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"heeded" poems
I know you’ve heard these words before I've said them many times before I wish that I could use them more To make things better like before There was a time these words had meaning Sheathed in heartfelt cries and feelings But a shaman who can't heal Is just a man and nothing more Like worn-out, old and ***** pennies Now diluted by the many There's so many, many pennies Don't care there's one on my floor My cries of “wolf” no longer heeded When these words are truly needed To the darkness they've receded Blindly searching for that door In my chest still beats a heart While pained regret tears it apart Can't fix or go back to the start And you don’t want me anymore My anger and my finger pointing Foolishly like I'm anointed Not the one you are annoyed with You were wrong; I was so sure Attentively I listened to you In-and-out my ears your words flew Silenced; Gave no value to you Truth revealed strikes at my core Awakening I newly have With gained awareness of how bad I took for granted what I had A rolling tide erodes the shore Alone I sit and think of when We were not lovers just good friends Fun times together that we’d spend And from that my heart starts to soar Reality then brings me back Jolts like a sudden heart attack A deep sharp pain gives me a whack I scream until my lungs are sore Can't fix the memories or replace My nightmares wake me; Teary-faced Past filled with guilt, shame and disgrace Start questioning what life is for
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Jan 11, 2018
Jan 11, 2018 at 11:33 PM UTC
Sorry
Nobody marching toward us Their guns making us die. No tanks are come clanking No bombers in the sky. But our Congress and generals When oil or bases seem needed; We appear armed and threatening Peace and love talk not heeded. No country has attacked us With troops and lethal artillery. But our leaders expect us to Go open up their arteries And **** their women and children And laugh while they all die And we are expected to do this And never think to ask why. It’s almost like big companies Were sad when WW2 ended So they started attacking countries We really should have befriended. We let Russia have free reign To **** and ****** and steal Almost as if their aggression Wasn’t really true or even real. We looked around and made them, Those evil old warlike excuses, That some country threatened freedom And we pretended they weren’t ruses. We attacked Korea and Vietnam We were just supposed to observe That they were yellow people there And think they got what they deserved. We didn’t stop there, as Reagan took A duly elected leader and put him in jail. If any country did that to our country The conservatives would howl and rail. Then the Bushes tried their best to take Iraq to steal their oil and punish them And created an era of stronger hatred And anti-American outrage and mayhem. No foreign country has attacked America; So, the point bears repeating once again. We need to stop acting like bullies here And start acting like decent statesmen And women who have the bigger picture; The growth of peace in our battered world So, other countries will not take their guns And shoot our flag when it’s unfurled.
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Sep 26, 2018
Sep 26, 2018 at 4:56 PM UTC
THE BIG LIE OF WAR
Nobody marching toward us Their guns making us die. No tanks are come clanking No bombers in the sky. But our Congress and generals When oil or bases seem needed; We appear armed and threatening Peace and love talk not heeded. No country has attacked us With troops and lethal artillery. But our leaders expect us to Go open up their arteries And **** their women and children And laugh while they all die And we are expected to do this And never think to ask why. It’s almost like big companies Were sad when WW2 ended So they started attacking countries We really should have befriended. We let Russia have free reign To **** and ****** and steal Almost as if their aggression Wasn’t really true or even real. We looked around and made them, Those evil old warlike excuses, That some country threatened freedom And we pretended they weren’t ruses. We attacked Korea and Vietnam We were just supposed to observe That they were yellow people there And think they got what they deserved. We didn’t stop there, as Reagan took A duly elected leader and put him in jail. If any country did that to our country The conservatives would howl and rail. Then the Bushes tried their best to take Iraq to steal their oil and punish them And created an era of stronger hatred And anti-American outrage and mayhem. No foreign country has attacked America; So, the point bears repeating once again. We need to stop acting like bullies here And start acting like decent statesmen And women who have the bigger picture; The growth of peace in our battered world So, other countries will not take their guns And shoot our flag when it’s unfurled.
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My parents gave me a pink childhood framed with lace and luxury-- but a black stain has spread there, deep as the amount of time I’ve spent thinking about what people are capable of, and how they can stand hanging a mirror in every bathroom, because water cannot clean people of the lie they told their brother or the betrayal inflicted against their friend, some wrongs of which may never be realized, but will always remain in the form of a new freckle on my left cheek or shadow beneath my eye. And I am sorry, because I should have sooner heeded my mother’s words when she told me I was the moral compass grounding you stonedust streets. Your childhood resembled a light bulb broken before it tasted electricity, no one taught you North from South and how different the terrain may become when you find yourself in the mountains with only sandals on your feet. I had been that for you, and you told me as much every weekend we spent riding in the bed of my father’s pickup truck and shouting against wind-gusts that threatened to carry our voices away from one another-- I have sinced learned there are many ways to **** a person. I killed you when I stole your sense of direction like floorboards from beneath your cracked and bleeding feet, and allowed you to fall--who knows how far-- landing in a pile of skin-biting needles and leftover sediment, the very bottom of brown-glass bottles strewn across the floor. Staying would have saved you, I’m sure, and I’ll never forget that I turned away out of fear, cowardice, because I hated the sight of your skin-and-bone crowd, friends in name but not in heart, and left you lost among them, And you who knew no better remained, your humanity expelled with each smoke-laden breath and then evaporating, nonextant.
