"chapman" poems
Manes sneaks!
Where is the king?
King stalks!
Sneaks quietly like a slow breeze.
The wind dies with a big roar.
Love is a strong cat.
The lion endures like a hot jungle.
Strong, giant quietly fights a rifle's bullet.
Wow, courage!
Roars die!
King falls like a brave soldier...
Copyright © Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved
Dec 4, 2014
Dec 4, 2014 at 5:39 PM UTC
Back in the day,
When I was a little whipper snapper in Leeds,
We would go “chumping”, as we called it, for firewood,
For weeks and weeks.
Everyone built towering infernos,
Ready for November Fifth:
Bonfire Night.
Some made effigies of the “evil” Guy Fawkes,
Leader of the “Gunpowder Plot”
And stood in the street saying
“Penny for the Guy”.
What a night!
Roaring fire on a chill Winter night,
Those flames burning your face.
A World War Three
Of Fireworks:
Rockets, Catherine Wheels and bangers.
Bangers to scare the girls.
Kids painting pictures in the air
With sparklers.
And best of all,
That yummy gingery Parkin cake:
A taste I cannot put
Into words.
Oh and deep dark
Treacle Toffee,
Jacket potatoes,
Roast chestnuts
And Crunchie-like cinder toffee.
It’s many a year since I went to a bonfire.
Politically correct firework displays
Are more the modern thing.
Seems strange to burn the effigy
Of a man who had the sense
To try to blow parliament up –
Especially a Yorkshire Man.
Ha ha.
But then I read that good
Religious reasons are behind
This bonfire Celebration:
Those flames are orange
After all.
Not wishing to create divisions
Anywhere in the world,
It’s still good to see traditions
Being maintained.
Let those fires and fireworks keep rising,
Constantly emerging from the shadows
Of Halloween.
Paul Butters
© PB 27\10\2018.
Written at the request of Stephen Chapman. “Treacle toffee” added later, with “jacket potatoes” and “cinder toffee” added on 31\10\18. "Roast chestnuts" added 18\11.
Oct 27, 2018
Oct 27, 2018 at 6:35 AM UTC
She is mysterious, as strange as a daytime dream,
So remarkable, I see a
Princess dressed in a kimono covered with cherry blossom leaves,
Floating down river, under a canopy
Of pink and white Sakura trees.
She is so extraordinary, as unique as a double rainbow at sunrise,
So dreamy, as dreamy as a seaside sunset,
Her unconditional love scatters,
Like cherry blossoms in a fresh breeze,
Seen in rippling waves of sunshine.
So fantastical, as fantastic as a pink rose blooming in the desert,
So magical, as magical as our dreams coming true,
Princess Sakura singing, like an Angel,
She spreads her wings and flies away,
Like vanishing Sakura, leaves at the end of spring.
Princess Sakura, you will live forever in my dreams...
© 2014 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Dec 2, 2014
Dec 2, 2014 at 6:45 AM UTC
National Liberation Day Of Korea
Freedom means August 15, 1945.
Koreans celebrate their day of liberation.
Freedom is like a Magpie,
Flying in the morning sky,
Above the ancient palaces of Seoul,
Freedom is like the Rose of Sharon,
Growing in "The land of morning calm."
Freedom is like a river named Han,
Unstoppable!
Freedom means flying the Taegeukgi.
Outside and high!
Freedom is Lively,
Freedom is President Moon Jae-in
President of South Korea,
Freedom is vibrant!
Freedom is festivals,
Freedom is unhindered!
Freedom is a Buddhist monk,
Everland!,
Freedom is unbound!
Freedom is tasty Kimchi,
Deoksugung Palace!
Freedom is lively parties,
Freedom is dancing,
The greatest Palaces of Seoul!
Freedom is treasured!
Freedom is a green bottle,
Soju!
Freedom is Arirang!
Korea's song,
A gift to the world from Korea,
Freedom is Queen Min; Still remembered,
Resting under a cherry blossom tree,
Freedom is Seoul!
A wonder to be seen on the Han River!
Freedom is luminous,
Busan Nightlife,
Changdeokgung Palace!
Freedom is unchained!
Freedom is sports,
Jeju-do!
Freedom is escape!
