May your annual commemoration
of the winter solstice
with one of the Earth's poles
at its maximum tilt from the sun
be abundant with innumerable manifestations
of felicity friends good food and fun
and may the next full circuit
of the ecliptic engender
a propensity toward
bestowing plenteousness too
and may unparalleled prosperity
be forthcoming
and settle like snowflakes
gently upon you
Did you know Albert Einstein married his cousin?
It's a topic that makes for interesting discussion.
And while it may engender some negativity,
it gives new meaning to the theory of relativity!
Quite a cumbersome ball and chain;
Regrets are best left in the past.
They engender headache and pain.
Quite a cumbersome ball and chain.
Don't keep them; there's nothing to gain.
The sting of regret never lasts.
Quite a cumbersome ball and chain;
Regrets are best left in the past.
The taste lingers,
A thought conveys
Childhood at its best,
The idea hovers
The feelings engender
The deeply converged experiences in my chest!
I remember the fruit
The sugars divine,
The crusty pastry defined,
The shape of the slice,
The triangular trick
Exquisitely, to my observation, delicately refined!
Who wants a piece?
Who'd like a sniff?
Oh! What will it instill?
What elegant thought?
What instant delight,
Connects this taste to the smell of the fill?
A fleeting emotion,
A word of support,
Quickly surrounds the scene,
Of pine trees
And plum trees,
And muscadines hanging, clothed in a matchless sheen!
Summer's
wilting heat
and humidity
engender lovely daydreams
of the myriad pleasant features of fall.
I heard her say it clear and plain.
There were no present signs of pain.
She knew there was so much within,
sufficient to reach those without.
She gives her all, sharing with nothing to gain.
She finds them as they are, both the near and
the far, but never leave them the same.
She is like none that I have known.
She makes everyone feel right at home.
She believes that Earth is a place of test,
and that heaven is the place for rest.
At first, I thought so little of it; so less.
I must confess that I did not think it best.
But I knew that trying to change her would
only engender protest. So, in my heart I wanted
to cry, but it was accepted and settled when
I heard her simply say, "I want to be tired
when I die".
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Just nodded yes, when my ego had said no
Lost all consuming forces, simply let go
Met you halfway, instead of skirting the square
Perhaps sat down, when you brought over a chair
Found quantum entanglement, not just sheeple
Its herding force, far away from the steeple
Magnetism in both poles, pulling from all sides
Positive and negative, filling vast voids
Overcome the burden, in self surrender
Let empathy conjoin, and love engender
Gone outside my comfort zone, where truth persists
Quelled year old hate, encouraged alternate bliss
Lived together, stop digging at empty space
Found peace together, ending human disgrace
Believed together, without losing mere face
Came together, with all consuming embrace
But then again, (I wish I had) lots of things
Not just a pair of arms, but fully fledged wings
I’d fly ‘cross Nepal, meet and kill the Buddha
His words incanting, Shoulda Coulda Woulda!
eye
wide
shut
feel
remmber
mold
make
manifest
in touch
with
linear
continuty
juxtaposed
wrinkles
smeared
daubed
rubbed down
accidents
to.
engender
the new
War To End All Wars
It will be the war
On corporate polluters
The corporate polluters
Who deprive Our Children
Of clean air, clean water and clean food
These corporate polluters
Driven by ego and greed
Are relentless
In their pursuit of profits
To sustain their avaricious
Narcissistic lifestyles
*
Parents and their Children
Will be armed with Love, Courage
And Determination to
Dismantle the laws and policies
Allowing rampant pollution
To harm so many of us
Demand for corporate accountability
Will be heard from 'Sea to Shining Sea'
*
We are on the Edge of Existence
We and Our Children
Will not be pushed
Over the cliff
*
The Love we have for
Our Children
And their future
Will engender
A massive push-back
And a fierce stare-down
Of corporate giants
*
Governments will understand
A Mother's
Intense
Ferocious
Passion
To Save
Protect
Their
Children
The
Future
They
Deserve
*
By the time I met her,
I no longer cared what might occur.
Having grown weary of romance,
I was reluctant to take another chance.
Romantic encounters had left me uninterested.
That is, until that Sunday I was arrested;
Arrested and captured by a beauty in the pew.