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Jan 21, 2015
Jan 21, 2015 at 7:45 PM UTC
The Second Macbeth
My parents gave me a pink childhood framed with lace and luxury-- but a black stain has spread there, deep as the amount of time I’ve spent thinking about what people are capable of, and how they can stand hanging a mirror in every bathroom, because water cannot clean people of the lie they told their brother or the betrayal inflicted against their friend, some wrongs of which may never be realized, but will always remain in the form of a new freckle on my left cheek or shadow beneath my eye. And I am sorry, because I should have sooner heeded my mother’s words when she told me I was the moral compass grounding you stonedust streets. Your childhood resembled a light bulb broken before it tasted electricity, no one taught you North from South and how different the terrain may become when you find yourself in the mountains with only sandals on your feet. I had been that for you, and you told me as much every weekend we spent riding in the bed of my father’s pickup truck and shouting against wind-gusts that threatened to carry our voices away from one another-- I have sinced learned there are many ways to **** a person. I killed you when I stole your sense of direction like floorboards from beneath your cracked and bleeding feet, and allowed you to fall--who knows how far-- landing in a pile of skin-biting needles and leftover sediment, the very bottom of brown-glass bottles strewn across the floor. Staying would have saved you, I’m sure, and I’ll never forget that I turned away out of fear, cowardice, because I hated the sight of your skin-and-bone crowd, friends in name but not in heart, and left you lost among them, And you who knew no better remained, your humanity expelled with each smoke-laden breath and then evaporating, nonextant.
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Forth into the forest straightway All alone walked Hiawatha Proudly, with his bow and arrows, And the birds sang round him, o’er him, “Do not shoot us, Hiawatha!” Sang the robin, the Opechee, Sang the blue bird, the Owaissa, “Do not shoot us, Hiawatha!” Up the oak tree, close beside him, Sprang the squirrel, Adjidaumo, In and out among the branches, Coughed and chattered from the oak tree, Laughed, and said between his laughing, “Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!” And the rabbit from his pathway Leaped aside, and at a distance Sat ***** upon his haunches, Half in fear and half in frolic, Saying to the little hunter, “Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!” But he heeded not, nor heard them, For his thoughts were with the red deer; On their tracks his eyes were fastened, Leading downward to the river, To the ford across the river, And as one in slumber walked he, Hidden in the alder bushes. There he waited till the deer came, Till he saw two antlers lifted, Saw two eyes look from the thicket, Saw two nostrils point to windward, And a deer came down the pathway, Flecked with leafy light and shadow. And his heart within him fluttered, Trembled like the leaves above him, Like the birch-leaf palpitated, As the deer came down the pathway. Then, upon one knee uprising, Hiawatha aimed an arrow; Scarce a twig moved with his motion, Scarce a leaf was stirred or rustled, But the wary roebuck started, Stamped with all his hoofs together, Listened with one foot uplifted, Leaped as if to meet the arrow; Ah! the singing, fatal arrow, Like a wasp it buzzed and stung him! Dead he lay there in the forest, By the ford across the river; Beat his timid heart no longer, But the heart of Hiawatha Throbbed and shouted and exulted, As he bore the red deer homeward, And Iagoo and Nokomis Hailed his coming with applauses. From the red deer’s hide Nokomis Made a cloak for Hiawatha, From the red deer’s flesh Nokomis Made a banquet in his honor. All the village came and feasted, All the guests praised Hiawatha, Called him Strong-heart, Soan-ge-taha! Called him Loon-Heart, Mahn-go-taysee!
