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  • Cosmos’s Scumbag Of The Week Awards

    Cosmos’s Scumbag Of The Week Awards

    Cosmos’s Scumbag Of The Week Awards

    Purpose:  From time to time, I will award a “Scumbag of the Week Award” and post it on my blog, medium, wattpad,blogloving, writing com, FB,Tumblr, Likendlin, and tweeter and send a nice certificate to the person who demonstrated the true qualities of a Scumbag – vile despicable behavior or speech demonstrating that they are a true sociopathic scumbag.

    Index

    Cosmos’s Scumbag of the Week Award Scumbag Award, Kentucky Factory Manager
    Cosmos’s Scumbag of the Week Award, Runner up Christmas Gun Card
    Scumbag of the Week Marjorie Taylor Green Found Poem Marjorie Taylor Green
    Scumbag of the Week Matt Gaetz Found Poem
    Scumbag of the Week Paul Gosar found poem
    Scumbag of the Week Louie Gohmert Found Poem Scumbag
    Scumbag of the Week Award Korean Husband Who Left His Wife at Deserted Highway Stop
    Scumbag of The Week  Kentucky Candle Manager Who Threaten to Fire Employees Who Want to Flee the Tornado That Destroyed the Factory Scumbag of the Week Award

    The Poems

    In the wake
    Of the historic tornados
    That destroyed so many towns
    In six states,

    There have been many cases
    Of people stepping up
    Doing the right thing
    Acting like true heroes.
    This sadly is not one
    Of those stories.

    Instead, it is the story
    Of a factory manager
    Who knowing that the tornado
    Was rushing at his factory,

    Told his employees
    Keep working

    If you leave
    Fleeing for your life
    You will be terminated.

    The employees
    Were too stunned
    To do anything.

    A few minutes later
    The factory was destroyed
    Most of the workers
    And that scumbag manager
    Buried under the rubble.

    If the manager
    Had acted like the Christian
    He claimed he was,

    And told his employees
    To get the hell out of there
    Closing for the day.

    Some of them might
    Have survived.

    For these actions
    He truly deserves

    The scumbag of the week award.

    Scumbag of the Week Award  -For the Chrismas Gun Card

    The second recipient
    is the congressional representative,
    Who felt he would send out
    A friendly message
    Of peace and goodwill
    During the Christmas season,

    He had his whole family
    Standing by a Christmas tree
    Carrying military assault weapons

    With the caption,
    “Santa, please send more amo”.
    Santa should send the family
    A note

    “: For your display of Christmas naughtiness,
    I am donating ten thousand dollars
    from your bank account,
    In your name for each victim
    Of gun violence this year,

    200 thousand dollars
    Thank you for your generous donation,”

    The Republican congressional
    representative from Kentucky
    Did not apologize for the lame
    Extremely tasteless
    and offensive joke

    Not even saying
    That it was just a lame
    An attempt at a joke.

    Tweeting that he had stirred up
    A hornets’ nest
    But it was good

    To see the leftist so upset
    And he would do it again
    Saw nothing wrong with it.

    Yet another Christian
    Who shows his adherence
    To Christian values,

    By violating everything,
    Christ stood for.

    Not doing what Jesus
    Would have done.

    And did it just
    Before Christmas

    right after a horrific
    shocking shooting
    at a school.

    Until next time,
    When we will award
    Another scumbag
    Of the week award.

    Scumbag of the Week Marjorie Taylor Green

    For this week’s s Cosmos
    scumbag of the week award
    we have four contestants

    Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene,
    Matt Gaetz,
    Paul Gosar,

    and they are tied
    and will receive the award later.

    They held a bonkers
    Demented press conference

    For that, they are all winners

    “On Tuesday,
    Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene,
    Matt Gaetz,
    Paul Gosar,
    and Louie Gohmert

    held a press conference
    where they defended
    the Jan. 6 insurrection,

    promoting every conspiracy
    theory under the sun
    and attacking anybody

    who dares call
    into question the actions
    of the people
    we all saw on television,
    on our computers,
    and on our mobile devices

    attacking the Capitol building.
    Any one of the four
    on the podium
    during today’s press conference

    could create a misinformation
    swarm larger
    then the rings of Saturn,

    and all four together
    did not disappoint their master,
    Donald Trump.

    let’s all just remember
    four things:
    Greene is a horrendous human being 

    Gaetz is a horrendous human being;

    Gosar is a horrendous human being;

    and Gohmert is a horrendous human being”.

    “First up was Greene,
    who told the world
    that the Jan. 6 defendants

    were being tortured
    and persecuted
    and forced to submit
    to critical race theory brainwashing.”

    She went on to say
    Of the January 6th defendants

    “They were isolated
    in a separate wing of the jail
    where they are abused,
    where they are ridiculed,
    where they are mocked

    because of their political beliefs
    and because of January 6,
    and because
    of the color of their skin.”

    All are scumbags worthy
    Of this award

    Scumbag of the Week Matt Gaetz Found Poem Scumbag

    Then came Gaetz to promise
    kangaroo courts
    and Benghazi trials
    while also pretending
    that Benghazi investigation
    were mishandled

    because they found nothing.
    “We are going to take power
    after this next election.
    When we do,
    it’s not going to be

    the days of Paul Ryan,
    and Trey Gowey,
    and no real oversight,
    and no real subpoenas.

    It’s going to be the days
    of Jim Jordan, Marjorie Taylor Greene,
    and Dr. Gosar, and myself.”

    He would move to install
    Trump as House Speaker “
    For this and past offenses
    He is runner up

    To Cosmos’s Scumbag
    Of the week award.

    Scumbag of the Week Paul Gosar Found Poem Scumbag

    Gosar is the three-sentence embodiment
    of a sniveling Dickens character.

    Comment: not to mention
    His violent murder porn fantasy tweets.”

    And he is so bad
    Even his own siblings
    Campaigned against him

    And denounced him
    On worldwide TV.

    His response
    Was to call his seven siblings
    Jealous Marxists.

    Another worthy recipient
    Of the Cosmos Scumbag
    Of the week award.

    Scumbag of the Week Louie Gohmert Found Poem Scumbag

    Gohmert just comes
    across like someone
    who doesn’t know much
    of anything

    and therefore, might seem
    a touch less dangerous.

    Then it was Gohmert’s turn.
    Gohmert has recently
    decided to leave Congress

    in the hopes of taking control
    of the Texas attorney general’s office,

    announcing his bid against

    the publicly corrupt Ken Paxton

    last month.
    Gohmert’s job

    was to promote the conspiracy theory
    that the only people
    who should be charged
    with insurrection should be the FBI.

    Literally—that’s his fact-free
    conspiracy vomit
    into the public sphere for the day.

    Then Gosar came up to make
    a series of statements
    about the cruel conditions
    of the incarcerated Jan 6 defendants

    calling them human rights violations
    Gosar made sure to explain
    how white these defendants are.

    They aren’t those “hardened criminals” people
    (The ones Gosar and Greene and Gohmert
    and Gaetz never speak up for),

    “they’re fathers.”

    Gohmert,
    Has so many reasons
    To be the scumbag of the week.

    Korean Husband Who Left His Wife at A Deserted Highway Rest Stop Scumbag of The Week Award

    For this week’s scumbag of the week award
    We go to South Korea, where I currently reside

    Because scumbags are everywhere
    in this world, not just
    in the United States.

    A Korean married couple
    Got into a horrific argument
    While in a taxi heading home

    The man told the driver
    To drop his wife
    Off at a deserted
    highway rest stop

    In the middle of the night
    During a frosty winter rainfall

    The taxi driver complied
    The woman got off

    They took off
    The woman
    Went for a walk
    Down the deserted highway

    a five-ton truck
    Ran her over
    And keep driving
    Hit and run driver

    The taxi driver
    Drove back
    Saw that she was missing
    Alerted the authorities

    They found her body
    By the side of the road
    And skid marks
    Indicating what had happened

    The award winner is the husband
    The truck driver and taxi drivers
    Our runner ups

    For this first international
    Scumbag of the week award.

