Truth remains Truth
if it is Truthful, accurate --
no New Age paraphrasing
for me – that old game, a
circle whispered from ear
to ear.... The King and His
James, I will stick with --
AI will cause great harm
before it is mastered – as
Shelley’s Monster, good or
bad, they are our creations,
enamored of our own reflections --
For me, women without makeup
are far more appealing. Nakedness
should remain optional. Men will
have their locker-room conversations,
seldom transcribed in the real world.
Nothing
negates what
appears and
makes truthful
all that is said~~
Whispers draped in silver thread,
Promises soft, but sharp when read,
The tongue, a painter, skilled and sly,
Crafts a world from truthful lies.
A candle glows in shadow’s skin,
Light concealed where dark begins,
Hope is sold in fragile guise,
By merchants dealing truthful lies.
They dress the wound with tender care,
While leaving poison hidden there,
A smile can mask a thousand cries,
And truth dissolves in truthful lies.
Yet somewhere deep, beneath the guise,
A clearer flame, unchained, will rise.
For though deceit may cloud the skies,
The soul remembers that truth will survives
G-ood
I-ntentions
N-urture
A-ll,
L-etting
O-bjectives
R-ighteously
E-mploy
N-obility
Z-one's
O-penness
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K-een
I-deas
M-ake
B-eautiful
E-xpression
R-ightfully
L-etting
Y-our
A-ttention
U-nderstand
R-eality's
E-ssence
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Monocrostic (Birthday of Kimberly Y. Aure)
Local newspaper needs a finance and poetry page.
Successful people,
Who are disliked by others,
Must account for actions.
My Americanized Horn Haiku.
Usually no caps of punctuation.
Those who want you to
Account for things you have done;
Always be truthful.
Beating around bush;
Not considering all facts,
Create big problems.
Primary factor;
What people want to hear;
Sold a bill of goods.
(Merton's Self-fulfilling Policy)
should know interest rate;
Current supply and demand;
stocks and bonds prices.
New jobs created;
Categories they are in;
Also GNP
Living in past;
Have to change requirements;
Adjust to the times.
Accumulation,
Reflecting social structure
Current and present.
Sometimes one coin is so important,
At another I might give you a tip.
More, it makes you rich,
But you keep begging for the same.
Value matters as per the gold,
Decreases when it is cheap as copper.
That's the beauty of a true coin,
Which have two faces just like humans!
Glorious world with sacrilegious act.
Untamed people with staled facts.
Courageous ones are dismantled for instance,
Fictional ones are too fiction to rant.
Vigorous thoughts following with stance.
Humorous ones are hard to track.
Smart ones are too much for a glance.
Cynical ones, they never last.
Forecasting weather with a chance.
Hoping for a future with an incapability to adapt.
Drafting dreams while breaking pacts.
Hard-earned life is always up for the chat.
This world is a nuisance to be exact.
O loving God, please ease
the acute pain and unutterable anger
they are afflicting upon this truthful martyr,
who is aware of their meanness
while he shows his unpretentious kindness;
o righteous lord, what's the reward of the giver?
I came to the help of defenseless
little hearts that were unjustly
snapped from their mother's arms;
I spoke with them warmly and gently,
and dedicated my precious time to their cause
because their pure and unrestrained love touched me.
Merciful God, my confider, let my sacrifices
win me the awaited victory I and others are after;
liars and unkind people still mumble wicked words,
and dislike me for my persistence of a martyr.
O kind, patient, and generous Lord,
I realize the burden of of my anxieties
upon your Wisdom and mightiness;
now, my exasperation is restrained through wait;
but your comes when nobody expects it,
and my rejoycing is your promise waiting to be fulfilled.
TRUTHFUL HEART
My heart pulsates with Truth
since innocence of childhood,
passing to mature youth.
Now senior heart to conclude
Even ruthless, admit Truth.
Not to worry, not to brood.
Nothing from outside to soothe.
Seeking Truth my heart to pulsate.
Listening to Truth heart decides.
To speak Truth heart not to hesitate.
Inside my heart Truth resides.
In my heart Truth to dictate.
With lies when heart collides
Ready to confront not to accept.
08/07/ 20
Second Place
'Heart Truth ' Contest BY Chantelle Anne Cooke
I said that my stomach is made of steel
my blood cold,
my heart pure stone.
And you laughed,
you always laugh.
I said I wanted to cry,
curl up on my bed
give up...
And you laughed so much,
That you almost cried.
Finally then I told you
That I just wanted to be who I am
To live fully and truly,
To be free.
And you stopped laughing
and smiled at me.
Mystery of truthful life
One thing in life I want to say
Telling truth ,a lot one has to pay
One cannot go settle
Our personal life become fatal
In every step we have to pay fine
Life look like rose full of spine
When I say for my wife a truthful line
In a minute she turns from swan to swine
one must live life with care
as it is a dreadful nightmare
words of truth one must blend with lie
in full bloom the you will enjoy
flattery with friends or foe
a lot of goodness you will grow
for one who live with principle
those who dare to trod upon sharp sickle.
Mystery of truthful life
One thing in life I want to say
Telling truth ,a lot one has to pay
One cannot go settle
Our personal life become fatal
In every step we have to pay fine
Life look like rose full of spine
When I say for my wife a truthful line
In a minute she turns from swan to swine
one must live life with care
as it is a dreadful nightmare
words of truth one must blend with lie
in full bloom the you will enjoy
flattery with friends or foe
a lot of goodness you will grow
for one who live with principle
those who dare to trod upon sharp sickle.
To lie’s always wrong, Kant decreed.
Very few were convinced by his screed,
Seeing if he’d instead
Held a gun to their head,
They’d have shamelessly said they agreed.
Love is yours,like truthful of god.
The heart is also beautiful, like clean neat.
Now who you like or who you choose.
That person are also like same the god.
Love is yours,like truthful of god.
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