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Hiawatha’s Hunting
Forth into the forest straightway All alone walked Hiawatha Proudly, with his bow and arrows, And the birds sang round him, o’er him, “Do not shoot us, Hiawatha!” Sang the robin, the Opechee, Sang the blue bird, the Owaissa, “Do not shoot us, Hiawatha!” Up the oak tree, close beside him, Sprang the squirrel, Adjidaumo, In and out among the branches, Coughed and chattered from the oak tree, Laughed, and said between his laughing, “Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!” And the rabbit from his pathway Leaped aside, and at a distance Sat ***** upon his haunches, Half in fear and half in frolic, Saying to the little hunter, “Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!” But he heeded not, nor heard them, For his thoughts were with the red deer; On their tracks his eyes were fastened, Leading downward to the river, To the ford across the river, And as one in slumber walked he, Hidden in the alder bushes. There he waited till the deer came, Till he saw two antlers lifted, Saw two eyes look from the thicket, Saw two nostrils point to windward, And a deer came down the pathway, Flecked with leafy light and shadow. And his heart within him fluttered, Trembled like the leaves above him, Like the birch-leaf palpitated, As the deer came down the pathway. Then, upon one knee uprising, Hiawatha aimed an arrow; Scarce a twig moved with his motion, Scarce a leaf was stirred or rustled, But the wary roebuck started, Stamped with all his hoofs together, Listened with one foot uplifted, Leaped as if to meet the arrow; Ah! the singing, fatal arrow, Like a wasp it buzzed and stung him! Dead he lay there in the forest, By the ford across the river; Beat his timid heart no longer, But the heart of Hiawatha Throbbed and shouted and exulted, As he bore the red deer homeward, And Iagoo and Nokomis Hailed his coming with applauses. From the red deer’s hide Nokomis Made a cloak for Hiawatha, From the red deer’s flesh Nokomis Made a banquet in his honor. All the village came and feasted, All the guests praised Hiawatha, Called him Strong-heart, Soan-ge-taha! Called him Loon-Heart, Mahn-go-taysee!
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Strange question indeed, So I asked one and all; Explain to me: “What's a plumber's ball?” Family and friends Heeded my call, But none could confine, Refine or define it, Yet Paul was sure He could design it. Still, none could satisfy My caterwaul: “What the hell is a plumber's ball?” Does it sweat the pipe Or wiggle the snake: Can it clamp the ****** For Heaven's sake? Could it snap on the cock-hole cover? All these queries Made me wonder. Has it something to do With hardness leakage, Or ******** the ball-cock To stop a seepage? Has it anything to do With a saddle valve dripping, Electric eels, Or two pipes mating? And, I heard of male and female fittings, And should I worry If I'm standing or sitting? If you're discharging the head Or elongating the pipe, Does the plumber's ball Help it snug tight? Is it in my tank, Or in my bowl, Beneath the floor Near the drainage hole? Is the plumber's ball In the back of the truck (Jeff laughed and said One could rub it for luck). I asked Michel If he could tell, He sensed it was something He could smell. I sought out Ray, Perhaps he'd know, But he was on call To restrain a back-flow. I couldn't ask Gary For his wisdom and sense, He was wigglin' the snake To unclog a wet vent. Henry, Rick, Scotty and Brian, Gave shameless answers I couldn't rely on. It's not a crapper, tail piece Or Johnnie-bolt, Or catch basin, reamer, O-ring or pipe dope. So I searched the Net With a fool's wonder, And read of ball-checks, Gas ***** and plungers. I know it's too late To ask Rolly or Ross, For both of them knew, And that's our loss. And Ernie's gone golfing So I can't ask the Boss. With final resolve I fell to my knees, To pray St. Ferrer With grace intercede. His silence left me In a state of depression; Had Ferrer washed his hands Of the plumbing profession? So nothing could settle My wherewithal, I still didn't know, What's a plumber's ball? Suddenly, it hit me, He's never wrong, The Dalai Lama of dip-tubes, I'll ask John. Where others did falter, John's a rock: He knows the difference Between a gas and ball **** With a knowing smile He embraced our Hall: Here, good friend, is your Plumbers' Ball.
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Sep 22, 2014
Sep 22, 2014 at 9:10 AM UTC
What's a Plumber's Ball
Strange question indeed, So I asked one and all; Explain to me: “What's a plumber's ball?” Family and friends Heeded my call, But none could confine, Refine or define it, Yet Paul was sure He could design it. Still, none could satisfy My caterwaul: “What the hell is a plumber's ball?” Does it sweat the pipe Or wiggle the snake: Can it clamp the ****** For Heaven's sake? Could it snap on the cock-hole cover? All these queries Made me wonder. Has it something to do With hardness leakage, Or ******** the ball-cock To stop a seepage? Has it anything to do With a saddle valve dripping, Electric eels, Or two pipes mating? And, I heard of male and female fittings, And should I worry If I'm standing or sitting? If you're discharging the head Or elongating the pipe, Does the plumber's ball Help it snug tight? Is it in my tank, Or in my bowl, Beneath the floor Near the drainage hole? Is the plumber's ball In the back of the truck (Jeff laughed and said One could rub it for luck). I asked Michel If he could tell, He sensed it was something He could smell. I sought out Ray, Perhaps he'd know, But he was on call To restrain a back-flow. I couldn't ask Gary For his wisdom and sense, He was wigglin' the snake To unclog a wet vent. Henry, Rick, Scotty and Brian, Gave shameless answers I couldn't rely on. It's not a crapper, tail piece Or Johnnie-bolt, Or catch basin, reamer, O-ring or pipe dope. So I searched the Net With a fool's wonder, And read of ball-checks, Gas ***** and plungers. I know it's too late To ask Rolly or Ross, For both of them knew, And that's our loss. And Ernie's gone golfing So I can't ask the Boss. With final resolve I fell to my knees, To pray St. Ferrer With grace intercede. His silence left me In a state of depression; Had Ferrer washed his hands Of the plumbing profession? So nothing could settle My wherewithal, I still didn't know, What's a plumber's ball? Suddenly, it hit me, He's never wrong, The Dalai Lama of dip-tubes, I'll ask John. Where others did falter, John's a rock: He knows the difference Between a gas and ball **** With a knowing smile He embraced our Hall: Here, good friend, is your Plumbers' Ball.