    Marjorie Taylor Green Scumbag of the Week Again

    Marjorie Taylor Green
    For all-of-her deeds
    Pure batshit craziness,

    Incoherent insane word salads,
    She is yet again
    A recipient of
    The” cosmos scumbag”
    Of the week award.

    During a conservative youth conference

    “using her moment on stage
    To in part call out
    The diversity of the attendees,

    The “black people, brown people, white people,
    And yellow people”

    Only to highlight
    that the event can’t possibly be racist.”

    Because….

    Proving again that she is a racist
    Using the racist words
    “Yellow People.”

    Which is a 19th century racial slur.
    At least she did not use the n word
    Or talk about “redskins.”.

    She went on to make a deranged comments
    About gender roles in the house of representatives
    Noting new inclusive language guidelines

    That she will refuse to follow,

    “No male, female, mother, father,
    Sister, brother, daughter,
    Son, he, she, him, her,

    all of those words are forbidden
    In congress,”

    Greene said. “

    I’m kind of one of
    Those gender people,
    I’m all about the male
    And the female.”

    To which the only sane response
    To this deranged word salad
    Is to say “wtf! “

    “she also whined
    About the “lies”
    On her Wikipedia page .

    And called the Jan. 6 insurrection
    A “fedsurrection,”

    Implying that the terrorists
    Who attacked the capitol
    were set up by federal agents.

    Not to mention her
    complete paranoia

    Suggesting that
    she’s being targeted
    By the Jan. 6 committee

    For trying to “stop”
    A “communist revolution.”

    Another incoherent word salad

    Communist revolution?
    What planet is she living in?
    What alternative reality
    Is she trapped in?

    A communist revolution
    Really Margorie?”

    She went on to compare Donald Trump
    To Jesus

    “and then there’s talk f freedom
    And loving America,
    and conservative principles,

    Some crazy people
    In here were talking
    About how much
    They love this guy
    Named Jesus.

    And I heard
    — Someone I really like
    — I think I heard

    that a lot of people
    Here like a guy
    Named Donald J. Trump.
    And then I said,

    ‘Oh, Oh, I know exactly
    What this is:
    The left calls
    This a white supremacist party.”

    Final snarky comment,

    Not only the left my dear
    Calls the MAGA movement
    A white supremacist movement,

    To quote the Donald

    “It is what it is”.

    She had earlier called for deporting Asian Americans

    “If I was in charge
    and I had my way,
    I would come down on China
    so hard,”

    “I would kick out every single Chinese
    in this country that is loyal
    to the CCP.
    They would be gone.

    I do not care who they are.”

    “You’re gone, back to China,”
    I don’t care how much money you have,
    how much land you own,
    how many businesses you own,
    how much money you’ve donated
    to colleges and universities,

    I don’t care about
    who your kid is,
    and how many students
    you’ve sent to colleges.”

    “If they are loyal
    to the CCP,
    they go back.”mitted that he knows he’s in trouble

    Darrell Lucus

    There are a lot of people who think Attorney General Merrick Garland is a 98-pound weakling. In their eyes, the lack of any action against Donald Trump and others who incited the Jan. 6 insurrection suggests that Garland isn’t willing to bring justice to those responsible for that day’s horror.

    A quick read of recent events shows Garland is anything but a weakling. He indicted Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress, and all indications point to him teeing up Mark Meadows as well. He’s making a concerted effort to hold states accountable for politically and racially motivated gerrymandering, and forced Derek Chauvin to take a plea deal as his only shot of getting out of prison on his feet rather than in a pine box.

    If that isn’t enough for you, former FBI Counterintelligence Chief Frank Figliuzzi believes he noticed another sign. Figliuzzi believes that with an unhinged tirade against Democratic prosecutors and law enforcement, Individual 1 all but admitted that he knows he’s directly in the legal line of fire.

    In case you missed this latest Trump tantrum, read it here, courtesy of Trump spokeswoman/sockpuppet Liz Harrington.

    NEW!

    President Donald J. Trump:

    “All the Democrats want to do is put people in jail. They are vicious, violent, and Radical Left thugs. They are destroying people’s lives, which is the only thing they are good at. They couldn’t get out of Afghanistan without disgracing our… pic.twitter.com/eSqKpLdidW

    — Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) December 18, 2021

    Liz Harrington

    @realLizUSA
    Anne Coulter Scumbag of the Week

    Anne Coulter could be awarded
    The Scumbag of the Week award,
    For almost every week
    She unleashes such hateful racist vitriol
    Garbage upon the world.

    Her latest outrage
    A defense of Kim Potter
    The cop that accidentally
    Killed a black man
    During a traffic stop.

    Pulling out her gun
    Instead of the tazer.

    The jury found her guilty
    Of negligent homicide.

    Anne took issue
    With the trial,
    And the media coverage.

    Noting that the media
    Did not blame
    the victim enough,

    That the victim deserved
    What he got.
    Because he was a violent
    Out-of-control thug,

    And the cop,
    Was right
    To use deadly force
    To put him down.

    She fails to note
    That everyone at the trial
    Knew that.

    The jury did not believe
    That excused the cop
    from the charge of negligence.

    The NYT and other media outlets
    Justified their coverage
    Of focusing on the cop’s actions
    Rather than on the crimes
    Of the victim.

    For this flaming of racist hatred
    Of blaming the victim,
    Of justifying another act
    Of brutal, horrific police misconduct,

    Anne Coulter is the scumbag
    Of the week.

    Jessie Watters Scumbag of the Week

    Jessie Watters
    A Fox News Reporter
    Is this week’s scumbag
    Of the week winner,

    His offense?
    Telling a crowd to

    “ambush” Dr. Fauci
    with a “kill shot”
    so he “doesn’t
    see it coming”

    Dr. Fauci responded
    To this piece of insanity,

    Noting,

    “The only thing
    that I have ever done
    throughout these two years

    is to encourage people
    to practice good
    public health practices:
    to get vaccinated,

    to be careful
    in public settings,
    to wear a mask,”

    Fauci said.

    “And for that,”
    Fauci continued,

    “You have some guy out there
    saying that people
    should be giving me
    a kill shot
    to ambush me?

    I mean,
    what kind of craziness
    is there in society these days?”

    “The guy
    should be fired on the spot,”

    for this and many
    other vile commentary
    Jessie Watters
    Is the scumbag of the week.

    FOX’s Jesse Watters tells fans to ‘ambush’ Fauci with a ‘kill shot’—Fauci calls for Watters’ firing

    Rebekah Sager

    Scumbag of the week award – Missouri Cop who threaten to arrest bus Driver for wearing a mask

    In Missouri the Governor
    And State Attorney general
    Have been on anti-mask crusade.

    Telling people to challenge
    People who dare to wear a mask
    To protect themselves and others.

    As COVID continues
    To run out of control
    In Missouri

    Which has one of the lowest
    Vaccination rates in the country.

    The governor has forbidden
    Schools from requiring masks
    Or vaccinations.

    A cop stopped a school bus,
    Threatening to arrest the driver
    Who was wearing a mask

    Following school policy
    And CDC guidelines.

    Falsely saying
    It was now illegal
    To wear a mask in public.

    And that masks
    Do not protect one
    Against COVID.

    Which was a liberal hoax
    To begin with.

    One can only hope
    That the cop
    Will get COVID.
    Poetic justice at work.

    The bus driver
    Stood his ground.
    Refused to take off
    the mask.

    For these actions
    Of the policeman
    Deserves the honor
    Of being the scumbag
    Of the week.

    The End

     

    Neo-50ths Return of the Red Menace

    Sometimes watching the news
    Particularly FOX news
    One would think

    Repeat after me
    Joe Biden is not a communist
    There are no communists left
    Communist is dead.

    That we are living
    In the red scare
    Of the 1950’s

    Repeat after me
    Joe Biden is not a communist
    There are no communists left
    Communist is dead.

    When communism
    Was a real threat
    To American style capitalism

    Repeat after me
    Joe Biden is not a communist
    There are no communists left
    Communist is dead.

    They call the democrats
    Communists, socialists and sometimes
    Fascists

    As if these three things
    Are one and the same

    Repeat after me
    Joe Biden is not a communist
    There are no communists left
    Communist is dead.