Freedom is honor!
Battle of Inchon!
Freedom is rising in the sky,
One of the most dynamic cities,
Seoul!
Freedom is no longer
Imprisoned,
Freedom is camping,
Freedom is priceless!
Freedom is one's honor!
Deoksugung Palace!
Freedom is treasured!
Freedom is the miracle,
Seoul!
Freedom is food,
Freedom is Kimchi,
Freedom is hopeful,
Freedom is Yu Gwan-sun!
Long live Korean independence!
Freedom is a Buddhist monk writing,
Freedom is thinking about your dreams,
Not looking behind your back!
Freedom is a child going to school,
Freedom is ultra-modern,
Seoul!
Freedom is escape!
Freedom is music,
K-POP!
Freedom is Arirang playing,
Freedom is essential,
White Day!
Freedom, people, shining in the sun,
Freedom is loved,
Yuna Kim!
Freedom is essential,
Freedom is "The March 1st Movement",
Yu Gwan-sun!
Freedom is shopping,
Freedom is walking our dogs,
Freedom is writing what you think,
Freedom is Sejong the Great!,
Hangul!
Freedom is bringing your dreams into the world,
Freedom is poetry,
Yun Dong-ju!
Freedom is traditions,
Freedom is wearing Hanbok.
Freedom is being empowered!
Freedom is.
Freedom is.
Freedom is.
A United Korea!!!
Copyright © 2013 - 2017 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Dec 3, 2014
Dec 3, 2014 at 6:00 AM UTC
A pink kimono
yukata
Adorned with velvet flowers
Standing there in the Springtime mist of Japan,
Guarded by Sakura trees.
Skies are blue,
Singing a beautiful song,
Pink lips like adorable flowers on a spring day,
A most beautiful, kind and loving princess to ever
walk Japan.
Your beautiful face,
Your kindest soul,
Your adorable lips,
You smiled at me.
You have the prettiest voice,
that calms my soul.
You're the most beautiful and loving princess,
ever to walk Japan...
© 2014 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Dec 1, 2014
Dec 1, 2014 at 11:07 PM UTC
Why does the red tulip float?
Why does the flower shine through the window?
The warm breeze shrinks the breathtaking green.
Can't smell a flower, through a cold window.
Springs grow like warm breezes.
Courage, awakening, and blushing in the springtime,
All blossoms show strong, blooming red flowers.
God, such brilliance!
Never smell a tulip through a closed door,
Flower calmly like cotton clouds floating in the sky,
The sun paints red tulips, with an artistic brush,
Red flowers shake like misty sunrises.
Flowering warmly,
The small life calmly desires the clouds.
And reaches for the sky,
Blushing like a shy girl.
Copyright © 2016 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Apr 15, 2016
Apr 15, 2016 at 2:59 PM UTC
You always look past me,
I'm dancing right here,
Why can't you see me?
You never look at me!
Always, I'm dreaming of you.
Look just a little beyond your
Past. She's gone. You will see
Me standing here. Waiting for your smile.
I'm dreaming dreams of you and me,
Dancing, under a palm tree, on a moonlit night
Right before the dawn's bright light,
Here, holding me in your strong arms tonight.
Why can't you turn your head a little?
Can't you say hello to me?
You are always looking beyond me. Who do you
See instead of
Me?
© 2014 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Dec 1, 2014
Dec 1, 2014 at 11:26 AM UTC
Beautiful as faith!
Beautiful as hope!
Beautiful as your parents helping God bring an angel into this world.
Beautiful as brother and sister playing.
Beautiful as hearing children laughing.
Beautiful as warm sunshine though a window,
On a cold winter's day.
Beautiful as a garden of colorful roses.
Beautiful as a rainbow.
Beautiful as cotton clouds floating in a blue sky.
Beautiful when you look up to heaven with a bright smile.
Beautiful as happiness.
Beautiful when you play piano song.
Your piano song is so beautiful it makes me cry.
You are beautiful as...
(C) 2014 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Dec 5, 2014
Dec 5, 2014 at 3:35 PM UTC
The ivories' sleeping is like a lonely black piano.
Beautiful, small girl quietly fight a dusty, misty bench.
Hello, old friend. Did you miss me?
