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"credo" poems
So tired yet so awake I sit at the edge of an ellipsis crimping the charred innards of my tattered soul to make a masterpiece of gore and internal war. over the years of self loathing I finally love myself but getting ****** up feels ****** perfect and watching this world unfold anew with each hit or shot rocks my mind unkind but exemplary in it's own fortitude to prevail my own veils aside they're cast and fumbled with as thick smiles seed and the pace is set for the evening I can't help but think that leaving could do me good but who backs out before the last shot? who leaves before the deafening toll of midnight? Cinderella's umbrella of security and purity is at jeopardy and with great haste she wastes away the good looks for late night ***** and nicotine forgetting to clean her closet of supreme validity on the functioning teen trying not to be mean, but completely obscene in gestures with the barbie's manufacturers groping for caspers in the utopian disasters of the girl they forged many decades back, but lost track of the track that played that summer night in the moonlight of immaculate humor and love above all the oozing essence that manifested now tested, for virtual ****** your cerebellum will tellem the positive credo that we all know is hooked on the days drift wood with byzantine benzodiazapines to guide her haunted spirit till the cracks turn to crevasses and prehistoric protons mate with electrons in the vat that is abrewing to plot the lies watch the skies fade to grey as it may be about time for the ecliptic rhymes to find reconciliation in the bladed grains of mortality and sigh for being high in this lowered juncture of subsisting future buys you time to mull over such a daydream as your last breath
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Jul 22, 2014
Jul 22, 2014 at 7:51 AM UTC
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So tired yet so awake I sit at the edge of an ellipsis crimping the charred innards of my tattered soul to make a masterpiece of gore and internal war. over the years of self loathing I finally love myself but getting ****** up feels ****** perfect and watching this world unfold anew with each hit or shot rocks my mind unkind but exemplary in it's own fortitude to prevail my own veils aside they're cast and fumbled with as thick smiles seed and the pace is set for the evening I can't help but think that leaving could do me good but who backs out before the last shot? who leaves before the deafening toll of midnight? Cinderella's umbrella of security and purity is at jeopardy and with great haste she wastes away the good looks for late night ***** and nicotine forgetting to clean her closet of supreme validity on the functioning teen trying not to be mean, but completely obscene in gestures with the barbie's manufacturers groping for caspers in the utopian disasters of the girl they forged many decades back, but lost track of the track that played that summer night in the moonlight of immaculate humor and love above all the oozing essence that manifested now tested, for virtual ****** your cerebellum will tellem the positive credo that we all know is hooked on the days drift wood with byzantine benzodiazapines to guide her haunted spirit till the cracks turn to crevasses and prehistoric protons mate with electrons in the vat that is abrewing to plot the lies watch the skies fade to grey as it may be about time for the ecliptic rhymes to find reconciliation in the bladed grains of mortality and sigh for being high in this lowered juncture of subsisting future buys you time to mull over such a daydream as your last breath
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so, with israel being re-established... why do we, us,hit europeans... even need to bother establishing authority,          utilißing the new testament? i quiete like the old testament logic of: oculus per oculus                    (eye for an eye)... because the saxon concept of justice: i rather see... the implosion of    blackstone's formulation... the 10:1 imploding to the 1:10 ratio of...       a shawshank redemption... there is... redemption... since! there's no justice within the post scriptum of the hillsborough disaster... watching people walk, the lunatic walk, 20 years later?    disorientated by the court of justice?     re-dem-ption... the whole aspect of: innocent until proven guilty is horrid! this... saxon vernacular of that branch of philosophy that's bogus... namely... within origins      of the forbidden fruit... i.e. and you know?!     really?!       no... but i'll **** to make a standing pivot of a pawn on a chess-board.                           savvy? who, among the europeans... actually needs such artifacts as new testament texts, credo, orthodoxy, sign of the cross greek exports?              the state of israel has been re-established...       i don't want anything to do with this judeo-grecian banality... you can have you little affair over                                 n        e                                                 w                                  s... don't worry... i'll make sure that i'm watching... people tell a lie... yeah: hum hum bubbly hum-hum... am i, or are there any arizona inbreds? who, the hell, needs, the news testament, within the confines of history, dispossessing europe of it, of an established jewish state?       one book among many... hence the scent of a yawn...                          when entering a library... i'll do one gesture, and one gesture alone... inclined to a replica...     ecce libra!              i wash my hands from                   having any investment in it. **** the greeks can have it...       they can keep it, cherish it, but they better not spaghetti the old testament with their... "ingenious" plot... not when the nag hammadi library emerged...       no... not now... not ever...         i detest this greek book of overt symbolism...   their pristine alphabet, their diacritical application,   with the pseudo-romans toying with: deaf... or blind... whichever it is... sandpaper... instead of a kangaroo pouch... of inflated... soft... flesh? i'll rip your heart out and feed it to my neighbour's dog,                   beside a bowl of water.