    And they have resurrected
    Some of the overheated rhetoric
    Of that era

    Repeat after me
    Joe Biden is not a communist
    There are no communists left
    Communist is dead.

    But fortunately
    Most people are not buying
    What they selling

    Repeat after me
    Joe Biden is not a communist
    There are no communists left
    Communist is dead.

    Most people don’t think
    That the communists are out
    To destroy America

    Repeat after me
    Joe Biden is not a communist
    There are no communists left
    Communist is dead.

    Realizing that there
    are no communists
    Left in the world
    Except for a few hard core
    Believers

    Repeat after me
    Joe Biden is not a communist
    There are no communists left
    Communist is dead.

    Communism died in 1990
    Perhaps some of the MAGA crowd
    Don’t know that

    Because they have been brainwashed
    Or have been asleep
    Since 1990.

    Repeat after me
    Joe Biden is not a communist
    There are no communists left
    Communist is dead.

    Mr. President Every Word You Say is a Lie and You Know It

    The former guy
    Once again
    Made a deranged statement

    About current events
    In a word salad
    Every word in his statement
    Was a lie

    Showing that Trump
    Is living in his own world
    That is not part
    Of the world
    His non-supporters inhabit.

    I just don’t know what
    To make of this world salad

    Really former guy
    The democrats are communists
    Trying to seize power

    And turn Biden
    Into perhaps the next coming
    Of Castro? Or Chavez
    Or Mao, or Stalin?

    Really?
    In case you did not know it
    Communism is dead

    No one
    Even the Russians and Chinese
    Are Marxists any more

    And no Joe Biden
    Is not trying to become a dictator

    The only person
    trying to be a dictator
    Would be you.

    The January 6 insurrection
    Was an attempted coup
    You know it, we all know it

    The January 6committee
    Is trying to hold
    people accountable

    That includes perhaps
    Sending some people to jail.

    The committee and the democrats
    Are out to get you
    Because you are guilty

    And your day
    Of accounting

    For all of your crimes
    Is coming sooner
    That you think.

    https://www.dailykos.com/story/2021/12/20/2070336/-Former-FBI-official-Trump-just-admitted-that-he-knows-he-s-in-trouble

    Trump just admitted he knows he is in  trouble.

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  • More Short Cosmos Poems

    More Short Cosmos Poems

    More Short Cosmos Poems

    I am a big fan of Haiku, Tanka, and other short poetical forms inspired by the Japanese and others.   here are some of my short poems. Some have been published, most have not.

    enjoy

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    Japanese short poetry forms

    Cosmos’s Cheritas and Haiku

    Coffee Poems

    Cherita Poems

     

    Current Haiku

    Index

    Part One Love Poems

    I will Love you until the end of time

    I will Love you until the end of time

    That is all I need to say

    That is all that there is

    Nothing but love in my heart
    Waiting for me to say it
    And for you to believe it

    In the beginning of the world

    In the beginning of the world

    I saw you there
    Walking off that bus

    And that was the beginning
    Of my life with you
    And the end of the rest of the world

    Love Cherita -I Married the Girl of My Dreams

    I married the girl of my dreams

    First dreamt of her
    Back in 1974

    Eight years later
    she walked off a bus
    and into my life

    It All Began in Berkeley, California

    It All Began in Berkeley, California

    in the spring time of 1974
    one fateful afternoon

    I was nodding off
    in my high school physics class
    And saw her in my dream

    I Looked Up

    I looked up

    and saw a tall, beautiful Asian woman
    standing looking at me

    She was the most beautiful women
    in the universe to me
    I screamed out, who are you?

    She Disappeared

    She Disappeared

    like she was beamed
    away from my dream

    I knew that moment that someday
    I would meet the girl
    In the dream

     

    Little Did I Know

    Little Did I Know

    I would have to wait
    eight long years

    Until 1982
    to meet her in reality
    when she walked off that bus

    Starting that month

    Starting that month

    I began having the same dream
    Month and month and month

    Always the Same Dream
    She was saying something
    in a strange language

    Then one day

    then one day

    I had the dream
    and knew that she was in Korea

    I Knew She Was Waiting for Me
    I chose to go Korea
    In the Peace Corps

    Somehow knowing

    somehow knowing

    That I would meet her there
    and I looked for her there

    for three years
    I looked everywhere
    and never found her

    One Day I Had the Last Dream

    One day I had the last dream

    It happened in the morning
    A year after the Peace Corps ended

    A month before I planned
    to leave to return
    to the U.S. for graduate school

    That Morning Early in the Morning

    That morning early in the morning
    I had the last of these dreams

    This time I understood her
    She said,

    “걱정 마. 우리는 곧 만날 것이다. ”
    “geogjeongma. ulineun god mannal geos-ida.
    “Don’t worry.   We’ll meet soon.”

    I Was Born Again That evening

    I Was Born Again that evening

    As I was getting off the bus
    To go to my class

    I saw getting off the bus
    The girl in my dream
    It was she!

    I was Speechless

    I was speechless

    I did not know what to do
    Wanted to tell her

    How could I tell her that
    Hey, you are the girl
    I have been dreaming about

    Over the Course of the Evening

    Over the course of the evening

    I ran into her several times
    Finally, I was introduced to her

    I muttered some lame excuse

    About wanting to find a Korean tutor
    and got her number.

    My New Life Began the Next Day

    My new life began the next day

    The next day she came to the gate
    Of my base where I was teaching

    She said that she had to speak with me
    I told to wait in the library
    for about an hour

    I Would Cancel Class

    I would cancel class

    and meet her then
    We went out for coffee

    She told me that she was madly
    in love with me
    And simply had to have me

    I Told Her I Felt the Same Way

    I told her I felt the same way

    I proposed five days later
    And got married one month later

    Does she believe this story?
    She claims she does not believe it
    Because it is impossible to be true

    But I Know That There Are Other Worlds

    But I Know That There Are Other Worlds

    In a past life we must have been together
    somehow our love was so strong

    That it crossed over
    the barrier of past lives
    finding me in this life

    She found me in 1974

    She Found Me In 1974

    But it took until 1982
    For us to actually meet

    And it has been 35 years
    Since we met in the physical sphere
    Or 43 years since the dream began

    And I still recall the dream

    and I still recall the dream

    I had no choice
    when  I met her

    we were fated
    to be together
    until the end of time

    End Dream Cherita

     

    Morning Delight

    Every morning

    When I wake up
    And see your face

    The sunlight of your love
    Fills my heart with deep contentment
    And all is right with the world

    Best Love Cinquain

    Best Love
    Love at First Sight
    Met the girl of my dreams
    My life began
    that autumn day

    True Dreams

    I had a dream
    Meet the Girl of my Dreams
    She walked off that bus that day

    Truth

    Truth
    True story
    Love never ends
    Love at First Sight Love

    First Love

    First Love
    First time we kissed
    Hot Electricity
    Filled my soul with desire
    Time stopped

    Time

    Time
    Began
    That fine day
    Never Ending Love story

     First Kiss

    They say you always

    remember forever
    the first kiss of your life

    it happened to me
    back in 1967
    In Washington DC

    the first time

    I kissed a sweet girl
    I was eleven years in age

    It happened in a class project
    We were inside a fake space ship
    And shared a French kiss

    Kissing Angela in the Bar

    My first kiss
    With my lovely wife
    Occurred in evil Itaewon

    We went to a bar and drank a lot
    Started kissing asked to leave the bar

    Angela Cherita

    I have dreamt of you

    For almost seven long years
    And now you are here

    What can I do about this
    Only thing to do love you
    Until the End of Time

    Thank to all the gods

    For bringing you in my life
    I will love you

    For we are fated
    to be together
    From now to the end of time

    Angela  Haiku

    Every day I wake up
    To the love of my long life
    And say Thanks to God

    63 Years Young with You

    I am 63 years young

    63 years around the sun
    37 of those years

    I have spent
    With my Dream Girl
    the love of my life

    63 years Around the Sun

    63 Years around the sun

    taught me a few things
    life is too short

    to carry a grudge
    live your Life
    Love a lot

    Another Love Cinquain

    My Love
    Haunting my dreams
    endlessly talking to me
    Then walked out of the dreams
    into my Life

