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"colonies" poems
I, a colony of 37 trillion cooperating cells Would like you, a colony of 37 trillion cooperating cells To accept, some of my colony of 37 trillion cooperating cells To join some of your colony of 37 trillion cooperating cells to create a completely separate colony of 37 trillion cooperating cells and as our colonies of 37 trillion cooperating cells cooperate less and less, our new colony of 37 trillion cooperating cells shall be looking for a colony of 37 trillion cooperating cells to repeat what countless colonies of 37 trillion cooperating cells have done since we swung in the trees.
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Jun 7, 2014
Jun 7, 2014 at 10:45 AM UTC
Carbon based proposal
The Japanese attacked British and Dutch colonies In southeast Asia Japanese landed on the southern island of Mindanao And the west coast of Luzon On the 24th of December They landed on the east coast of Luzon The allied forces withdrew to the Bataan Peninsula For three months they held the Japanese troops On the Bataan Peninsula On the fourth of April Allied forces were attacked again Five days later the allied forces surrendered Of the 12,000 Americans Captured on Bataan Only a third survived the war
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Mar 4, 2015
Mar 4, 2015 at 7:46 PM UTC
Japanese Blitzkrieg
Terra Nullius born from the ashes of colonies past, from a nation over seas far, the white cliffs of Dover show their colour, they reached a land of beauty rich and rare, they saw and they conquered caring none for those that stood in front of them, for years this ravaged, destroying ancient culture, until a man realised that the land he loved was not his, taken from him unbeknownst, he stood in despair, the system against he fought, until he died a young man of pain from tortures past, in his grave he heard the victory he won, Terra Nullius is gone, Long live Eddie Mabo.
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Jun 29, 2016
Jun 29, 2016 at 6:51 AM UTC
Mabo
Once upon a time There was a man In an apartment With flesh-colored walls And a perfect view Of skyscrapers And rooftops He has a brother In a jail With a perfect view Of warehouses And factories Cover to cover He reads magazines And newspapers And he likes two Sugar cubes In his regular cup He doesn't worry About ends It's just progress And we've all Got to bend Less the world breaks If the bomb comes It'll come in a neat Little package And someone Will build new Quadrilateral colonies For two
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Nov 25, 2011
Nov 25, 2011 at 9:04 PM UTC
Quadrilateral Colonies
A ship in a bottle is a useless thing, encapsulated, isolated. It is meant to be crewed. We are each holographic captains seeking first mates and yeomen to climb the riggings and guide us through the storms. Floating colonies needing founding, battened hatches guarding dwindling stores and shielding superstitious sailors galore. We must learn to trust our crews and captains alike to brave the rough seas and coral reefs of life and nature's faith. Sometimes ships run aground, the founding of the colony, and then sandcastles reign supreme. We must learn to trust our crews and captains alike to learn from their faith in nature. We must build upon the dunes, carrying buckets of water and trust from the sea to inland shores.  The castle, like the ship, will one day be reclaimed by the sea, despite our efforts. We build them anyway out of hope, fearing faith, learning trust, while wishing we were safe in a bottle.
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Nov 12, 2013
Nov 12, 2013 at 8:23 AM UTC
Exploration
sometimes i get suicide bombers, rapists, killers, robbers and thieves because their motives are visible through their actions. but i never once in my life bothered understanding businessmen, pastors, priests, muslims, religions, politicians, and people whose motives in life remain hidden until caught red handed, and also those people who choose not to see the world naked for what it is. maybe the UP activists are right and that i shouldn't think of them as brainwashed kids or just paid heads to do what they do but their actions, my thoughts and this poem doesn't change anything. i bet 100% of you who are reading this would either think i'm deranged or seeking for attention. i could go on and on writing this **** and explain thoroughly but the people's brain are now wired to ex b's hit single and yes, mentioning that made this a little bit funny but no. as a ******* filipino who should be typing this in tagalog, working overseas, i've seen some fellow countrymen showed some pride against their oppressors from work but they don't get anywhere but jail. i must've forgot, the movie about manalo trampled the one about heneral luna. see how helpless we are in reality? what's your photo that comes with a bible verse got to do with others? are you spreading the word of God? what does it do to you? Sometimes I get The New People's Army. But I don't get Muslims who runs businesses and the Chinese too. Sometimes I wish I could spread fake news that doesn't harm others and last but not the least, I hope someday the world would stop not and smoke Marijuana all at the same time including North Korea. I couldn't stop. I also hope that these people, those who has a lot of followers use the attention properly but no, people are so ******* dumb and Salinger is right with Holden's, "People never notice anything" and nothing's too big if people will stop creating bigger things that'll only add up to the congestion clogging up the world. and Allen Ginsberg is right, we are breaking our ******* backs just to lift ******* Moloch. **** your Mosques, your INC branches, your corporations, your religions, your borders and divisions, your trends that kills the minds of the youth. **** your laws, about making Marijuana illegal. **** your disguise and your intelligence. I almost believe world cleansing is the answerbbecause the ant colonies are so much better ruling the world. I don't know anymore, my smartphone's ****** and I am not smarter. . .
