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Best Wishes Messages, Images, Sms, Cards, Pictures: Every special day need a special text message for loved ones to wish them best wishes for the day, these wishes are replica of our attention towards them. What we feel about them are represented by that text, sometime we have a great feeling on a special day (a important day for someone) but unfortunately we can't express out feelings good way.
We thought and thought but the best text can't be expressed by us so we deeply think about this and in the end we collect the special and best wishes, messages, images, sms, cards and pictures, these wishes are in the form of text as well as pictorial representation because text and pictures can more express our feeling than verbally, so below of this post we gathers some awesome and touchy lines for wishes and a good pictures to send and dedicate on this social era. Hope you all like these images and wishes, share with your near and dear too.
Best wishes are of many kinds, some of example are represented and provided by us below.
Key Ingredients of this Post:
- Best Wishes For Exam
- Best Wishes For Future
- Best Wishes For Birthday
- Best Wishes For Marriage
- Best Wishes For Success
- Best Wishes For Students
- Best Wishes For Safe Journey
- Best Wishes For Engagement
- Best Wishes For Exam Success
- Best Wishes For Retirement
- Best Wishes For Exam Result
- Best Wishes For The Day
- Best Wishes For Tomorrow
- Best Wishes For Interview
- Best Wishes For Illness
- Best Wishes For Test
- Best Wishes For A New Job
- Best Wishes For A New Baby
- Best Wishes For Someone Special
- Best Wishes For Good Morning
- Best Wishes For Good Night
- Best Wishes For Good Afternoon
- Best Wishes For Good Evening
- Best Wishes For Good Health
- Best Wishes For Health
- Best Wishes For Happy New Year
- Best Wishes For Life
- Best Wishes For Love
- Best Wishes For Career
- Best Wishes For Convocation
- Best Wishes For Victory
Best Wishes For Exam
Don't worry; you'll learn it all,
Don't fear; don't let your spirit fall,
Believe in yourself, and in what you know,
And tomorrow on your exams your knowledge will show.
Wish you Best of Luck for your exam!
Exams are like ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends. Their thoughts harass you until late at night, turn your life upside down and cut you off from the rest of the world. All you can do is get over them as quickly as you can. Good luck.
If the stress of an exam is bringing you down, just think of studying hard as falling on a trampoline. The harder you fall, the higher you will rise.All the best.
Hundreds and thousands of people in the world give exams every day. Surely, something so common and ordinary can't be too difficult. Good luck.
80% Of The Final Exam Will Be Based On,
The One Lecture You Missed.
And The One Topic You Didn't Read.
Good Luck for the Exams.
Best Wishes For Future
The journey of life is not smooth, it has many ups and downs; but the winners of the race are those who cheer in smiles and take lesson from pain; be prepared for everything and never lose hope in your life. Good luck.
Write your future on your own and never wait for the luck to come; always go ahead and make your way and one day you will definitely reach your destination. All the very best.
If anyone deserves a good life ahead, it's you, my friend. How many times have you gone out of your way to bring a smile to someone's face for no reason but your own joy? As you head into your future, may those smiling faces greet you at every turn along the way. You're never alone. You can do it!
Though we are sad to see you go, we are excited about the opportunities that you will find in the future. Best of luck to you as you progress in your life.
The future is for those with strong vision; you know what? Anyone can dream big. Starting well and finishing strong is all that matters. Best wishes.
Best Wishes For Birthday
Best friends are supposed to share everything with each other, so I am celebrating and sharing your birthday with you like it's my own. I celebrate the beautiful friendship we share!Happy Birthday, buddy!
Happy b'day to my lovely sis Every day, I just pinch myself… because I'm so lucky to have the nicest, happiest, smartest, funniest, and most supportive sister as my best friend.
Well, you are another year older and you haven't changed a bit. That's great because you are perfect just the way you are.Happy Birthday.
Some people get wiser with age. Some people get richer with age. But everybody gets older with age. So good luck on the other two &Happy Birthday!
Today is so important to everyone who knows you and who loves the amazing person you are. On your birthday and always, you're wished everything wonderful!Happy b'day dear.
Best Wishes For Marriage
Best wishes on this wonderful journey, as you build your new lives together.
Weddings pass in just a day, leaving happy memories which last a lifetime. Enjoy yourselves!
Sending you the warmest wishes as you build your new lives together. May the light of your love always glow upon your marriage!
There will be busy days when you hardly find quiet time together. There will be busy weeks when you won't find time to sit and talk like old times. Always, always find the time to look back to this day together. Best wishes for a wonderful life.
I pray to god for happiness for both of you on your wedding; I hope you are the one from the story which quotes "Happily Ever After".
Best Wishes For Success
Every success ladder you climb buys you a ticket for another challenge; I know that with your resilience, hard work and persistence, you will achieve even more in your new promotion.
It needs serious efforts, determination and courage to achieve the success you have earned. But what amazes us, is that you managed it without any of these qualities. This success of yours has made us all believe in sheer luck. Well done. Congratulations.
Luck belongs to us all, success belongs to the determined, the focused and the courageous who have purpose, work hard, and believe in dogged pursuit of their goals. Keep your eyes on the sun of success and you will never see the shadow of failure.
May the coming years show you new days with loads of success and happiness. Wish you Good luck! Keep smiling!
Successful people are dreamers who seek the beauty of the future and struggle all through their lives to bring it to reality. Best wishes in your success journey.
Best Wishes For Students
Being a good student throughout school and college is like preparing yourself for a marathon which will begin after you graduate. Focus on your goals and study hard, because the last thing you want is to tire yourself out before the finish line.
Every problem might not have a solution right now, but don't forget that but every solution was once a problem.
