Ooo man, gotta love him,
And I do, do, do,
Stevie Wonder, what a talent,
Man, I'm tellin' you.
What a genius,
What a giant,
Makes a body dance,
Never more defiant.
When I was fifteen,
He turned me on for good,
"Boogie On Reggae Woman",
Man, I wish you would.
Boogie, boogie, boogie,
Reggae woman move me,
Movin', movin', movin',
Now and endlessly.
What a song,
What a voice,
What a reggae beat,
What an easy choice.
Ooo Man, Stevie is the one,
Love to hear that groove,
Boogie On Reggae Woman,
What a way to move.
Th'pain of ice is th'lacquer o'stife
To th'begg'd bane, stilled, thawed
Caught'n satin fame, dragg'd towards
Th'Blood of a sadden'd kiss,
"To this"
"To what o'this"
Seen 'nstead of 'nfringed love
The blade, call'd catharsis a dove,
"To this"
"To what o'love"
Fraught, unthought shove
Fame fall'n still, dripp'd 'n drench'd f'love
Bade blade ripp'd the blanch'd flesh
O'th'pure goers' eternal rest
Lay hereafter, for'ver after,
Goeth detestable pest, upon th'
Holied site o'pelted tundra
Lay'n to rest lover o'blunder,
"To us"
"To th'last of us"
"I must"
"T'what you lust"
"To this"
"..."
The pain of ice is the cold of fear
To whatever may lay here
To whatever may stain the clear
Why is it harder to say yes than no?
Is the pendulum biased to No side?
Is the seesaw weighted more on NO side
Why is it harder to sway up on a swing to yea?
It's fear that weighs you down!
Fear of what yea may mean.
afraid of being used,
afraid of being disappointed,
afraid of letting someone down,
afraid of being hurt,
afraid of being rejected,
afraid of being left alone,
afraid of being left vulnerable,
afraid of putting your heart on the line,
afraid of the unknown,
afraid of change,
afraid of failure,
afraid of stepping outside of your comfort zone.
But what are you missing out on?
Take the plunge from the high platform
of procrastination.
Give sway to yea, and let go.
The pool is deep, its surface quivering,
trembling with affable expectation.
They said we'd never make it yea were they wrong.
Sometimes I felt I couldn't take it
I felt so alone
Home was just a place I didn't feel I belonged
But I stayed and I fought
Look how far we've come along
And they said they'll never make it
But I say again look how far we've come along
Never woulda thought it but it was ment to be all along.
In the post I received some seeds
Now planted, I've done the deed
In a few weeks they did grow
Blimey they ain't very slow
They're now as tall as some reeds
They now have me a little concerned
Impressed in bloom they've now earned
But what's that sweet smell
It sure ain't no Bluebell
All previous is totally adjourned
I'm from the Planet Corona
And no I ain't been to Verona
So I won't take the blame
Cause it's always the same
Attacking my virus persona
Those moments, yea neh I smile
Even though when I know it hurts I smile
Though it is tough to do it I will smile
Though clueless whether it will be fine I'll just smile
Mona Lisa and the crocodiles will excuse me
For stealing their poses but they will have to accuse me
But I'll just have to
And every time I'll say it,
With the smile, I'll say it
Yea neh...
Space-Poet
You may find this hard to believe
But I just saw a monkey
Drive by me doing eighty
In a Maserati
Eating rainbow ice cream
In a cone from Dairy Queen
I don't mean to sound mean
But should a monkey be eating ice cream
Just then I saw a cat
Right before he went splat
Jaywalking will often do that
And that my friend is straight up fact
The monkey swerved to avoid him
That's when he lost control and
Into a brick wall he slammed
As the ice cream went a flying
Since a cat has nine lives
He came to quite surprised
As Keith Richards does most nights
The ice cream landed just right
The monkey's now in heaven
The cat is ice cream licking
The Maserati is a has been
So I guess this must be the end
Yea, passionate poets on the soup poetry
Pen the poems and post it as a single entry
Some sponsors say to scribe poem a new
Some sponsors say to submit old or new.
Some are strict to say only sonnet with set subject
Some a bit liberal say Senryu or Shadorma, any subject
Some say no names to surprise him or her
Some’ve no say, move where muse prefer.
Some say free verse with full freedom to frame
No theme and no form, names or no names.
O’ Sponsors, though I am the one amongst you
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Date 3-12-13
Dr. Ram Mehta
Third Place win
Contest: Alliteration, consonance or assonance by Sheri Freshonke Harper
***This is just a poem on the humor side. No critique or remarks on any.
bayboats purse seine whey
journey yearlong gay
laddy inured dry up
haughty yachty yea
mildred mayhem dewlap
naughty jaunty jay
sons caught in car capers
haughty yachty yea
vicar baking in butterfat
orphan boy screwed in larder
bluejay frollic jane
and a haughty yachty yea
bombs in bay bombard
dickson singsick cockpit
french chicks s’envoient en l'air*
oh a haughty yachty yea
idols jailed in temples
choked in garlandy incense
priestly eyedance pose
yes a haughty yachty yea
masons’ mildewy masters
with compass stone and pilasters
plan solomon’s might on earth
yea sing haughty yachty yea
royal houses love in stables
lords and ladies love in regalia
loving ones love in limbo
cry haughty yachty yea
dote on damsels in december
hey yachty haughty yea
make them deliver in september
ho yickety yackety yea eh
* "s'envoient en l'air": French, literally, for "throwing legs up in the air"; in France - guess, if you can - this phrase means: ???
©T.Wignesan - Paris, May 4, 1997
[from the collection : longhand notes: a binding of poems. Paris: 1999]
Yea baby! Spit on me!
Tell me how hot ignorance by masses turns you on
Talk dirty to me, vulgarity by race gets me wet with anxiety
Slap my butt, and remind me of just how much of a bottom feeder I really am
You make me so excited to see the new S&M
Sin & Money
Marketed by the Europeans, enhanced by the Americans
Come join my latex nightmares for erotica suffocation of morality!
you said you always wanted someone that
would stay by your side
but when i tried....
you left mine
you said you wanted someone that would be there
through thick and thin
and i was....
no matter what you did
you said you wanted someone that you
could call your wife
but....
i was willing to give you my life
i stayed by your side through thick and thin
i gave you my life....
but look how it ends.