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Feb 14, 2018
Feb 14, 2018 at 10:06 PM UTC
My fellow Filipinos, my phone's ****** and the frustration in me wrote this.
sometimes i get suicide bombers, rapists, killers, robbers and thieves because their motives are visible through their actions. but i never once in my life bothered understanding businessmen, pastors, priests, muslims, religions, politicians, and people whose motives in life remain hidden until caught red handed, and also those people who choose not to see the world naked for what it is. maybe the UP activists are right and that i shouldn't think of them as brainwashed kids or just paid heads to do what they do but their actions, my thoughts and this poem doesn't change anything. i bet 100% of you who are reading this would either think i'm deranged or seeking for attention. i could go on and on writing this **** and explain thoroughly but the people's brain are now wired to ex b's hit single and yes, mentioning that made this a little bit funny but no. as a ******* filipino who should be typing this in tagalog, working overseas, i've seen some fellow countrymen showed some pride against their oppressors from work but they don't get anywhere but jail. i must've forgot, the movie about manalo trampled the one about heneral luna. see how helpless we are in reality? what's your photo that comes with a bible verse got to do with others? are you spreading the word of God? what does it do to you? Sometimes I get The New People's Army. But I don't get Muslims who runs businesses and the Chinese too. Sometimes I wish I could spread fake news that doesn't harm others and last but not the least, I hope someday the world would stop not and smoke Marijuana all at the same time including North Korea. I couldn't stop. I also hope that these people, those who has a lot of followers use the attention properly but no, people are so ******* dumb and Salinger is right with Holden's, "People never notice anything" and nothing's too big if people will stop creating bigger things that'll only add up to the congestion clogging up the world. and Allen Ginsberg is right, we are breaking our ******* backs just to lift ******* Moloch. **** your Mosques, your INC branches, your corporations, your religions, your borders and divisions, your trends that kills the minds of the youth. **** your laws, about making Marijuana illegal. **** your disguise and your intelligence. I almost believe world cleansing is the answerbbecause the ant colonies are so much better ruling the world. I don't know anymore, my smartphone's ****** and I am not smarter. . .
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Patterned dots, existence connects An anther to a stigma, reproduction The pollen withers, pollution subsides Colonies of bees vanish in the wind Toxic genetic food wins in binge Mother earth cries in pain, an ail Food chains and supplies cut short Globalised mass production of poison Supermarkets stocking “all season” Consumerism monopolies swell The environment abused and misused Plastic bottles displaced, a chemical sludge The haunted “great pacific garbage patch” Littered garbage, debris and chemical sludge Humanity displaced, dissociated and divided Ruining sea waters , floating landfill fueled Probability of heightened population Global panics, mimicked maniacs Reductions of resources to feed all Unsustainable long windy farms Big roads, buried bills, stingy reality
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Jan 21, 2016
Jan 21, 2016 at 6:43 PM UTC
Colony Collapse Disorder
It started hot and passionate and blinding. Then it ran, ran from me faster than the alpine highway or an Afro over your cute lisp. And a bus leaves for 13 colonies and 14 days and pictures are all I have. Colorful but in 50 shades of grey. Then never a breath from you on the home front. And disappointment marks my eyes. Running all over town with eyes like video cameras and minds like a metal detector. We wish we could be a fly on the wall or a plant in the earth or a new hair on your chin. All moments, every moment, we know. My fiend. Detect this on your police detector. Little blue Honda that looks tan in the sun. White Camry. Up the street then back down. Serpentine through the neighborhoods hoping to see a familiar body, but not be seen ourselves. Every day till July 15. Then waving goodbye to an empty house I once knew. Where I stayed too long and talked too much about nothing. Too many memories to remember and flash before my heart. Then I blink and they're gone and we've passed it. And finally I've mimicked Taylor Swift and wrote a song about Paris. And boys in Montreal. Late hours. Early hours. All hours. Spent engulfed in our own music from our minds. Military men. Marines that cheat and break hearts. not enough sleep. Lots of tire on asphalt. Up and down and up and down and back again. Not enough French and a brand new white iPhone. And the sun sets on another day and still the one thing I want doesn't go my way.