    Haiku Thinking of You

    Thinking of you, dear
    Wondering if you are too
    Thinking of me too

    Every Day I Wake Up

    Every day I wake up
    I see my fate in her face
    Fall into her spell

    Met My Fate

    I met my late fate
    Seeing her face in a bar
    Met fate That Date

    Published Hello

    impossible Dreams

     

    (audio for impossible Dreams, impossible dreams 2, life is but a dream and I married the girl of my Dreams)

    impossible dreams
    sometimes they do come to life
    sometimes come true

    Impossible Dreams 2

    Impossible dreams
    I have had a few come true
    Dreamt of meeting wife
    And in my dream life
    She walked out of my dreaming
    Night time vision came true

    Life is but a Dream

    Life is But a Dream
    That is what they say my dear
    And I have lived dreams
    Dreaming of meeting her
    Then she walks out of the dream
    And into my arms

    Married the Girl of My
    Dreams

    true love romance story

    I married the girl of my Dreams
    First dreamt of her
    back in 1974
    Eight years later
    She walked off a bus
    and into my life

    Skinny Valentines

    Every day
    All
    Around
    Me
    I
    See
    Broken
    Hearted
    Woman
    Every lover

    Faces

    Faces of all of my ex-lovers
    All around me
    Coming at me

     

     

    Everywhere I look
    Seeing my wife’s face in the sky

    Shape of Sex

    Sexual desires
    Have a strange way about them

    Arriving unannounced
    Perhaps overwhelming at times

    Erupting out of nowhere
    Seriously disrupting my day’s plan

    GLOW

    Glowing light of the dawning sun
    Lights up my dismal room
    Overwhelming me with love
    Watching my dream girl sleep

    Angela (Acrostic poem for Whispers)

    Angela is my life
    No better friend in the universe
    Greatest Love of all
    Every Day I thank God
    Love of my life

    Angela My Soul Mate

    Love of my long life
    Everything I ever desires
    Everything I ever needed

    On Top of the World

    on top of the world
    looking down
    on all of  creation

    beneath my feet
    Thinking
    what a wonderful world
    this is

    as long as I have you
    by my side

    There is nothing more to be said

    There is nothing more to be said

    Nothing more I can add
    Nothing more than this

    I will love you
    Until the end of time itself
    and death does us part

    A Message for You

    A message for you

    Love comes with the sunrise
    a message from God himself

     

    from the universe itself
    in the eastern sea
    Showering love rainbows upon you

    Love Endures

    Love Endures

    the longer I live
    the more I learn

    that nothing endures in life
    other than the love
    I share with you

    Success

    In 62 years around the sun

    I have learned a few things
    About life and the universe

    The most important thing in life
    Is to have a successful love life
    That is all one needs after all

    Spring Doositsu

    Waking up seeing you there
    Watching you as you wake up
    Fills me with such sweet desire
    Overcoming my mind

    I sit watching you all day
    Thinking of you all day long
    Wild erotic imaginings

    Love making to come
    That old blues song come to mind
    I just want to make love to you
    I just want to make love to you
    Nothing more than that that

    I end this morning with this thought
    You are still the most wonderful
    The most beautiful creature
    In the whole universe

    Love Triclinia

    One Summer Day
    I saw a rose on the bus
    I met my fate

    Angela Fills Me with Red Passion

    angela
    the love of my life
    came to me out of a dream
    walked off a bus into my life
    filling my life
    with red passion

    Thanks Haiku

    Every morning
    I wake up alive with you
    I give thanks to the Gods

    Love Hexastich

    love
    for you
    dreaming
    of you
    for years
    until you walked
    into my life

    Love Sestet

    you walked out of my dreams
    into my life that day
    the day that changed my life
    when you became my wife
    and filled my life with love
    that date I met true love

    Everything  I Could Ever Dream

    Love
    My Dove
    my dream girl
    like a white pearl
    she appeared to me
    everything she could be
    My love came to me in a dream
    she was everything I could dream

    Dreaming of You

    dreaming
    of my love
    she came in a dream
    Haunting me for eight years
    then she walked out of my dreams

    “What Dreams May Come “ from the Movie

    Meeting You

    I often think
    what would I do
    If I could go back
    and change my past

    the one thing I would still do
    is meeting you

    8 Years of Dreams

     

    Dreaming her eight years
    one day she really appeared
    walked off a bus and into life

     

    There is always one more time

    There is always one more time

    There is always a second chance
    For love and happiness

    In this dark world of ours
    We will find each other
    Til the end of time itself

    Best Friend for 55 years 

      

    I have known Robert S since the first grade
    over 55 years sharing life’s journeys
    introduced me to demon rum and weed
    Was there when I dreamt of my wife
    and there during my 14 operations

    My Memory Bank

    Matt and I met in Latin class
    in the 9th grade
    he managed my first election
    as BHS president

    He knows most of my secrets
    and reminds me of my past misdeeds
    keeping me humble and alive

    Best Friend in the Universe

    I met my best friend, my soul mate
    in a dream in high school
    eight years later she walked off a bus
    and entered my life 35 years ago
    Still, my best friend I ever had

    Published in “Whispers”

    Part Two Pain Poems

    Fake Pain Haiku version

    Fibromyalgia

    I have fake pain all day long
    Don’t know if it is real

    Magazine Bonsai Haiku

    Living with Pain Hanibun

    Back in 1996 I had the accident that changed everything.I went jogging one morning. It was dark outside, and I thought that I knew the trail. I fell down a ledge hidden where the trail should have been. I shattered me heal in a million pieces. I was rushed to an ER and told that I needed n emergency operation and would be bed ridden for four months. My wife was in San Antonio at the time serving in the Army, I was in DC working for the State Department. I flew in a wheel chair to San Antonio where they proclaimed that they had to wait a week for the swelling to go down before they could operate. The Air force doctors wanted to try a new procedure – using shark cartridge as a bone supplement. The operation was a success until I quit taking antibiotics six months later. I was in DC by myself then. I went to the hospital for an unrelated thing -removal of a cist I think. But the doctors took one look at me and proclaimed that the staph had become a multiple drug resistant staph and I needed an urgent operation. The next day I had the third of 15 operations. I endured six months at Walter Reed hospital but that was in the 90’s prior to the wars of the 21st century filled the base up. They had few customers and I got to know the doctors well

    I know pain
    Intimately aware of every ache
    Every pain

    Ever since that day
    When I went under the knife
    And had the 14 operations

    That saved my life
    But I am not one to complain

    I became one with the pain
    Which I endure to this day

    Knowing that I am alive
    Having cheated death
    Twenty times in life

    Waiting for the grim reaper
    To finally claim me

    But that day has not come
    And until the, I will endure.

    Hiking the Hills of My Youth

    I grew up in Berkeley, California in the 60’s Ever since I was a youngster I would wander the hills of Berkeley hiking for hours by myself and sometimes with my friends

    I explored every nook and cranny every corner of the hills and got to know nature in its infinite beauty

    Ever since those days I have longed for the day that I could spend my days hiking and wondering the hills

    Now that I am retired and living in Korea I can go for a long walk in the hills every day I want

    It is not the same as the hills I grew up, no vistas of the Bay and it is in Korea to boot but most days it is sufficient as I head out early afternoon and conquer four or five miles of hills just enjoying that fact that I can still move and am still very much alive at age 62.

    I grew up hiking the hills of Berkeley, California
    Grew up knowing every corner of the hills
    And the infinite beauty of the Bay Area

    And now I find myself in a strange land
    With time on my hands
    I wander the hills above the airport
    In Incheon Korea

    And wander about here
    and there Just being grateful

    That I am still alive
    And kicking at age 62

    Coffee Poems

    Coffee Haiku

     

    cup of coffee
    cup of coffee

    I like my coffee
    Like my women hot
    as hell and Heaven

     

    coffee drink of the gods

     

    7-2-coffee-
    7-2-coffee-

    coffee drink of the gods
    also drink of the dogs
    satan

    Coffee Madness

    coffee
    coffee

    every morning coffee madness
    consumes me and overwhelms me
    one day coffee madness

    More Coffee

     

    too much coffee
    too much coffee

     

    More coffee
    must have more
    it consumes me

    just need one more

    Darker Poems

    Nuclear War Looms

    nuclear war looms
    North Korea U.S. Launch Nukes
    End of the world

    Zombies Apocalypse

    audio clip includes Zombie poems, and Evil Fog

    the zombies unleashed
    killing everyone they see
    zombie apocalypse

    Zombies to the right of me

    Mature Couple being attacked in their car by a hoard of zombies.