Life is all about CHANCES and OPPORTUNITIES. Never leave anything to CHANCE and never let an OPPORTUNITY get away.
Give up on your frustration but never on your hopes. Give up thinking about your setbacks but never on your goals. Give up worrying about your past but never on your future.
Succeeding in life is as simple as being a good student. All you have to do is pay attention, work hard and give it your best shot.
Best Wishes For Safe Journey
Nothing is ever called Welcome back without a Journey. If you desire to get results, you work it out, rather than hoping and wishing. Hope you understand this my friend.
When you are back on this journey, I want to hear… It was such a great journey like never before, And it really went well. The atmosphere was great, And there was no turbulence! Amen
Don't let what you are seeing now rob you of the goodies that is hidden in this journey. Remember, after the night comes the day. Happy journey back home.
No matter how high you go, No matter how turbulent up there it may be, I wish you a safe flight, like ever before. Take care.So much love I wrapped in this my safe journey Sms,So much love to see you feel special throughout your stay.While you are away, you will remain close to my heart,And I will be here waiting for you my love.
Best Wishes For Engagement
There will good and bad times but you will face them together as a couple. I know that you can do anything as long as you have each other.
Your wedding will be the happiest day of your life. Do you know why? Because the planning of your wedding will be finished!
My warm wishes to both of you on this special day. May you both continue to enjoy and love each other. Congratulations on engagement!
Wow, you must really like each other if you are willing to give up your bachelor freedom to be together. Congrats on your engagement!
To a special couple, Congratulations on your engagement! Your love is truly extraordinary, May it only grow greater with the passing of time.
Best Wishes For Exam Success
The easiest way to do well in your exams is to treat them like a giant punching bag. Use all the strength of your memory and punch the daylight of your tests. All the very best.
People say that you will need everything you learned, as we were kids we thought we won't need anything, but as we grew older, we realised that you will need the things you learned to pass your exams! So good luck!
It takes
3 months for a Writer
2 months for a Doctor
1 month for a Lawyer and
Only 1 night before exam for a Student
To read a 1000 pages book
All the best!
Exams don't test your knowledge as much as they test your state of mind. Be relaxed and calm down, I am sure you will do fine. Best wishes to you.
You worked hard in school all year long, and now you will use this knowledge! Everything you learned will be needed today! Remember everyone wishes you good luck, the teachers, friends and family!
Best Wishes For Retirement
All your hard work has been paid off! It is time for you to take that vacation you have been craving for without worrying about getting to work the next day. You deserve it! Happy Retirement!
The workplace will never be the same without you – the jokes, the laughter, the chats over coffee break and our Friday night out! We shared so many fun memories! You will surely be missed! Happy retirement!
Retiring does not mean that your will stop hanging out with us! Drop by for coffee once in a while. Happy Retirement!
Wishing you and your family all the best as you enter into a new phase of your life. May you enjoy the extra time that you'll be spending with them.
Best wishes on your retirement, may it be even better than you ever imagined.
Best Wishes For Exam Result
Even Wolverine couldn't have cleared these exams. You may not have blades of steel but your pen is mightier than any blade on this planet. Congratulations.
You continued your winning streak as usual. Go forward with your educational journey. It will be a long journey but I know will make it to the very end successfully. Congrats!
You have been a diligent student ever since, I am proud to be your teacher. Congratulations for being the top notcher in the class.
Hardworking students like you always perform successfully in their exams. You did a great job this time and you made yourself and your parents proud. Congratulations!
The best students are not those who are the most intelligent. They are the ones who take advantage of their talents and work hard to surge ahead of all their classmates – just like you. Congratulations.
Best Wishes For The Day
Every sunset gives us one day less to live! But every sunrise give us one more day of hope. So always hope for the best. Good day and good luck!
There's something beautiful in everyday. You just have to find it. Good Day!
The greatest value of having good people around you is not what you get from them, but the better person you become by being with them. Good day!
A good heart can win many relationships; A good nature can win many good hearts! Have A GooD DaY!
Best Wishes For Tomorrow
Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.
Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.
The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
Best Wishes For Interview
Think of your job interview as a battle in which your work experience is your strategy, skills are your ammunition, nervousness is your enemy and confidence is your ally. Good Luck.
The minute you start believing in yourself,
And stop believing in your luck,
Is the minute you will succeed in life,
So all the very best for your job interview,
Give your best shot!
Bagging this job will be a life changing experience, but if you don't get it, your life won't change. So relax and do your best.
I would like to congratulate you in advance, Because I know that you are confident and qualified for this job, So go ahead and give your best shot, All the best!
Forget about acceptance. Forget about rejection. Focus on what's in-between your interview. Good luck.
Best Wishes For Illness
Get well soon my dear! Your friends and family miss you a lot and we all look forward for your return. So take good care and always listen to what your doctor says.
Praying that you get well soon and experience the joys of being healthy again.
I know you are sad, but look outside your window for the sun is shining brightly for you, telling you that you will get better soon.
It has not been easy for me since I heard you were not feeling fine. I send you this message to let you know I'm thinking of you and hope you will get better soon; wishing you fast return to health.
Please recover well so you can be back to being strong and sound. Rest well enough so you can walk back to the path of good health.
Best Wishes For Test
If you hate any of your teachers for giving you detention, this is your chance to get back them by scoring well and earning their admiration. Good luck for your exams.
Exams don't test your knowledge as much as they test your state of mind. Be relaxed and calm down, I am sure you will do fine. Best wishes to you.
I wish you good luck, For your upcoming tests, I am sure you will, Emerge as the best, Considering all the time, And effort you will invest, I hope that you beat, The crap out of your tests Good luck
Do you want to know a secret way to get your parents to stop nagging, grounding and advising you throughout the year? Just do well in your exams. Good luck.