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Jul 21, 2013
Jul 21, 2013 at 11:57 PM UTC
Sun kissed Dreams
In the year 3131 They come to devour our suns Terrible, godlike, interstellar giants Inconceivable beyond all reason and science. Humanity and all her colonies, Divided amongst the galaxies, Finally united once and for all For our race dare not fall! To eliminate the threat of annihilation We constructed planet-sized stations That house massive and powerful guns To protect and defend our vulnerable suns. As our fears vanished behind us Those in control sought to rebind us For systems of authority never change, Not even with pervasive freedom in range. With the powerful distracted by their lust, For control over every speck of dust, There emerged a demented cult That believes our race is at fault, And beings that come from above Do so out of divine, parental love. These naive and delusional zealots, Inspired by avarice long embellished, By a ruthless society lacking empathy, Have developed an ever enduring apathy. Seeking to destroy our only defenses, They mount violent and ****** offensives, Their rugged, disorderly fleets crucify As humanity is unable to reunify. However, there is another cooperative effort, A last stand, self-organized endeavor, This vigilante group battles cultist detestables They call themselves The Solar Sentinels. Bound by a principled, passionate collaboration, The Solar Sentinels defend all people and nations, Engineers and military minds come together To ensure our survival and prosper, whatsoever. Now, one existential question remains: Will humanity break free of its chains, Awaken, realize that we are all one, Disregard old orders and save our suns?
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Dec 2, 2018
Dec 2, 2018 at 2:43 PM UTC
THE SOLAR SENTINELS
In the year 3131 They come to devour our suns Terrible, godlike, interstellar giants Inconceivable beyond all reason and science. Humanity and all her colonies, Divided amongst the galaxies, Finally united once and for all For our race dare not fall! To eliminate the threat of annihilation We constructed planet-sized stations That house massive and powerful guns To protect and defend our vulnerable suns. As our fears vanished behind us Those in control sought to rebind us For systems of authority never change, Not even with pervasive freedom in range. With the powerful distracted by their lust, For control over every speck of dust, There emerged a demented cult That believes our race is at fault, And beings that come from above Do so out of divine, parental love. These naive and delusional zealots, Inspired by avarice long embellished, By a ruthless society lacking empathy, Have developed an ever enduring apathy. Seeking to destroy our only defenses, They mount violent and ****** offensives, Their rugged, disorderly fleets crucify As humanity is unable to reunify. However, there is another cooperative effort, A last stand, self-organized endeavor, This vigilante group battles cultist detestables They call themselves The Solar Sentinels. Bound by a principled, passionate collaboration, The Solar Sentinels defend all people and nations, Engineers and military minds come together To ensure our survival and prosper, whatsoever. Now, one existential question remains: Will humanity break free of its chains, Awaken, realize that we are all one, Disregard old orders and save our suns?
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I dont know how to say goodbye to a man I never knew. Clifton. Tail gunner ,Lancaster bomber. 1942. I tried to write his story but I came up short. Black man fighting to free the world in his Majesty's air corps. 1944 A man who answered the call. One of many. One of a kind. A man from the colonies..Belizean.. Family man, father, patriot. Has fired his last round. R.I.P.
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Sep 11, 2014
Sep 11, 2014 at 1:28 AM UTC
Tail Gunner
I remember the schoolgirl days when Sister Anne led us out in rows of blue and white [mirrored in the Dutchware my father painted with quick, uniform strokes] to the school garden, pointed hands to plant the violets. We breathed their air, colonies of their gold dust settled in our lungs; sometimes we carved out twin plantlets to grow in our window. And for all those years I never saw the flaking autumn nights when Sister Anne stooped, nunnery cast behind a bush; crushed a violet stem between 2nd and 3rd fingers lit one end smoked her eyes blue.