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Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 2018 at 8:32 PM UTC
ecce libra! re-emergence of israel **** liber)
so, with israel being re-established... why do we, us,hit europeans... even need to bother establishing authority,          utilißing the new testament? i quiete like the old testament logic of: oculus per oculus                    (eye for an eye)... because the saxon concept of justice: i rather see... the implosion of    blackstone's formulation... the 10:1 imploding to the 1:10 ratio of...       a shawshank redemption... there is... redemption... since! there's no justice within the post scriptum of the hillsborough disaster... watching people walk, the lunatic walk, 20 years later?    disorientated by the court of justice?     re-dem-ption... the whole aspect of: innocent until proven guilty is horrid! this... saxon vernacular of that branch of philosophy that's bogus... namely... within origins      of the forbidden fruit... i.e. and you know?!     really?!       no... but i'll **** to make a standing pivot of a pawn on a chess-board.                           savvy? who, among the europeans... actually needs such artifacts as new testament texts, credo, orthodoxy, sign of the cross greek exports?              the state of israel has been re-established...       i don't want anything to do with this judeo-grecian banality... you can have you little affair over                                 n        e                                                 w                                  s... don't worry... i'll make sure that i'm watching... people tell a lie... yeah: hum hum bubbly hum-hum... am i, or are there any arizona inbreds? who, the hell, needs, the news testament, within the confines of history, dispossessing europe of it, of an established jewish state?       one book among many... hence the scent of a yawn...                          when entering a library... i'll do one gesture, and one gesture alone... inclined to a replica...     ecce libra!              i wash my hands from                   having any investment in it. **** the greeks can have it...       they can keep it, cherish it, but they better not spaghetti the old testament with their... "ingenious" plot... not when the nag hammadi library emerged...       no... not now... not ever...         i detest this greek book of overt symbolism...   their pristine alphabet, their diacritical application,   with the pseudo-romans toying with: deaf... or blind... whichever it is... sandpaper... instead of a kangaroo pouch... of inflated... soft... flesh? i'll rip your heart out and feed it to my neighbour's dog,                   beside a bowl of water.
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My Principles Are Not For Sale! This poem is dedicated to all those secret, righteous souls, the silent minority (and heaven alone knows who they are) who guide their principles of conduct, whenever their evil inclination challenges them, by the credo "G-d is watching." They do what is right, unimpressed with what "everybody else does." They readily hold their lip, and bow their head to maintain this "peace" in G-d's world. To them, know, this is their holy sacrifice--a sacrifice to G-d, on his very Alter (our world). Surviving adversity, it is really against the odds that you'll still stay normal with your full deck of cards Like many a cause that you know have a price where principle is concerned, you're ready to sacrifice There is right and there is wrong, you don't need to belong your principles are just, they have made you headstrong No rhyme and no reason can sway you from this cause because you've pondered its justice and have found no flaws Shouts of anger and negativity galore you are now tasting just what is in store What words could you offer to those limited in thought when all is finished, would it be your wisdom they sought? Words of the heart enter the heart, when all else fails it's not a bad place to be, when addressing another's ails To overcome adversity there is not always one solution but it can never be found in starting a revolution In final sum, it seems like the rule of thumb better to negotiate that peace and then some For the alternatives are all to clear why perpetuate hatred and fear so put aside your differences and find a world wishing to care
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Jul 31, 2015
Jul 31, 2015 at 9:39 AM UTC
To Overcome Adversity
My Principles Are Not For Sale! This poem is dedicated to all those secret, righteous souls, the silent minority (and heaven alone knows who they are) who guide their principles of conduct, whenever their evil inclination challenges them, by the credo "G-d is watching." They do what is right, unimpressed with what "everybody else does." They readily hold their lip, and bow their head to maintain this "peace" in G-d's world. To them, know, this is their holy sacrifice--a sacrifice to G-d, on his very Alter (our world). Surviving adversity, it is really against the odds that you'll still stay normal with your full deck of cards Like many a cause that you know have a price where principle is concerned, you're ready to sacrifice There is right and there is wrong, you don't need to belong your principles are just, they have made you headstrong No rhyme and no reason can sway you from this cause because you've pondered its justice and have found no flaws Shouts of anger and negativity galore you are now tasting just what is in store What words could you offer to those limited in thought when all is finished, would it be your wisdom they sought? Words of the heart enter the heart, when all else fails it's not a bad place to be, when addressing another's ails To overcome adversity there is not always one solution but it can never be found in starting a revolution In final sum, it seems like the rule of thumb better to negotiate that peace and then some For the alternatives are all to clear why perpetuate hatred and fear so put aside your differences and find a world wishing to care