You better get good grades, This time around, This exam is important, To make your future sound, You better do everything, To maintain a good GPA, I wish you all the best, For your D-Day, Good luck
Best Wishes For A New Job
Opportunities may come to people who are at the right place at the right time. But success comes to people who persist. Good luck.
Success at a new job hinges on how well you can use the experience of your previous one. Good luck.
I can wish you all the luck in the world, but it is useless if you forget that your destiny is under your control and no one else's. Good luck.
Regular jobs come to those who try, try and try again. Amazing new jobs like yours come to those who work hard whether it shines or rains. In losing you, your old company has let a mistake unfold. In finding you, your new company has found gold. Congratulations.
Good jobs like yours and good people like you, are both rare and few. Congratulations to you.
Best Wishes For A New Baby
No tape can ever measure, the extent to which a child can become a parent's treasure. Congratulations.
The birth of your newborn will usher you into a new phase of your life. Now you are no longer just man and wife. Maturity and wisdom will envelop your behaviour and personalities forever. Now you have become a loving mother and a responsible father. Congratulations.
Congratulations! Now is the time to enjoy your baby's little feet and baby smell. It will not be there forever, and you should take as many pictures as possible. You will want to miss a single precious moment!
Congratulations!! As new parents may you be filled with much joy and happiness with the arrival of your new baby . Wishing your new family all the very best.
Congratulations!! This is such wonderful news that your new baby [ boy / girl ] has arrived happy and healthy. May you find parenthood a breeze and be able to look back with fond memories. All the very best and as always please let me know if I can help out in any way.
Best Wishes For Someone Special
God's blessing may come as a surprise,
and how much you receive depends on how much
your heart can believe.
may you be blessed beyond what you expect
Happiness as light as air. Happiness as light as air.
LOVE as DEEP as OCEAN.
Friends as solid as diamonds and
success as bright as gold.
These r my wishes 4 u today n everyday.
The HOPE,
The STRUGGLE and The HARD WORK towards a goal/success is part of the rewards.
Achieving goal itself is not the whole reward……..
Sometimes we must be hurt in order to grow,
Sometimes we must fail in order to know,
Sometimes we must lose in order to gain
Because some lessons in life are best learned through pain.
Have a blessed day
I Wish 4 " U "
Great start 4 Monday
No Obstacles 4 Tuesday
No stress 4 Wednesday
No worry 4 Thursday
Smile 4 Friday
Party 4 Saturday
& Great fun 4 Sunday
"Have a beautiful and smart week."
Often friendship ends in love,
but love in friendship never ends!
Best Wishes For Good Morning
Something special awaits you each day All you need is to recognize it and make the most of it Have a positive attitude through out the day and then I am Sure for you that Today is Going To Be a Great Day!!! Good Morning
Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for. Good Morning.
Don't blame God for not showering you with gifts. He gives you the gift of a new day with every single morning. Good Morning.
Night has gone and the moon, too. Sun is shinning and the sky is blue. Time to open your beautiful eyes; And accept my Good Morning message to you!
To become great, you need to do great things – one of which is waking up early in the morning. Good Morning.
Best Wishes For Good Night
Take a deep breath, Stand near the window, Look at the sky, There will be two stars twinkling brightly, You know what they are? They are my eyes always taking care of you… Good Night!
All I wish a sheet of clouds for your bed and bright crystals for the stars. While you sleep, may the angels play sweet songs that bring you bright dreams. Good Night!
When an angel came to me, He asked: "What is your wish for tonight?" I said "Please take care of the Person who's reading this message." Good Night!
Sun is switched off, Stars are switched on, Blue sky goes off and black sky comes in, So a cool night is coming, Go to bed and sleep well… Good Night!
Real friends are not those who are always around when everything's almost perfect. They're the one's who dig deep when you're down just to pull you up and say, Everything's gonna be alright. Good Night!
Best Wishes For Good Afternoon
Busy life makes prayers harder, But prayers make a hard and busy life easier. So keep praying… Good Afternoon!
If your eyes r sweet u would like all people in the world.
But if ur tongue is sweet all people in the world will like you Good Afternoon!
Life is a magic, The beauty of life is next second, Which hides thousands of secrets. I wish every second will be wonderful in your life. Good Afternoon!
As you climb the ladder of success,
check occasionally to make sure it is leaning against the right wall".
Good Afternoon and Good Day!
On the path of success always lies big O's, Many read them as Obstacles, Only few read them as Opportunities. Attitude matters a lot. So always be positive. Good Afternoon!
Best Wishes For Good Evening
May the beautiful evening sun, photobomb all the romantic selfies you take with your special someone. Good evening.
I hope our friendship always remains as beautiful and breathtaking as a picturesque sunset. Good evening.
Mornings may be the most important part of the day.
Afternoons may be the most hectic part of the day.
Nights may be the most rejuvenating part of the day.
But evenings are definitely the most romantic part of the day.
Good evening.
A bright new start, a brand new opening.
A bold new launch, a fantastic beginning.
I hope every single day of yours, turns out to be beautifully amazing.
Good evening.
Your morning was productive, your afternoon excellent. Your track record for the day says that your evening will be brilliant. Good evening.
Best Wishes For Good Health
No sickness can keep you down with all the prayers I offer for your recovery. Rise up and be strong!
I was saddened when I heard you were ill; here I brought you a bouquet of rich flowery red rose as a sign of my love and strong hope for your health and happiness. Get well soon.
We are thinking about you as we so often do
and wishing you good health and
more happiness than your heart can hold.
Be blessed!
Sometimes I think about you, and fond memories just makes me smile.