    Zombies to the right of me
    Zombies to the left of me
    Zombies run amuck

     

    Evil Fog

    evil fog descends
    killing everyone at once
    end of life on earth

    Ghosts in Scotland

    While touring Scotland
    Meeting Ghosts in the wild moors

    I believe in ghosts

    The Future of NYC

    cherita re NYC
    NYC

     

     

     

     

     

    In the distant future
    the world will end
    with a massive flood
    and NYC will slowly sink
    beneath the waves
    and humanity will die

    Fear of Falling While Sleeping

    I am consumed
    with the fear of falling
    out of bed
    onto the ground
    dying in my sleep

    Life is a Dream of Chocolate Covered Trees

    Life is a dream
    of chocolate covered trees
    for to see what can’t be seen
    for to hear what can’t be heard
    to see what can’t be seen
    to live in oder to die
    and to die in order to live

    Note: oldest poem written when I was 16! in 1972

    Spirits

    Satanic spirits all around me
    Particularly late at night
    In the middle of the night
    Rapidly erupting everywhere
    Infesting my very being
    Taking over my very soul
    Satanic demons of the night

    Freaky

    Freaky sounds fill the air
    Radio is on playing the music of the dead
    Everywhere I hear the music of my doom
    All around me I see my fate approaching me
    Keeping me awake with cosmic dread
    Yes the end time approaches

    Scorpion Nights of Passion

    Born in October
    Scorpion Passionate fool
    Always taking the lead
    consumed with dark desires

    is this Scorpio buddha nature
    consumed with dark desires

    Looking at the Hidden Machinery of God

    One day
    I woke up
    and found myself

    in God’s hidden factory
    watching the machinery of God

    running the world
    and realized

    that God was indeed
    the chief engineer of the universe

    as I watched the machinery
    of creation
    creating the world anew
    every morning

    Endless Noises on TV

    endless noise on TV
    quiet on the path outside
    peace in my soul

    Dangerous Times Tanka

    In dangerous times
    we retreat to our corners
    convinced we are right
    everyone else is evil
    everyone else must die

    Dream What May Come

    Dream what may come
    Recalling past lives lived
    Every fantasy comes to life
    All night long
    More nightmares to come
    So many worlds to explore

    Fate

    Fate has a way
    Always catching up
    embrace your fate
    on this date

    Fate Endlessly dancing away
    that is what’s up
    at the end of the date

    Solage Poems

    Darkness consumes Me

    Love Madness consumes me
    whatever will be will be
    love

    Dreaming Dark Dreams

    Dreaming Dark dreams
    wondering what will become of me
    death

    War Rumors of War

    war rumors of war
    spreading everywhere war
    destruction

    Are These the End of Time

    are these the end of time
    biblical prophecies
    Hell

    Florette Poems

    Twenty Twenty

    twenty twenty
    feared by many
    reasons plenty
    feared by many
    the end times are coming

    These Strange Visions

    these strange visions
    nightmare visions
    nightmarishly real
    or is this just my fate
    to have visions galore

    howling at the Moon Florette

    howling at the moon
    the mad full moon
    filled with madness

    screaming like an escaped banshee
    pure madness

    I See the Moon Florette

    I see the blood red super blue moon
    smiling full moon

    dreaming of naked lovely
    moon maidens

    Moon over the mountains Florette

    Photo by Nishant Vyas on Pexels.com

    the blood red super blue full moon shines
    providing mad signs

     

     

    deep in mountains
    filled with thoughts of the moon
    howling

    The Evil Moon Florette

    the evil blue super full moon
    blood red blue moon

     

     

    terrifies me
    I run consumed with hot mad desires
    mad moon cries out

    Nature Poems

    Walking on the Path

    walking on the path
    in the world peace forest
    snowing cherry trees

    the World at Peace

    the world at peace
    walking with love of my life
    all is right with me

    Falling Cherry Trees

    the falling cherry trees
    along the path of the forest
    reminds us of love

    Two Cats

    two cats walking by
    one black one one yellow one
    both alien creatures

    Birds Flying Away

    Watching the black birds
    birds flying away
    fleeing the wild cats about

    The World Peace Forrest

     

    the world peace forrest
    passes by my apartment
    every day I walk it

    Deer in the Park

    I seldom see the deer
    that live in the park near me
    they are just too shy

    Never Saw the Wild Pig

    I never saw the wild pig
    the Pig that lives in the woods
    just heard him oinking

     

     

    Korean Charcoal Saunas

    korean charcoal
    saunas are amazing
    cure for everything

    Walking In Snow

    walking in snow
    on a cold night
    winter old friend
    the world becomes so cold

    Contended Pigs

    Contended Pigs
    Increasing food costs
    Piles of rotten garbage

    Spring Time In Seoul

    Springtime In Seoul
    full of promised weather
    chase away winter

    At the Center

    at the center of
    all of reality
    a flower blossoms

    Australia and California Burning Bright

    Australia and California
    burning bright wildfires
    end of the world
    an apocalyptic
    a vision of world’s end

    26 Alphabetical Haiku

    Angela

    The Love of My Life

    A is for Angela Lee

    Love her Forever

    Breathing

    B is for breathing

    Sometimes I forget to do so

    And will pay the price 

    Charlie

    C is for Charlie

    All the Charlies in the world

    Every last one of them

    Demel

    D is for my Friend

    Demel Tucker was his name

    He died way too soon

    Evergreen 

    E is for ever green

    The Eucalyptus.  trees

    That cover the East Bay

    Friendship

    F is for friendship

    All my friends in the world

    I remember you

    Golf

    G is for golfing

    Sometime I never could do

    But always wanted

    Hotels

    H is for Hotels

    The best and the worst everywhere

    Here there and in SF

    Indians

    I is for Indians

    Indian and American

    And the Cherokees 

    Japan

    J is for Japan

    Japanese Food and Sake

    Hot Sake tonight

    Korean

    Best Korean Food

    K is for Korea

    Soju Malkali

     Latin

    L is for Latin

    The language I struggle with

    Latina lovers

    Mothers

    M for your mama

    My crazy Mother as well

    Everyone’s mothers

    Never

    N is for never

    Ever ever use the N Word

    Even amongst friends

    Ohio

    O for Ohio

    Oklahoma City too

    And Oregon

    Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania

    Pittsburg and Phillie Cheese Steaks

    True Decadence

    Russia

    R for Russia

    The Russian gate

    Scandal de jour

    Queens

    Q is for my Queens

    My best LGBT friends

    Where ever they live

    Satanic

    S for Satanic

    I don’t believe you exist

    Powers and spells

    Turkey

    T is for Turkey

    The country and bird

    The Thanksgiving feasts

    Unwary

    U is unwary

    So Unfriendly

    So very un-cool

    Victory

    V is for victory

    V is for vegan veggies

    Very green smoothies

     Whatever

    Whatever will be

    Whoever you want to be

    Whatever  you want

     X Files

    X marks the spot here

    Burried treasures and loot

    Or just mad dreams

    Yes

    Y is for saying Yes

    Yes to everything under the sun

    And throughout the night

     Zoo

    Z is for the show Zoo

    Still haunts my every night mare

    The animals kill

    Computer Haiku

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    evil_computer_is_evil_by_insanefangirl_

    Damn It All to Hell

    Damn it all to Hell
    My damn computer
    Ate all my damn files

    I am Trapped

    I am still trapped
    I am still trapped
    Stuck inside my computer

    My Damn Computer

    I love my computer
    My Damn Computer
    When it works for me

    Computer On Strike

    My computer is on strike
    It refuses to work
    Usually nothing

    Computer Hates Me

    Computer hates me
    He wants to kill my files
    Wants to kill me too

    Computer Hates Me 2

    Computer hates me
    It wants to drive me insane
    Wants to kill my files

    For once I Would Like

    For once I would Like
    To have my computer work right
    Do what is should do