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Mar 8, 2013
Mar 8, 2013 at 10:32 AM UTC
Violets
Stumbling Weary voices screaming soft and slow A whine How am I to understand Gulls and shrieking colonies Have never opened up to me I can't divide the hurtle of millions Into the movement of one head here A feather there And mouths agape for more Cram a colony inside my head Bursting with busy, covered in crap Do you wonder now Why I cry myself to sleep Why I dread the light of morning Why I stare into the deep. I can't escape it. A million miles of progress twisted into half a cup of brain. And not in order, either. All's a mess within. So how am I to understand How am I to live
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Feb 19, 2018
Feb 19, 2018 at 12:27 AM UTC
Vaguely
Wow, the weather sure is cold, Days are short, the wind is bold. The season isn't a favorite for sure, Most in the cold, aren't begging for more. This testament to the winter, is short and is sweet, Its brutal cold, upon you does beat. Begs for spring, and longer days, And new found fun in different ways. But back to winter, now let's explore, Its wondrous beauty, many do adore, The frosty nights, a blanket of snow, Untouched and ****** a skiing we can go! Take the kids to the local park, Sleigh ride with them, a youthful spark, May be rekindled, inside your soul, This surely is fun, never is it droll. Build a snowman, with coal and pipe, He may come alive, frosty isn't just hype. The alive that he comes, is not in the snow, But in the hearts of the ones that help make him grow. Spending time with the family, this bonding is good, Feeling alive and well, with your family you should, The wondrous winter, has the holiest of days, A time to be kind, and have gentler ways. The birth of the savior, the greatest of men, His spirit reborn, and we all know when, This holiday comes, its time be kind, Good deeds and good thoughts, cover your mind. The new year comes in winter, a time to start new, Cast aside bad habits, and with them your through. Good cheer and good times, and drinking some wine, Kissing and hugging, and playing Auld Lang Syne. Presidents day is a time to give thanks, Lincoln and the north, and the fighting yanks, Put an end to slavery, blacks free as whites, Another century passed to gain civil rights. Praise to Washington, the first to lead, Our country from Britain, his troops had freed, The people of the Colonies, America was born, Plains full of plenty, many acres of corn. Valentines day, the time for romance, Put yourself out there, ask a girl to a dance! The celebration turns history around, Originally on this day, many bodies were found, Dead in a garage, in the Chicago town, The pictures are gruesome, bloodstains on the ground. These are the times in winters' cold, That have special meaning, and memories they hold. Look kindly on winter, its end will bring, A time of rebirth,  known as the spring. Visit poemsbypaul.com
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Jan 25, 2013
Jan 25, 2013 at 11:50 AM UTC
Winter
Wow, the weather sure is cold, Days are short, the wind is bold. The season isn't a favorite for sure, Most in the cold, aren't begging for more. This testament to the winter, is short and is sweet, Its brutal cold, upon you does beat. Begs for spring, and longer days, And new found fun in different ways. But back to winter, now let's explore, Its wondrous beauty, many do adore, The frosty nights, a blanket of snow, Untouched and ****** a skiing we can go! Take the kids to the local park, Sleigh ride with them, a youthful spark, May be rekindled, inside your soul, This surely is fun, never is it droll. Build a snowman, with coal and pipe, He may come alive, frosty isn't just hype. The alive that he comes, is not in the snow, But in the hearts of the ones that help make him grow. Spending time with the family, this bonding is good, Feeling alive and well, with your family you should, The wondrous winter, has the holiest of days, A time to be kind, and have gentler ways. The birth of the savior, the greatest of men, His spirit reborn, and we all know when, This holiday comes, its time be kind, Good deeds and good thoughts, cover your mind. The new year comes in winter, a time to start new, Cast aside bad habits, and with them your through. Good cheer and good times, and drinking some wine, Kissing and hugging, and playing Auld Lang Syne. Presidents day is a time to give thanks, Lincoln and the north, and the fighting yanks, Put an end to slavery, blacks free as whites, Another century passed to gain civil rights. Praise to Washington, the first to lead, Our country from Britain, his troops had freed, The people of the Colonies, America was born, Plains full of plenty, many acres of corn. Valentines day, the time for romance, Put yourself out there, ask a girl to a dance! The celebration turns history around, Originally on this day, many bodies were found, Dead in a garage, in the Chicago town, The pictures are gruesome, bloodstains on the ground. These are the times in winters' cold, That have special meaning, and memories they hold. Look kindly on winter, its end will bring, A time of rebirth,  known as the spring. Visit poemsbypaul.com
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Il n'est pas donné à chacun de prendre un bain de multitude : jouir de la foule est un art ; et celui-là seul peut faire, aux dépens du genre humain, une ribote de vitalité, à qui une fée a insufflé dans son berceau le goût du travestissement et du masque, la haine du domicile et la passion du voyage. Multitude, solitude : termes égaux et convertibles pour le poète actif et fécond. Qui ne sait pas peupler sa solitude, ne sait pas non plus être seul dans une foule affairée. Le poète jouit de cet incomparable privilège, qu'il peut à sa guise être lui-même et autrui. Comme ces âmes errantes qui cherchent un corps, il entre, quand il veut, dans le personnage de chacun. Pour lui seul, tout est vacant ; et si de certaines places paraissent lui êtres fermées, c'est qu'à ses yeux elles ne valent pas la peine d'être visitées. Le promeneur solitaire et pensif tire une singulière ivresse de cette universelle communion. Celui-là qui épouse facilement la foule connaît des jouissances fiévreuses, dont seront éternellement privés l'égoïste, fermé comme un coffre, et le paresseux, interné comme un mollusque. Il adopte comme siennes toutes les professions, toutes les joies et toutes les misères que la circonstance lui présente. Ce que les hommes nomment amour est bien petit, bien restreint et bien faible, comparé à cette ineffable orgie, à cette sainte prostitution de l'âme qui se donne tout entière, poésie et charité, à l'imprévu qui se montre, à l'inconnu qui passe. Il est bon d'apprendre quelquefois aux heureux de ce monde, ne fût-ce que pour humilier un instant leur sot orgueil, qu'il est des bonheurs supérieurs au leur, plus vastes et plus raffinés. Les fondateurs de colonies, les pasteurs de peuples, les prêtres missionnaires exilés au bout du monde, connaissent sans doute quelque chose de ces mystérieuses ivresses ; et, au sein de la vaste famille que leur génie s'est faite, ils doivent rire quelquefois de ceux qui les plaignent pour leur fortune si agitée et pour leur vie si chaste.