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My Principles Are Not For Sale! This poem is dedicated to all those secret, righteous souls, the silent minority (and heaven alone knows who they are) who guide their principles of conduct, whenever their evil inclination challenges them, by the credo "G-d is watching." They do what is right, unimpressed with what "everybody else does." They readily hold their lip, and bow their head to maintain this "peace" in G-d's world. To them, know, this is their holy sacrifice--a sacrifice to G-d, on his very Alter (our world). Surviving adversity, it is really against the odds that you'll still stay normal with your full deck of cards Like many a cause that you know have a price where principle is concerned, you're ready to sacrifice There is right and there is wrong, you don't need to belong your principles are just, they have made you headstrong No rhyme and no reason can sway you from this cause because you've pondered its justice and have found no flaws Shouts of anger and negativity galore you are now tasting just what is in store What words could you offer to those limited in thought when all is finished, would it be your wisdom they sought? Words of the heart enter the heart, when all else fails it's not a bad place to be, when addressing another's ails To overcome adversity there is not always one solution but it can never be found in starting a revolution In final sum, it seems like the rule of thumb better to negotiate that peace and then some For the alternatives are all to clear why perpetuate hatred and fear so put aside your differences and find a world wishing to care
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Jul 24, 2015
Jul 24, 2015 at 6:32 AM UTC
To Overcome Adversity
My Principles Are Not For Sale! This poem is dedicated to all those secret, righteous souls, the silent minority (and heaven alone knows who they are) who guide their principles of conduct, whenever their evil inclination challenges them, by the credo "G-d is watching." They do what is right, unimpressed with what "everybody else does." They readily hold their lip, and bow their head to maintain this "peace" in G-d's world. To them, know, this is their holy sacrifice--a sacrifice to G-d, on his very Alter (our world). Surviving adversity, it is really against the odds that you'll still stay normal with your full deck of cards Like many a cause that you know have a price where principle is concerned, you're ready to sacrifice There is right and there is wrong, you don't need to belong your principles are just, they have made you headstrong No rhyme and no reason can sway you from this cause because you've pondered its justice and have found no flaws Shouts of anger and negativity galore you are now tasting just what is in store What words could you offer to those limited in thought when all is finished, would it be your wisdom they sought? Words of the heart enter the heart, when all else fails it's not a bad place to be, when addressing another's ails To overcome adversity there is not always one solution but it can never be found in starting a revolution In final sum, it seems like the rule of thumb better to negotiate that peace and then some For the alternatives are all to clear why perpetuate hatred and fear so put aside your differences and find a world wishing to care
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By: Cedric McClester Justice delayed is justice denied A familiar credo rarely applied So the call for it is a rising tide They’re only trying to close the divide It came so quickly in Baltimore Like nothing that they had ever seen before The young prosecutor was so able and sure Though she never tried a case like it before This time a rookie would light the fuse People rejoiced once given the news The laws don’t exist for police to abuse Responsible parties have to pay some dues She laid the facts out chapter and verse Starting with what she said occurred first It began to appear that Freddie was cursed As she laid out the charges it looked even worst Although color only tends to distract If you must keep track as a matter of fact Out of the six cops three were black Which doesn’t suggest that they knew how to act Cops bleed blue whether black or white The uniform’s the same am I wrong or right? Either or they’ll put out your light Then say you resisted and put up a fight People were asking how Freddie died Some rightly suspected from a bumpy ride And now that those facts have been verified It’s more than a theory that will get tried Just as if Freddie was sending a sign His broken neck and a badly cracked spine Wasn’t self-inflicted we got to find Did they really think that we’d lost our minds © Copyright 2015, Cedric McClester.  All rights reserved.