Ah, life!
Running loudly like an old hammer.
Banging hard on the ivories.
God, action!
Piano keys are only black and white,
But sound like blue birds singing ,
On a bright morning's day.
Oh! No!
Where are the noisy keys?
Never love a broken string.
Exhaustion, noise, and love.
Never fight a hammer.
Lord, anger!
Piano, why are you angry with me?
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Dec 4, 2014
Dec 4, 2014 at 6:17 AM UTC
Woke on a white blanket today.
Looking at the blue sky above me.
Turning I see;
A strange looking farmhouse at the bottom of a hill,
A fence of split logs,
Mountains were rising up, like giants through a misty morning.
Two glasses of red grapes sitting on the blanket,
No one else around...
Plates made of paper filled with cherry pie,
No one else around...
Suddenly, from behind I hear!
A quiet voice was singing words I could not understand.
I turn to look,
No one else is there...
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Dec 3, 2014
Dec 3, 2014 at 5:56 PM UTC
A field with one thousand roses,
I only see one white flowering rose,
Obsession is only one white rose,
Obsession is only seeing you,
Blind to all others,
Using soju,
I create a mist,
That only surrounds you,
This, obsession with one white rose,
Is an impossible thing,
Sun shining through the mist,
Reflecting your love out to me,
But I can not see your face,
The sun is too bright,
Still I see a lovely white rose through the mist,
I want to grab hold,
But your thorns are too sharp,
How can I suffer knowing you exist, in the midst of my dreams,
That!
I will never be able to touch you,
Why am I obsessed with a single white flower?
When fate has sent to me a gift of 999 red roses?
Copyright 2015 © Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved
Mar 9, 2015
Mar 9, 2015 at 5:14 PM UTC
She's a powerful and strong princess,
With magical super powers.
She thinks of time's past,
She thinks of times yet to come.
She loves to travel through Europe,
But her dreams are of Japan,
And singing under Sakura trees in the springtime of Japan.
I notice the way she thinks about Japan always with a smile,
She likes to use words like 'Sakura flowers' and 'Yukata Kimono from Japan.'
She likes to hang out with Monica, Dad and Grandma,
But when left alone,
Her mind turns straight to Sakura flowers in
The springtime of Japan.
She hates mosquitos and cold,
But she just thinks back to springtime in Japan,
And she's happy once again...
© 2014 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Dec 2, 2014
Dec 2, 2014 at 7:00 AM UTC
This was an amazing day!
I found my true love today,
I found that one person I want to be with forever and ever!
A person I truly care about and endeavor to love unconditionally.
That very special person I want to spend time with.
In spite of what other people think or say about our relationship.
That special someone that I care about more than myself,
That one love that very few find
In a single lifetime.
This was an amazing day!
© Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Nov 29, 2014
Nov 29, 2014 at 2:49 PM UTC
The night was cold and rainy.
I have noticed you, standing
far away from me in a shower rain.
Being guarded by a leaking umbrella,
It was hiding your face from me,
Your soaking wet hair was flowing down your back.
I was wondering when you would look at me.
As I walk towards you,
You walk further away from me,
As if I was standing still.
It seems I will never reach you.
I hate cold, rainy nights and leaking umbrellas...
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Dec 2, 2014
Dec 2, 2014 at 6:23 PM UTC
Love for the kingdom of Joseon,
Listening to the silent sounds from the past,
Heartfelt love for Korea,
Watching the melting snow,
Dreams of love in a Korean spring,
Ahh, my dreams of youth are gone,
Love for pink cherry blossoms,
Love for festivals,
Love for hope,
I keep asking myself, "Why? Oh, why did I wait so long?"
