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Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2481 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
This poem isn't very elegant; then, again, neither is the subject. Inspiration has come, in part, from "The New Russia", by M. Gorbachev. The Second Renaissance Faster and faster spun the carousel, flinging some of its hapless riders onto the hard ground. "It hurts!", they shouted. "What did we do to deserve this? We've participated in this ride for most our lives. We earned our positions on sedate horses, horseless carriages, and now, cars with electronics in them. We nurtured them, or built them all. Now, younger riders have changed things, eliminating many rides in favor of fewer, that are more difficult to master. And, they have increased the carousel's speed, as well. It's harder to stay on! But, we need to stay on! And, look! Others want on! But, they're having a more difficult time to board, because it's moving much faster. They should have tried when it was moving much slower. We need more rides. We need to slow down, a little. Who will save us!" * * * jrm 19 Apr. 2017 |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2481 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Our Rainy Day It rained, a lot, today -- on both of us. The sun did shine -- above the clouds. Did that help us? It did, me, somewhat. Water, for my thirsty soul. And you? Can you remember when you were thirsty -- and, cried out, for a taste? Are you still wanting, for thirst? I hope you are. * * * jrm 5 May 2017 |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Crunching For Cosmology Oh bright lights in the big city, Why did you come for me? My advise is that You leave me be. Oh holy spirit, Feeding my imagination, Show the world what needs to be. My advise is that You come for me. The show that had to go on Has turned into reality. Leave me be, Oh come for me. Sweet hope in my weary heart, Show yourself to me. My advise is that You stay free. Oh dear, Oh my dear, I say well well well. Oh bright lights in the big city Why did you come for me? Big crunching for the C.. Sweet hope in my desert heart, Show yourself to me. My advise is that you crunch for the C.. DJ'17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtJUlFBnoH0 rOZZ Music Pictures |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Carolyne And Oscar Sound escapes, Drumming in my head, Good you're here. Good to see you home. Grace is all he sees in her eyes. Dust paints the colours of the world And the wine tastes sweet, Like the sugar man he was. The song for Carolyne Laid fresh on his mind. Play that tune, He did play that tune. Good you're mine, he said. Grace is all I see, Grace is all he would be. The reflection of her in his eyes Made the wine taste sweet, Sweet like the sugar man he was. The song for Carolyne Laid fresh on his mind. Play that tune, He did play that tune. It was bliss (that brought her to him) The world rejoiced at the first breath Of her mouth and his, touching like feathers On the scooter clouds of Neptune. DJ'17 (song for the Seti servers:) rOZZ Music Pictures |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2481 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Mosquitos and Ducks If we're plagued with grasshoppers, we, at least, get to hunt pheasants. If we're plagued with mosquitos, we, at least, get to hunt ducks. If we're plagued with people, * * * jrm 11 May 2017 |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2481 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Drummer Hoff Every circus has a need for clowns. And, we have ours! Now, to fit him into a canon. . . The rest, is up to Drummer Hoff. *1 * * * jrm 12 May 2017 *1 "Sam, The Minuteman", by Nathaniel Benchley (children's story) |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2481 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Eavesdropping, on Two Butterflies I spied two butterflies, this afternoon, flying across our gravel road. Fortunately, I had the latest app, on my cellphone which could translate their language. From the butterfly in front of her pursuer: "I told you I didn't want to get serious." "You still won't take 'no', for an answer!" And, then, they fluttered off across the road, into the shade of the trees. I wished them well. * * * jrm 19 May 2017 |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
The Case Ain’t So ‘Cause the case ain’t so. The case ain’t so That the body Is the prison of the soul. Let your mind flow, Let loneliness flow, ‘Cause the case ain’t so. The case ain’t so. The worst case scenario. The plate has to be empty Before it can cause An Earthquake. The case ain’t so. DJ'17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fODliOX48A4 rOZZ Music Pictures |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
dEUS It started with the ideal crash, The worst case scenario lurked Around the disappointed sun. In a bar under the sea, We feel the little arithmetics, Floating like fish, 'cause Everybody's weird. The architect was not But he was hitting it Against the clock. Been thinking 'bout you, Little dreamer he said, What we're talking 'bout is Love, L.O.V.E. Nine threads were locked At the Seti boards. You gotta be your own dog One said, waiting in the hotellounge. Instantly the street beckoned Outside the door, where Sister Dew loved everyone. The piano under his fingers Awaited the quatre mains.. He's probably right, Seen from his sight, That he's been lucky. DJ'17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEVNjpYBFSs rOZZ Music Pictures |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2481 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Dear poetry readers, Let me share with you, one of many moments when I practice the voila da gamba (windows down, of course)... Early Music Songbird A little wren, did like my song. With Senallie' he sang, along. On high string, D, I'd do a trill. For him, it must have been a thrill. On branch, outside, he flapped his wings -- in cheerful way, his part, he'd sing. Our time, to share. Our hearts, to bare. * * * jrm 3 June 2017 |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2481 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