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May 1, 2015
May 1, 2015 at 8:31 PM UTC
JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED
Hail to Thee, Immortal Three Knowledge we sing on laud Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates Philosophy, to be human awed Teach through time, consciously Nod not, what others fraud Socrates taught, Divine Being God not of brutal Athens’ passions Entity of Beauty, Truth Seeing Goodness unseen in day’s fashions Soul for unalloyed agreeing Lessons humanities’ compassion Talk eternal justice, everlasting life Socrates’ Sovereign Right of Reason Clearly mind deceived sense’s strife Invincible perfection be God’s season Thus, our key to knowledge ever rife Priests who find this, absolute treason No church or Socratic school A barefoot man roamed to teach Socrates mocked for looking a fool His speech not one to simply preach Plato witnesses a martyr’s drool Cruel hemlock, words did so breach Handsome aristocratic youth Plato Followed Socrates’ Eternal Wisdom But soon to find his own credo In Medara to find Euclid and freedom Egyptian geometry to provide dado To Plato life, expression; not a system Eternally an artist, Plato did develop Philosophic circle in Academus groves Bring Athens, world knowledge envelop Discretions of sensations, be not oaths What man may be, an animal jealous Plato’s allegorical cave found in droves As Plato once be Socrates’ disciple So too, to Plato would Aristotle be Passing comprehension archetypal Successions of genius’ visions do see Aristotle taking it step further, as vital To science of hands-on discovery And this is where we see a parting Of two distinctly opposing philosophies Plato being at odds, with science starting Aristotle’s truth, finding no apologies Things not happening by chance imparting Frivolity of duopoly, dichotomy to Socrates But a new era has surely now dawned Science exploring an invisible atom And the seen and unseen correspond So to Aristotle’s, Plato’s, Socrates’ datum Brilliant new philosophies have spawned An abstract notion of conceived stratum
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May 9, 2016
May 9, 2016 at 12:09 PM UTC
Immortal Three
Hail to Thee, Immortal Three Knowledge we sing on laud Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates Philosophy, to be human awed Teach through time, consciously Nod not, what others fraud Socrates taught, Divine Being God not of brutal Athens’ passions Entity of Beauty, Truth Seeing Goodness unseen in day’s fashions Soul for unalloyed agreeing Lessons humanities’ compassion Talk eternal justice, everlasting life Socrates’ Sovereign Right of Reason Clearly mind deceived sense’s strife Invincible perfection be God’s season Thus, our key to knowledge ever rife Priests who find this, absolute treason No church or Socratic school A barefoot man roamed to teach Socrates mocked for looking a fool His speech not one to simply preach Plato witnesses a martyr’s drool Cruel hemlock, words did so breach Handsome aristocratic youth Plato Followed Socrates’ Eternal Wisdom But soon to find his own credo In Medara to find Euclid and freedom Egyptian geometry to provide dado To Plato life, expression; not a system Eternally an artist, Plato did develop Philosophic circle in Academus groves Bring Athens, world knowledge envelop Discretions of sensations, be not oaths What man may be, an animal jealous Plato’s allegorical cave found in droves As Plato once be Socrates’ disciple So too, to Plato would Aristotle be Passing comprehension archetypal Successions of genius’ visions do see Aristotle taking it step further, as vital To science of hands-on discovery And this is where we see a parting Of two distinctly opposing philosophies Plato being at odds, with science starting Aristotle’s truth, finding no apologies Things not happening by chance imparting Frivolity of duopoly, dichotomy to Socrates But a new era has surely now dawned Science exploring an invisible atom And the seen and unseen correspond So to Aristotle’s, Plato’s, Socrates’ datum Brilliant new philosophies have spawned An abstract notion of conceived stratum
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i have been attacked on another poetry site because i found a baby plagierist.... it is of no matter really... a storm in a teacup... i only mention it here because... the logic of the this cyber **** was so very ludicrious. among the swearing and none to inventive ways i should go **** myself was this little gem.... "and stop using a dictionary to make yourself look smart" now...i am honest in saying none of the ranting had affected me up to this point.... but this...just left me...        .... rolfing..... as poets....is not that part of our credo...is the dictionary not one of our basic tools. anyway..just thought i would share this as an example of the genius minds that take up trolling.
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Sep 12, 2014
Sep 12, 2014 at 5:25 AM UTC
the genius troll...with regards to cyberbullying
Just feel don't know Need love want hope End up all alone End up in a retirement home Taste heart smell sun Dance shake shimmy fun Run into guy with a gun Run in the convent be a nun Worship jesus worship god Hate the devil hate the rod Celibate and frozen solid No one ever sees your *** Age wrinkle die alone Empty heart empty throne Wasted life on fake credo Now you die, now you go
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May 20, 2010
May 20, 2010 at 8:59 PM UTC
rhythmic verse i
Trust is not weakness Vulnerability is where honesty breeds hope
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Mar 18, 2014
Mar 18, 2014 at 11:28 PM UTC
Credo
I self-indulged— For me a rare Lapse, an unexpected Slide to materialism. Repenting already, My selfishness. I bought myself Internet Radio. How could I resist? E-Tail has made it so easy. GOTO Amazon Electronics. •Amazon.com: Electronicswww.amazon.com/electronics-store/b?ie=UTF8... Amazon.com, Inc. Online shopping from a great selection at Electronics Store. ... Electronics. Shop for TV & Video, ... Featured Offers in Electronics ... Electronics Categories • ($“Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching!$ Ads in the middle of the freaking poem!”) The omnipresent marketplace: Shop at home in your pajamas, Pay for it with keystrokes, Go back to sleep. FOR SALE:  Hail to thee, Oh bittersweet Credo of Capitalism! I finally broke down, Accepting the fact that RADIO: once a wireless marvel; Now, a fading media option, Its broadcast range Not only shrunk, but Signal reception, downright poor. So, I finally broke down Bought a radio that actually works. So what I want to know Is NPR so full of itself that They go so far to find some British-accent guy to read Sports summaries? I am listening to some Pompous Pommy poofter, At KBOS, Boston, Massachusetts, Nigel Longshanks, himself, Recapping “The Run for the Roses,” Kentucky Derby homestretch, Missed NBA semi-final foul shot & The freakish mojo comeback of Yankee Baseball Bad Boy: A-ROD.