    Perhaps if I Am Nice

    Perhaps if I am nice
    To my computer
    It will be nice to me

    Perhaps Today It Will

    Perhaps today it will
    Not give haiku messages
    That it loves to sprout

    My Bad Computer

    My bad computer
    Is so damn evil
    Almost killed me

    What a Fate I Have

    What a Fate I have
    To become a slave to it
    To my damn computer

    I Love My Machine

    I love my machine
    My mad as a hat machine
    Bat shit crazy machine

    My dear computer

    My dear computer
    Loves to send me these love notes
    Computer haiku

    My favorite Haiku

    My favorite Haiku
    General failure reading
    Disk Drive Fata Error

    Who is General Failure

    who is general
    Failure and why is he
    reading my disk drive

    Computer Tanka

    For once in my life
    I would like my computer
    To turn on and work
    Do what it supposed to do
    Without sprouting such haiku

    I hate my computer

    I hate my computer
    It seems to hate me as well
    Just refuses to work

    Ornery son of a bitch machine

    ornery machine
    Ornery son of a bitch machine
    Driving me insane

    My computer loves Me Not at All 

    My computer loves
    me not at all it still wants
    to kill my files
    It wants to take my soul away
    turn me into its evil clone

    My bad computer

    My bad computer
    Has been infected with a virus
    Wants to kill my soul
    Transforming consuming
    Taking me inside its soul

    My mad computer

    Infected with a virus
    Everything it touches
    Corrupted by mad zombies
    Controlled by evil AI

    Revenge is mine

    Revenge is mine
    Screams the mad evil machine
    As it lurks to life
    Trying to hunt me down
    Death to all human beings

    End Computer Haiku

    I Want a Dog’s Life</h2 > I want a dog’s life
    That’s what I want in next life

    All A dog needs to be is cute
    And his master will feed him
    It is a dog’s life for me

     

    Nightmare Cinquain

    Night mares
    Endless fears all night long
    Can’t escape running from these dreams
    All night

    more Night mares

    Endless fears all night long
    Huge Monsters chasing me
    Hideous Creatures from Hell Itself
    Monsters
    Fiendish Hell hounds escaped Banishes
    screaming bloody murder
    they chase me all the way
    I die

    Christmas Ronka

    December End of the Year
    The blues knocking at my door
    I open the door to winter
    Arctic blast freezes my cold face

    Secrets

    Secrets
    Everywhere
    Constant lies and deceit
    Revolution in the air
    Everywhere

    All around us
    There is nothing but
    Secrets

    Lion Desires

    lion
    lion

    Lion
    Wild Beast
    In
    Dark jungle

     

     

    Finally emerging to hunt
    At dawn

    Hungry
    For breakfast
    Human-meat

     

     

     

     

    looking at the hidden machinery of God

    One day
    I woke up
    and found myself

    in God’s hidden factory
    watching the machinery of God

    running the world
    and realized

    that God was indeed
    the chief engineer of the universe

    as I watched the machinery
    of creation
    creating the world anew
    every morning

    Jake’s Golden Shovel

    A sense of cosmic unease hangs
    coming over all of us silently
    hanging in the purple
    air that has turned crystalline
    reflecting my moods in the sky

     

    Political Rants

    The Impeachment Trial

     

    The Impeachment Trial
    overwhelms me with dread
    are we near the end

    Recently I Learned That I am Part Jewish

     

    Recently I learned that I was part Jewish
    That was long rumored in our family tree
    Never confirmed until DNA came again
    But whether my Jewish ancestors lived
    Or died in the holocaust I have not heard
    Never again will we live through that pain

    Neo Fascism Must Be Defeated Again

    trump idiot in high place
    US President Donald Trump speaks about 5G network deployment in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 12, 2019. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP) (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

    In this day and age of fake news
    And neo fascism rising yet again

    It is important to bear witness
    To the undeniable fact
    That the holocaust
    can never ever come again

    That is what we must vow every day
    Never again

     

    The Neo-Fascists Are On the March

    By their champion the man in Orange
    Whose racist mutterings have let loose
    The ranting nutty voices of the right
    Championing their god given right
    To rule and regulate all
    that they see

    Panic

    Panic attacks
    comes over come me
    always happen
    when I turn on the news

    in case
    I hear our dear leader
    constant chaos around us

    Trump

    The President of the United States
    Republican Leader of the Free world
    Uber ales nations
    Muttering insanities
    Preposterous Nonsensical tweets

    Putin

    Post Modern Leader
    Uniting all the Russians
    Triumphant against all enemies
    Including the Great Satan
    Nevertheless always living in fear

    the end

  • November 22 Publication Updates and announcements

    November 22 Publications

    I just submitted my chapbook,

    “Snarling Cup of Coffee” to the Poetry Superhiway’s Great Poetry E Book Free for All promotion.
    On December 1, 2018 all the chapbooks will be free for distribution worldwide. I will send the link
    on December 1, 2018 and provide links to all the books on my web site that day as well.
    I hope you all will participate and download at least my book.

    If you are interested in participating see the following and note the deadline is November 30th PST.
    I missed the deadline last year.

    The Great Poetry E-Book Free-For-All
    The mission of the Poetry Super Highway is to expose as many people to as many other people’s
    poetry as possible.
    What?

    Acrazy project in which your poetry e-books will be freely available to all interested humans
    on Earth for a 24 hour period.

    Throughout November we will collect e-books from poets and writers interested in participating.
    Then on December 1st, for a 24 hour period, a special website will go live
    with links to all of the e-books.

    For 24 hours anyone will be free to download, for free,
    as many of these e-books as they like…a poetry e-book free-for-all.

    How?

    To participate, read all of the guidelines below and then click on our Online Submission form.
    That’s it. It’s simple. By doing so, your e-book will be included.

    The E-Book has to be written by you.

    E-books should be in PDF Format for universal compatibility
    with anyone’s computer.

    If you have an e-book in Microsoft Word or another format,
    please convert it to PDF. One way to do this (if you don’t know how)
    is to visit the website http://www.freepdfconvert.com/

    From there you will be allowed to select the file on your computer
    which will uploaded and e-mailed back to you in PDF format.

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    Once you’ve created your e-book (not before),
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    Please fill out the form and use it to upload your e-book to us.

    We are not accepting e-books or submissions by e-mail.
    The only way to join in is by clicking on the Online Submission Form below.

    On December 1 at Midnight (the evening of November 30),
    we will distribute a special e-mail letting people know the location
    of the web page with links to all of the e-book files.

    People will be free to download any or all of the titles and your poetry will be freely,
    electronically, travelling all over the world.

    This web page will go off line 24 hours later at Midnight on December 2nd.

    We will also list your e-book and description on this web page along
    with the link to your website for all to see.
    When it’s over, we’ll produce a list of how many copies of each book
    were downloaded for no reason other than you may find it interesting.
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    Frequently Asked Questions

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    To expose as many people to as many other people’s poetry as possible.

    Why isn’t this a one-one exchange like the Great Poetry Exchange?

    The immediate accessibility of the internet, and zero costs for producing
    e-books makes this a much more attractive opportunity for
    an immediate larger audience for your books.
    We don’t want to limit your potential readers to other producers of e-books,
    nor to one other person.
    Why does the e-book have to be written by me?

    Unlike the Great Poetry Exchange, were one can participate by pledging
    to send a book by someone else or an anthology they’ve edited,
    since e-books are not purchased physical entities,
    and because they will be available in unlimited quantities
    during the 24 hour period on December 1st,
    only you have the rights to your poetry.

    You can’t authorize the free distribution of someone else’s poetry,
    the rights of which you don’t own, to the world.

    This sounds cool but I don’t have an e-book.
    That’s not really a question, but anyway, why not make one?

    Do some basic design and layout of your poems in your favorite word processing
    program. Make a title page. Design a nice cover.

    Use any pictures you want. Turn it into an PDF.
    You’ve got an e-book. There’s no time like the present.
    Maybe you’ll take it to print later?

    I participated last year and I want to submit the same book,
    can you just use the file and info you have already?