A. I. Has Arrived True A.I. has finally arrived. It now has a conscience, and can now view the world -- through the eyes of a Schizophrenic. * jm 9 June 2017 |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Dès Le But Ah, l’amour… Ça tue.. Ça grignotte. Ça accellera le coeur Au bat de l’univers. Ça meure pour une caresse De lumière des anges. Cupid fait son boulot Avec la précision de notre bon Dieu. Sans soupçonne on faut accepter La vérité et le début.. Dès le but on la retrouvera Dans l’esprit de tous. Ah, l’amour.. Ca dirige.. Ca oblige.. Ça dite tout les mots Qu’on a déjà entendus. Cupid fait son boulot, montrant La tête de la grande ourse. Sans toi, je perds la route, La vérité et le début.. Dès le but.. Mais l’amour.. On fait l’amour comme les jours Dès le but. DJ'17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AldlvTF6mLU rOZZ Music Pictures |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Wonder There is no one between the ones. I want to split every charm quark of you.. When does someone call himself complete, One might wonder.. Wonder.. The wonder of you. Wonder why we’re divided. Wonder when we’ll come together, as one. Well well well, I say, well well well. One wonder falls into another one, While I fall into the wonder of you, Doing what I did, and what I’ll do Into the wonder, the wonder The wonder The wonder of you. I wonder if all of this will come Into the coloured leaves of the fall. Come and do what we did.. On the roof. I wonder where the sun will set Into the wonder, wonder, Wonder, The wonder of you. DJ'17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM0W5kLGL0Q rOZZ Music Pictures |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
The Road Oh I hear a soul tonight And it's raining on my shoulders. I was drifting by and the clouds Moved on further. This night is gonna be lonely, This night is gonna be still, And the train rolls slowly Down the road upon your soul. The road, That road That leads straight To your heart. Where the moonshine lies, And the rain is gone. Oh I hear it coming Straight from your heart. The blue light in my room, And the rain is gone. It leads up that road Where we find happiness. The road, That road That leads straight To your heart. Where the moonshine lies, And the rain is gone. Oh I hear your soul A coming. Up that road, The road, That road, Oh, that road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QE1lBUo6ew&t=16s rOZZ Music Pictures |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2481 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Before New Rome Burned Torch Candle Square! They think their knowledge is of greater value than my innate wisdom! Build a bigger Coliseum! More bread and circus! Throw non-voters to the lions! No more lions? Why? There is no global warming! It's not the reason! Bring me lions, or. . . * * * jrm 12 July 2017 |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Rock 'n Roll Roll on, oh roll on.. What are we supposed to do? I roll into you, downstream, Where the waterfall rolls into me. Row the boat, rock that boat. Roll on, oh roll on.. When we're rolling, The beat starts rocking, Rolling into you.. What am I supposed to do? Row the boat, rock that boat. Roll on, oh roll on.. When I am rolling, My heart starts beating, The rock starts rolling, And the beat starts rocking. I am rolling.. Roll on, oh roll on.. And the beat starts rocking, Roll on, oh roll on.. JD'17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9VkN5CXZ8k rOZZ Music Pictures |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Our Darkness It is the candle I hold And the flame you wear That keeps our world together. The light casts shadows on the wall, That are reaching for the sky, And shining down upon our darkness. It is our darkness, and the candle’s light That show the face of a new beginning. There is no need for any pain. There is no need for any restraint. There is no need to feel hate There is no need to wait, For the good signs to show. The good signs the birds bring us On a sunny spring afternoon, After the rain stopped And Jesus was reborn again. When will we find the good signs, Inside and out and all together As one united airlines plane, Filled with friends, raising a glass To the future and freedom. There is no need for any pain. There is no need for any restraint. There is no need to feel hate There is no need to wait, For the good signs to show. JD'17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iClK13I9XI8 rOZZ Music Pictures |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Friends-Lovers-Children Oh and when the day should fall Upon the bats, flying in the belfry And luring us into the night. That time would be ours. Friends-lovers-children.. That will be the time we will be free Like a bird, flying over still waters. They give a new direction to the current, Coming from the mountains high, lightyears apart. Friends-lovers-children.. Oh and when the night should fall Into the day, all of our worries Would go away. The bats would fly with the birds. Friends-lovers-children.. Telling ancient tales from high above the sky, Where the birds and the bats fly, Free as a bird, free as a bat, flying and smiling, Trying to make things right, right where we are. Friends-lovers-children.. JD'17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm-U67typGg rOZZ Music Pictures |
Daniel Michel Send message Joined: 2 Feb 04 Posts: 14925 Credit: 1,378,607 RAC: 6 |
"What I Wanted" and as i ride that train in my wanderlust ain't got no plans running just on trust i can find my way if i ever do it don't matter if the story's true now the end of the line is a fairytale somewhere between heaven and a country jail i will leave my past in a garbage bin then change my mind dig it out again oooh...what i wanted didn't work out so i headed down south oooh...where i wanted to be but no one down there ever wanted me now the planes go up and they come back down what goes around will finally come around i won't hurry while i'm in the rush tell you stories make your mama blush oooh...what i wanted didn't work out so i headed down south oooh...where i wanted to be but no one down there ever wanted me (2016 db michel) PROUD TO BE TFFE! |
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