The crowd shouted it was unmentionable,
he was on their side;
Their actions said it was okay from jump,
he wasn’t one of their people.
Mix red to blue then go in reverse,
either way it always gives you purple;
Stop throwing the pot and hurling a kettle;
People with jobs can’t afford groceries,
you want support for a trending topic?
Parents with kids can’t get them a home.
Who’s cares if we’re stable at base level
or not?
Sanity collapses into hungry stomachs
trying and failing to fully fill empty;
They want us weak, we won’t survive;
Stop throwing the pot and hurling a kettle;
Nothin’ wrong with another unity poem,
elevating each other’s ‘unique’;
As one in our goal we finally celebrate,
until it’s more than a word we press on;
Let’s end the goop hiding behind subtext,
our blood is the same color as they say..
Stop throwing the pot and hurling a kettle.
CHEERS FOR THE JANITOR
I suppose I may be found in cluttered closets
Or in empty rooms after hours I’m prowling
Cleaning up so many unmentionable deposits
That’s partly why they say I’m often scowling
My job is neither management nor education
Just all the manual tasks that others do reject
It’s hardly reflected in my low remuneration
So my grumpiness is not that hard to detect
But truly and in secret, I become superman
I have higher degrees coming out of my ears
A champion in jumping over a lengthy span
But I prefer modesty to all the empty cheers
Now, with no more talents nor skills to hone
I am serene and reflective, satisfied and alone
Unavailable for work,
Unbeatable prices,
Uncertain times.
Undetectable fraud,
Unenviable tasks,
Unfathomable crimes.
Ungrateful children,
Unhelpful comments,
Unintentional consequences.
Unjustified dismissal,
Unkind acts,
Unlimited credit.
Unmentionable briefs,
Unnecessary accompaniments.
Unopened mail.
Unpronounceable words,
Unquestionable loyalty,
Unreasonable requests.
Unseasonal weather,
Untroubled teenager's,
Unusual behavior.
Unverified reports,
Unwanted attention,
Un-x-rayed patient.
Unyielding bolt,
Un-zesty pizza,
For unproductive people, uninterested in undivided attention.
Talk to me in Moon language, roar!
Control everything around you,
possess too much fire to ignore;
Burst into a cascade of color
with that southern drawl of voodoo;
Talk to me in Moon language, roar!
Filled with such explosive fervor!
Emotions pure and electric blue
possess too much fire to ignore;
Crossing gentile with cosmic candor
spill your unrefined point of view;
Talk to me in Moon language, roar!
Spit unmentionable poetic gore
dripping like honey you can’t subdue;
Possess too much fire to ignore;
One man shower a sprawling meteor
flying naked still you must continue;
Talk to me in Moon language, roar!
Possess too much fire to ignore.
Ah, Wind, we've known each other so long.
While creatures run quickly from your side,
I've tried to find kindness in your song
but your howls become hard to abide.
You loudly roar blowing doors ajar,
trees bent weary by ceaseless pummel.
I hear your rumble, beginning far
announcing yourself, never humble.
Beneath blue skies, a rustle of leaves,
a gentle breeze stirring grains of sand.
Clever Wind sending Zephyr to tease
but we now know the tricks in your hand.
You can charm dust into whirling dance
spinning her round as dust devils fly.
Then do your best to spoil a romance
with your chuckle as they reach the sky.
Unmentionable tantrums and blows,
your foot stamping when you are annoyed.
Leveling towns, do you regret those
heartbreaks caused as you merrily toyed?
Sometimes forlorn, or is that a guise,
when quickly you stop, tempering voice?
is that sadness I see in your eyes?
With flashes of scorn, you make your choice.
April 23, 2023
for "Word Challenge--W Words" poetry contest
by Constance La France
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Trapped behind a desk, first at school, then at work
Why on earth are folks such awful jerks
If we didn't like school, why continue to suffer
Just because some boss made a great offer?
Rebel! Break out! Do the unconventional!
Find a pursuit that's completely unmentionable
Spend a year searching for the 'missing link'
Move to the equator, build an ice-skating rink
Heed my advice, friend, and you'll never be sorry
Ta-ta and good luck! ~ Time for my noonday safari
He was grizzled, intimidating, the original Viking all in black.