Hope that the Korean people never lose hope
Hope for the future of Joseon,
Hope for the cherry blossoms,
Hope for a clear spring,
Hope for a united Korea,
Hope for sunny festivals,
Now, if I only knew how to open my eyes,
To see;
Beautiful spring festivals,
Beautiful new hope,
Beautiful memories of Joseon,
Beautiful cherry blossoms,
Beautiful happy spring,
Beautiful Korea,
Reality is a road leading nowhere,
Dreams are a million guideposts that lead us on the path to our future,
Bright shiny Korea,
Colorful Festivals,
Bright children are given the gift of hope,
Seeing beautiful memories of Joseon,
Bedazzled as if looking at a bright neon sign,
Bright cherry blossoms,
Bright and warm spring,
Birds singing,
I must be dreaming,
New Korean spring,
New path for Korea,
New history for Joseon,
Feeling the winds of change,
New hope,
New spring festivals,
Newly planted cherry blossoms,
Sunny cherry blossoms,
Sunny spring,
Sunny Korea,
Sunny Festivals,
Sunny hope,
Sunny Joseon,
Beautiful Joseon lovely Cherry Blossoms floating above us,
Loving a bright Korean warm spring,
Bright, colorful spring festivals holding hands falling in love,
Now, if I only knew how to open my eyes...
Copyright © 2016 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Jan 29, 2016
Jan 29, 2016 at 5:38 AM UTC
"Have you met a gorgeous, lady at sunset?"
Someone said as we shook hands.
She was just a barefooted lady,
Brighter than the sunset in front of me.
Then I said, "Hello lady,
You're a lady who understands,
I'm a man who must be free."
As the sun falls asleep,
Let's walk along the beach,
Let's live a real life,
I can see it in her eyes, that she despises rainy nights,
She loves the moon reflecting off the water,
She loves sunny days,
Watching the skies just before dawn,
She loves autumn leaves.
Trying to figure a clever way, not to say goodbye,
To find some clever lines to say,
To make the meaning come through,
That's why Lady Sunset,
That's why Lady Sunset,
That's why Lady Sunset is a Goddess.
I love you.
I love...
Copyright © 2016 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Feb 9, 2016
Feb 9, 2016 at 5:32 PM UTC
My happiness travels across time and space,
Across a vast sea,
Years of looking,
And not touching,
Ancient Lands,
So far away,
A night's lonely dreams,
Walking along Hyeopjae Beach,
Summer's ocean breeze,
Warms my wandering heart,
You are standing here, Holding my hand,
Looking forward;
A billion diamonds swimming in,
The ocean's waves,
For such a long time now,
I've been missing you,
My heart will not let go,
Of the white sands of Hyeopjae Beach.
Copyright © 2015 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Jun 4, 2015
Jun 4, 2015 at 6:45 PM UTC
Waving, the Sun falls like a flickering light bulb,
Blue sky, yellows, reds, oranges and golden clouds,
Adventure is lightning among the stars,
Why does the sun fall as darkness rises?
Yellows born in the East like lightning in the West.
Sunny gold sleepy clouds are sending breezy sounds,
Viewing lightning bolts, hearing thunder,
I lost all colors but found the flashing stars,
Life falling asleep in the West,
Life waking in the East,
Feeling sleepy,
Good night!
Copyright © 2015 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Aug 25, 2015
Aug 25, 2015 at 12:14 PM UTC
My home in my dreams,
I am amazed every night, when I see you in my dreams.
When I look at the moon., I see the tower to the north.
I can not believe you changed,
My life forever.
I only wish I can find the courage, to hold you in my arms at last.
My home in my dreams,
I wish I had met you a lifetime ago.
I wish I could give you one thousand of
my lifetimes.
I owe you my life,
My Seoul Korea.
I love you.
I miss you.
I owe you my life,
I owe you. You are the reason I am still alive,
Arirang, I owe you more than ever!
Seoul I love you,
A place I have only been to in my dreams,
How can I ever repay you?
For sending me such beautiful dreams.
I am amazed every night, when I see you in my dreams.
I live for you every day to hold you in my arms,
I live for you!
My Seoul,
I wish I could be standing in your arms where I belong.
My love Seoul,
I can't help but smile and wonder why God sent me here far to the West.
When you tell me every day, I belong in your arms.
But I owe you so much,
Hundreds of poems,
Hundreds of dreams
from a place, I have never been.
Amazing!
How can this be?
I love you Seoul Korea
that time can never take away.
I owe you more than my life
More than anything
I know this is a dept that I will never be able to repay.
Because I owe you so much
I owe you my life now, more than ever,
Why was I born so far away?
In the wrong time and wrong place?
Seoul Korea
My home in my dreams.