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How do you say, "Thank you," to someone who saved your life? No, no, no..........let's get it right! I was dead and gone. I was 2 seconds from being burried deeper than most while life carried on. I was about to decompose and be a feast for the worms. I was a walking corpse in no other terms. And then, she spoke to me and raised me from the dead. I saw the light in her and followed it instead. I grabbed a pen and paper and wrote, "Confessions of Him". Suddenly, life surged! And I could stay afloat and swim. If not for her this place would have made me a zombie in tomb . No way to express myself, but, with her light my body was exhumed. I could hardly sleep placing pen to paper. The flood gates were opened and the words made me feel safer. Medora had stolen all my energy and light. I didn't know a place could make you give up your will to fight. You'll know her when you see her. Her beauty will never fade. She glows in the distance like a lighthouse in a storm. And up close she is blinding, but, its comforting and warm. Her voice is like music and her smile makes you think of **** Yea! She's that GREAT and fills you with delight. Her laugh is free and hearty. Her skin is rosey with flecks of white. Her hair is a flame. I have to say, "Thank You," and share her name. Kayla, you were the fresh drink I needed. Without you knowing I heard your words and heeded. I am alive again! Writing feels too good to be true! The only way I know to say, "Thank You," is to immortalize you. I wrote you this poem so I will never forget. I want the world to know I owe you a debt. You reminded me that words were a natural part of my soul. And, to deny that I would always be half and never whole. So, I ask the world to join me at my imaginary gala. Hold up your glasses in a toast to the AMAZING Kayla! Keep letting your fire burn because your flames ignited my oil well. "Thank you," for saving me! From loneliness. From hate. From Medora. From HELL.
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Sep 13, 2012
Sep 13, 2012 at 7:37 PM UTC
Angel of Light: A Simple Thank You
How do you say, "Thank you," to someone who saved your life? No, no, no..........let's get it right! I was dead and gone. I was 2 seconds from being burried deeper than most while life carried on. I was about to decompose and be a feast for the worms. I was a walking corpse in no other terms. And then, she spoke to me and raised me from the dead. I saw the light in her and followed it instead. I grabbed a pen and paper and wrote, "Confessions of Him". Suddenly, life surged! And I could stay afloat and swim. If not for her this place would have made me a zombie in tomb . No way to express myself, but, with her light my body was exhumed. I could hardly sleep placing pen to paper. The flood gates were opened and the words made me feel safer. Medora had stolen all my energy and light. I didn't know a place could make you give up your will to fight. You'll know her when you see her. Her beauty will never fade. She glows in the distance like a lighthouse in a storm. And up close she is blinding, but, its comforting and warm. Her voice is like music and her smile makes you think of **** Yea! She's that GREAT and fills you with delight. Her laugh is free and hearty. Her skin is rosey with flecks of white. Her hair is a flame. I have to say, "Thank You," and share her name. Kayla, you were the fresh drink I needed. Without you knowing I heard your words and heeded. I am alive again! Writing feels too good to be true! The only way I know to say, "Thank You," is to immortalize you. I wrote you this poem so I will never forget. I want the world to know I owe you a debt. You reminded me that words were a natural part of my soul. And, to deny that I would always be half and never whole. So, I ask the world to join me at my imaginary gala. Hold up your glasses in a toast to the AMAZING Kayla! Keep letting your fire burn because your flames ignited my oil well. "Thank you," for saving me! From loneliness. From hate. From Medora. From HELL.