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May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015 at 1:19 PM UTC
“RADIO DAYS”
The burning hunger of fractured regret Your blasphemous assumption of my stupidity? in whose material conundrum of a word? in what abstract thought on your minimal plane? An endless valley of craters and breaks Monosyllabic color in your grossly proportioned mind With all rotting media disgust and YOU mock me? You ballooned beast of a drunken horror film nominee The paint on a pigs face will always burn inward Scarring the inside craniotomy Until nothing is left but the repetition of a credo An incline of standard flat bodies ****** up and deposed All living in a drawl world Steeped in liquid Stretched thin to cover the inquiries To burn over and brand the thinkers and the lots An Oklahoma city bombing is still carved into your fair-haired breath Your bigotry is hilarious because my disgust could eat us all Yes I am leaping off my high horse but **** you I deserve it We frown upon pride unless it is clothed in metaphors of suppression And to what do you overcome? Your perfect quiet suburban upbringing Exposure blackballing the floor boards filled with lies Lies that are my foundation Rocks that rust into marbles rattling Around my stomach With every rung the anger in my rib cage calls out to you The yelping, the sheltered closet and the oriental rugs Yes I am dumb like you More happier in this fatal dichotomy of a trip **** holy **** despotic mess.
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Nov 30, 2010
Nov 30, 2010 at 9:26 AM UTC
Quadriplegic consciousness
Are we to wither away, say goodbye to the remote possibility of everything or the acceptance of nothing, damaged as we are from life and what it has thrown at us and how we have adapted to it, where is the strength we thought nothing of when we were young – everything was possible, anything could be overcome. Now it is harder to start from the beginning to rise from the detritus that has left its smudge on this human plane, to  feel warmth from one’s own heart, passions that used to run deep are locked away lost from the moment, will they ever return or are they buried from this reality – what is this reality? Pure and without stimulus our bodies weak from over indulgence become but empty vessels  for our pain to adhere to, but yet exists this mind of memories that fail to disappear. These very memories fight with the functionality that we accept as our living life mixed with dreams and our experiences laid bare to improve upon the quality of our anger, frustration, pleasure and happiness that engages us again, enabling us the advantage to overcome our apathy and  withstand hardship and discomfort, both  mentally and  physically. And once again we shout from the highest imagined ground our intentions and with our determination set to turbo drive, we move out on to the superhighway of our existence, battling  our demons to achieve our presupposed goals, is this living? Or merely homage to a bygone set of loosely interpreted doctrine absorbed from our greater consciences. Individuality what has this become? – A freedom to define ones uniqueness? Is it truly accepted or is it frowned  upon, an illusion perhaps, to be held high then massaged by ego, manipulated by the wannabees and dismissed by the pseudo intellectuals for their contrived  ill-gotten gains. Or is it puerile credo that mutates in to a complex melange of all things material, a substitute for the happiness that existed in a previous incarnation of existence, without doubt a causal effect imploding,  oblivious to the damage that is caused by the ignorance of consideration and distillation of emotion from love, to the banality of acceptance. Once again the circle is circumvented  and the cycle is begun in earnest until the finality of death is welcomed unto the midst of longing from the soul, in repose before its journey to dance amongst the cosmos.
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Nov 25, 2012
Nov 25, 2012 at 6:53 PM UTC
Is This A Question of Age?
Are we to wither away, say goodbye to the remote possibility of everything or the acceptance of nothing, damaged as we are from life and what it has thrown at us and how we have adapted to it, where is the strength we thought nothing of when we were young – everything was possible, anything could be overcome. Now it is harder to start from the beginning to rise from the detritus that has left its smudge on this human plane, to  feel warmth from one’s own heart, passions that used to run deep are locked away lost from the moment, will they ever return or are they buried from this reality – what is this reality? Pure and without stimulus our bodies weak from over indulgence become but empty vessels  for our pain to adhere to, but yet exists this mind of memories that fail to disappear. These very memories fight with the functionality that we accept as our living life mixed with dreams and our experiences laid bare to improve upon the quality of our anger, frustration, pleasure and happiness that engages us again, enabling us the advantage to overcome our apathy and  withstand hardship and discomfort, both  mentally and  physically. And once again we shout from the highest imagined ground our intentions and with our determination set to turbo drive, we move out on to the superhighway of our existence, battling  our demons to achieve our presupposed goals, is this living? Or merely homage to a bygone set of loosely interpreted doctrine absorbed from our greater consciences. Individuality what has this become? – A freedom to define ones uniqueness? Is it truly accepted or is it frowned  upon, an illusion perhaps, to be held high then massaged by ego, manipulated by the wannabees and dismissed by the pseudo intellectuals for their contrived  ill-gotten gains. Or is it puerile credo that mutates in to a complex melange of all things material, a substitute for the happiness that existed in a previous incarnation of existence, without doubt a causal effect imploding,  oblivious to the damage that is caused by the ignorance of consideration and distillation of emotion from love, to the banality of acceptance. Once again the circle is circumvented  and the cycle is begun in earnest until the finality of death is welcomed unto the midst of longing from the soul, in repose before its journey to dance amongst the cosmos.
