hummed in hues they could not hear.
They said I could not express,
Yet my words flew, on wings of rhythm and rhyme.
They said I was without emotions,
Yet I held the dark till the light came through.
They could not hear my cries that left no tears,
They could not see my pain that never bled.
They could not feel my heart weighed down by grief.
They could not see my mind, shrouded in thought.
What you thought broke my heart,
What you said set off a cascading storm,
Into the deep, dark I spiralled,
Into the crack I fell, unseen, unheard.
And yet,
I want to traverse a path that matters,
I want to leave a legacy that creates,
I want to pen thoughts that inspire,
I want to speak words that resonate.
Your assumptions will not derail me no more,
Will not break me no more.
I will believe, I will stand up,
To what are my battles, my dreams, my core.
Even now my memory evokes
"Th th th thats all folks"
Porky pig stuttered this to sign off
Popped out of a drum, not his trough
When it's love
it's more then a tingle
it's beyond a mingle
it's really love
when it's love
she's the reason
in =every season
you'll know it's love
there's words for speaking
not just for saying
it's really love
it aint about the weather
cause as long as were together
you know it's love.
she sought a better understanding
not a reprimanding
cause she's in love
tickle her fancy
gitty and dancey
we gotta groovey thing
keep me smilin
all the mean while and
you tryna make-ah me sing
we got it together
don't say I'm clever
I am just doing my thang
it's the love real love bring
it aint hat simple
polytemporal
every thing changing
like the rearrasnging
yesh Baby that's
the stuff
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I have to rethink, regroup and retaliate
That is not very kind said my brother Nate
The money she stole came out of your bank
Nate called up two more thugs – Dickie and Hank
They hatched a plan to get it all back
And by golly, they kept that plan on track
I hope you did it kindly I said to him.
He gave me a smirk, a shake and a grin.
He was waiting for a promised letter from his Auntie Bea.
He bundled up and ran to the mailbox to check and see.
She always included something special for her favorite nephew.
As he ran toward his destination, his excitement grew.
That’s me! That’s me! His brother said, but it was him instead.
He admired the confidence of baby bro, Little Munchkin Ed.
Freid Manoes and Oysters
with waffles and fried leeks
with bacon and maple gravy.
That Ole Gal tried
to stuff us up like hogs.
Man the boudin was meaty,
the burgers beefy
sipping wine
feelin soothed and satified!
Right that one down:
think bout using it!
I thought that leomey cream cheese
was bit norther
but it worked good wit dah maple gravy
ya'll! Ohh we, nuts for all!
Can't keep queit
when the sound is groovin
shakin it up and down
keep my body movin
aint no party like
the ones with you
tell me what we gonna do
I want the morning
wiff you
I want the night to stay
and last alittle longer
so we can always be in love you see.
And Thats All
David J Walker
(12/16/2024)
The young girl disguised
in mascara aged rage
report a frayed journey
kidnapped in time.
How am I to remember you
without a calendar of event
without a program of pictures
without a caption of laments
and itemized legers of expenditures
and renumerations ?
I know your name
And that’s all
I know your sins
because
I am one of them
And that’s all
The statute of
Lamentations
illuminations and
Limitations
Has long since passed
And that’s all
The young boy speaks from
The distorting mirror
funhouse mirror
carnival mirror
Into broken mirrors
Of broken glass
From times far past
And that’s all
He was holding
Your young hand
In innocence
And that’s all
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Forgiveness does not ever say,
What you did, is now OK.
But forgiving you, releases me,
I now regain a heart that’s free.
I hold no grudge, I have no hate.
The harm you did, will abate.
My mind and heart, are now clear,
To recover what you took, that was so dear.
Forgiveness wasn’t instant, it took me a while.
But now I forgive you, I can once again smile.
My wish for you, is for a contrite heart,
Where compassion and love can play a part.
You didn’t ask my forgiveness, I know that’s true,
But now I willingly give it to you.
It frees me from hurt, and a pain within.
From the harm you caused, my healing can begin.
Any future devilment you try to bestow,
Will just make me stronger, this I know.
It’s a contented life, I am going to live,
Because you see,………. I forgive.
("Inside Passage", 2023, original encaustic)
"That’s Art Honey"
I love making art!
The joy of creating
with paints and brush
wax and blow torch
stone and chisel
word and pen.
It’s so much fun
and then the product is so cool
in the moment
till it gets stacked
with all the rest
in piles no one but me
even knows about.
I lament this dilemma
as my wife replies,
“That’s art honey.”
(11/18/23)
Little tan fox hood was leaping in the leaves
We watched him turn suddenly and examine his sleeves
He brought out some twigs and branches, and a walnut.
The director of the play yelled out “That’s a cut!”
what’s my sign
what a fool
‘kick my behind’
they thought me
a tool
scalped by the scalpel
forsooth
the sore truth
the eyesore
galoot
the prophecy foretold
as they pinned
the tail-on-the-donkey
hee haw
the jokes on them
as i was peeved
they were
pie’d
this fool
ain’t
no fool
fee-fi-fo-fum
i
one-upped
‘em
as Edith Ann*
rocks
in her rocker
with
a raspberry roast
“…and that’s the truth”*
6/6/2023
Edith Ann character of comedienne Lily Tomlin
I find that I do not despair
Please do not think that I don’t care
But problems I cannot control
I’ve found can really take a toll
And so if I must now confess
It’s easier to worry less
I focus on the things I can
And trust Him with the bigger plan
All else, just another trap
Good night, dear poets, that’s a rap
Love That's So Sweet
My world,
My heart,
My soul,
Has you written in it,
Our souls are soo deeply connected,
Nobody understands me like you do,
Thank you for being the best hubby to me,
Your love is soo sweet,
It's very addictive,
Your actions tell me how much you love me,
I appreciate you my love!!!!
Thank you, my love for being you,
Thank you, for always making me feel special,
Thank you ,for always taking care of me,
If I had super powers,I would first wish we could spend the day together.
I would wish for you to never have to worry about anything,
and most of all to spend each day with a smile on your face,
I adore your smile.
It's so gorgeous, handsome, cute
There's no one in this planet better than you!!!
Always remember how much Pey n I love you!!!!
We are thankful to the Almighty for you.
You are extremely special to us!!!!
Love you baby,
Happy Anniversary,
There's no goodbyes only sweet love,
Miss you,sooo much my love!!!
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