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CJ Sutherland Mar 17
St. Patrick’s Day
In the local pub
I met my love
Drinking a pint of brew
He swept me off my feet
We fell in love before we knew
Romance so sweet

However I had a major problem an issue
I cried through a box of tissue
He had a tattoo of his ex-wife name
It night have been the end game

Big bold letters on his upper arm
His handsome facade lost its charm
Trish, my wish I wanted it removed
But what would that prove

Outwitting an unwilling participant
While His new lady love enchants
Tattoo a final decision to make
It could be the end of a beautiful romance

Winning will not be a piece of cake
We are both opinionated headstrong
An argument lasting all life long
A miracle it will take don’t forsake

The humiliation was my curse and cause
Except the past else relationship pause
We needed to find an amicable solution
To cease irreconcilable harm
He was impervious to my suggestions
We were at odds, on opposite sides
A revolution An amicable resolution

My darling man of reason
Wanted to clear the air
Avoided committing  treason
He wanted to be fair

In hindsight it might be a different ride
Some tattoos are hard to hide
he wondered how he would feel
If his wife had another man’s name for real

On her *** now that’s a show of style and class
The ex-wife carries His name without shame
still on her **** cheeks large letters, nice and neat
He smirked at the visual and size

He wonders as he slumbers What her
new boyfriend Would think deduce
White flag he issues calls for a truce

I hold my temper,
but stood my ground
I smiled spoke in a soft sweet voice
Miraculous patience I found
Leaving him little to no choice

Well, dear my name is not Trish
Resolution is, my only wish

The day was done
a clever girl Won
Sublime heart and mind
Contentment for all of time
I would find

Was it such a large price to pay?
What would you do or say?
to resolve the situation
in amicable way?

If He added a line under the letter T in Trish
He can represent Irish
40 years of marital bliss
Came down to this
a simple line
in the proverbial sand
ain’t love grand

my darling lad drinks a pint of brew
to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
to pass the time away of the change of his tattoo
The luck of the Irish now he knew

Happy wife happy life
A tattoo is forever think twice
Your decision might cause strife
Any name is simply a roll of the dice

Now, my Irish pappy
isn’t really Irish but remains happy
Resolution on his arm sleeve
a lesson learned a tale to believe



Inspired song
Danny boy (YouTube)
By the Celtic Women
CJ Sutherland Mar 16
Americans
              Want
                 Less
Government
More
Freedom
Here’s                 The  Rub
Official’s
Stratagem
Have Been
At the
Trough
For.        So
Long.       They
Are.                Greedy
Rapid.                         Rats





Inspired songs

1)Money 1973
By Pink Floyd

2) nowhere to run to (nowhere to hide) 1965
By Martha and the Vandellas
BLG Word of the day challenge
March 15, 2025
Stratagem
A stratagem is a trick or plan for deceiving an enemy or for achieving a goal
  Mar 15 CJ Sutherland
Lalit Kumar
A tapestry of words I seek to weave,
In the echoes of each poet's breath I believe.
Each verse a spark, each line a flame,
In every soul’s poetry, a world to claim.

From inked hearts, where thoughts unfold,
I find my voice, both young and old.
In every whisper, a rhythm, a sound,
I shall write from their verses, where beauty is found.

Share your thoughts, let me hear your rhyme,
For in your words, I’ll seek my time.
Comment, and in return, I will write—
A verse from you, a reflection of light.

In the sea of voices, together we’ll float,
Each verse a ripple, each word a note.
So share your song, let our poems entwine,
For in every poet’s voice, I too shall shine.
Feel free to share and comment, and I will write for you. Your thoughts will inspire the next verse in the poem of us all.
CJ Sutherland Mar 14
Bamboozle
                 Con
                Hoax
Hoodwink
Delude.            Deceive
Snoo­ker
Mislead
Fake.       Out
Dupe.           Fool
String                Along
Spoof                         Trick
Bluff.                               Burn



Jaded souls will concede
An Ex-lover cannot be believed
A dagger to the heart, To the core
Blow by Blow, keeping score
No middle ground in Sight
When both demand to be right

If you’re nursing a break up,
take the time to listen to these classics songs

Inspired songs
1) go your own way 1977
By Fleetwood Mac

2) she’s gone 1973
By Daryl Hall and John Oates

3) band of Gold 1970
By Freda Payne

4) sorry seems to be the hardest word
By Elton John 1976

5) how can you mend a broken heart?
By Al Green 1972

6) tracks of my tears 1965
By Smokey Robinson and the miracles

7) I Fall to Pieces 1960
By Patsy Cline

8) tears of a clown 1967
Smokey Robinson in the miracles
BLT  Webster’s Word of the day challenge
March 14, 2024
BAMBOOZLE
TO DECEIVE BY UNDERHANDED METHODS; DUPE, HOODWINK.
CJ Sutherland Mar 14
World War III was a pity
nuclear destruction
***** and Gomorrah
Babylon the last city

World war; IV, V,VI
skirmishes nitty-gritty
Reduced to rubble,
Land no longer pretty

Boulders and granite
Fire and ash trash
An Unrecognizable planet
Walk on mounds of broken glass

Each day, a little less men strive
Those who managed to survive
Irreversible travesty’s against God
Chanted by men to Stay alive.