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she gave me her cell #, in a crowded bar inked upon my forearm, "in case in my drunkness, I dare forget," a common come-on technique, that reeks of all good things to come but I failed to see, in the little letters, "@ your own peril" a warning, poorly heeded, inflaming my now unimaginable needy neededs, just a **** come on, or a warring warning of tumult, vampirish blood ******* with cautious haste, her number I did paste into my contact list, 'in case of loss, call,' when sudden notifications galore, came unbidden from everywhere: Are you really sure? these digits seems were posted on a Do Not Call list, maintained by monks and bro's, no, no, not a list of what-rhymes-with-bro's, but of fallen angels, who knew the secrets of heaven the price extracted for their revealing, could cause you life long arthritis of the heart, per the Surgeon General, for which the only cure, endure, endure, endure... the prize? endless wonderful new poems, freely given, but with one strictest of restrictions, if published, it meant your slow extinction! *that is why the world calls me Poet of the Way, forever trying to find a way, to away these treasured glories* then one day, he laughed and laughed, when he first he read the magic key, your poem, successfully saved *on Hello Poetry!* and now the poet endures, even possibly, self-saved, quite happily
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Sep 4, 2017
Sep 4, 2017 at 7:30 AM UTC
she gave me her cell #
*A spirited moon    'neath furtive glances,       anguished of despair looked upon hushed   entangled constellations       and heeded a warning, for he knew well of lavishing     recherché intricacies, mattered naught how exquisite   nothing lasting could come     of liaisons's effusive grandeur,        'tween clandestine stargazers*
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Jul 30, 2015
Jul 30, 2015 at 10:20 AM UTC
Clandestine Stargazing
Dreaming in ivory she heeded nothing. The solace rushed through each cell like unalloyed ecstasy. Evaporating her last sigh, she let go of the agony left viable within. Life wasn’t absolute anymore, self identity was consumed. A lifeless corpse with no earthly ties, no human needs. Decay began having his way with her devoid flesh case. Life flourishes from blight so gracefully. What once contained memories and dreams, was now reduced to naught.
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Nov 15, 2022
Nov 15, 2022 at 8:11 PM UTC
Ivory Dreams
Crept in sinister and foreboding Announcing their warnings in silent contrails of clotted red Though the signs were not heeded The impending extinction civilization was to face From this reality humans turned their eyes away The war was soon in coming The blood parasites set their war machines humming Singing songs of death and gold coins Rubbing their hands with mad glee As death profiteers cackled and rejoiced Veiled widows sobbed quietly resigned and forlorn Black strangling stench of rotting bodies and lies The look of defeat in helpless glazed eyes Tears running down accepting streaked faces The sounds of fading souls and lost dreams The screams of the dying lessened and eventually ceased When Crimson skies in the morning Crept in sinister and foreboding All Rights Reserved@ Tammy M. Darby Nov. 28, 2016
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Nov 28, 2016
Nov 28, 2016 at 8:39 PM UTC
Crimson Skies in the Morning
Alway with a "How do ya do?" And a please and thank you Oh' Southern Queen If you know what I mean So kind and lady like Reading poetry on the back of a motorbike Greeting strangers as ol' kin Treating rudeness as a sin Southern hospitality's her life Winks at all, yet a loyal wife Strong in the face of fire Humanity's her true desire Can get tough when needed Her warnings best be heeded She is handsome as well A true Southern Bell Oh' Southern Queen Thanks for enhancing our scene You treated my family as your own Making us feel right at home For that I give this humble rhyme You're welcome across the Mason Dixon anytime!
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Sep 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013 at 8:40 PM UTC
Southern Queen
Light From a candle Warm and bright Made to light the way at night Warnings heeded Nuclear power not needed Just wax and a wick Join them together Make them stick Then Light the way At the end of the day Make a wish Then Extinguish.
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Apr 28, 2012
Apr 28, 2012 at 4:36 PM UTC
Candles
Beneath the shadow of the Great Shepherd's staff, in the green lushness of Life's plateau, my spirit continues to laugh. Despite the dumbness of this sheep to His voice I've heeded. For God's Love is greater than deep and to His Principles, I've conceded. My life is filled with abundance beyond mortal imagination. Enjoying protection from circumstance came from obeying rules of His Holy Nation. From displaying a submissive behavior towards a God most divine, I'm covered with blessings from my Savior and reside in green meadows until Eternity's time.
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Jul 26, 2012
Jul 26, 2012 at 11:39 AM UTC
Poem: Green Meadows
Our Mother, who art of Terra Cherished be thy heart Thy wisdom is needed, Thy guidance be heeded, Wherever we arrive or depart. As is above, so be below; We ask of thee for our nourishment, Feed us in body, in mind and in soul Unite us under the blessed maypole Even as we strive, to reach and to thrive In search of individual goals. Guide us with thy wisdom, towards brighter days ahead And protect us from all forms of harm that may fall upon our heads For thou art the Earth, the Mother, Our Goddess forever and ever. So mote it be.
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Sep 5, 2023
Sep 5, 2023 at 3:53 PM UTC
Our Mother (The Pagan's Prayer)
Too late for love, too late for joy, Too late, too late! You loiter'd on the road too long, You trifled at the gate: The enchanted dove upon her branch Died without a mate; The enchanted princess in her tower Slept, died, behind the grate; Her heart was starving all this while You made it wait. Ten years ago, five years ago, One year ago, Even then you had arrived in time, Though somewhat slow; Then you had known her living face Which now you cannot know: The frozen fountain would have leap'd, The buds gone on to blow, The warm south wind would have awaked To melt the snow. Is she fair now as she lies? Once she was fair; Meet queen for any kingly king, With gold-dust on her hair. Now there are poppies in her locks, White poppies she must wear; Must wear a veil to shroud her face And the want graven there: Or is the hunger fed at length, Cast off the care? We never saw her with a smile Or with a frown; Her bed seem'd never soft to her, Though toss'd of down; She little heeded what she wore, Kirtle, or wreath, or gown; We think her white brows often ached Beneath her crown, Till silvery hairs show'd in her locks That used to be so brown. We never heard her speak in haste: Her tones were sweet, And modulated just so much As it was meet: Her heart sat silent through the noise And concourse of the street. There was no hurry in her hands, No hurry in her feet; There was no bliss drew nigh to her, That she might run to greet. You should have wept her yesterday, Wasting upon her bed: But wherefore should you weep to-day That she is dead? Lo, we who love weep not to-day, But crown her royal head. Let be these poppies that we strew, Your roses are too red: Let be these poppies, not for you Cut down and spread.