I remember special days we had,and I am thankful for you in my life.
As you face uncertainty right now, please know you are on my mind,
I wish you better days, good health, and sweet thoughts to sustain you.
Get Well Soon
I hate to see you feeling blue so here is my get well wish to you.
Best Wishes For Health
Sending you love, well wishes, prayers, and every kind of good energy to bring you back to health as soon as possible. Love you!
It's terrible to see you so unwell! Get well soon! I know I'll be delighted when you do, and I'm sure you will too!
I hope you get well really soon! I miss your smile!
I was so sorry to hear that you were taken to hospital last night. Let me convey my best wishes for a quick recovery from your illness, my friend.
Get well soon! Everyone here misses your contagious smile. Nothing has been the same since you became ill. No one tells a joke like you do, so please hurry and get well fast!
Best Wishes For Happy New Year
Friend, neighbour, confidante: you have improved my life so much that, as we enter a new year, I wish for you all the love you have shown me. Happy New Year.
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
Nights are Dark,
but Days are Light,
Wish your Life will always be Bright.
So my Dear don't get Fear Coz,
God Gift us a "BRAND NEW YEAR"
Just as a new bloom spreads fragrance and freshness around…
May the new year add a new beauty and freshness into your life.
Happy New Year!
I met love, health, peace & joy,
They needed a permanent place to stay.
I gave them your address
hope they arrived safely
"Happy New Year"
Best Wishes For Life
Wishing you good luck in what you have planned to do.
Best wishes for your future\life ahead. With new opportunities your way, may you do well in whatever field you choose and be an example for others to follow in your footsteps.
Through this beautiful card, I send you best wishes for a better future and a future filled with all the happiness and love of the world. I pray to God to shower you with better opportunities and happiness in your life
All the best for a bright future! May there be success at every turn of life and all your dreams come true!
Here's to wishing you the best of luck in all life has to offer you.
Best Wishes For Love
Cute is what you are, and I can't help but love you. I may be young, but I know what love is all about and I know I'm in it.
When you do something good for other people and you end up being the bad guy, that's one of the most awful feelings in life.
God's blessing may come as a surprise,
and how much you receive, depends on how much,
your heart can believe.
may you be blessed beyond what you expect
For the first time, I'm in love and feel more confident in everything I do. Love gives you power you never had.
Our relationship is like the hand and the eyes
When the hand pains the eyes cry,
And when the eye cries, the same hand wipes the tears
I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best Wishes For Career
With strong determination and hard-work,
May you be blessed to excel in new place of work.
Best Wishes!!
I wish you all the best for your career. As long as you work hard and have faith in you, no one can stop you to reach your goal; never step back to take challenges and give your best to win. All the best.
Life is nothing but a full of challenges so always be prepared. When the opportunities knock your door, you must be ready to grab it and take its full advantage. I wish you the best of luck for your future.
Failures make people experienced, so never stop trying in fear of being failure; don't be quitter, but have courage to stand up each time you fall. The joy will definitely be yours. All the best.
All the dreams that you hold may come true and you get every success of your life. May each sunrise bring the best luck for you
Best Wishes For Convocation
Congratulations graduate! Your parents proud of you. Best wishes for your career ahead!
Congratulations on your more than successful graduation. Now you see how important is to have determination, optimism and patience. Enjoy the fruit of your efforts and hard work.
Life isn't too different from college. You will make new friends and new enemies along the way. You will meet people who you fall in love with, and people you start to hate. There will be people who support you and people who will become the biggest naysayers. There will be victories, there will be defeats. Just keep going, work hard and aim to win. Congratulations for graduating.
It is said, as you sow, so shall you reap. Your worked really hard. Not its time to celebrate your success. Happy Graduation.
My friend, you've really done yourself! How does it feel being on the top of the world? It's time to celebrate!
Best Wishes For Victory
You worked hard, you deserve it, you have got it! Please accept my congratulations on this wonderful recognition of your merits.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checker-ed by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a Gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Congratulations for your fabulous victory! You deserve it every bit! Aim for the stars!
Congratulations on your success! You have made us all proud. Keep up the good work!
If Oscars were given for a job well done, I'd nominate you! Congratulations for your fantastic achievement!
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Discussion in 'Odds & Ends' started by zapvor, Apr 24, 2007.
Tmonk v2012 is a lean, mean, slicing machine on the :twisted: payroll. He rolls hard on the court.
Sup, I must confess, I'm not even sure who is playing Rome.
So, with that disclaimer...
He's kinda p*ssed off. If not him, Joko. They both need a bit of redemption. I could see Federer kinda gliding through too. Dark horse nation would be JMdP or Daveeeeed.
so to sum it sup.. tmonk for rome and what ever challenges you flordians may want to throw out
Tmonk for Rome! Nice.
I challenge sappy to a tequila drinking contest followed by a left handed only game of darts.
sup. maybe you are playing with my words a little too much.. but i'll restate it for clarification. tmonk will take on what ever challenges the south FL chapter wants to throw at him.. speaking of the FL chapter. it appears to be in a state of coma and/or hibernation. can you restart their engine over there. k tx
Sappy aka "Don King", I am sure Tmonk "aka young Mike Tyson", can help you train for your tequilla challenge.
I cannot restart SFTC as easily as I thought.
1. Most of the tennis players down here are too busy outside on the court and under the sunshine, to check the internet.
2. There is an insane amount of tennis at multiple locations down here. No desperate need to find a dry court or tournament. Watch good tennis, watch bad tennis, play good tennis, play bad tennis... it's a lot of tennis no matter how you slice it.
