I can glimpse a greener future, through the misty, "purple haze;"
But, "we've only just begun," inside of a fragrant, blossom craze.
"Here comes the sun," to shine on the "strawberry fields forever,"
is what "we'll sing in the sunshine," to laud the green endeavor!
I have "Georgia on my mind." I miss its skies of "rhapsody in blue,"
since our earth now has the "natural blues," in ways it never knew!
"I heard it through the grapevine." Yet, the way back isn't too far;
Earth, "where did our love go," as we were "swinging on a star?"
into blue gardens
spurred by the beckoning sun
and fragrant lovelies
hydrangea bliss
too long gone, forget me not
sapphire cornflowers
songs through the grapevine
and irises navy blue
cobalt skies charming
azure clematis
a sense of what's been missing
lilac fragrances
I met a man who had sex with a chicken
He had heard KFC was finger licken'
He must have felt fried
And cooped up inside
When his two eggs started movin' and kickin'
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That’s a lie you told
It’s getting old
I’m not sold
That thing you stole
It has turn to mole
I held it through the grapevine
Don’t let yourself loose your mind
Want you come to God’s table and dine
That would be just fine
He knows you better than yourself
And He really cares.
His Word are really real
His blood you must know
Was spilt for you and me
And given us the key
It’s FREE can’t you see
That lie you told
Is old
Come on into His fold.
if you hear it through the grapevine and believe it
then you're an ape minded eedyot
Wildfires spread like greased lightning
Contagious diseases, like wildfires
Juicy gossip's refined in the rumor mill
Rumors shoot through the grapevine
Negativity think it's pretty quick
Though positivity's just as slick
Smile, and the whole world smiles with you
Laugh, and soon everyone else is laughing too
Open a door for someone, and they will open one for you
Feed a hungry man ~ You'll come to feed other hungry men too
What was that you said?
That I lack the might to hold up the sky?
Speak for yourself. You don't know me. I don't.
And did you also say...
That I'd never reach the apogee
Of the towering mountain before me?
Speak for yourself. Watch me reach the summit
I heard through the grapevine
That you laughed and claimed
The goals I set for myself have no feet?
Speak for yourself. They do, and I run with them
A little birdie whispered in my ear
That you're green with envy, and you belittled
My ambitions. I believe so, and i pity you, because...
You'll never ever hold me back or tear me down.
Whatever you say to me
Or about me, to anyone?
Speak for yourself!
LATE JAN 2019 ,ANY FORM OR NONE,ANY THEME,UPTO A MAX OF 20 LINES
Sponsored by Brian Strand (Winner: 1st Place)
Date written and posted: 01/23/2019
Dear Daddy,
While you were away
I learned how to coo and to crawl.
I learned how to walk and tell time.
Don't know if it's true what they say
that time grows wings and then flies far away.
Daddy, you're one step behind
one big step behind...
Daddy, while you were away
I learned how to ride- learned how to climb,
I understand you were busy
making gold out of callous and time.
But Daddy, you're one step behind
Daddy, you're one big step behind...
Daddy, don't know if you knew this
because you jumped from our sinking ship.
I earned my degree working odd shifts
and going to night school,
Oh, by the way I met the love of my life
gave her a ring made from respect, love, and time.
Daddy, you're one step behind
Daddy, you're one big step behind...
Every man learns that time does truly fly.
Heard through the grapevine you decided to die.
Too many years have passed; I wish I could cry.
Hope you made peace with your broken clock mind.
Funny, but it seems
I'm becoming a chip off the old block.
My, my, how our time truly flies.
Daddy, I'm one step behind
Daddy, I'm one big step behind.
An Opinion blindly thinks, but
Boldly speaks out loud
Judgment of...Perspective on...
Doesn't matter to the crowd
As quick as it leaves the lips, it's retold with words anew
Snowballs fast, has bigger plans
For Opinion's point of view
Big Ears-Big Mouths pass it on
Reporting it; "As the truth!"
A small fish becoming a whale of a tale...