(C) 2014 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Dec 10, 2014
Dec 10, 2014 at 5:15 PM UTC
Here are the names of my lovers,
The women I sleep with, whom
I use, like they use me.
Spent, they discard me, for when their pleasure needs
Satiated, they climb aboard another man.
What they do not know,
Is that in my mind, in my ears,
everywhere,
I did not let them, or you go,
We are still romping,
For I
Take them as needed.
I need them all,
For my pleasure needs, like my unshaped heart,
Addictive, endless.
If your is name is here, I do not
Apologize.
Pink
Adele
Lilly Allen
Anna Nalick
Bess Rogers
Beyonce
Brandi Carlisle
Cat Power
Colbie Callait
Duffy
Eva Cassidy
Evanescence
Alison Sudol
Fiona Apple
Florence Welch
Grace Potter
Ingrid Michaelson
You
Joni Mitchell
K.D. Lang
Kate Nash
Kate Voegele
Leona Lewis
Lizz Wright
Madeline Peyroux
Marie Digby
Mary Wells
Norah Jones
Regina Spektor
Sara Bareilles
You
Sara Haze
Taylor Swift and Tracy Chapman
Tristan Prettyman
Vanessa Carlton
So many others, used so long ago, I can't remember the faces,
Which can't be googled.
Use them hard, use them often, more than daily.
Bluntly, I tell you
Your name is on my list,
Even if I do not disclose it.
Aug 18, 2013
Aug 18, 2013 at 9:31 AM UTC
A crisp, clear autumn day.
Looking up, I see!
A blue sky.
Wow, the autumn sky is so blue and high!
Why is the autumn sky so high that I can see the stars in the day?
Temperatures go low,
Crisp clear autumn air,
No monsoon clouds cry rain anywhere.
Nighttime sky so clear,
Cosmic explosions everywhere.
It's a wonderful time of the year.
Blues, reds, browns, greens seen everywhere.
Looking up, I see,
The high blue autumn sky.
© 2013 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Dec 9, 2014
Dec 9, 2014 at 9:57 AM UTC
My Sky!
My love, my bright golden sunrise,
You make my Soul rise,
Together, we can do anything,
A new day,
Blue silver clouds,
My bright golden yellow sunshine,
I wish I could fly high into your arms,
Flying above, oceans blue,
Flying above an Eastern sea,
I love dark haired Angels,
Oh! darling Sky,
Please send me a Miracle,
I want to fly home,
Into your, beautiful Cherry Blossoms on a spring day,
My Princess Sky, the Angel in my dreams,
I wish to walk with you under the spring skies of Seoul,
God! Please send me a Miracle,
My Destiney is in front of me,
My beautiful dark haired Princess is waiting for me.
Copyright © 2016 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Sep 3, 2016
Sep 3, 2016 at 1:17 PM UTC
Waiting for you in the bright moonlight,
Some nights I don't want to do anything;
I don't want to leave you,
I don't want to miss you,
I don't want to fall asleep,
I never get tired of waiting for you,
I'm afraid to close my eyes,
Waiting for you in the bright moonlight,
Oh, my love,
I can't forget you.
© 2014 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Nov 21, 2014
Nov 21, 2014 at 10:51 AM UTC
I love grandma's garden.
It's an oasis filled with love.
Grandma's garden is a pleasant place;
A quiet place,
A place where I can dream,
The place where I am loved,
A place where I can be myself,
A place where I feel safe.
Stars of many colors in the sky of green.
Reds, blues, whites, purples, yellows, pinks, and greens
Are seen…
Each flower is blooming with a promise of a smile,
Grandma's garden is such a happy place,
It puts a smile on my face.
I love grandma's garden...
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Dec 4, 2014
Dec 4, 2014 at 5:07 AM UTC
On rainy days, you're my umbrella.
On rainy days, you're my sunshine!
On rainy days, you make me smile;
Just as my confidence, becomes cold,
And my hair is soaked,
But still, your smile warms my Soul.
My soul on fire,
Burning with desire,
Memories of you and I,
Sharing a special umbrella,
On a rainy day.
Patiently waiting,
For a rainbow to appear…
Copyright © 2016 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Jun 24, 2016
Jun 24, 2016 at 11:11 AM UTC