Where waiters are treated like slaves and customers like gods
Where the wishes of the customers are fulfilled with a head nod
People look to gain respect from the price of their plates
Hungry customers that complain and too impatient to wait
Some order expensive dishes to impress and that's the norm
It becomes expensive celebrating the day they were born
It gets complicated with taste buds having a split decision
And the deceptive prices on the menu go unmentioned
Many work hard and eat fancy as a personal treat
Where the single hang out hoping for someone to meet
You would hear nasty gossip or a married couple having issues
Or statements made about a thankless customer who was rude
It's amazing how much people would pay for good service
But returning an order to the cook makes me nervous
Saying the customer is always right is a terrible view
Have you ever wondered what your waiter thought of you
Categories:
unmentioned, food, money,
Form: Rhyme
Some people's lives paint history books
with darkness, travesty, and evil.
Many other people, although worthy of
note, go unnoticed and unmentioned.
There is a lady of note to whom I wish
to respectfully give honor and thanks.
Upon hearing of Mrs. Bixby's plight
and grief, in 1863, President Abraham
Lincoln wrote her a letter of condolences.
Mr. Lincoln also spoke of his gratitude
for such a huge sacrifice from her family.
Mrs. Bixby had 5 sons, all of whom
according to the letter, died in
battle during the American Civil War.
On this Memorial Day of 2025, just the
thought of such a sacrifice touches me
deeply. I therefore humbly pause and bow
my head in silence for the ultimate sacrifice
of Mrs. Bixby's sons and for her gift to America.
052225PS
Categories:
unmentioned, memorial day,
Form: Free verse
Dear Karen, there’s something I need:
I’ve got you a poem to read.
A deficit in one’s attention
is probably best left unmentioned.
If boring writes get you distracted,
my outcome’s adversely impacted.
For when the dear reader is addled,
strong placements just up and skedaddle.
Before you’ve a chance to retort,
just know that I’m keeping it short.
Disorder escapes its confines
perusing these final two lines!
Categories:
unmentioned, humorous,
Form: Couplet
There is hope
Left and hopelessness
Hopelessness provides despair spoke
Right undeniable reliable unknown bless
Tension unmentioned
Seen unseen being contention
Anticipation reliance faith
Seen unseen beloved believing waits
Believing faith not seen beyond hope
12/17/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2023
Categories:
unmentioned, analogy, anxiety, hope,
Form: Rhyme
The older the day
the sweeter the memory
The sweeter the memory
new reasons to find
New reasons to find
tomorrow unmentioned
Tomorrow unmentioned
—the present Divine
(1st Book Of Prayers: July, 2018)
Categories:
unmentioned, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
The older the day
the sweeter the memory
The sweeter the memory
new reasons to find
New reasons to find
tomorrow unmentioned
Tomorrow unmentioned
—the present Divine
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2018)
Categories:
unmentioned, time,
Form: Rhyme
Gucci-Cabanna, Dreams, Drama's
doward spirals often inspire us
Defiant correspondances Deodorant
Radar Sattelite saop dope slip call it
Strict in my conduct Twist Just Trip
Shem don't forget about Noah
Miss Carolina Alabama Hammer New Mexican habbit
Hamock Comidians stand up Pearl Ceramic Tile
Shift Ivana I vain Ariata East LA California
Gilligan Skipper Aunte' Julianna
Previously who wrote that chapter
Signature series clarovoyance
Camoflauged like a sand dollar
Indulgent as the oragizer
Corruptions overtake me often
Subterfuge Sepmre Fidelis incorruptible Metals
Taken refuge under the shadow of The Almighty
!ONE} GOD is cloaked in Darkness
!TWO] Blue falls to the ungodly
!THREE} Red instigates images better left unmentioned
Bilingal undercovers interigations
Filibusters Capital Hill Critcal Underseiged
D.J. Damage disbelief often PE Public Education
Soccer Teams disbelievable Cheif of the Savages
DEbriefed Wicked Caskets
Lupe' Dupre' coupe' De' Fiet
Instunbal IRAQ Kuwait Chad
Brass Braced for betrayal
Categories:
unmentioned, allah,
Form: Choka
What does the poet write about
When all feelings fail,
When the ennui on which youth’s pretentions
embarked
Are the wallpaper of the frail mind
Unmentioned, unremarked,
When even thoughts of suicide
Would require some passion
(That has long ago since died)
And some energy to fashion?