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Les foules
Il n'est pas donné à chacun de prendre un bain de multitude : jouir de la foule est un art ; et celui-là seul peut faire, aux dépens du genre humain, une ribote de vitalité, à qui une fée a insufflé dans son berceau le goût du travestissement et du masque, la haine du domicile et la passion du voyage. Multitude, solitude : termes égaux et convertibles pour le poète actif et fécond. Qui ne sait pas peupler sa solitude, ne sait pas non plus être seul dans une foule affairée. Le poète jouit de cet incomparable privilège, qu'il peut à sa guise être lui-même et autrui. Comme ces âmes errantes qui cherchent un corps, il entre, quand il veut, dans le personnage de chacun. Pour lui seul, tout est vacant ; et si de certaines places paraissent lui êtres fermées, c'est qu'à ses yeux elles ne valent pas la peine d'être visitées. Le promeneur solitaire et pensif tire une singulière ivresse de cette universelle communion. Celui-là qui épouse facilement la foule connaît des jouissances fiévreuses, dont seront éternellement privés l'égoïste, fermé comme un coffre, et le paresseux, interné comme un mollusque. Il adopte comme siennes toutes les professions, toutes les joies et toutes les misères que la circonstance lui présente. Ce que les hommes nomment amour est bien petit, bien restreint et bien faible, comparé à cette ineffable orgie, à cette sainte prostitution de l'âme qui se donne tout entière, poésie et charité, à l'imprévu qui se montre, à l'inconnu qui passe. Il est bon d'apprendre quelquefois aux heureux de ce monde, ne fût-ce que pour humilier un instant leur sot orgueil, qu'il est des bonheurs supérieurs au leur, plus vastes et plus raffinés. Les fondateurs de colonies, les pasteurs de peuples, les prêtres missionnaires exilés au bout du monde, connaissent sans doute quelque chose de ces mystérieuses ivresses ; et, au sein de la vaste famille que leur génie s'est faite, ils doivent rire quelquefois de ceux qui les plaignent pour leur fortune si agitée et pour leur vie si chaste.
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watched grains dance playfully affixed to lengthy golden stalks the wind sways them gracefully in-between a hidden world unlocks – pink-footed mice run well-trodden paths the warm summer sun never granting them baths – shiny black crickets chirp in the night while grasshoppers eat through the day an occasional rabbit scurries with fright and ant colonies seemingly play – a dust covered floor ‘neath a ceiling of blue in the middle, a ruffed hawk soars striking fear in the heart of a shrew – nobody suspects the vastness of life when passing by in their car the joys of birth, hunger and strife within a wheat field under the stars –
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May 9, 2015
May 9, 2015 at 11:31 AM UTC
lonely wheat field
doing the heavy lifting *picking up my emaciated heart, letting the rest of my wilting body tag along qualifies, but is not the heavy lifting referenced above. we all have a meeting, the bits and pieces, the bobs and keepsakes that constitute my mien, a constitutional convention of 13 colonies that raucous write of burdens, of freedoms, with wild inspirations and cold political calculations this combining document hoping to topstitch my reeling mind and deteriorating physic, to write words of hopeful praise but rising to a world that is baking in hatred into fabric and tissue, and that is the heaviest lift of all Sunday morning, coffe-d, somewhat rested, a full day planned, and a Mike Message says it’s me that does the heavy lifting and I know! he knows! the displaced state of my mind, and the hardened ache of writing with fresh hope, when there is so little, that it is lost in the litter of endlessness of a world gone, not going, mad~insane and murderers are illogically celebrated, and yet here I am punching words on my AM Morning Punch List of worthy words available that aid us needy for repair & yet might move us together to a state of full repair;   but I am punchy from trying, to find words themselves that require do not require, a truth washing, a new word recleansing and*     (they put the load right on me), *and naïf-not, see the troubles ahead and get me more paper to add to the list of lists of worldly worrisome words that are heavy lifting of the world as it is but know I weep as I write this for not in my possess the light airy words, the wordsmith is crushed neath the weight of*** tonnage of human word-lessened-ness Sunday Morning Oct 22 2023 9:02am, writ in a singed single cry
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Oct 22, 2023
Oct 22, 2023 at 10:09 AM UTC
doing the heavy lifting
doing the heavy lifting *picking up my emaciated heart, letting the rest of my wilting body tag along qualifies, but is not the heavy lifting referenced above. we all have a meeting, the bits and pieces, the bobs and keepsakes that constitute my mien, a constitutional convention of 13 colonies that raucous write of burdens, of freedoms, with wild inspirations and cold political calculations this combining document hoping to topstitch my reeling mind and deteriorating physic, to write words of hopeful praise but rising to a world that is baking in hatred into fabric and tissue, and that is the heaviest lift of all Sunday morning, coffe-d, somewhat rested, a full day planned, and a Mike Message says it’s me that does the heavy lifting and I know! he knows! the displaced state of my mind, and the hardened ache of writing with fresh hope, when there is so little, that it is lost in the litter of endlessness of a world gone, not going, mad~insane and murderers are illogically celebrated, and yet here I am punching words on my AM Morning Punch List of worthy words available that aid us needy for repair & yet might move us together to a state of full repair;   but I am punchy from trying, to find words themselves that require do not require, a truth washing, a new word recleansing and*     (they put the load right on me), *and naïf-not, see the troubles ahead and get me more paper to add to the list of lists of worldly worrisome words that are heavy lifting of the world as it is but know I weep as I write this for not in my possess the light airy words, the wordsmith is crushed neath the weight of*** tonnage of human word-lessened-ness Sunday Morning Oct 22 2023 9:02am, writ in a singed single cry