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E shita lekuren bashke me kockat E dhashe me cmim te lire U lehtesova nga nje barre e rende E mora udhen tutje si era... Vetja s'mu duk rrugac,as shenjt Per cudi u ndjeva me teper njeri!
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Feb 28, 2013
Feb 28, 2013 at 6:09 AM UTC
Credo
I grew up knowing we are a broken race, A race that changes smiles to frowns on everyone's face, A race of pity, a race of self destruction, A race of slaves, a race of savages. I grew up knowing that we are the poison to the sea, Acid to the earth And pollution to the air. I grew up embarassed of my colour, Embarassed of my Nation, Embarassed of my Continent... I guess I didn't know better That one day I will discover of our Greatness. I discovered that our forefathers walked all four corners of the Earth. Let me rephrase that... Our forefathers were acknowledged in all corners of the Earth. I discovered we were once tutors of the world, We were once Astronomers of the stars, Travellers of Mother Earth, Doctors to the sick And Founders of great kingdoms like Cambodia, parts of Egypt, America etc... We were founders of some of the world's oldest civilisations, The olmec vivilization. African child, how far have you fallen? I get so much joy and pride when I look back, Back beyond the slave's era, Further before the missionaries, The beauty I see. I am overwhelmed by the greatness of our Africanism. Where did it all go wrong? We have such great history But it all sounds like a myth or a mystery Especially when I say that we once walked tall and high in the foreign lands of America, Not as slaves but as residents and rulers. Our history shouts of our greatness, It tells us that the first man to be saluted as Emperor of China Was the son of the soil, the son of Africa. Our history tells a story of our existence in India, Our great kingdoms in Cambodia and Scotland. Our history even goes back further to the ancient times of the Bible. It speaks of ****** a great man in the eyes of the Lord, The father of Cush, the founder of Cushite, a black nation. It saddens me to see us disrespect our elders like this For they hold our rich history. They hold the bridges we have forgotten, They hold the secrets of our Nation. They were there when mama Africa gave birth to us And we will weep when mama Africa swallows them up. We will not cry for they have gone But we will cry for the knowledge we have buried. If you don't believe me ask the sage Ntate Credo Mutwa. Wake up Africa. Wake up and Rise... Rise African Child!
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Nov 7, 2019
Nov 7, 2019 at 7:30 PM UTC
RISE AFRICAN CHILD
I grew up knowing we are a broken race, A race that changes smiles to frowns on everyone's face, A race of pity, a race of self destruction, A race of slaves, a race of savages. I grew up knowing that we are the poison to the sea, Acid to the earth And pollution to the air. I grew up embarassed of my colour, Embarassed of my Nation, Embarassed of my Continent... I guess I didn't know better That one day I will discover of our Greatness. I discovered that our forefathers walked all four corners of the Earth. Let me rephrase that... Our forefathers were acknowledged in all corners of the Earth. I discovered we were once tutors of the world, We were once Astronomers of the stars, Travellers of Mother Earth, Doctors to the sick And Founders of great kingdoms like Cambodia, parts of Egypt, America etc... We were founders of some of the world's oldest civilisations, The olmec vivilization. African child, how far have you fallen? I get so much joy and pride when I look back, Back beyond the slave's era, Further before the missionaries, The beauty I see. I am overwhelmed by the greatness of our Africanism. Where did it all go wrong? We have such great history But it all sounds like a myth or a mystery Especially when I say that we once walked tall and high in the foreign lands of America, Not as slaves but as residents and rulers. Our history shouts of our greatness, It tells us that the first man to be saluted as Emperor of China Was the son of the soil, the son of Africa. Our history tells a story of our existence in India, Our great kingdoms in Cambodia and Scotland. Our history even goes back further to the ancient times of the Bible. It speaks of ****** a great man in the eyes of the Lord, The father of Cush, the founder of Cushite, a black nation. It saddens me to see us disrespect our elders like this For they hold our rich history. They hold the bridges we have forgotten, They hold the secrets of our Nation. They were there when mama Africa gave birth to us And we will weep when mama Africa swallows them up. We will not cry for they have gone But we will cry for the knowledge we have buried. If you don't believe me ask the sage Ntate Credo Mutwa. Wake up Africa. Wake up and Rise... Rise African Child!