There was something about her that was new.
I watched her more than just a time or two
and kept staring at her with a different view.
I was hesitant at making a move right away;
But I could not shake what I felt that Sunday.
In a college town on a street called Dewey avenue,
my interest in her did not deminish, but rather, it grew.
50 plus years have come and gone since I ringed her finger.
I am sometimes amazed at what just one look can engender.
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Watch wondrous wafting, lilting leaves,
windy weather with balmy breeze
pull the heart full circle render
as October gifts its splendor.
Larders filled with field corn and peas,
meat, fish, and fowl hanging tender.
Apples offer toothsomeness tease,
as October gifts its splendor.
Breathe crisp October’s heady air,
savor the smells that engender.
Souls swell with mutual welfare,
as October gifts its splendor.
Our hearts beat with deep gratitude;
our eyes lift in sweet surrender.
Thank sweet Lord our day full conclude
as October gifts its splendor.
What defines Queen?
A question in my mind supreme;
No subject to betitled Kings;
A regality not bestowed by bling.
A Queen will match a King in strength;
But intelligence gives that subtle edge;
I mean this not to cause offense;
I look to natural evidence.
What inner strength must Queens possess;
To be unbending faced with this:
A world were men dictate and stress;
Where Nature constant screams "REDRESS!"
What worlds were saved as Queens engaged;
In lands so ravaged after plague;
War and disease unleash evil;
Which Queens both nurse and fight with skill.
As man's injustice cracks man's law;
Our Queens stand firm and shout "NO MORE!
I bore you life, through me you are,
My stake in life is to give care"
A Queen protects that nuclear;
For fickle males do disappear;
A Queen remains to bring repair;
Engender values we hold dear.
My Queen: my mother, sister, aunt;
You are a light where darkness haunts;
Take up your leading role and know;
That as a man I bow down low.
2010 initiative N H S decide programme we see
On halving stillbiths; and injury, quite sensible it
Appears to me ' yet now 2023 has come to be
Its being shelved, what could we see? There must
Be a reason (just what might that be?) Some type
Of connection umbilically, of 2010 and 2023 ?
I wonder if to put it simply; there is so much better
Just come to be.? That theres a humbleness to avoid
The publicity? that such results and records would
Engender if seen specially experts (who would be keen)
To build on any progress, that whould improve the scene
Of natal care, what woult that mean? There must be a
Trail of better results? Over more than a decade so
Whats the shout.? I can't see why its been sidlined? as if
Its inception and work was almost, a heineous crime.!
Forever joyful in your eyes,
fervent refuge of sandalwood,
dazzling dreams-fullness mystic nights,
joined encounters so understood.
Love tenderly seeping deep, you'd
awe-engender romantic guise,
ethereal doorstep you stood
Forever joyful in your eyes.
You looked to the amazing skies
to encounter how long one could
halt the divine sites and arise
fervent refuge of sandalwood.
Euphoria with a touch, would
linger a hum woo nourish highs.
Fierce yearning joined infinite good,
dazzling dreams-fullness mystic nights.
I recall the bound tender ties
no one successfully withstood
the influence who thus denies
joined experience understood.
Our love never misunderstood,
like the moon fully analyze,
visible under the elm-wood
lie peaceful encounter does rise
Forever joyful.
3/27/2023
Double The Fun Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Joseph May
8 syllables each line except for last line 5 syllables.
RYHME SCHEME: A1 B1 A2 B2- babA1- abaB1- babA2--abaB2- babaR
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
And the birds are chirping
And singing their happy songs.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
And the bees are pollinating the
Blossoms in the flowers and trees.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
But there is another side to Spring
To which we should all be aware.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
And we are enthralled by its beauty.
But be wise and advised of its dark side.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
But that doesn't mean
We don't have a care.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
And so are mosquitoes
And other undesirables.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
And so are allergenic pollens.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
And so are bees and wasps.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
And hibernators are out.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
And the snow is melting,
Causing massive landslides
And flooding the lowlands.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
And flies, flees, and snakes
Are looking for things to eat.
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
And it's a great time of the year.
And we need not worry, fret, or fear.
But there are some things out there
That might engender a tear.
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Inspired by Michelle Faulkner's contest theme
but not qualified for submission to the contest.
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