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Bride Song
Too late for love, too late for joy, Too late, too late! You loiter'd on the road too long, You trifled at the gate: The enchanted dove upon her branch Died without a mate; The enchanted princess in her tower Slept, died, behind the grate; Her heart was starving all this while You made it wait. Ten years ago, five years ago, One year ago, Even then you had arrived in time, Though somewhat slow; Then you had known her living face Which now you cannot know: The frozen fountain would have leap'd, The buds gone on to blow, The warm south wind would have awaked To melt the snow. Is she fair now as she lies? Once she was fair; Meet queen for any kingly king, With gold-dust on her hair. Now there are poppies in her locks, White poppies she must wear; Must wear a veil to shroud her face And the want graven there: Or is the hunger fed at length, Cast off the care? We never saw her with a smile Or with a frown; Her bed seem'd never soft to her, Though toss'd of down; She little heeded what she wore, Kirtle, or wreath, or gown; We think her white brows often ached Beneath her crown, Till silvery hairs show'd in her locks That used to be so brown. We never heard her speak in haste: Her tones were sweet, And modulated just so much As it was meet: Her heart sat silent through the noise And concourse of the street. There was no hurry in her hands, No hurry in her feet; There was no bliss drew nigh to her, That she might run to greet. You should have wept her yesterday, Wasting upon her bed: But wherefore should you weep to-day That she is dead? Lo, we who love weep not to-day, But crown her royal head. Let be these poppies that we strew, Your roses are too red: Let be these poppies, not for you Cut down and spread.
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What a wonderful sister, you are For you, a lot do I care Not all the time, may we talk However, when it gets really dark You are the light I badly need Your words of advice, are always to be heeded And interacting with you is so much fun That it makes me forget all my pain! What a wonderful sister, you are With you around, is there nothing to fear Indeed, do you have a very calming presence And gifted are you, with oodles of common sense No wonder, are you such a fine lawyer A lot of trouble, do you often have to bear However, every test do you end up clearing with flying colours For you, are no circumstances too adverse!! What a wonderful sister, you are Grinning was I, from ear to ear When you arrived a few weeks back Brought me some respite from work So thoughtful, was your gift Truly, do you possess a golden heart!! What a wonderful sister, you are And will be, now and forever Keep smiling and take care And may you be blessed with a glorious future!!
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Dec 17, 2024
Dec 17, 2024 at 11:25 AM UTC
What A Wonderful Sister, You Are
The markets up, the Markets down For weeks it just meanders. Alas, my stocks are always down Each time I take a gander. GM, Lehman, Citicorp My broker bought for me- And you can guess the net result- I’m broker now, not he. Those friends who don’t avoid me Say I’ve reversed Midas’ touch. I don’t turn things I touch to gold I turn gold into rust. I’d heard dart tossing Simians Can best the S & P So I went to the Zoo this March to consult a Chimpanzee. He perused the chart then flung a dart to pick a stock for me- And now I’m getting margin calls because I bought BP. He seemed the sage of Omaha before he ruined me. I should have tried Orangutans And paid their higher fee . They wanted five bananas My monkey worked for three. But now I’m bust because I used a discount Chimpanzee. I might have dodged a massive loss And profited besides Had I but heeded the baboons’ Sell signaling behinds
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Jan 14, 2012
Jan 14, 2012 at 3:43 PM UTC
Monkey Business ( March 2009)
I heeded that you are married no attribution against you I the one to rebuke I could've been a man sufficiently when you said: man up I became less a man you yenned I was dark to scope your worst of love I blundered to enroll, only love is to rescue I exclusively thought you had a disease that you can't breathe in general though I am envious, but I still say: God bless you and your remedy He should be me to rescue you But I was dark to cognize affection is the only thing you need to meliorate I urge I could just turn back the hands of time Began a fashionable living with you Instantly that I cognize, you are a love patient I'll man up, I'll provide sufficiently I'll satisfy your breathe Just so, I cognize you are mated to him He's better than me, better than anyone else In him you belong, stay blessed.