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rwyf wrth fy modd i chi. rwy'n credo mewn chi. aros yn gryf. gadw i fynd. peidiwch a^ rhol'r gorau iddi. i chi. yn caeleu. hardd.
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Apr 27, 2014
Apr 27, 2014 at 8:16 PM UTC
encouragement (welsh)
I am the poet called, Sweetsilverbird, but friends all know that I will never fly; unless it is by every waking sigh or every dream or wish or written word. I have a tender heart that's often stirred, but that's the code that I would live life by. I could not bear to try to live a lie, so of all subterfuge I have been cured. I think because life has been so unfair, I will not play the games that others play. Why does a lifetime have to go so fast? Why tolerate the cruelty that's there? But I am made of simple human clay and only live as long as I shall last.
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Apr 19, 2012
Apr 19, 2012 at 1:34 AM UTC
Credo (A Petrarchan Sonnet)
Solo et pensoso i più deserti campi vo mesurando a passi tardi e lenti, e gli occhi porto per fuggire intenti ove vestigio uman l'arena stampi. Altro schermo non trovo che mi scampi dal manifesto accorger de le genti; perché ne gliatti d'alegrezza spenti di fuor si legge com'io dentro avampi: sì ch'io mi credo omai che monti e piagge e fiumi e selve sappian di che tempre sia la mia vita, ch'è celata altrui. Ma pur sì aspre vie né sì selvagge cercar non so ch'Amore non venga sempre ragionando con meco, et io co llui.
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Solo et pensoso
pogo thought they is we - when the picnic ends in confusion - and the lemonade is spoiled by ashes. aristotle thought courage a great virtue - death a great adventure - and teaching the highest understanding. siddhartha thought life is all illusion - and that we must practice dying - until we finally understand. rumi thought death is awakening - and with his thought turning turning turning - he danced into the light of understanding. jesus thought death is new life abundant - and that he would make us welcome.
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Jul 21, 2012
Jul 21, 2012 at 11:19 PM UTC
credo 7 - death
There once was a shadow who thought he was a man, He made his empty bed in a shame of familiars, For years if not an eternity he never did one single thing, He contemplated creativity in all its smoke and mirrors, His only credo was padding his unknowing, limp ego, Got a gig, speaking before a throng of other shadows, He rewrote the crook about his own insignificances, suddenly Nothing's became every things, all was sorely well in the bleak Under toes.  Shadowman had found his stage, had rearranged Chaos and insignificance to the point of no enlightenments, No regrets.  What a sage! Shadowman aped, traced, spewed in studied literature, Experienced, faith, trust, fidelity, danced numbers, In a cellophane pack with all the added extras included, Found that reflecting words only got in his narcissistic way, Left the California sun for the New York lowlands Of the east, that only shine after the hurricane's Deluge.  Shadowman has reams of flesh plastered On a mall of wallowing sites only Shadowmen frequent, Modern is the moly man who makes his own myth. Shadowman has traveled to the great southern climes Where hotels of shade tell tales of locals and enlightenment is in a drug Called something South American or other?  A drug so smug it is a plug For his dun holy soul.  Shadowman is only a silhouette of himself. He freely gives seminars to the lame, chained to themselves freely, Where all the vain echoes are chambered, embodied, entombed.
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Feb 25, 2014
Feb 25, 2014 at 11:19 PM UTC
Requiem for a Shadowman
Am I beautiful enough? For the wicked and the ****** To live without care To meet expectations force-fed unto me Am I beautiful enough? To walk the hall and make jaws drop To tempt Adam and live in Eden To bring the Archangel to his knees Am I beautiful enough? To be in magazine spreads To see my body in Times Square To make all women turn green Am I beautiful enough? So intelligence does not matter To be in the eye of the beholder To be loved To be free
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Aug 14, 2013
Aug 14, 2013 at 3:17 AM UTC
A Modern Woman's Credo
Shalom you said but Fay's father ignored you on the stairs of the block of flats you were only trying to make peace with him because of Fay but he wasn't buying into any Jewism as he termed it forgetting that his Jesus said head of his Catholic Church was a Jew himself but that was another matter so you let him go on his way up the stairs humming some Latin hymn to himself later seeing Fay on the way to the grocer's shop through the Square she said her father had forbidden her to even talk with you (the Jew Boy he had said) but she knew it was impossible even if she wanted to which she didn't despite the risk she ran in seeing you or talking with you I only said shalom to him you said she frowned it means peace you said I could have said something else to him less friendly she smiled weakly best say nothing she said o.k you said so you walked with her to the grocer's shop across the road and along to the grocer's shop by the newspaper shop where they had The Three Musketeers book in the window which you wanted to buy at sometime and you showed her the book and the cover with a picture of three musketeers sword fighting and you walked on to the grocers and she bought what was on her list and you got what your mother had written on a small scrap of paper and afterwards you said how about a penny drink at the Penny shop? and she looked anxious and said not sure Dad said not to linger around well don't linger you said but have a drink and we can sit by the wall outside and see the world go by and sip our drinks she hesitated but then said o.k so you took her to the Penny shop and bought two bottles of penny pop and sat outside by the wall your shopping bags beside you the morning sun blessing your heads and she talked of the nuns at her school how strict they were but one she said was kind and taught her the Credo in Latin word by word and you sat listening to her and she sitting there momentarily free like an uncaged song bird.