3. No asians. I cannot persuade the cuban, polish or germans (primary tennis groups down here) as easily as the groups up north. Most are too loud to talk over, too bullish to not question everything , and not persuaded by meats and free meals as easily. jk lol.
4. The only thing that seems to get most of the guys (and some of the girls attention) besides tennis are:
and this
and this
OK, now I know I'm in the right place. Not quite sure why, but I liked that show.
No tequila. But I'll man-up to a game of darts. I might can hit the board lefty...but righty...gimme a shot of chilled rum, Hard to Handle on the jukebox...and we'll go an 01, cricket, diddler's choice round. Never did throw a Ton80, but I've got a few 9-mark patches. :twisted: All ladies team I was on for a few years was called The Pointer Sisters. Extra brownie points if you know what I'm talkin bout, Willis.
Hubs and I actually have a nice set-up in our garage. Don't get to play as much as we used to. And competitive darts, out the window with a family. Can't be traipsing around to hole-in-wall joints, in less than savory sides of town til Midnight during the week. But damn it was fun when I was single.
4th from the left has fake boobs. 3rd from the right is possibly a guy.
sappy - don't volunteer me for bets. i don't need you writing checks my body can't cash.
sup - still prince sticks. but not buying more. they have cheap paint jobs. get drak and panterka and some south florida members and we'll do a TWMAC vs TWSF olympics.
downs - what's for lunch?
I think the fourth one from the left converted one of my ties to cover her boobs.
internet talk: they are hideous and i'd never date them.
reality talk: my porn collections features better. but i've never dated better.
i packed some leftovers....thai curry and some drunken noodles from my mom's house...
what is for lunch? we have a match or something this weekend?
How many matches this week monkeydowns?
i think our 4.0 team has 1 match? then i have 2 4.5 matches....and then DC 8.0 mixed...and alexandria 8.0 mixed...5 this week!
tmonk and downs. hats off to u guys. when do u guys have wife or gf time?
but seriously...haha, my gf probably gets annoyed at the tennis...
Downs pimp hand is bigger than his racket.
just got my ezone xi! swings heavier than 11oz. just leaded it up to 12.4 oz. debating whether I should take out the poly tours on there. racquet is a lot more square than my prev yonex's. very comfy on the swing..
really want to put some rip control on there.
Topaz...check your email.
Others, dinner tonight was a pulled-together stir-fry that turned out awesome. You should've seen me bangin' my cleaver on the frozen flank steak to break off the portion to use this evening. My kids think it's a hoot that mommy gets to "bang" on things in the kitchen. Ha!
Tennis washed out yesterday with the weather, today because the tinniest Angle has Strep. Yuck! At least Big Sister only seems to be a carrier.
Since we're headed to Bal'i'mer for a short vacay next week...any suggestions for things to do/places to eat other than the obvious (Aquarium/Port Discovery)? We'll also be in DC for a quick 24 hr, probably to do one of the Smithsonians and visit some family friends who (like us) are fans of Mandalay.
Wish I could bring my sticks with me but Hubs would, literally, have a heart attack.
have fun at the Smithsonian. u should make a trip to Dulles for the big air and space museum. they have the space shuttle there now. u could sneak ur stick and play at east potomac park. I always play there after work. its really beautiful there. if u are at rec mall and don't mind a short trip across the 14th str bridge, u can get the best afgan kabobs at kabob palace in crystal city.
AQ, thanks!!!! I shared it with our other player tonight at practice. I lost to her two years ago and would like another crack, but confidence is a bit shaky. Gotta get the eye of the tiger going!!!!
When are you going to be in DC?
Cool...do you play DC league? Would I ever run into you at EPTC?
Oooopssss...wrong thread!
not very likely. I usually go there early summer or fall outside or winter indoors finishing before 5pm. playing by the, even though, very polluted potomac, is still very nice. the indoor courts are horrible, even though I pay $30 each time and complain.
I should join a league once in my lifetime but its too much commitment. I usually just call friends or try to go to a twmac meetup to play.
If you are going to Balmer catch an O's game if you can. And get some bacon on a stick and old bay sausage.
That would be nice. And the O's actually have a day game next Weds, but it's Field Day and the place will no doubt be overrun with kids, not execs taking a long lunch. With even the nose-bleed seats being $25@ and it being Nap Time, we'll probably just pass this time. Night games are completely out of the question. My crew is asleep by 7:45pm every night. It's awesome!
In my time, I've seen plenty of ball games, mostly from, quite literally, the front row. Hubs and I had season seats just above the visitors dugout here in Richmond for 20 years...til the Braves pulled out and the new ownership doubled the prices AND never bothered to offer existing/long-time ticket holders a chance to get their seats. So F 'em. And all of the MLB with 'em. I'm sick of the high ticket prices, concessions prices, player salaries and b/millionaire owners blackmailing taxpayers for the latest and greatest stadiums. All to play a freakin' game.
/Rant over
Nah, we're trying to keep the schedule light, with just one main activity each day and plenty of time to venture off the beaten path. And since littlest Angle is still recovering from Strep (and who know who's next to get it), we'll tread lightly on whatever we attempt.
what's for lunch people? i'm starving now...
AQ, some of us we'll be down in richmond for some mixed districts...some place that has clay courts? i think? i'm not 100% sure -- i'm not good with logistics...i just show up to play tennis...
Chick Fila! 2 chk sammies and some waffle fries... the perfect lunch... or dinner or even for breakfast. =)
nice! i haven't been there in a while...always a good choice...
think philly cheese steak is on the menu today
Sorry, I wasnt trying to start a riot or anything.
If you get somethign on it besides onions and whiz please dont call it a philly. Then its just a cheese steak.
Breakfast...omelet, strawberries, and iced coffee.
