For The Weekend - Robert Glasper - So Beautiful (Live At Capitol Studios) (Official Video)

Forgiveness

be deaf
to the insults hurt and humiliation
ignore the betrayals
without thoughts of revenge

know this has  happened
to the best of us
the perpetrators are to be pitied

forgive if you think they deserve another chance
if not most importantly forget
forget they even exist
remove  them from your thoughts and life

inner peace is too precious a gift
to be compromised

Midweek Motif- Poets Inited

OctPoWrimo 2019 - Week 4

Day 21

Screaming into the wind





screaming into the wind
the sailing boats
carried our ancestors
in chains from afar

a recalcitrant lot
not deferential
irreverent
known for giving their betters
the aussie salute
the legacy still lingers










 Day 22

broken pieces






the japanese
fill the cracks with gold
to restore broken  bowls
kintsugi





the recyclists 
use discarded beer and wine bottles
to make beautiful windows
kashikoi


Day 23

Fur Babies 





an endless source of comfort
affection and squidgy cuddles
marmalade boy purrs loudly like a steam engine
sprawled out diagonally across the queen size bed
dreaming of fresh salmon and shrimp
oblivious to the fact that  lady bountiful
provider of his lavish sybaritic life style
panderer to his every whim
is unable to get into her own bed



Day 24


BREATHING


her passion was as important
as breathing to her
she spent years of hard work
dedicated to achieving her goal
thought of nothing else
it was at the forefront of her existence


the idea
of not continuing
of giving up her dream
was unthinkable
she came so close
to getting what she wanted

she faltered briefly
that's all it took
she lost everything
she didn't die
it just felt that way for a while
she still keeps on breathing




Day 25

White









Cinquain

snow white
has a wild side 
not all sweetness and light
hanging out with the 7 dwarves
bad move



Day 26

What has been unspoken







what has been unspoken
between us will remain so
it serves no purpose to speak now
after so long a silence
time to go our separate ways
time to let go

Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do For Love (Slayd5000)

Shadorma

friday night
best night of the week
thoughts of you
blissing out
on man's awesome legacy
jazz and all that jazz

Mini weekend challenge with Sherry Blue Sky
Imaginary Garden with Real Toads

Midweek Motif _ Poets United

This Is Just To Say

By William Carlos Williams

I have eaten

the plums

that were in

the icebox

and which

you were probably

saving

for breakfast

Forgive me

they were delicious

so sweet

and so cold

RESPONSE

this is just to say

i am making lobster mornay tonight

with a fresh green salad 

followed by

fresh fruit berry salad

with mango and passionfruit icream

forgive me

for not offering you any

it tastes delicious 

goes spiffingly with chilled champagne

and you're not getting any of that either

Sunday Muse # 77

this very latest
creative approach to discipline
(very popular in sweden }
gives a new meaning to ' time out ' 
replacing strict outdated methods
such as
sitting on the naughty step for ten minutes
or  no tv for an hour 

the odd passing pantechnicon
wild bears and wolves 
could prove to be a slight problem
but then  risk taking is part of the journey
confronting your demons is the way
to overcome them

besides there is plenty of fresh air
with  views to inspire a connection
to the environment and reflect on profound concepts
which is what we all know children love to do
if only they were not distracted by traditional subjects
like reading writng and arithmetic or
discipline of any kind

best of all on' time out'
you don't have to go to school
tolerate relics of a past age
boring teachers lecturing you
on
why you shouldn't take drugs
why you shouldn't bully others
why you shouldn't light wild fires in the  school holidays
or
why you shouldn't snatch handbags from old ladies in the mall

worst of all
there are too many  politically incorrect teachers
espousing oppressive fanatically religious based attitudes
such as
why you shouldn't  have sex before the age of ten
why you have to wait until high school before participating in
the very popular sex ed lesson of slipping the condoms over the banana
poor kids
all these restrictions
this haranguing just  goes on and on and on

with any luck in some enlightened country
traditional school subjects and school will be banned forever
and of course there will be research to show how much
happier well adjusted and better informed the kids will be
running free frolicking naked in the forest practising their sign language
because no one can read spell or write anymore
in the progressive institutions of la la land

OctPoWrimo 2019 - Week 3

Day 13

hugging a tree




An avenue of ancient trees destroyed
Anzac Parade Sydney Australia.



instead of skipping
round and round the mulberry bush
hug a tree instead
cos if we keep chopping the trees all down
we'll surely all be dead

so kindly heed this warning
politicians and developers out there
decimating the poor old trees
without a thought or care

money  and votes wont protect you
when your final day has come
burning in hell for eternity
means you're really just plain dumb



Day 14

Mother Earth






a mother earth personality type
she was not
she could create thunder and lightning
with a  single look

high drama was the genre
of the family theatre
each player deserving of
an academy award
(myself included)
we are alike in many ways

we clashed terrribly
mount vesuvius meets krakatoa
but her heart was in the right place
she did her best
she was a good person


Day 15





Mother May I

remind you that what you told me was untrue
i was not  delivered by the stork
and you did not find me in the cabbage patch
because i remember clearly being dropped into the marigolds
by a flock of doves



Day 16

Father Time





a thank you from
a grateful and loving son

what better way to spend
quality time with your dad
than in carnegie hall
performing together

an experience of a life time
for Lang Guo - ren
his beaming smile says it all

Lang Lang's father gave up his job as a policeman in a rural area to move to a city where Lang lang could study the piano and pursue his dream They lived in poverty for many years. His mother could not go with them because she had to  help support them in her present employment.They were separated for about seven years.

Day 17

Family




undoubtedly
the most difficult
decision to make
to cut that cord

she wouldn't do it

the destructive family member
who keeps deliberately punching holes
in the life raft
must be cast adrift
for the sake and survival of the others

she wouldn't do it

the result
a toxic miserable dysfunctional family
a nightmare - a living hell
and for what ?

he is in his forties now
she is still bailing him out of trouble





Day 18

My First Disappointment  





snooping  around
in nana's wonderland wardrobe
i saw the dress  - yellow and beautiful

on christmas day under the tree
it was wrapped in a box with a handwritten card
from santa
my little heart sank like a stone

i was seven - bingo the penny dropped
never let on for years
that i knew who was eating the cake
and drinking the port left out by the fireplace
on christmas  eve - it wasn't santa

Day 19

Purple




singapore orchids
purple my morning
the oranges all aglow
a spring greeting
after a long winter



Day 20

Mountains or Oceans






the miles tick over
on my old red clunker
alternating between
the bush and the sea
best of both worlds
the ancient plains
meet
the south pacific

one day
when i am unable to drive
long distances anymore
i will have to choose





my old red clunker (hand painted)