National Poetry Month

TULIPS WERE TIPTOED UPON

ONCE UPON A TINY TIM

TULIPS WERE TIPTOED UPON

IF YOU AREN'T OLD ENOUGH

YOU WON'T REMEMBER THAT SONG

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THINKING OF TINY TIM'S SONG TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS FROM THE SIXTIES I THINK MAYBE SEVENTIES BUT WHEN I WAS A KID...HE USED TO SING IT ON VARIETY SHOWS...I THINK THAT IS THE ONLY SONG I EVER HEARD HIM SING...EVERYBODY SEEMED TO KNOW IT BACK THEN....SILLY SONG...SILLY POEM

GOOGLED IT AND FIRST THING THAT CAME UP WAS THIIS LINK TO YOUTUBE

https://youtu.be/zfLU3Mv_O9w

 

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EARTH DAY PRAYER

GOD BLESS  MOTHER EARTH

SANCTIFY THE  PRECIOUS DIRT

AND WATER AND AIR

LET HER REPAIR

PROTECT HER FROM TOXINS

FROM IGNORANT HUMAN SINS

GOD PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT

LET IT BE HEAVEN SENT

PROTECT THE PLANTS AND WILDLIFE

THAT ALL MAY HAVE A BETTER LIFE

LET DIVINE INTERVENTION SUPERCEDE

THE FOILS OF EVIL MEN'S GREED

DIVINE ORDER'S NEEDED FOR PLANET EARTH

RECOGNIZE HER PRECIOUS WORTH

STOP CORRUPTION EVERYWHERE

LORD HEAR THIS PRAYER

Author's Notes/Comments: 

EVERYDAY SHOULD BE EARTH DAY...WE WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT THIS PLANET THAT WORKS SO HARD TO SUSTAIN ALL LIFE HERE DESPITE THE MANY STUPID ACTS OF STUPID HUMANS WHO CARE MORE ABOUT MONEY THAN THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER. DIVINE INTERVENTION IS NEEDED AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME. WE CAN'T LET THINGS CONTINUE TO GET WORSE. MAJOR CHANGE IS NEEDED. CORRUPTION NEEDS TO BE WIPED OUT FOR GOOD FOREVER. GOD BLESS US ALL.

INSPIRING

WE ALL HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE

OUR OPINIONS THAT ARE REFLECTIVE

OF THE WAY WE EXPERIENCE THINGS

THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS THAT THEY BRING

SO IT MAKES IT INTERESTING

WHEN WE ARE INVESTIGATING

THINGS THAT WE FIND FASCINATING

AND UPON ELABORATING

CAN OFTEN BE INSPIRING

 

YOU NEVER KNOW WHO 

YOU MAY BE INSPIRING

IT'S BEST I THINK TO 

JUST KEEP WRITING

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

INSPIRATION...GOTTA LOVE IT

 

THIS CAME AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT I WAS JUST GONNA POST IN THE COMMENT HERE BUT DECIDED TO  ADD IT AS A SECOND SHORTER VERSE ABOVE....

YOU NEVER KNOW WHO 

YOU MAY BE INSPIRING

IT'S BEST I THINK TO 

JUST KEEP WRITING

 

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SPONTANEITY

THE MORE RISKS TAKEN

WITHOUT HESITATION

THE MORE THINGS WORK OUT

THAT'S WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT

SPONTANEITY

MAY SEEM CRAZY

JUMPING WITHOUT A NET

EXCITING YA YOU BET

 

SEEMS THE MORE RISKS YOU TAKE

WHEN YOU DON'T HESITATE

THE MORE THE UNIVERSE HAS YOUR BACK

SO HOW DID WE GET SO FAR OFFTRACK

 

LOOKING BACK ON EXPERIENCE I KNOW IT'S TRUE

SO I ASK MYSELF NOW WHAT'S STOPPING YOU

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

SEEMS THE MORE RISKS YOU TAKE

WHEN YOU DON'T HESITATE

THE MORE THE UNIVERSE HAS YOUR BACK

SO HOW DID WE GET SO FAR OFFTRACK

 

DECIDED TO ADD THESE FOUR LINES ABOVE THAT STARTED AS THE  COMMENT ON IT...WHEN I LOOK BACK FROM EXPERIENCE I KNOW IT'S TRUE...SO I ASK MYSELF NOW WHAT'S STOPPING YOU....WHAT THE HECK PARAPHRASED AND ADDED THE REST...

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UNSENT LETTERS

UNSENT LETTERS WHAT A WASTE 

NEVER HAVING HAD A TASTE

OF SUCH A PASSIONATE EMBRACE

LOCKED AWAY WITHOUT A TRACE

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

WATCHING ANOTHER GWYNETH PALTROW MOVIE POSSESSION I JUST CAME ACROSS AND HADN'T HEARD OF BEFORE...

THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING

THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING

WELL WHAT'S IT DOING THERE

MIGHT THAT NOT BE RUINING

THE ENTIRE AFFAIR

Author's Notes/Comments: 

JUST WATCHED PROOF..A GWYNETH PALTROW  MOVIE I JUST CAME ACROSS I HAD NEVER HEARD OF OR SEEN BEFORE ABOUT A PROOF WHICH WAS IN A NOTEBOOK AND PICTURING IT LITERALLY BEING IN PUDDING  AND BEING RUINED UNABLE TO READ IT ANY LONGER WHEN THE ACTUAL MEANING OF THE PHRASE WOULD  WORK PERFECTLY WITH  THE PROOF... GOOGLED THIS

The proof is in the pudding is an expression that means the value, quality, or truth of something must be judged based on direct experience with it—or on its results. The expression is an alteration of an older saying that makes the meaning a bit clearer: the proof of the pudding is in the eating.Mar 9, 2022

POLKA DOT POLKA

POLKA DOTS

ALL SIZES

AND COLORS

DANCE AWAY

TO THE POLKA DOT POLKA

HOP HOP STEP

STEP STEP HOP

HOW THAT GOES

I FORGOT

MORE LIKE SKIPPING ALONG

TO A POLKA SONG

HOW POLKA DOTS CAME ABOUT

STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT

THERE MUST BE A POLKA DOT POLKA

BUT NOW I MUST GO HAVE SOME MOCHA

Author's Notes/Comments: 

AFTER WRITING THIS IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I GOOGLED POLKA DOT POLKA AND FOUND ONE ON YOUTUBE...HA HA...I ALSO LOOKED UP ORIGINS OF POLKA DOTS AND THEY GO FAR BACK TO  MEDIEVAL TIMES IN EUROPE AND THE  CONNOTATION BACK THEN WAS CONNECTED TO SICKNESS LIKE SMALL POX OR PLAGUE...INTERESTING FINDINGS THERE CERTAINLY UNEXPECTED BY ME....GOOGLE IT

 

POLKA DOT POLKA https://youtu.be/ZGNpOBzpcvE

 

The origins of polka dots date back to medieval times in Europe, when they held a much more ominous connotation. Back then, polka dots and any similar patterns were associated with disease and poor health, likely due to the visual similarities shared with the sores caused by the plague and smallpox.Jun 16, 2022

 

HERE IS A NICER ONE I LIKE BETTER... What does the polka dot symbolize?

Meaning of Polka Dot Patterns

 

On the Western side, the circle is a circular movement which does not change, does not end, lasts forever and is perfect. It represents protection among them and for Christians, it symbolizes eternity. It is the symbolization of the universe, of perpetuity.

 

What do polka dots have to do with polka?

The term likely originated because of the popularity of the polka dance around the same time the pattern became fashionable, just as many other products and fashions of the era also adopted the "polka" name.

 

MANY OTHERS ON GOOGLE TOO I WILL STICK TO THESE...IT MENTIONED MINNIE MOUSE WEARING A POLKA DOT DRESS TOO...HA HA   

I JUST REMEMBER POLKA BANDS PLAYING AT THE FUN FAIR IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND MY GRANDMA USED TO GRAB OUR ARMS ONE OF US AT A TIME AND DRAG US ALONG THE DANCE FLOOR TO POLKA WITH HER...OFCOURSE WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO SO MOSTLY JUST SKIPPED ALONG AND HOPPED HA HA...FOR SOME ODD REASON THE ONLY POLKA SONG I REMEMBER IS SHE'S TOO FAT FOR ME. I THINK THEY HAD IT ON A FORTY FIVE RECORD OR SOMETHING...I DON'T WANT HER YOU CAN HAVE HER SHE'S TOO FAT FOR ME...GEEZ...I THINK THAT IS THE ONLY POLKA SONG I ACTUALLY KNOW... BEEN THINKIN AWHILE NOW AND CAME UP WITH TWO MORE POLKAS I REMEMBER FROM WAY BACK WHEN...IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER AND THE BEER BARREL POLKA...NICE SONGS FOR KIDS TO SING IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL HUH...HA HA...I REMEMBER MY GRANDMA USED TO BLAST A POLKA RADIO STATION ON SUNDAYS  ALL THE TIME TOO...BUT SO FAR ONLY REMEMBER THREE OF THE ACTUAL POLKAS AND THEN SHE LOVED HER BOBBY VINTON...I REMEMBER MY MELODY OF LOVE HE SANG SOME POLISH IN AND FOUND A VERSION OF SHES TOO FAT FOR ME HE DID TOO...

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TATTOOS

I NEVER UNDERSTOOD TATTOOS

I THINK IT'S REALLY GROSS

TO DESECRATE YOUR SKIN WITH INK

SOME FIND THEM GRANDIOSE

FROM STEPPING STONES TO MILESTONES

FROM STEPPING STONES

TO MILESTONES

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE

HOW MANY MISTAKES

DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE 

DO YOU HESITATE

ARE YOU TEMPTING FATE

MUST PARTICIPATE

TO SEE WHAT AWAITS