We were fearful, tearful, he was frightened us. We felt lack.
Is he a Viking? A Trojan? A Greek? A devil not clearly seen?
We did not know, so we reported this stranger to our darling queen.
Our queen was not afraid of anything, we had seen this before.
She summoned him to court, but he disappeared, gone forevermore.
We pondered this stranger with blue eyes the rest of our life.
He was a battle of one, scaring us soundly. We all felt the strife.
He was Celtic, a pagan, a man with battle and death on his mind.
He was horrible, a meanie, nothing like our loving sweet kind.
Some said his name was unmentionable, so they would never tell.
One thing for sure, this curious stranger was straight out of hell.
The story of him grew until it could not be contained, alive in the air.
He killed with his bare hands. His ebony coats were made of a bear.
He was a hermit, a rounder, a sounder, a man to be avoided and feared.
We love the stories of him. They are camp fire songs too, many endeared.
You make my life so easy
sucking up the dirt and fluff,
hair that makes me quite queasy
and all sorts of unmentionable stuff.
You never get tired or wheezy
and help when things get rough.
Or when I feel rather uneasy,
you show you’re always tough enough.
Theme 2
48 words
A princess and a lake
There is a green valley with a waterfall in the back
Ground, well you get the picture, it also had a castle
Where the princess cried and cried, because
The prince had an affair with the scullery maid
She only stopped crying when the maid was banned.
The princess`s tears were not spilt a beautiful lake
Strewn with rose petals and full of dreams.
It was free for all to fish, but you were stuck with
The dream you caught.
A variety of dreams, sweet, sour, unmentionable
Vanity dreams and everything in between.
Dreams have consequences; mine was to meet
A scullery maid and when I did, we had to leave
This happy valley.
Honor the Purple Triangles,
Who put their souls on the line.
Courageous unwavering ordinary folk,
Infused with spiritual power.
Standing up in face of evil,
Against impossible odds.
Enduring unmentionable atrocities,
Upholding what is right.
United and bonded in peace and love,
withdrawing from man’s war.
The Purple Triangles: CONQUERORS,
We follow you in awe.
"Who is he, who stares back at me from the mirror?
I am not him, with wrinkles and faded beard that is rough
and inelegant, stained with soup and unmentionable
Things.
Ah, No: I am that handsome man who yet has gravitas,
And is great in the world, admired and respected,
Whispered judgments "He will go far; look how he
strides the stage of life”.
Yet time cares not for public acclamation, nor worldly goods,
He is above such things and shakes his hourglass to hasten
Our end. Slowly, with strong and rhythmic strokes, he hones
His scythe, our time to come.
The young man knows not of this, blind to time and destiny
Intent only on here, now, today, this brief moment, a swift
Kiss, this easy profit. But time is patient, grey beards grow
And suddenly, we are old".
unreachable dreams
of heroes unsung
unfeeling screams
of hearts come undone
unreliable sources
speaking the unmentionable
undeniable forces
advocating the unfathomable
unraveling of the mind
when truth is uncovered
unquestionable this find
previously undiscovered
The combined light of all that shines
has blinded my eyes to the fact
That white lies, blurred lines, and silly signs
reflect everything I truly lack
I've been seduced by a clever ruse
that was used to divert my attention
The clues were suffused in the myriad hues
In the eyes of the muse I did not mention
Crystalline dreams
come rushing
on glitters of sensation
in her blood…
this pure night changed
into a dizzy maze ,
a heady ride on the gush
of awakened illusion
through wheels swinging
a studded jaunt,
as the fog in her mind
begins to wander
into unmentionable thrills
of psychedelic blur,
wrapped in a magical time
like a voodoo- girl
unknown by any blink
of dire fantasy
.................
Lewis Raynes’ That Colorful Drug Contest
6/2/2016
*cocaine is referred to as 'crystalline' alkaloid stimulant
* ecstasy is a drug containing hallucinogens
which includes cocaine
Lucy Loose was a wench unconventional
well known for doing things nonsensical.
She made a public scene
with frisky Billy Breen.
When she up and did the unmentionable.
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