POETRY

SIMPLY DIVINE

I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING

THE WAY THAT  CERTAIN THINGS

COME YOUR WAY

AS IF THE UNIVERSE HAS ITS SAY

THIS APPLIES TO YOU AND YOUR MISSION

IT WILL GIVE YOU GUIDANCE AND VISION

PAY ATTENTION TO THE SIGNS

THEY ARE ALL SIMPLY DIVINE

IT'S A GLOOMY DAY

IS TRIVIA TRIVIAL AS A RULE

WHY DOES GOSSIP HAVE TO BE SO CRUEL

IT TAKES SMALL MINDS TO DIG UP DIRT

AND  GIVE NO THOUGHT TO WHO THEY HURT

WHY DO PEOPLE GOSSIP ANYWAY

DON'T THEY HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO SAY

AND FASHION POLICE

NOT A BIT DISCREET

WHO CARES WHAT THEY THINK

THEIR COMMENTS STINK

IT'S A GLOOMY DAY

WHAT MORE CAN I SAY

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A SLICE OF L.IFE

A SLICE OF LIFE

THAT'S REALLY NICE

IS A PIECE OF PEACE

TREASURE IT AND CHERISH IT

MAY IT NEVER CEASE

MAY YOU FIND

PEACE OF MIND

IN YOUR LIFETIME

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TUNING INTO THE COSMOS

IF ALL IS ONE AND ONE IS ALL

ARE WE ALL SCHIZOPHRENIC

OR IS THE EARTH A MAGIC PLANT

AND WE'RE ALL TRIPPIN ON IT

THIS IS TOO BIZARRE FOR ME

YET I WRITE THIS POETRY

WHERE IT COMES FROM I DON'T KNOW

TUNING INTO THE COSMOS

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STRANGERS

ARE WE FRIENDS

OR ACQUAINTANCES

OR NEITHER ONE OF THOSE

 

FAMILIAR

YET SO MUCH UNKNOWN

WE'RE STRANGERS I SUPPOSE

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IN A DREAMY TRANCE

MAGNIFICENT MELANCHOLY MIDNIGHT SKY

MYSTERIOUSLY MESMERIZING THOSE INCLINED

TO DRIFT OFF IN A DREAMY TRANCE

NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCE

LOST IN LOTS OF TIMELESS SPACE

NEVER FEELING OUT OF PLACE

YET THEY'RE GONE WITHOUT A TRACE

 

 

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THE MUDDY MISSISSIPPI

THE MUDDY MISSISSIPPI

WITH ITS RIVERBOATS AND RAFTS

A PLAYGROUND FOR TOM SAWYER

WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THAT

 

A CAVE TO GO SPELUNKING

LOTS OF WILDERNESS TO ROAM

TALL TALES BEYOND REBUNKING

A FUN PLACE TO BE CALLED HOME

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

LOVED THAT TOM SAWYER MUSICAL WITH JODIE FOSTER AS BECKY THATCHER AND  JOHNNY WHITAKER AS TOM SAWYER...WHEN I WAS A KID I WENT  TO MERRIMAC CAVERNS A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE THEY FILMED PART OF THE MOVIE TOM SAWYER WHEN THEY WERE HIDINNG OUT IN A CAVE AND INJUN JOE WAS AFTER THEM  AND  LASSIE FILMED THERE TOO...I THINK WE TOOK A RIVERBOAT RIDE...NOT SURE...BUT DEFINITELY SAW  RIVERBOATS THERE...I THINK IT WAS HANNIBAL MISSOURI BUT MAYBE THEY JUST CALLED IT THAT IN THE MOVIE NOT SURE...I KNOW I WENT ONCE WITH GIRL SCOUTS MAYBE TWICE  AND ONCE WITH MY FAMILY ON  A  ROAD TRIP...WE WENT A LOT OF COOL PLACES WITH GIRL SCOUTS...WE WERE ALWAYS HAVING PAPER DRIVES AND CAR WASHES AND GOING CAMPING AND ON FUN ROAD TRIPS...THE FURTHEST WE EVER WENT WAS TO NIAGARA FALLS ONCE...BACK THEN YOU DIDN'T NEED A PASSPORT TO GO TO CANADA TO SEE THE HORSESHOE FALLS PART OF NIAGARA FALLS...THE N.Y. FALLS LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE TRICKLE COMPARED TO THAT...A BUS FULL OF GIRL SCOUTS SEEMED SAFE TO THE BORDER POLICE I GUESS...BESIDES NIAGARA FALLS THE THING I REMEMBER MOST ABOUT CANADA WAS HOW CLEAN IT WAS THERE...IT WAS FILTHY ON THE N.Y. SIDE LOTS OF GARBAGE...LITTER... ALL OVER THE PLACE...CANADA WAS PRISTINE AND BEAUTIFUL.

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BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SIGNS

WE SEE WHAT WE'RE MEANT TO SEE

WE HEAR WHAT WE'RE MEANT TO HEAR

CAN'T TUNE IN TO EVERYTHING

SO HOW DOES SOME STUFF SEEM CLEAR

 

MESSAGES SOMEHOW GET THROUGH

WHENEVER THEY'RE MEANT FOR YOU

SOME OTHERS JUST FLY RIGHT BY

NO REASON TO WONDER WHY

 

WHAT COMES TO YOUR ATTENTION

IS FOR YOUR COMPREHENSION

MAYBE IT'S AN EXTENSION

FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION

 

SOMETIMES WE JUST NEED TO TRUST

NO REASON TO MAKE A FUSS

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SIGNS

THEY'RE HAPPENING ALL THE TIME

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THE FIRST TWO LINES ORIGINALLY STARTED OUT AS

WE SEE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE

WE HEAR WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR

BUT PRETTY SURE IT IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE MEANT TO NOT NECESSARILY  JUST WHAT WE WANT TO....

THE MAGIC OF POETRY IS YOU ALWAYS GET THE MESSAGE YOU ARE MEANT TO GET AND IT MAY BE SURPRISINGLY DIFFERENT  FOR EACH PERSON WHO READS IT WHICH IS PRETTY COOL I THINK.

EVERYONE'S A WEIRDO

EVERYONE'S A WEIRDO

IN THEIR OWN WAY

SOME MAY HIDE IT WELL

SOME ARE ON DISPLAY

JUST AN OBSERVATION

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY

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