I got this killer up inside of me, I cant talk to momma so I talk to my diary.
Cuz it die motha-fka die motha-fka still
No worries, HW. And I didn't really mean to get on the soapbox. I really had forgotten about the Os even being in town but Hubs is actually in charge of the itinerary this time.
Yep, Mixed Districts is here in the Richmond metro area the weekend of June 8-10. I hesitate to say "Richmond" because the host club is way over the heck on the other side of town, in the middle of a very large PUD. Not quite as big as Reston, but the same (half-*** Yankee come-here) mind-set, if you get my drift.
Please remind your teammates to be careful when setting up accommodations. The host club is Midlothian Tennis Club "MTC" and NOT....Midlothian Athletic Club (MAC). While in the grander scheme they're not that far from each other, they are not the same. MTC indeed has clay and most of the Richmond teams that'll be at Districts (7.0 & 8.0) are also from "clay" clubs.
I have promised Topaz a Triple Chocolate Mousse and it seems I'll have to make two of them since both her teams made it...but I'm leaving it up to her to provide the "where (and when) to deliver." I'm in a USTA match myself on that Saturday afternoon but I truly am hoping to sling by and have a mini-TWMAC meet up, albeit not to play.
If I could, I'd arrange for some practice time at my club...but we're just too far away to make it worth your while. And I don't know doodly about most of the facilities South of the James.
LOL! That's awesome!!!!
Did someone say waffle?
They have my fav fries.
just put in a set of rip control in the xi.
these strings are really soft. took a little longer than usual to put in. I can tell once it starts breaking it will shed like a cat.
is that the TMonk string of choice?
yes, he recommended it. I know why he gets his stringing buddy to do it for him. =P Took me 20 minutes longer to string them wet noodles through my stick. To add to insult, I had two consecutive same sided cross weaves. Tied it before I noticed. (wanted to blame it on tmonk, but really my newborn was crying for a feeding and got distracted but these strings are really wet noodles. they remind of either hollow cores or maxim touch)
i hope they are crispy strings.
Couldn't even remember my login and password, had to use the forgot password feature...
Anyways, went to Walmart this morning to get some balls before work, and saw something that's $79.99 on the racquet rack...Head Microgel Challenge OS? Anybody heard of that?
Then I looked down, they had Prince O3 White for $99.99? Anybody else see something similar at their Walmart?
Sorry I cant help you there. The last Wal mart I went in was in South Dakota.
Plus I dont really go looking at frames. I got 7 Techniwood 370's that wont be getting replaced anytime soon.
I read an article on Grantland today about Ping-Pong. In it the guy says in a footnote that poeple say not to call it that but then hears members of the olympic team calling it just that.
So Ping-Pong is here to stay baby
Just saw Rome Open today.
I think player of the day award goes to Seppi on his win today against Warwinka? Did anyone see? 5-2 down on the third to win 7-6 (was down 6-3 on the tiebreaker).
And i think if I had to learn one FH, it'll be Delpo's. They guy can take it all in French Open (if he doesn't make so many Unforced Errors).
After watching fed so many times, I still dislike him. The man's technique is just too perfect. Unbelievable.
That...that's just mean, HW...
It is easy to hate that which has no flaws
I'm just saying
If you are still around we will have to meet up one day at Fallston like we did that time. That aint too far a drive for you if I remeber correctly. Unless you just wanna come over to my house play some pong? You still my number? four-fiftynine sixty-nine fifteen with a fourtizzen area code?
Oh and here is the article in case you were intersted.
CB -- rip control is my string of choice. but i'm trying some new poly hybrid combos.
downs -- another tiebreak for me last night. i'm getting pretty good at these things. team monkey downs in full effect this weekend.
hollywood -- funny you mention ping pong. this week, took my niece to her soccer practice in potomac. at the practice was a community center. in the gym - they must've had 20 ping pong tables arranged in rows and the place was packed. easily 60-70 people in there. mix of mostly middle school and high school kids and older guys and a smattering of ladies. half the group was chinese and the remainder was white and black. all of them playing and challenging each other. pretty cool to watch.
Saw the WaWa-Seppi match, and Seppi was hitting some really tough shots. Liked WaWa's outfit better, but Seppi played just a tad better tennis.
Delpo really punishes that forehand, doesn't he? And I understand he's a nice kid, too. Hope he can make it back into top form.
I envy Federer, but how can you dislike perfection? IMO, he's what we all strive to be. Plus he somehow gets by the 3-racquet rule. Maybe that's why you don't like him?
How's the ankle?
P.S. Do any of you kind folks use the iPhone app called RacquetTune?
I just got this app. Pretty neat and seems fairly accurate. It can sometimes have issues with not being able to take the tension (probably because of background noise) but it gives you an idea of your tension over time. Enjoy!
i think it's official. I am the official fed hater of TWMAC. dang perfectionalist!
ankle sux goat's (fill in the blank). Found out from monday's MRI that I got a stress fract on top of the ankle. at least all my ligaments are alot better. Unfortunate to say, my McDavid Level 3 ankle brace feels and supports better than the one my ortho wrapped.
I want to get out to hit with my new stick!
Anyone getting into FB stock today?
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Now, wireless has been around for a long time, because you have television and radio. But the 'powers that be' always withhold access to certain technologies for the masses until they have solidified the means to control it and to monopolize the marketplace.
I guess the cell phone first started coming into widespread use in the late 90s, and now it is omnipresent. The cell phone companies have made the technology available to anyone, and, of course, rake in the bucks from rich and poor alike. And, of course, the Internet is now available through the cell phone. Many cell phones also have cameras, both still and video.
What is the effect of this cheap mass communication tool, and does it add quality to life?