Without a single shred of proof
Hearsay tweaks the tale a bit; "Needs more drama"
"I can tell"
(Not a lie, just embellishment...The better buzz will sell)
A Little Birdie told me, in my ear
Flap flap-flapping...Peep
Chattering; "Listen to this" to a;
"That's what I heard!" Sheep
Following the flock, Baaabbling on
Nosy Parker Yakkety-yaks
Gossip climbs on the bandwagon, poisoning truth with little-known facts
Together they spread the Rumor
Through the grapevine, fruit gets ripe
Gossips peck 'til there's nothing left
Of 'Opinions Grapevine' flight
But soon, another Opinion speaks up..
Through the maze, to the Grapevine News
Headline reads;
"Loose Lips Sinks Ship."
Aboard Gossip's Scuttlebutt Cruise!
through hard times and labor
picked ripped from a color of the rainbow
to show greedy people love defines infinity after we concurred this was after all.
our journey through the grapevine, was long and sour.
we are picked from that grape vine into a soul only we can only define.
like living in someone else dream only you have seen.
don't think think about what would have been just waisting time again.
if you listed at all promises also those fancy dreams.
is reality the key to something we are faithful to belive.
sweet taste hanging through the valuable wisdom of the sweet angels promised vows they chosed to share with ungrateful creatures halfway stepping into unholy hot hell.
rethink and turn the clock back around.
un eat that grape this time.
Believe it or not this is the absolute truth
And I'm not into drinking gin and vermouth
Heard through the grapevine
Ladies parts are divine
For ogling, but unwanted touching is uncouth
© Jack Ellison 2015
Never give up, won't call me a quitter
My heart's like soap water, so nasty and bitter
Do it big, call me gigantic, it's going down, Titanic
Got the heart of a lion, never see me panic
I got hoes but I ain't farming
Ain't giving out handouts, why you got your arm in
Stack money, like a junkyard, let it pile-up
Don't sleep, I'd rather take the game while you're up
See, I'm a hustler, I'm gon' get mine
You heard it face-to-face, not through the grapevine
I'm a stand-up guy, even when I'm sitting down
Like a moving vehicle, I get around
Start your crap, that toilet get a flush
Wanna fight, get painted, I got my brush
I push weight, it's like I'm doing a push-up
You're a *****-cat, gettin' handled, with your tush up
My trap's like a bomb, all it does is Boom
Play with my money, and end up in a tomb
Race to the money, I'm passed the finish line
I earned my respect, you gotta give me mine
*Drunken Master *
***
sweet lavender lips
I heard it through the grapevine
transform from sweet grapes
sweet lavender lips
I heard it through the grapevine
libation of wine
sweet lavender lips
I heard it through the grapevine
intoxicating -----X----- beverage
***
by;pd
4th place
CHEERS!!!
A LETTER TO MY FIRST CRUSH
My Dearest Kevin
My hands shake nervously as I write this letter
The fountain pen drips the ink in heart-shapes
Pieces of my heart as it reach out to you
I just want you to know that loving you isn’t easy
My dozen of Harlequins and my entire Mill @ Boon
collection
Have'nt prepared me
To deal with a player like you
I heard it through the grapevine,
That you are heartbreaker and womanizer
With only one thing on your adolescence mind
My grandmother always told me, that
Why buy the cow, when you can get the milk for free
My grandma is a wise woman
More like a heroine in my eyes
I am the heroine of my life
More like a Nancy Drew
without a clue on how to love you
I am never satisfy, I am curious
And mysterious
However I am very chary
Kind of gal
^
I do believe that
I am in love with you today
However,
I might hate you tomorrow
Because you never know with a secret admirer
To the man I love today
They are nothing more than I can say.
I will wait for your reply my love
The Mocking Bird crooned
His melody of love all night
Whip-Poor-Will answered
"After Tonight" in loving delight
Finally she_ Mocking Bird
Answered, shhh! be quiet
I already "Heard It Through The Grapevine"
Cheating is your game
Around four a.m. I got a short nap
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