Souls Reduced to  Unspeakable things
To eat a human being is not as easy as it seems
Humanity in its primitive form Cannibalism
The bell tolls for thee” Dinner bell sings

What length would you go for your kids?
Looking in their hungry eyes first dibs
Carnal nature, tender young flesh
Hunger, starvation, soulless don’t confess

living off the flesh of
The belly of the beast
“Stab it with your stealing knife
But you just can’t **** the beast”

Mouth waters, a banquet feast
Life on the outside filled with decay
Losers never win they just fade away
False promised prayers nothing to say

One more gory battle fire the last mortar
War Ends with One World Order

Martial law rioters reject Curfew in affect  
Government laws suspect,
Man fights to the end to defend
Freedom life liberty protect



BLT Webster’s word of the day challenge
March 13, 2025 CURFEW
Curfew refers to a law or order that requires people to be indoors after a certain time at night, as well as to the period of time when such an order or law is in effect it can also be used to refer to a time set by a parent or caregiver at which a child has to be back home after going out


The Phrase
“Never send to know for whom
The bell tolls; it for Thee”
Originated from John Donnie’s meditation 17
and means we are all connected, and the death of any person, even a stranger, is a loss to all of humanity, as we are all part of the same human experience

Ernest Hemingway use the phrase as the title of his novel  “For whom the bell tolls”
The phrase can be used as a metaphor to emphasize the interconnectedness of
Humanity and the importance of caring about the events and people even those far away


Inspired song
Hotel California by the Eagles
The book of revelation offers a story of two women with small children. One says we will eat your child today and tomorrow we will eat mine.
This is referred to in the bowls, the final judgments of mankind when the mercy seat has ended.
CJ Sutherland Mar 12
I am a
Natural Born
God Given
Woman
I Do Not
Need
 A Month
To Tell ME
I Am Special
Does Everyone
Get a Designated
Day Week or Month
Equally?

Or
just
A Few
Privileged 
Groups

Will Everyday
Be Designated to
A Mostly Peaceful
Protest Group
When Will it
End

A Confident
Multifarious  
Woman
Will Convey
Behind Every
Powerful Man
Is a Woman
Of substance
Letting Her
Husband  
BELIEVE

He
Is In
Charge
A Quiet
Inner Smile
Glows
Knowledge
She Controls
The Apron Strings



BLT Webster’s Word of the Day challenge
March 12, 2025
Multifarious
Some thing described as multifarious has great diversity or variety, or is made up of many various kinds of things. Multifarious is a formal word and a synonym of diversity

Inspired Song
1) I’m Every Woman
By Chaka Khan 1978

2) I Am Woman
By Helen Reddy 1971
The Bible teaches man thinks only for the care of his woman first and himself second. Woman thinks of her husband First than herself second. Applied correctly in this way both needs are always met a gracious way of loved ones first..
CJ Sutherland Mar 11
Today is my fake birthday
On my 16th birthday,
I filled out the paperwork  
at the DMV for my drivers license

The Paperwork came back
Invalid date of birth
How can that be
I knew when I was born !

I requested a copy
of my birth certificate,
Three  months later
I was stunned to find out

The date I celebrated
For 16 years was wrong  
My fake cake birthday song
Off By a couple of weeks.

That’s bogus it stinks.
One of eight children
We line up roll call
We all had a number

I was number six
I was lost in the shuffle.
We had many nannies
Babysitters too

perhaps one of them knew
My brothers and sisters
Don’t remember curious
But nothing really serious

they all thought the 10th
was my true birthday
Both parents are no longer alive.
There’s no one to ask

How this happened or why
To be fair, this happened
to my younger brother as well
But his was only one day off

They say we spend our adult life
Getting over our childhood
I thought mine was fine
until I was lost in the shuffle.
I have a brother who will send me a text or call me on my fake birthday and he’ll laugh and sing happy birthday and then say not. I didn’t remember it on my right day, but he remembers it on my fake day which is today March 10 the way I look at it is none of the other brothers or sisters remembered my birthday at all so at least even though he’s mocking me jokingly not at least he’s talking to me that’s a good thing right
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