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The First. My great-grandfather spoke to Edmund Burke In Grattan's house. The Second. My great-grandfather shared A pot-house bench with Oliver Goldsmith once. The Third. My great-grandfather's father talked of music, Drank tar-water with the Bishop of Cloyne. The Fourth. But mine saw Stella once. The Fifth. Whence came our thought? The Sixth. From four great minds that hated Whiggery. The Fifth. Burke was a Whig. The Sixth. Whether they knew or not, Goldsmith and Burke, Swift and the Bishop of Cloyne All hated Whiggery; but what is Whiggery? A levelling, rancorous, rational sort of mind That never looked out of the eye of a saint Or out of drunkard's eye. The Seventh. All's Whiggery now, But we old men are massed against the world. The First. American colonies, Ireland, France and India Harried, and Burke's great melody against it. The Second. Oliver Goldsmith sang what he had seen, Roads full of beggars, cattle in the fields, But never saw the trefoil stained with blood, The avenging leaf those fields raised up against it. The Fourth. The tomb of Swift wears it away. The Third. A voice Soft as the rustle of a reed from Cloyne That gathers volume; now a thunder-clap. The Sixtb. What schooling had these four? The Seventh. They walked the roads Mimicking what they heard, as children mimic; They understood that wisdom comes of beggary.
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The Seven Sages
Culture is sometimes just a way of showing who the person truly are. A country’s culture shapes everyone’s life that lives the that area. The ways that trading has affected culture is extraordinary. It changed the way we look at each religion and ideas all over the world. Trading helps a country’s culture because it spreads to grow a culture, makes other people see and understand the other cultures, and opens up new ideas. Without trade life would be different. Trading made the whole world be able to expand to new regions and eventually get along with one another. The native americans hating the fact that Europeans moved into their land and took over everything. Eventually, they began to get use to each other. It took time, but eventually they got the hang of it. It made the world be able to expand to new regions while being able to get along and not **** each other. Honestly, without trade the world would be less diverse and not able to be joined into one. Trading could help make the countries understand that they are different and that the world is better if they are different from each other. Take religion for an example, without the trading and exploring there would only be one specific religion for an area. That could be good, but it could also be very bad. Country leaders controlled their country by the religion a lot of times. England use to be only Catholic, so when they made colonies in America they ended up to be Catholic as well. The natives had their own beliefs and the English decided to come and try to control them. Well, that didn’t go too well for them. It caused a lot of fights between the groups. Now that the countries have traded, it opens up a whole new thought process to the different religions. It made you understand why the people believe what they do. Opening new religions is just a part of trade. Countries over the years have been introduced to religions such as; Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and Catholicism. Not only that, but look at the way traditions have changed. Christmas is a celebration that is celebrated in America by different religious and non-religious groups. Christianity and Catholicism believe baby Jesus was born on Christmas, but some people celebrate Christmas for the fun of it. Some people don’t even celebrate Christmas. A couple celebrate Hanukkah. So, trade made America more diverse. Trading could corrupt a culture, but it helps it a lot more. Spreading of religions helps countries be diverse in new ways. Without religion some people would be lost or stuck in a place where they were forced to think a certain way. Many countries had a lot of arguments because they didn’t understand each other properly. Without understanding someone, it would be bad and end in an argument. It gives knowledge about the traditions that have been spread throughout the whole world. Christmas wouldn’t be here and neither would any of the other holidays. So, trading has helped the culture of every country become better. Trading is a big part of a country’s culture, without it the world would be different. It helps in so many ways and no one really knows it. Times people don’t even appreciate what is given to them. Trading helps a country’s culture because it spreads culture to make it grow, makes people see different points of view, and opens up ideas. In order for you to prove this, look up information in a history book or look at America today.