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Dec 3, 2015
Dec 3, 2015 at 6:48 PM UTC
Love is a disease
When kids all got in the bath together or used the same water one after the other When kids wore hand me downs whenever clothes got too small for a sister or brother Remember... When kids actually ventured outside to play with their friends the whole day long Not play with gadgets in their room all day which seems both unnatural and wrong. Remember... When kids actually did what they were told well… most of the time anyways. When they were actually punished if they were bold and were not long about mending their ways Remember... When kids treated their elders with some respect, took heed of what they had to say; When the last thing any adult would expect was to get cheek from kids anyway. Remember... When kids did not simply just get their own way (have parents taken leave of their senses?) when kids had basic rules they had to obey or face the consequences Remember... When kids got what they wanted when you could, but had everything they needed When No was a word every kid understood and a word they heeded. Remember... When kids did not expect to be handed everything; they knew stuff had to be earned. Kids doing chores, around the house working   How else would they have learned? Remember... The last thing kids need is to be spoiled rotten, it does them no favours at all We were not spoiled, or have you forgotten; And it did us no harm at all.
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Apr 3, 2015
Apr 3, 2015 at 1:25 PM UTC
Remember...?
"Too late for love, too late for joy, Too late, too late! You loitered on the road too long, You trifled at the gate: The enchanted dove upon her branch Died without a mate. The enchanted princess in her tower Slept, died, behind the grate; Her heart was starving all this while You made it wait. "Ten years ago, five years ago, One year ago, Even then you had arrived in time, Though somewhat slow; Then you had known her living face Which now you cannot know: The frozen fountain would have leaped, The buds gone on to blow, The warm south wind would have awaked To melt the snow. "Is she fair now as she lies? Once she was fair; Meet queen for any kingly king, With gold-dust on her hair. Now these are poppies in her locks, White poppies she must wear; Must wear a veil to shroud her face And the want graven there: Or is the hunger fed at length, Cast off the care? "We never saw her with a smile Or with a frown; Her bed seemed never soft to her, Though tossed of down; She little heeded what she wore, Kirtle, or wreath, or gown; We think her white brows often ached Beneath her crown, Till silvery hairs showed in her locks That used to be so brown. "We never heard her speak in haste; Her tones were sweet, And modulated just so much As it was meet: Her heart sat silent through the noise And concourse of the street. There was no hurry in her hands, No hurry in her feet; There was no bliss drew nigh to her, That she might run to greet. "You should have wept her yesterday, Wasting upon her bed: But wherefore should you weep to-day That she is dead? Lo we who love weep not to-day, But crown her royal head. Let be these poppies that we strew, Your roses are too red: Let be these poppies, not for you Cut down and spread."
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The Prince's Progress (excerpt)
"Too late for love, too late for joy, Too late, too late! You loitered on the road too long, You trifled at the gate: The enchanted dove upon her branch Died without a mate. The enchanted princess in her tower Slept, died, behind the grate; Her heart was starving all this while You made it wait. "Ten years ago, five years ago, One year ago, Even then you had arrived in time, Though somewhat slow; Then you had known her living face Which now you cannot know: The frozen fountain would have leaped, The buds gone on to blow, The warm south wind would have awaked To melt the snow. "Is she fair now as she lies? Once she was fair; Meet queen for any kingly king, With gold-dust on her hair. Now these are poppies in her locks, White poppies she must wear; Must wear a veil to shroud her face And the want graven there: Or is the hunger fed at length, Cast off the care? "We never saw her with a smile Or with a frown; Her bed seemed never soft to her, Though tossed of down; She little heeded what she wore, Kirtle, or wreath, or gown; We think her white brows often ached Beneath her crown, Till silvery hairs showed in her locks That used to be so brown. "We never heard her speak in haste; Her tones were sweet, And modulated just so much As it was meet: Her heart sat silent through the noise And concourse of the street. There was no hurry in her hands, No hurry in her feet; There was no bliss drew nigh to her, That she might run to greet. "You should have wept her yesterday, Wasting upon her bed: But wherefore should you weep to-day That she is dead? Lo we who love weep not to-day, But crown her royal head. Let be these poppies that we strew, Your roses are too red: Let be these poppies, not for you Cut down and spread."
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It started in a coffee shop Where you worked Four days a week And I knew the hours I knew it with a deep visceral longing With a terror and a joy A forbidden pleasure that sickens me And I tried very hard to let you be But you took the town over With the musk of a presence that I longed for with the whole of my being All the while, the quiet and logical part of my disrupted mind reminded me that being near you was not appropriate How I loathed that Vulcan presence But I heeded it more or less. And as you became attached to all the little places In this quiet little town I knew I had to leave in order to let my violent need die And now having lived in a far off state I sit at the SeaTac gates And the old familiar clutch of deaths bony palm on my soft intestines squeezes, and a small anxious voice whispers What if she gets out at this gate? Do you now own the whole of Alaska? If I find you move to Chicago Will I quail at O'Haire With the small chance that you're there?