This question was in my mind today as I worked at one of my part time jobs, which is playing music on he street. Being a street musician is like being in a 'real time' movie where the action never stops. Literally hundreds or thousands of people pass by me as I play. For me to do this job well, it is necessary to be in a position 'above the action' so to speak. A bit of separation is needed if one does not want to be overwhelmed by the constant traffic and noise.
Now, today I was tired, and my mind was not really able keep up with the flow. But, this being the case, I was still able to observe.
What I observed was a mass of people hurrying down the street, while at the same time talking on a cell phone. I would say about 40% of all the people who passed by were yapping away. The percentage was even higher for the yuppie and business types, and also for those in their teens and 20s. The older folks were not involved in this game.
Psychically, this phenomena produces a large amount of static or 'white noise'. Even if you cannot hear the conversation, the mental airwaves are thick with static. Not only this, but you see people almost walking on top of other folks because they are so involved with cell/self phone. They literally get blinded by the use of this device. Talking on the phone, or 'texting' which is even more awkward.
This phenomena is ubiquitous. On the street, on the bus, trolley or subway, and perhaps the most hazardous, the man or woman behind the wheel yapping on the cell phone.
What do they talk about?
Mostly bullshit. See, 'talk is cheap'. And, with the cell phone, it can become almost worthless. I will be riding the trolley, and overhear conversations. Most are like this:
'Hello...Hello...HELLO!...What??...Yeah, I'm riding on the trolley...Yeah...Yeah...Uh-huh...What are you doing?...It's about 7 o'clock...I blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...'
When you have 6 or 7 people near you having this same conversation, it is extremely annoying, to say the least...Also, you get to hear all of the special 'ring tones' that people have on their cell, all extremely moronic and adding to the general sense of chaos.
Or, you might overhear what should be a private conversation but is now public because the cell phone user has no idea of lowering his or her voice or using any form of discretion. Today, riding on the trolley, the woman in front of me was having an animated cell phone conversation with a friend, and they were discussing a 'big fight' that was going to take place somewhere in the general vicinity of where I live, tonite, and that the woman's friend's boyfriend had threatened to kill a number of people. Even though this is nothing unusual in my city, which has a very high murder rate, it still was a bit disturbing, and was certainly not something that you would want to broadcast to the general public on a trolley car. But, with the cell phone, you are privy to all the dirty details of someone's life, since the conversation takes place in a public space. People have very little discretion nowadays.
The cell phone itself is a good tool in that it is portable, serves as an 'in your pocket' phonebook, and is quickly accessible in an emergency.
But the 'noise' it generates, both literally and psychically, can be quite obnoxious and extremely tiring. Perhaps I am just too sensitive.
You see, when something is too cheap and easy to come by, it can lose whatever real value it has. And, as with the computer, even though it is a means of almost instant communication, it can be a tool for isolation, as when people get too wrapped up in these electronic toys, they cut themselves off from a real world of people, places and things. Perhaps the real world is just too much for most people: it is frought with ugliness, danger and boredom. You could say that these toys serve grown people as a kind of pacifier, like a baby sucks on.
Of course, one cannot halt 'progress'.
But, what ever happened to 'stop and smell the roses'?
Will the human race even remember what a rose looks like, let alone smells like, after the brain is fried by excessive cell phone and computer use?
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Tue, 11/03/2015
Nature causes drought but water shortages are manmade. John Stossel interviews water economist and PERC alum Zack Donohew.
By Zacahry Donohew
Charles Kolstad
Free market environmentalism has a lot to offer, but Kolstad says the case for FME is weaker when dealing with environmental goods such as clean air.


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None of the responses they received from the IRS acknowledged that conservative groups had ever been targeted.
They really failed to disclose to us what they were up to, even though we obviously had a concern that they were targeting taxpayers for their political beliefs, Camp said. Given all of that attention, they had an obligation and duty to come forward with this information.


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Ovation: GUEST POST – Tomorrow's Tech, Today: How Geek Culture Influences our Technology
Are we living in the future? No, this is not an existential question … Think back to your favorite cartoons, science fiction movies and cult television shows. You likely remember self-driving cars, hoverboards, personal computers and other cool tech. Now look around you. We're living in a world that has some of those same cool inventions. Here are a few examples.
Star Trek's PADD and Today's iPad
It seems as if the sci-fi series foresaw the invention of the modern-day tablet. Think about it. There are some crazy similarities between the handheld computer PADDs we first saw in "Star Trek" and Apple's first iPad. There was one difference, however. Apple's iPad is much larger than Star Trek's personal handheld. The Apple iPad Pro measures at 9.7-incheswhile the PADD is just a four-by-six-inch tablet. Otherwise, these personal computers are surprisingly similar to the smartphones we all know and love today.
The Jetsons and Self-Driving Cars
While our cars don't drive in the sky like they did in the classic cartoon "The Jetsons," tech developers are working on perfecting the technology of self-driving cars. The technology is very much in its beginning stages, but it is progressing rapidly. Google, Tesla and other automakers like Hyundai are driving this innovation and creating cars like we have never seen before. Tech experts predict that in the not-so-far-off future we will have cars that are 100 percent self-driving, built with lounge cabs where "passengers" can take a nap, make a phone call or bring out a laptop to get work done. These cars of the future are even assumed to be safer than the cars that we have on the roads today.
Star Wars Imperial Walkers and Today's Robots
"Star Wars" fans know what we are talking about here. Imperial Walkers are only the coolest type of combat vehicle that we've seen in the "Star Wars" movies so far. When we first saw these battle bot-like weapons, we never dreamed that we would see them in real life. But now, our dreams have come true — kind of. While not nearly as grand in size as Imperial Walkers, the modern robot created by Boston Dynamics called BigDog Robot is not too far off. BigDog is about the size of an average mule, and it can run, climb and carry 300-pounds of cargo. Although it's not used by Imperial Ground Forces, BigDog is eerily similar.