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Jul 18, 2019
Jul 18, 2019 at 8:10 PM UTC
Did we pollute the World?
Culture is sometimes just a way of showing who the person truly are. A country’s culture shapes everyone’s life that lives the that area. The ways that trading has affected culture is extraordinary. It changed the way we look at each religion and ideas all over the world. Trading helps a country’s culture because it spreads to grow a culture, makes other people see and understand the other cultures, and opens up new ideas. Without trade life would be different. Trading made the whole world be able to expand to new regions and eventually get along with one another. The native americans hating the fact that Europeans moved into their land and took over everything. Eventually, they began to get use to each other. It took time, but eventually they got the hang of it. It made the world be able to expand to new regions while being able to get along and not **** each other. Honestly, without trade the world would be less diverse and not able to be joined into one. Trading could help make the countries understand that they are different and that the world is better if they are different from each other. Take religion for an example, without the trading and exploring there would only be one specific religion for an area. That could be good, but it could also be very bad. Country leaders controlled their country by the religion a lot of times. England use to be only Catholic, so when they made colonies in America they ended up to be Catholic as well. The natives had their own beliefs and the English decided to come and try to control them. Well, that didn’t go too well for them. It caused a lot of fights between the groups. Now that the countries have traded, it opens up a whole new thought process to the different religions. It made you understand why the people believe what they do. Opening new religions is just a part of trade. Countries over the years have been introduced to religions such as; Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and Catholicism. Not only that, but look at the way traditions have changed. Christmas is a celebration that is celebrated in America by different religious and non-religious groups. Christianity and Catholicism believe baby Jesus was born on Christmas, but some people celebrate Christmas for the fun of it. Some people don’t even celebrate Christmas. A couple celebrate Hanukkah. So, trade made America more diverse. Trading could corrupt a culture, but it helps it a lot more. Spreading of religions helps countries be diverse in new ways. Without religion some people would be lost or stuck in a place where they were forced to think a certain way. Many countries had a lot of arguments because they didn’t understand each other properly. Without understanding someone, it would be bad and end in an argument. It gives knowledge about the traditions that have been spread throughout the whole world. Christmas wouldn’t be here and neither would any of the other holidays. So, trading has helped the culture of every country become better. Trading is a big part of a country’s culture, without it the world would be different. It helps in so many ways and no one really knows it. Times people don’t even appreciate what is given to them. Trading helps a country’s culture because it spreads culture to make it grow, makes people see different points of view, and opens up ideas. In order for you to prove this, look up information in a history book or look at America today.
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Space is hardly the final frontier. But, for now, don’t you think we seem ambitious? Shooting arrows at the clouds could come back to shoot you in the head. Can’t you see that colonies on mars would become a new home for problems.   Seems desperate. What do I know though, I'm Twenty-Five and I haven't even graduated college. But fears of failure make us see future where our planets long since dead. From that arrow to the head. Salvation relies on a new years revolution or something humbling like that. But wait, I shouldn’t write that here. Big Bro is always watching. I might find a man in black, tap-tapping at my chamber door. Not Lenore. Thats when you'll hear me saying, "Does anyone have a cigarette?"
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Jan 6, 2014
Jan 6, 2014 at 7:37 PM UTC
The Lonely Archer
I am not a carnivore but a ****** man eating the flesh of the baboons. Colonies of monkeys in awe watching David in enterprising exploits slaying Goliaths in heroism of liberty for equity. It'll not be long when the night'll break into day of freedom when the baboons will leave the bananas for the monkeys. Till this ugly night of injustice turns a summer day of freedom when all sieging clouds are cleared, it's war!
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Dec 1, 2018
Dec 1, 2018 at 2:48 AM UTC
WARRIOR
Happy Independence Day America July 4th 1776 our independence was declared Thirteen original colonies believed in freedom here Thanks to those who fought to make and keep us free Many paying the ultimate price for you and me God Bless America! Land of the Free!
