National Poetry Month

SOME WORDS

WHY DO SOME WORDS BOTHER YOU

WHEN YOU SEE OR HEAR THEM

COHORT BOTHERS ME IT'S TRUE

THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON

IT JUST RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY

THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THAT PARTICULAR WORD JUST FEELS VULGAR TO ME. I DON'T KNOW WHY...WEIRD I KNOW...

I'VE HAD MY SHARE OF BITING DOWN ON A SOAP BAR AS A KID FOR SAYING WORDS MY PARENTS THOUGHT WERE BAD AND THAT WORD WAS NOT ONE OF THEM...NO IDEA WHAT IT IS ABOUT IT THAT JUST RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY...YUCK...JUST YUCKY

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MAYBE JUST KINDA WEIRD

DO YOU EVER SUSPECT

YOU MAY BE CRAZY

OR MAYBE JUST KINDA WEIRD

DO YOU NEED TO PROTECT

SUCH AN AMAZING

REVELATION THAT APPEARED

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

NEED TO PROTECT

COULD BE REPLACED BY

TEND TO PROJECT

GOING BACK N FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO

 

SOME STUFF IS PRETTY OBVIOUS NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU GO WITH THAT...HA HA

BEING HUMAN

BEING  HUMAN MAKES US ALL IMPERFECT BY DEFAULT

IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT

Author's Notes/Comments: 

JUST HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE DRAG RACING GOING ON OUT THERE...LOTS OF SCREECHING WHEEL SOUNDS...I GUESS THEY KNEW  HOW TO RACE CUZ I DIDN'T HEAR ANY CRASHING SOUNDS....THAT DISTRACTED ME FOR A BIT BEFORE POSTING THIS...THAT WAS WEIRD I JUMPED DOWN TO THIS SECTION AND FORGOT TO POST THE POEM I GOT A MESSAGE WHEN I TRIED TO SAVE IT ABOUT BODY BEING REQUIRED...HA HA...

ANYWAY IF YOU ARE ONE WHO SEEKS PERFECTION OR THINKS  THEY FOUND IT I DON'T WANNA BURST ANY BUBLES HERE HENCE THE GRAIN OF SALT RHYME...

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TOO MANY FAIRY TALES

IF YOU FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY

YOU'RE NOT THE MARRYING KIND

FALL HARD AND FAST AND IT WON'T LAST

LEAVE ALL THAT NONSENSE BEHIND

YOU MAY BE IN LOVE WITH BEING IN LOVE

BUT NOT KNOW LOVE ITSELF

IT MAY BE INFATUATION

JUST IN YOUR IMAGINATION

THINKING THEY ARE THE PERFECT MATCH

WHEN IN FACT THERE MAY BE A CATCH

THE SIMPLE POSSIBILITY

SOMETIMES LOVE IS NOT MEANT TO BE

TOO MANY FAIRY TALES IN YOUR HEAD

MAY INDEED LEAVE YOU MISLEAD

DON'T BELIEVE ALL THAT YOU'VE READ

MAKE UP YOUR OWN STORY INSTEAD

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

I LISTENED TO FIFTY FAMOUS FAIRY TALES ON AUDIBLE PRETTY RECENTLY...MOST I HAD NEVER HEARD BEFORE BUT I NOTICED A COMMON THREAD AMONG THEM ALL ENDING WITH BEING MARRIED AND LIVING HAPPILY EVER AFTER AS IF THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES A HAPPY ENDING WHEN IN FACT IT IS OFTEN QUITE THE OPPOSITE...I GUESS AT THE TIME THOSE FAIRY TALES WERE WRITTEN MARRIAGE WAS  SACRED AND YOU NEVER HEARD THE WORD DIVORCE...IT DIDN'T EVEN EXIST...THESE DAYS OF MULTIPLE MARRIAGES EXPECTING EVERYTHING TO BE PERFECT ALL THE TIME AND NEVER WORKING ON ANY PROBLEMS JUST THROWING IT AWAY AND RUSHING INTO ANOTHER ONE HOPING FOR A DIFFERENT ENDING...WE LIVE IN A THROWAWAY SOCIETY. EVERYONE SEEMS TO EXPECT PERFECT CIRCUMSTANCES AND PERFECT RELATIONSHIPS WHEN  JUST BEING HUMAN MAKES US ALL IMPERFECT...I DUNNO...ANYWAY THOSE WERE SOME THOUGHTS WHILE WRITING THIS.

NEVER SAY ALWAYS OR NEVER

NEVER SAY ALWAYS OR NEVER

ALWAYS AVOID THOSE TWO WORDS

FOR YOU  MAY FIND

THAT IN TIME

THE OPPOSITE MAY OCCUR

Author's Notes/Comments: 

ORIGINALLY SAID

YOU WILL FIND

THE OPPOSITE WILL OCCUR

BUT THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY TRUE

MAY  MAKES MORE SENSE

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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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