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Nov 23, 2013
Nov 23, 2013 at 3:03 AM UTC
UNCAGED BIRD.
Shalom you said but Fay's father ignored you on the stairs of the block of flats you were only trying to make peace with him because of Fay but he wasn't buying into any Jewism as he termed it forgetting that his Jesus said head of his Catholic Church was a Jew himself but that was another matter so you let him go on his way up the stairs humming some Latin hymn to himself later seeing Fay on the way to the grocer's shop through the Square she said her father had forbidden her to even talk with you (the Jew Boy he had said) but she knew it was impossible even if she wanted to which she didn't despite the risk she ran in seeing you or talking with you I only said shalom to him you said she frowned it means peace you said I could have said something else to him less friendly she smiled weakly best say nothing she said o.k you said so you walked with her to the grocer's shop across the road and along to the grocer's shop by the newspaper shop where they had The Three Musketeers book in the window which you wanted to buy at sometime and you showed her the book and the cover with a picture of three musketeers sword fighting and you walked on to the grocers and she bought what was on her list and you got what your mother had written on a small scrap of paper and afterwards you said how about a penny drink at the Penny shop? and she looked anxious and said not sure Dad said not to linger around well don't linger you said but have a drink and we can sit by the wall outside and see the world go by and sip our drinks she hesitated but then said o.k so you took her to the Penny shop and bought two bottles of penny pop and sat outside by the wall your shopping bags beside you the morning sun blessing your heads and she talked of the nuns at her school how strict they were but one she said was kind and taught her the Credo in Latin word by word and you sat listening to her and she sitting there momentarily free like an uncaged song bird.
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Impoverished money grubs sit and revel in their ***** suds liking the flavors of darkly bubbled mud. From lovely earth, life debt owned, even if some still believe in this crud. Hunching ancient patriots hang western flags and live by the credo provided, and die by what mind remains undecided. Here, there, and everywhere lies man in the bush as hunters slouch gun, weapon fist-ted in bruised and trembling hand. Tis no wonder, what geometry pierces the chest, thought choice as if it were only peril. A cardinal sings whilst losing that rose-colored scintillating ring one more Orion slacks his belt, never. Stubborn and mostly blinded another shell blows through creature, in and out his ******* head, a demonic act of high treason.
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May 14, 2013
May 14, 2013 at 12:53 PM UTC
Without NO good reason
By: Cedric McClester Proudly he wore the uniform As many others do Went to work everyday Because he always knew What he wanted to be Once he finally grew Just like his father And some uncle’s too He lived by their credo To protect and serve Until he met a fate That no one deserves Shot twice in the head Some people have nerve Now an officer is dead And his perp’s in the preserve Facing a life sentence Not the electric chair He has no repentance You see, he doesn’t care They call him Hell-Raiser I guess that’s only fair He doesn’t have mercy At least that I’m aware We need to thank ‘em For the jobs they do Risking life and limb For people like me and you But to their oaths They swore to be true The many men and women Who proudly wear the blue © Copyright 2015, Cedric McClester.  All rights reserved.
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May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015 at 3:47 PM UTC
THE UNIFORM
Subes centelleante de labios y ojeras! Por tus venas subo, como un can herido que busca el refugio de blandas aceras. Amor, en el mundo tú eres un pecado! Mi beso es la ***** chispeante del cuerno del diablo; mi beso que es credo sagrado! Espíritu es el horópter que pasa puro en su blasfemia! El corazón que engendra al cerebro que pasa hacia el tuyo, por mi barro triste. Platónico estambre que existe en el cáliz donde tu alma existe! Algún penitente silencio siniestro? Tú acaso lo escuchas? Inocente flor! ...Y saber que donde no hay un Padrenuestro, el Amor es un Cristo pecador!
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Amor prohibido
il tuo sorriso, come le stelle sopra di noi stasera Non credo che potrei abbastanza confrontare il modo in cui i tuoi occhi brillano alla luce della luna pallida essi sono di colore blu sono sempre stati ma è diverso questa volta perché questa volta ti piaccio troppo questa volta siamo completamente persi in un mondo tutto nostro ma mi rendo conto di minuetti dopo sveglio nel mio letto lacrime sulle mie guance era solo un sogno e questo è tutto ciò che non potrà mai verificarsi
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Sep 9, 2013
Sep 9, 2013 at 8:53 PM UTC
Luce Luna Sogni Di Romanticismo