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Jul 3, 2015
Jul 3, 2015 at 6:12 PM UTC
Happy Independence Day, America
Washington was the first, helped emancipate, His skills as a leader, nothing less than great. A founding father, during the Revolutionary war, America's first general, British trouble was in store. Crossed the Delaware, while the English slept, On the Limeys army, his troops had crept. This historic victory, both clever and tactical, Thoughts of independence now were practical. Now victory assured, not bowing to the king, Colonists were free, here there voices sing. George rule the colonies, we put you on a throne, Let's start a new democracy, he said in a gentle tone. Served as the president for eight strong years, Loved by the voters, respected by his peers. The next great man, to hold political reigns, Was our counties leader, during the time of great pains. Born in the woods, his character strongly built, His passion for equality, never did wilt. Families torn apart, North against South, The Emancipation Proclamation, wisdom out of Abe's mouth. The Civil War now over, abolished was the slave, The social order of the States, beginning to repave. Lincoln wasn't alive, to see freedom abound, Shot by Wilkes Booth, the world mourned the sound, Heard at Ford's theater, that fateful night, His spirit is alive, it continues to fight. For freedom and justice and the American way, Both Washington and Lincoln are honored this day. Visit poemsbypaul.com
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Feb 15, 2013
Feb 15, 2013 at 1:09 PM UTC
Presidents
V. the ballad of briseis my heart is of the flesh of figs, and that which i cannot touch: grainy sweet garnet nectar pretty to behold but easy to bruise no god shall speak for me, briseis for this fig-heart, like the heart of man craves art as it does god and though i know you not by name, but only pseudonym: blood, words, and love, we are kindred souls i'd like to believe that we are cut of the same cloth hewn of the same mound of clay (or cast into the same iron, i suppose for we became one another's anchor the day we met) i once told you, my dear briseis, that if you taught me symbiosis i would teach you love for you found pragma in philosophy cold markov's blankets freud's ego, plato's cave whereas i found pragma in alchemy's poetry chekhov's gun freud's neurotics, plato's human it means nothing. the alchemy lies beyond the chemicals, beyond the seed and the egg, beyond our festivals of atonement, beyond my prima materia and your unfulfilled magnum opus it lies in simple interdependence, the oceans, the heavens, the forests, the deserts, the storms, the famines, the herds of wildebeest, the colonies of ants, the beady dew on the spider web and the purling river shallows, our acrid mouths yearning for mother's milk, the boy who makes us cry at night, the fiery logs roaring against the cold air, the hoot-owls and the faces on the wall (our skeletons never did stay in the closet) bathed in that slow, hideous wonder those interplays of love and symbiosis as i drown and die in reverie once more pray that the stakes may be forever higher that i find those eternal elysian fields so long as our achilles lives to fight again we are more alike, than you or i would ever dare to admit, briseis so humor this fig-heart: hold me and tell me that it'll be all right
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Jan 19, 2021
Jan 19, 2021 at 11:57 PM UTC
iliad, a poem | no. 5
V. the ballad of briseis my heart is of the flesh of figs, and that which i cannot touch: grainy sweet garnet nectar pretty to behold but easy to bruise no god shall speak for me, briseis for this fig-heart, like the heart of man craves art as it does god and though i know you not by name, but only pseudonym: blood, words, and love, we are kindred souls i'd like to believe that we are cut of the same cloth hewn of the same mound of clay (or cast into the same iron, i suppose for we became one another's anchor the day we met) i once told you, my dear briseis, that if you taught me symbiosis i would teach you love for you found pragma in philosophy cold markov's blankets freud's ego, plato's cave whereas i found pragma in alchemy's poetry chekhov's gun freud's neurotics, plato's human it means nothing. the alchemy lies beyond the chemicals, beyond the seed and the egg, beyond our festivals of atonement, beyond my prima materia and your unfulfilled magnum opus it lies in simple interdependence, the oceans, the heavens, the forests, the deserts, the storms, the famines, the herds of wildebeest, the colonies of ants, the beady dew on the spider web and the purling river shallows, our acrid mouths yearning for mother's milk, the boy who makes us cry at night, the fiery logs roaring against the cold air, the hoot-owls and the faces on the wall (our skeletons never did stay in the closet) bathed in that slow, hideous wonder those interplays of love and symbiosis as i drown and die in reverie once more pray that the stakes may be forever higher that i find those eternal elysian fields so long as our achilles lives to fight again we are more alike, than you or i would ever dare to admit, briseis so humor this fig-heart: hold me and tell me that it'll be all right
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