Full of hope
Leaving for life
Set sail on the ocean
As husband and wife
The kids appeared
The rein tightened
Protecting the young 'uns
From all our fightin'
Left again for protection
A shelter full of strangers
Walking the path together
Surviving only dangers
Losing this, giving that
Never a straight line of rest
Every single moment
Seems to be another test
I got out my sieve
And I could finally see the thread
A system based on borrowing
From the master humanity dreads
The overlords use our suffering
To build the benefits of blood
They get name, fame, wealth
While we sink in red clay mud
Once I found strength to rise
I stood in the face of all my fears
And rather than reject and disown
I brought them near, so I could finally clear
...the bloodline thread
Written by Trudy Schrader on 04-04-2026
[German Version]
Wenn Gott seine Hand über das Land schwingt,
wirft er Blautöne,
gab er uns allen ein Skript zum Lesen,
bei Kerzenlicht und silbernem Mond,
wenn Engel weinen und Sterne fallen,
wird der Dichter im Himmel über uns alle aufsteigen,
wenn der Himmel grau wird,
und all unsere Gefühle sich mit den Jahreszeiten ändern,
ergreife einen Topf voll Gold,
wenn Gottes Regenbögen seine Gründe offenbaren,
[English Version]
As God waves his hand across the land
He casts shades of blue
He gave us all a script to read
By candlelight and a silver moon
When angels weep and stars fall
The Poet in the sky will rise above us all
When the sky turns gray
And all our feelings change with the seasons
Seize hold of a pot of gold
As God rainbows out His reasons
Now you kids, listen up
Donchya ask Granny for nothing
But when Mama trotted off to the outhouse
She brought out what was hidden in the oven
A spread fit for a KING
My Big Granny was my everything
She utilized the land and all her skill
To let those she touched with what is real
...LOVE
Those who had nothing
Shared what they had collected
While granny's soup
Fed the areas not yet perfected
When the time came, for grown up talk
Us young 'uns would take a walk
Up the hill to our cousin's house
Big Granny gave Mama gold
As the Holy Word would unfold
Til all the despair was let out
...running about
.............on sacred land
Written by Trudy Schrader on 03-07-2023
The
human sperm cell is haploid, so that its 23 chromosomes can join the 23 chromosomes of the female egg to form a diploid cell with 46 paired chromosomes.
he bulk of our mind's contents is found in the unconscious.uns
The Gatekeeper of unconscious and of the conscious mind is the Subconscious,
Preconscious, the murky
the unconscious the mind undercover, the conscious the deliberate, the discovery of each is once again the big bang.
The sperm meets the egg and The bang of a life is created.
The life within the vessel survives on the murky, the clear amniotic fluid feeds the life, unconsciously feeding the unseen thoughts of the vessel, the delivery is where the conscious mind is slightly awaken, some our brought in pleasing serene environments, others are awaken by a slap in the buttocks with a violent twirl to cold hands, the conscious mind knocks out, the unconscious resides for safe keeping. The big bang ride begins
*Image of The Farmhouse by UNS.
Hint of Autumn
Sunstar wakes, Aurora reacts,
As light skews her southernmost sky,
A roost rouses, a rooster crows,
Henhouse's wood handle lifts up.
A replete farm inclined to rouse,
Sunstar wakes, Aurora reacts,
Four-year-old farmhand gets busy,
Baskets of fresh eggs walked with care.
A kitchen's stove burners light up,
A toaster plugged, and cooked bread sliced,
Sunstar wakes, Aurora reacts,
Pasteurized cow's milk fills glasses.
Patterned shirts and blue-jean jumpsuits,
Waits for the bus, two school returnees,
A leaf falls, "Guess afterschool rake?"
Sunstar wakes Aurora reacts.
2022 August 12
*5th Place*
Hint of Autumn
~~Regina McIntosh: Judged 2022 September 03
*HMS; 8 syllables per 16 lines
AC Benus translation of "Uns/ aus den Händen/ fielen die Kameën"
by Robert Jentzsch
We/ from our hands/ watched as the cameoes lay
Slipped from our fingertips used to their caress;
Fallen are the pearls whose tempered sight just may
Have spared us from our own distress.