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Jun 21, 2018
Jun 21, 2018 at 2:56 AM UTC
Will You Take the World?
I can do this too, when I'm not au naturel And trying to beat all of your @sses with how well I make the gentleman, how excellently I am the imp, How swell I step, dancing, aside, how terribly I simp - Sometimes catch me getting back and giving the barman a chance - I heeded their call; I washed off the day, and stepped into a trance Of raspberry, rose and sandalwood; I donned my blue and pink silk, And my black boots, tights and blazer - She's got style; And in that ilk I also painted my face, with blues, whites, pinks, blacks, golds And it was late when I stepped out, and in the very holds Of the night that a lady like I should find terrifying, but I walked The quarter of an hour to the Silk Mill; talked For something more like four or five, Face sharp, hair artfully mad, alive In every sense, aided by the fine cocktails in this student setting I could enchant all in four languages, and I did, forgetting For a bit that another one of my faces I believe to be repugnant: Because it begs for attention; and my current, commanded it Because I came expecting nothing, and asking nothing, And I quite frankly didn't give a d@mn about much of anything, But if I wasn't very much a part of the room, and very much she Whom every boy needed to speak to, and would ideally keep the company Of, if that wasn't I Then every lie's a truth, and every truth, a lie.
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Mar 20, 2022
Mar 20, 2022 at 11:15 AM UTC
Go on, flirt with me
They were two lovers who were destined to meet, With a passion so hot you could feel the heat, Lovers with feelings so hot and so strong, They could not be contained for very long, Feeling more from the groin than from the heart, Nothing on Earth could keep them apart, Taking their passions incredibly higher, They burned out of control like wildfire, She was playful like a little child, But under the sheets she was wild, Him, she thought, was ******* great, No other lover could hope to rate, On a regular basis these two would meet, Taking great pains to keep it discreet, Once they entered that downtown hotel, It was like Pavlov's dogs at the sound of the bell, In what was more of a ***** than a loving embrace, Lips were soon locked as they stood face to face, While pulling at their clothes until they were torn, They were soon naked as the day they were born, Once they were free of shirts and pants, They began their famous lover's dance, As they hit the bed they began to ball, Like two animals hearing nature's call, As their heated bodies started to mesh, Soon naked flesh pounded naked flesh, Grabbing her arms firmly in his grasp, He worked her so hard she began to gasp, Grunts and moans were all that was heard, As neither of the two could utter a word, Lovers who soared so very high, They wrote their names upon the sky, Lovers who heeded the call of the night, Making hot love with all of their might, In a blazing moment of sweat and glory, It was another chapter in a lover's story. 07-02-10.
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Dec 23, 2011
Dec 23, 2011 at 12:59 AM UTC
Lover's Story
They were two lovers who were destined to meet, With a passion so hot you could feel the heat, Lovers with feelings so hot and so strong, They could not be contained for very long, Feeling more from the groin than from the heart, Nothing on Earth could keep them apart, Taking their passions incredibly higher, They burned out of control like wildfire, She was playful like a little child, But under the sheets she was wild, Him, she thought, was ******* great, No other lover could hope to rate, On a regular basis these two would meet, Taking great pains to keep it discreet, Once they entered that downtown hotel, It was like Pavlov's dogs at the sound of the bell, In what was more of a ***** than a loving embrace, Lips were soon locked as they stood face to face, While pulling at their clothes until they were torn, They were soon naked as the day they were born, Once they were free of shirts and pants, They began their famous lover's dance, As they hit the bed they began to ball, Like two animals hearing nature's call, As their heated bodies started to mesh, Soon naked flesh pounded naked flesh, Grabbing her arms firmly in his grasp, He worked her so hard she began to gasp, Grunts and moans were all that was heard, As neither of the two could utter a word, Lovers who soared so very high, They wrote their names upon the sky, Lovers who heeded the call of the night, Making hot love with all of their might, In a blazing moment of sweat and glory, It was another chapter in a lover's story. 07-02-10.
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AN ATTACK ON BARBERCRAFT [Dedicated to George Cecil Jones] At last an end of all I hoped and feared! Muttered the hermit through his elfin beard. Then what art thou? the evil whisper whirred. I doubt me soerly if the hermit heard. To all God's questions never a word he said, But simply shook his venerable head. God sent all plagues; he laughed and heeded not, Till people certified him insane. But somehow all his fellow-luntaics Began to imitate his silly ticks. And stranger still, their prospects so enlarged That one by one the patients were discharged. God asked him by what right he interfered; He only laughed and into his elfin beard. When God revealed Himself to mortal prayer He gave a fatal opening to Voltaire. Our Hermi had dispensed with Sinai's thunder, But on the other hand he made no blunder; He knew ( no doubt) that any axiom Would furnish bricks to build some Donkeydom. But!-all who urged that hermit to confess Caught the infection of his happiness. I would it were my fate to dree his weird; I think that I will grow an elfin beard.
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The Hermit