    This creates more work for us and is a little more difficult for us to manage.
    It would really help out if you could click on the Online Submission Form
    so we can have everything in the same place, we’d appreciate it.

    I’m concerned about my book being free for everyone on the planet.

    Also not a question but we understand.

    Maybe this isn’t for you. Maybe you sell e-books on your website
    and don’t want to give unlimited copies of one away over a 24 hour period.
    Hey, it’s cool.
    Are these really frequently asked questions?

    Actually no, all these were written before we received any questions,
    imagining what some of the questions might be.

    E-Books In So Far:

    All My Friends and I Want to Talk About is Autumn Leaves by Tara King
    All My Friends and I Want to Talk About is Autumn Leaves is a micro poetry
    collection–six poems written in the fall of 2017, a time of grief, beauty, and rage.

    American Poem Installation No. 2 by John Sweet

    Short bursts of word sculpture and verbal painting.
    Multi-faceted challenges to help stop the death of democracy.
    https://bleedinghorse.blogspot.com/

    Aqua Jogging by LB Sedlacek
    Fun water and water activity filled poems by swimming enthusiast
    and poet, LB Sedlacek! Aqua Jogging will leave you wanting
    to take a dip in the pool or at least stick a toe in the ocean!
    http://www.lbsedlacek.com

    The Best of Kindness 2017 by Jan Keough

    The 62 poems in this anthology are from over 300 poems sent
    to the Origami Poems Project’s 2017 ‘Kindness’ contest –
    with Finalist Judge, award-winning poet, Mary Ann Mayer.
    Join poets from 30 states and over 12 countries on this journey of insight
    and compassion.
    https://www.origamipoems.com

    A Blue Soul by Gabriella Garofalo

    The guests from the heavenly vault: stars, moon, sun, feed my words
    and provide them with a relentless lymph.
    So does that frustrating mess we call life.
    My reshaping them is the drive enabling my words to be invaded by
    that green fuse running through the very soul of poetry.

    Cherry Blossom Days by Sandy Benitez
    Cherry Blossom Days, by Sandy Benitez,
    is a collection of ethereal love poems;
    a love story that unfolds within the season of Spring infused
    with memories of the Pacific Northwest and Asian imagery.
    https://sandyslibrary.blogspot.com

    Club des Poètes. by Kaye Abikhaled
    You’ve been to Paris before. On your next visit share my verses
    for this great city and make them your own.

    Cuts On Me by Adrienne Ijioma
    This beautiful burst of enlightenment & empowerment awakens
    the reader to the psychological, emotional, mental & physical battles
    many experience while traveling the rugged road of life.
    Using poetry as a poignant testimony to declare that even from the darkest of days,
    we can bloom into something virtuously beautiful.
    https://jessvaughnwrites.com

    Dew Drops In The Rain by Hibah Shabkhez
    With tyrannical parrot-generals, mangoes and imbeciles,
    we have here a rather whimsical collection of poetry in English and French.
    https://hibahshabkhezxicc.wordpress.com/

    during the music by r soos
    During the music is a collection of 500 micropoems by r soos.
    r soos edited seven stars poetry from 1973-1998.
    He retired from teaching and instead of resting on past laurels,
    he is now editing Cholla Needles, a literary magazine based in Joshua Tree.
    http://www.chollaneedles.com

    How to Write Poetry by Jim Babwe

    Rodney B. Scow, SLF (Significant Literary Figure) asked me to submit this for him.
    His email account has been “suspended.”
    http://recursivemultimedia.blogspot.com

    In Iudicio (39 Lashes) by Jean-Paul Garnier

    As the subject of these 39 Lashes is one “on trial,” In Iudicio is a guilty read.
    One may feel as though it was not meant for their eyes, perhaps a found journal.
    Lines have been blurred and made public,
    therefore the reader is implored to continue with salivating confidence.
    http://jplgarnier.blogspot.com/

    Jack No Man by Born Before
    A juxtaposition of thought and sound, using modern tropes to anticipate the future.
    Well, in other words, just some poetry by a cool dude. Thanks for downloading me!
    100 Ways to Cook an Egg by LB Sedlacek
    How many ways can you cook an egg? How many ways can you write a poem?
    Poems range from place poems to social works –
    all sorts of different poems scrambled or fried up to serve your poetical reading time!
    http://www.lbsedlacek.com

    1+1=3 by I.B. Rad
    A lighthearted look at social, cultural, and political inconsistencies in America,
    with cover artwork by author.

    Permit Wonder by Jan Keough
    This collection is called a gathering since it suggests the coming together of friends.
    And these poems are friends to me, Jan Keough.
    I’m editor and co-founder of the Origami Poems Project.
    Since 2009, the OPP has been sharing microchaps – for free – to all.
    http://jankeough.com/

    Poems Into Guns by Rick Lupert

    New and selected poems from late 2017 through 2018 from Rick Lupert
    including poems from the forthcoming collection “Hunka Hunka Howdee!”
    poetrysuperhighway.com

    Selected Poems by Dave Lewis
    Dave Lewis is writer from Pontypridd, South Wales.

    He has always lived in Wales except for a year in Kenya.
    He has written newspaper columns, poetry for magazines,
    sports stories for the BBC and is organizer of the International Welsh Poetry
    Competition. For more details visit Dave’s website.

    Welsh Writer

    The Summer Sonnets by Bruce McRae
    The fractured sonnets of a fractured sonneteer. Written in the heat of summer.

    Territories by Antonia Clark
    Territories is a sampler of collected and new poems.
    Antonia Clark has taught creative writing, published two books of poetry,
    and co-administers an online poetry workshop, The Waters.
    She lives in Vermont, loves French picnics, and plays French café music
    on a sparkly purple accordion.

    38 Poems Under 100 Words by Bill Yarrow

    Thirty-eight published poems by Bill Yarrow all under one hundred words.
    https://billyarrow.wordpress.com/

    12th Man: Echoes of the Forgotten Race by Kilam T.A
    12th Man explores the psychological and emotion damage that occurs
    when people are forcefully removed from their home.
    12th Man illustrates what happens when the idea of gentrification is first initiated
    and what happens to the people when that idea is fully realized.
    http://www.speakerthoughts.com

    Voyage towards Positivity by Anupama Kadwad

    Voyage towards Positivity is a collection of random thoughts of the poet.
    This ebook consists of 26 poems on varied day to day topics.
    Deepest thoughts are expressed in simple words, which most of us can relate to.

    The Weather at Home by David Chorlton
    Poems written based on what happens around us at our house in Phoenix
    close to South Mountain, and thinking beyond it.
    http://davidchorlton.mysite.com/

    When the Moon Is New by Joan McNerney

    Ride through the 20th and 21st century with me

    Snarling Cup of Coffee By Jake Cosmos Aller

    I am a retired US diplomat and I have been writing poetry for decades.
    These are some of my favorite poems, most are from the last few years.
    Half have been published. I grew up in Berkeley but have lived all over the world;
    live in Korea and the U.S.

    2. River Sandha Publishes Fake Calls (will go live January 1,2019)

    Dear Jake,
    thanks for sending your write-ups. Its pleasure to let you know that your
    poem “Fake Calls” was published in our website. To see it, please go through this link:

    https://theriversandhareview.blogspot.com/2018/11/an-important-update.html

    Also, do accept a “certificate of contribution” which we attached with this mail.
    And, You may stay connected with us on-

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/RiverSandhaRVW
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RiverSandhaReviewOfficial/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riversandhareview/

    Thanks for your contribution to our magazine. Feel free to share the news with
    your world. Do write in future for us. Best regards & wishes for you!

    – Muhammad Shahadat Hossain

    Fake Calls

    Note: first time to be published in Bangladesh, I have been published in India, Nigeria,
    Romania, Germany, Costa Rica, The US, UK and Canada.