Past/ is the day. Others cheer when it concludes
With deep evening as gliding stars come to play;
On the other hand we repent dying moods.
Pine-wood wings blowing clouds away.
Tempo
Estes são os tempos,
tempos nos quais
as pessoas fortes
da história,
iriam querer viver.
De fato, você e eu
vivemos uns tempos
tempos em que
grandes desafios
nos faz cada vez
mais fortes.
Obrigada pelos tempos
Obrigada pela força.
Grandes
necessidades
chamam
grandes virtudes,
com certeza junho,
vamos ainda
mais fortes
fazer melhor e
mais e mais.
Bons Tempos
De fato, você e eu
Vivemos uns tempos
em que todos
os gênios
gostariam de viver,
tempos em que
grandes desafios
formam-se...
Grandes
necessidades
chamam
grandes virtudes
e fazem fazer
melhor e
mais e mais.
RITES OF PASSAGE
Each Christmas we all gathered there,
‘Aunt Clare, has more room ,after all’ with
her trestled tables and chair.
Grown-ups swigging their brown bottled ale,
young-uns, lemonade with paper straw,
VE style parties, once more.
Lunch over, the voice decibels rose,
raucus laughter oiled by the beer
brought forth more plates of festive cheer.
Cards slid noiselessly over the American
cloth, copper coins switching from pot to pot,
enthralled children watching on, ‘til
banished with a special treat, to the cold
stairs, or now bare front room, or to play
out in the deserted twilight street.
Every year the ritual was much the same,
a family ‘bring and share’ , long before
such gatherings were given this name
Good Old King Coal
Young 'uns said he had no soul
Stubborn, he refused to 'go green'
Then a power outage struck
Those greens shed their pluck ~
Came clean, and begged for the King
a simple sunrise
naked branches shuddering
in December air
promises of snow blizzard
fill young 'uns hearts with wonder
I trained with Schwarzenegger,
down Wag Bennets gym
at this school, I was miniscule
when standing next to him
young Arnie was a quiet boy
so gentle and so placid
his muscles hard as iron,
where mine were soft and flaccid
The gym renowned around the world
for training he man titans
where Arnie lifted heavy weights
but I'd just lift the light uns
Acredite
Hoje em todos os tempos;
todos os dias,
na vida ou nos negócios
acredite.
Acredite em hoje.
Acredite que você é amada.
Acredite que você faz a diferença.
Acredite em construir um mundo melhor.
Acredite quando outras não podem.
Acredite que o melhor ainda está para ser.
Acredite uns nos outros.
Acredite nos sonhos das outras pessoas.
Acredite nos seus sonhos.
Acredite em si mesma.
Seja a pessoa que
acredita em você
mais e mais.
Eine andere Art
Es ist eine andere Art
der Schönheit,
wenn mein Finger
über den Bogen deiner Braue fährt.
Dein Ellenbogen zeigt
mir das versteckte Glück,
das ich schon so oft verloren habe.
Wie ist das Sein in dem Moment,
wenn ich all die alten Farben in mir vergesse.
Deine Nägel -
weißt du -
wurden sie für mich gemacht?
Wenn du Stille mit mir teilst,
komme ich an einen Ort,
der sich durch das leiseste Flüstern
in mir auszubreiten vermag.
Und wenn deine Augen
mich dann fragen,
wie dieser Ort wohl heißen mag,
dann sagt dir mein Herz,
dass nur es von dieser namenlosen Schönheit
zu berichten vermag.
Das ist es, was wir brauchen.
Kehren wir der Distanz den Rücken.
Legen wir die Masken ab.
Zusammen!
Für die Wiederbelebung der Liebe.
Zwischen uns! Für uns! Durch uns!
M-edical
A-lcohol
R-ightfully
N-egates
I-nvisible
E-nemy
S-imply
E-rasing
G-rime
U-ntil
I-nfection
R-uns
A-way
N-icely
Topic: Birthday of Marnie B. Seguiran (April 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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