my hair rivals the fur of a grizzly bear
it has its own ways and means
cannot be tamed
refuses to hide two prominent cowlicks
these cowlicks stick up like horns
making me look devil-like
Dippity-Do does not put them down
tired of this, I shaved my head on Monday
Woke up on Tuesday with a full set of hair
a massive mop
both cowlicks stuck their tongues out at me
in the bathroom mirror
TRAINED BY THE TRANE
(Apropos Of A Freestyle-Tanka Coltrane Eulogy)
Was Once Kind Of Blue;
Then, I Took Giant Steps:
Found A Love Supreme:-
Went Down To Alabama:
Labored In Labors Of Love:-
In Resolution,
Divine Wisdom And Guidance,
God Called Me To Serve:-
Today, I Soul Trane Daily:
Been Teaching 53 years:-
You Can’t Stop Teaching
Divine Wisdom And Guidance:
It’s Just Like Preaching!
Trane’s Sax, Made Sure It Would Be:
With Me, It’s With Poetry:-
Sitting Here, Engrossed
In [This] Sentimental Mood,
Has Been A Long Time:-
I’m Now Over 83;
Been Traneing for 70:-
Trane’s Musical Psalms,
Continue To Uplift me,
With Divine Wisdom:
Nourishing My Energy
In Love’s Labors Of Duty:-
This day by day by day!
This simplistic work, rest and play!
This house, this car, this work!
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock before you realise who’s the jerk!
These lines get deeper set.
These eyes get less upset.
These lies and lies and lies!
These persons loved now just despised.
The dreams that blew away.
The promises broken eat away.
The realisation of ‘this is it’
The shorter path now always is.
A life before when youth was free.
A new horizon could always be.
A circle of growth forced through programmed need.
A waste of time always to feed.
Cold breeze on a face.
Mirror of stars sparkling in cold black space.
Loss of appetite for knowing more.
Never get back what’s gone before.
Getting closer to the door.
Violence isn't a good method
To depend oneself
Or an excuse to combat peace
Not an issue of extolling power
Nor a bravado of strength
A jealous person is prone
To commit crime if not hindered
An act of loving too much
Is a prelude to getting humiliation
If not controlled will led you to destruction
Hating is mind conditioning
While loving is heart rectifying
Trained your mind to things Godly
And you will have gains of its own.
They trained their birds to stay incredibly still.
Like statues, reported my cousin Mrs. McGill.
The birds did not make a single sound as they supped.
The table was linen, and all prissily gussied up.
The birds were the best trained I had ever seen.
Their statuesque presence was totally pristine.
They silently stayed in position on that tea sipping day.
Pooping white goo on the shoulders of Mrs. McVey.
As well trained Soldier
Of Christ Jesus in the World
I'm always ready
To fight with Demons
Because I know their weakness
In the ground battles.
July 5th /2023
Put my emotions into poetry
With each word Creates a rhyme so you know its me.
Battled the best game players.
I’m a trained slayer.
I sit back and observe.
With or without any words.
Been behind hands that hit to beat.
Looked into the eyes after they cheat.
Stay quiet ,Never say a peep.
Tuck it into the chambers,Real deep.
I stopped listening to words
Only watch patterns and actions.
Learned not everything deserves reactions.
You never have to fight.
When you do the people you love Right.
Imagine if they did to you,what you do to them.
Would you still consider them a Love even a friend ......
promiscuous pear prunes
saucy strawberry slew
nosing nimble nude
gaunt gasps grew
lanky lust lurches
outruns vying verge
felon fruits featured
pulse flavors punctured
aiding sassy structure
moaning machine's pleasantries
slays saucy stances
faddy fruits fling
tasty taste trained
clutches emotion's crave.
'20:02:26:14:19
The long guns trained upon my fragile refuge,
yet still to find forgiveness in contrite cadence' known.
Will you discover the dream has died-
in defiance of a love so giving...
to find the day's child-like grasp,
of world and wonder worth living.
Playing the game
of throw the ball for the dog
walking over to where the dog is barking at the ball
pick up ball
and repeat
they have a friend for life
For competitive champion, Sue,
there was nothing that she wouldn’t do
to win a big race.
To better her pace,
she would practice with a kangaroo!
She got a huge cat, and much thinner
she got as she trained to be winner.
But that sly horrid beast
turned her into a feast
too lean for a good cheetah dinner!
Sept. 8, 2018
for charles messina's Any Animal Or Creature Limerick Poetry Contest
Trump Trained To Lie
Was told to lie that Trump Putin did train;
He has been known to do it with no brain;
Get's his kicks,
Off people ticks;
Swamp sewage into White House did drain.
Jim Horn
I'm going to tell you something and I'll be quite plain.
I have a fifteen year old son who couldn't be potty trained.
I tried to potty train him but I wasn't able to succeed.
He still wears diapers because they're what he needs.
The kids make fun of him when he takes showers at school.
They laugh when they see his diapers, my son truly is a fool.
He's not even smart enough to change his diapers, his gym teacher and I have to do it.
Using protection on the night when he was conceived would've been wise but I blew it.
The situation is so embarrassing, what am I going to do?
I really hope and pray that other people aren't in my shoes.
Some have said I'm a beautiful mess, but I see the word beautiful first,
The mess was just something I had to endure, it's been with me since birth,
As a child I would escape the environment I was in,
I would intentionally get lost in books, it held my heart to live,
Ignorance is bliss was a must, it was my only escape,
I was the quiet nerd who really had nothing to say,
I went with the flow, I never interrupted, I was disciplined and trained,
But as time went on my heart would explode, and I would shock people with what I would say,
Outside I was walking with you, but inside was contained,
I didn't have the courage to speak up, because this was how I was trained.
Love you
Each single day
I do
Doing
My best always
To tame
Taming
My beating heart
To hear
Hearing
Your words, your thoughts
Your life
Living
We twice as well
As one
Oneness
Is a blessing
We Share
Sharing
Is the dictum
Practiced
Practice
Makes perfect, yet
Stays flawed
Our flaws
Teach us lessons
Absorbed
Absorb
Life's examples
Wisely
Wisdom
A lifetime quest
We seek
Seeking
With joy and want
We find
Finding
Is the toughest
Challenge
Challenged
We persevere
Daily
Our days
We live out well
A pair
Us Paired
We emerge strong
We do
19~12~2014
Sponsor: Richard Lamoureux
Contest Name: Mussetle Train
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