    Fake Calls

    (also published in the Snarling Cup of Coffee Chapbook coming December 1, 2018
    see prior posting above)

    Every day I get woken up
    As the sun comes up
    By my phone ringing
    With a fake call

    It seems that the only people
    Who ever bother to call me
    Are the fake call people

    Who all call me
    With fake sincerity

    Offering me a great deal
    On this and that scam

    I curse at them
    Yell at them
    Mutter obscenities in foreign tongues
    And block their calls

    Yet it does not seem to matter
    The next call will be
    Yet another fake call

    Am I doomed to receive
    Fake calls until I day I die

    I turn on my computer
    And read my fake news accounts
    And watch TV for the latest fake news

    And the politicians lying
    And the criminals scheming
    To take my money

    The Zappa song comes to mind

    You will obey me while I lead you
    And eat the garbage that I feed you
    Until the day that we don’t need you
    Don’t go for help . . . no one will heed you
    Your mind is totally controlled
    It has been stuffed into my mold
    And you will do as you are told
    Until the rights to you are sold

    That’s right, folks . . .
    Don’t touch that dial

    And I scream to the universe
    Just leave me alone
    Then the phone rings…..

    3 Bad Nudes Will Publish “Hell is Here to Stay” in January, 2019
    Hey Jake,

    Thanks again for your submission. I’d like to publish your poem “Hell is Here to Stay” in issue 3.4 of BAD NUDES, if it’s still available!

    Best,
    Fawn Parker

    Note this is a legitimate literary magazine published in Montreal. Bing banned me from entering the site due to the “adult” name. It is not a porn magazine! Google found it no problem.

    Hell is Here to Stay

    The angel of the lord
    Appeared on TV sets
    All over the world

    People woke up
    Expecting to see
    The usual suspects

    Talking heads
    Talking drivel
    Talking trash

    Instead
    A stern visage
    A stern old man
    In a dark suit

    He had a salt and pepper beard
    And long, dark black hair
    And piercing blue eyes
    Staring out
    From his stern face

    The eyes
    Piercing the soul
    Of all who listened

    The voice
    Of the angel of the lord
    Was like thunder

    And all over the world
    People tried to turn off
    Their TV sets
    To no avail

    Twilight light Zone
    Prevailed
    The angel of the lord
    Stopped swearing
    And said

    In a calm
    Deadly voice

    People of earth
    You know the lord
    By a billion names

    I am his spokesman
    We’ve realized
    There is the age of the TV

    And we must be able to reach
    You directly

    Before one or a million
    Could understand

    Now no one hears us
    For you are convinced

    We are dead
    Irrelevant
    Washed up
    A fraud

    Frankly speaking
    You all can go to hell

    And an evil grin
    Appears on his face
    As he says

    Can a fraud do this?

    And outside
    Thunder and lightening

    A star comes down
    And houses were blown away

    And everyone was
    Outside

    The TV set
    Was in the sky above

    The voice of the angel
    Of the lord
    Proclaiming

    Repent
    The end is near
    And now

    No more TV
    No more booze

    The rights to you
    Have been sold

    For to quote Frank Zappa
    You are all assholes
    You are all assholes

    All of you
    Little, mean little assholes

    Let me introduce
    My new business partner

    Satan, also known
    As the prince of darkness

    God and Satan
    Have agreed on a deal

    A thousand year Reich
    A thousand year of slavery
    For you

    My little human assholes
    For your sins, your arrogance
    Your foolish pride

    After a thousand years
    Of pure torture

    We will return
    To judge the living and the dead

    Most of you will remain in hell
    Some will be redeemed

    And allowed into heaven
    And now, back to your usual station

    Welcome to hell
    Satan said

    And laughed and laughed and laughed
    And the usual crimes resume
    The usual lies and deceits and shames

    For most people
    It made no difference

    They had been in hell
    For centuries

    For some
    It mattered

    The few decent people
    Left on earth

    Were condemned to join
    The masses

    For another thousand years
    Of toil and misery

    The bosses were happy
    Satan appointed them
    To continue to rule

    But no strikes
    No salaries
    And as much abuse
    As they could give out

    And so the world turns and turns
    Following its way
    Around the sun

    And the sun
    Turns and floats
    Through space

    And the end was here
    And now

    No one could tell
    The difference anymore
    Hell was here to stay

    Comments and feedback welcomed as always. And thanks to the over 700 people who have found
    My site since it went live in February, 2018!

  • Down in the Dirt Poems

    Down in the Dirt has published a number of my poems in 2017 and 2018. Check it out.

    Charles Bukowski Road Not Chosen

    And Other Poems

    By Jake Cosmos Aller

    Published in Down in the Dirt

    Charles Bukowski Road Not Chosen

    John (“Jake”) Cosmos Aller

    While reading Charles Bukowski poetry
    On the metro ride home
    Listening to Buddha bar music
    On my oh too hip IPod

    I begin to see myself as I was
    Over 30 years ago when I was merely a bit player
    A minor character in a Charles Bukowski poem

    A wild young underemployed intellectual
    Hanging out in dismal bars and dives all over Asia and California
    Hanging with disreputable women and drunks and drinkers
    And characters out of his kinds of haunts

    A mad poet bard of the underground
    A drunken poet in a drunken bum show
    That nightly played in his head

    Then one day I met the women of my dreams
    And went down a different path
    A long slow path to respectability

    And now 30 years later
    I am no longer a wild man
    I am still a poet at heart
    But I am now also a bureaucrat
    In a button down suite

    Doing the people’s business
    Working for the Government
    I’ve become the Man

    Sometimes I wonder
    Would I have been better off
    Going down that another path

    Would I have ended up
    Somewhere else
    Doing something else

    Would I have been as happy
    Would I have been as successful?

    There is no answer that satisfies
    The longing in my heart
    For that wild thing
    That still lurks beneath
    It’s civilized cover

    And I know that I am still
    A mad poet at heart
    Railing against the injustice of the world

    As I work day by day in the belly of the great beast of State
    I recall the ancient Chinese saying,
    “Confucian during the day while Taoist rebel at night”
    Playing out in my head and nightly dreams
    In the true American Upper class patrician tradition

    I close the book and look out the window
    Get off the train, and walk slowly home

    And realize I had no choice
    But to take the path that I’ve trodden on

    And so I put aside my misgivings
    And say goodbye to my “Bukowskian”desires
    For another night of domestic contentment

    Was it worth it all to take the conventional path
    And not take the bohemian road to hell and back

    I look at my wife and realize
    I had no choice, had no choice
    But to follow her to the ends of the earth

    And beyond by her side as we walked our path
    Of shared destiny

    Goodbye Charles Bukowski wherever you are
    May I meet you in a bar in the next life
    And figure out where we should have gone

    Until then the drinks are on me.

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    Fallen Dreams Litter the Ground

    John (“Jake”) Cosmos Aller

    In the fall weather
    As I walk amid the falling leaves
    I see the signs everywhere

    Of the fall of America
    The once great and mighty Empire
    Everywhere signs of the fall appear

    The dark skies mirror
    The darkness that settled over our land

    Death, destruction and random acts of chaos
    Are all around us
    Surrounding us with visions of doom

    Nothing can stop the bloodletting
    No one seems to be in charge

    As the leaves fall
    And the darkness descends
    The fall of America continues

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    My Name Is Nobody

    John (“Jake”) Cosmos Aller

    My name, it is Nobody
    No one cares who I am
    I am just a nameless clone
    In the cold unfeeling bureaucracy

    Just one of the army
    Of civilians who flood into and out of the city
    Every day

    A non-entity,
    A ghost
    A govbot
    A cyber
    A spook
    A faceless automan
    A bureaucrat

    Just a grey suited cog in the machinery
    And no one cares
    No one knows who I really am

    And I am legend
    Everywhere and nowhere

    Just the way this modern world
    All shred of humanity
    Crushed beneath the cruel wheel of society

    In the cold harsh world
    There is no room anymore
    For true human feelings

    We are just robots, clones, machines
    And so I go to work
    Put on my mask

    And no one hears my inner screams
    And no one will ever care

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    Strangeness in the Air

    John (“Jake”) Cosmos Aller

    There is a strangeness in the air
    A sense of cosmic unease
    Hangs silently in the purple crystalline sky

    America woke up
    And decided it was time
    To quit following like lemmings
    Over the Clift

    As the pied piper chants
    Stay the course, stay the course
    We were like lemmings following him
    Dying to save his wounded pride

    Today there is that strange difference
    In the air
    As Americans woke up
    And threw off their chains of fear

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    “My name is Nobody” and, “Strageness in the Air”