What does the poet write about
When love and laughter
Hate and spite
Sit together playing mah jong
In the gloaming of approaching night,
Sharing memories recounted
But not caring either way
Till the final cong is counted
And the tiles are packed away
And the darkness has descended
And all feelings felt have ended?
(C) Barry Freeman - 13th March 2021
Categories:
unmentioned, age, depression, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Love sings in perfection
Its defined in every verse
Its the last word spoken
It explains all that came
first
It is subject in ballads
It rejuvenates even the
Most foolish of us all
Its a classic in any era
It promotes itself with
Its mere attendance
to make all others
Unmentioned and unpromoted
It rewards because of its
Obedanace
Its sweet taste releives
the thirst!
By past present and perfect!
Categories:
unmentioned, engagement, i love you,
Form: Ballad
Down in the deep of my inner sleep
After counting dozens of winter sheep
An unmentioned worry can lift its dark head
To discuss some things, I rather do dread
And make me shudder in dreams I may reap
Other times after the cow jumps the moon
When I am in bed curled up like a spoon
Comes playful sights and happy me sound
Sometimes in your arms I am surround
To wake fresh in my world all lullaby hewn
Just as the sandman pulls up my bedspread
A simple thought I have, to plan far ahead
See sheep walking a palm tree strewn beach
Force the bad to stay out of my sleepy head reach
Replace dreams of sad for the good ones instead
In The Fragility of Dreams
Sponsored by: Silent One 2nd place
written May 16-2020
Categories:
unmentioned, dream, sleep,
Form: Quintilla
Viaduct of the entire human race
Kept Always unmentioned for fear of shame
I determine Gender and phenotype
Even though so important, silenced name
Centuries of insults,torments, name blame
Ladies be proud of me and not Ashamed!
Categories:
unmentioned, character, discrimination, extended metaphor,
Form: Name
The wheels of fate are a turning
Steered by the willpower felt deep inside.
For a life so full of meaning
And one that's been lived with in pride.
Looking out for others
When lifes paths cross each others way.
Acts of kindness often go unmentioned
But it's time we all had the freedom to say!
Friends made with other people
To share memories of their life.
To help and aid each other
Throughout their times of strife.
It doesn't take much in life
To be kind and true to all.
So if your on the crossing paths
Treat all others with the kindness you bestow
BY ANNA SABRINA TATE 01 ST NOVEMBER 2019
Categories:
unmentioned, beautiful, character, faith,
Form: Blank verse
We Are Having
The deafening stillness she made of the unspoken, as another example of my roaring disclosure, passes.
As I look at her back of perpetual moving lips, I observe from following trying to learn of the unmentioned.
As I maintain my diligence, conversations stretch in every direction, than the one I anticipated.
I follow closely for my moment to spring into action, but not yet, as the senseless ramblings went onward, then silence--that happened at flank speed that I was only able to utter the word "What...", when she had told me a set of twins, then she concluded by admonishing me for missing the appointment because of an unscheduled conference at the corporate headquarters,
...and pardoned me while I remained in hysteria.
2019 August 24
*2nd Place*
If only you knew
~~Silent One
Categories:
unmentioned, beautiful, emotions, how i
Form: Verse
The older the day
the sweeter the memory
The sweeter the memory
no reasons to find
No reasons to find
tomorrow unmentioned
Tomorrow unmentioned
—the present divine
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2018)
Categories:
unmentioned, time,
Form: Rhyme
At times when I journey in my mind,
journey into this elusive world
I feel like singing
dancing
jumping
for the measureless joy that rooms my heart
for what God has done for me
At times when I journey in my mind
journey into this elusive world
I feel neither joy nor sadness
I just think
at this time
I do my things nonchalantly
At times when I journey in my mind
journey into this elusive world
I feel like raining ocean of tears
for the sweet pain
too sweet to swallow in my path
for the way in which I embrace
where there seems to be no way
for the aims
to which I hold
fruitless aims, they seem
whereas age increases
day by day
for many things unmentioned!
when I travel in my mind
travel into this elusive world
I wonder
what future lies before me
Categories:
unmentioned, adventure,
Form: Bio
Related Poems