Back to the Future and Hoverboards
Ah, hoverboards … the future's go-to mode of levitating, quick transportation. We can presume that people of the future don't like to walk, apparently. We first saw these levitating boards in "Back to the Future," but late in 2015, we saw a surge in hoverboard-like technology. The invention of the self-balancing scooter led some manufacturers to claim they had invented "hoverboards." While they don't hover above the ground like their name implies, they do get people from place to place rather quickly. However, they aren't as easy to operate as you might think. And they aren't safe. There were dozens of fires started when these things imploded on the spot. So, it's safe to say the hoverboard is still in beta.
Iron Man and Projection Screens
Leave it to the folks from MIT to create Tony Stark's transparent projection screen. Iron Man is one of the most badass superhero characters to date, so why wouldn't we want to emulate him? By using tiny nanoparticles, laser projectors can cast images that are reflected back at the user's eyes, which enables an image to be seen on a transparent glass screen. The International Business Times reported that this technology might be available for widespread public use in the near future.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With production of Japan, this 2015 film was directed by Keiichi Hara. You can watch Miss Hokusai online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in Japanese at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2015.
Rating: 5 by 12 users./
Runtime: 100 minutes
Anne Watanabe.
Animation, Biographic, Drama.
100-minute film (full movie) directed by Keiichi Hara.
The original audio of Miss Hokusai has dialogues in or Japanese, it was produced in Japan.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2015.
Screenplay written by Miho Maruo and Hinako Sugiura.
This film was produced and / or financed by Production I.G..
Tokyo Theaters Company.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Miss Hokusai has a duration of 100 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in English or Japanese in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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The man told police that the brown pit bull and gray pit bull that were responsible for killing his dog were now roaming through the neighborhood.
Animal control officers set up traps along Erwin Court and Acadia Drive in order to catch the dogs, police said.
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I feel the world crashing around me,
my breath fading.
Pain surges through my body.
I fear my hope of life is diminishing.
All is lost I can feel the regret of every lost sole.
I long for relief but all I feel is torture.
When will it all end, when will the last hour be, how will I suffer death?
Copyright © Olivia Brag | Year Posted 2014
You, are water.
Fluid moods,
Overflowing extremes.
I dip my toes, testing,
Should I dive in..?
Will y o u let me sink or swim?
Have you r e a l l y changed?
You, are a lagoon
Soothing, cooling
I float for now
In sweet oblivion...
You, are a shimmering mirage
Of something hoped for…
Illusional life-giver;
A fertile oasis in arid land
Giving love unhurt to my heart.
Or, an undulating river
Natural, flowing, dynamic, definite,
Sailing the curves
Taking me places never imagined,
While we're apart...
You, are a flash flood,
White water without warning!
Cleansing, destructive
Baptizing both good and evil away.
You are a raging waterfall!
Beautiful in your steep revenge
Threatening to roil
me over the edge.
You are a tsunami!
Born of violent eruption.
Mortifying, underestimated, overwhelming
Growing larger as I let you get closer.
Sweeping me up
Slamming me along
With the rest of your debris.
You are a MAELSTROM!
Dizzying, swallowing, suffocating
K i l l i n g
and sucking me down,
Down through your center
Into your drowning depression.....
Your circular violence h a s n ' t changed.
~Susan Ashley~
Copyright © Susan Ashley | Year Posted 2017
Based on a true story from a television documentary on Human Trafficking...an international crime with participants from a broad spectrum of society...occuring on a daily basis. I have only seen documentaries on the trafficking of young girls between the ages of 5 and above!! Law enforcers, it seems are fighting a losing battle against the men and women who sell and enslave young girls and I have no doubt, young boys as well.
Somewhere this day on planet earth
A Mother-to-be, while in labor, cries
Not so much for the mounting pain
Nor the fear of possible death
So many fears for the future…
"What lies ahead in the coming years?
What "fate" will meet my child?"
And added to all her heightened fears is…
Will she be there to protect her child?
Those dark years have now passed into decades
When Tanya walked the shadowy streets of the city at late night
While kids her age slept peacefully in their beds
They made her dress up so she'd looked twenty one
Days were spent locked in a room, under watchful eyes
She was fed cheap fast food to her young heart's content
Soon she'd lose all hope of liberation
This was the second man she had been sold to
And after a while she'd adapt to the situation
Still fresh in her mind was that last day at school
In her backpack was her favorite teddy bear
Her Mother had chosen to believe her step-father again
Now that her twelfth birthday would be in a month
As no one cared, she decided to run away
While at the bus station she met this "nice" couple
Who listened to every word she spoke
They promised her a ride to any place she wished
And she'd always wanted to see Disney land
"Maybe, she thought, it'd be a birthday treat"
However, that would be another promise broken
Weeks dragged on and they bought her "stuff"
Although treated well, sometimes she still felt alone
Then one day came the grown up clothes and make up
That night her innocence was stolen once more
Later she'd try to make an escape
Only to be caught and tied to the bed post
'Make it easy on yourself and accept your "fate", she was told
That was years ago, although it seems like yesterday,
When arrested by a new officer on the vice squad
Who saw the flaw in the picture before him
The pimp gave no reasonable answer to the simple question
'Why are you parked late at night on the street corner with a minor?'
Looking back over the years, she came to conclude that "Fate" is just another word, made up to cast aside blame; when we do not want to see the path we've chosen which has led us to our present state
When Pilate symbolically washed his hands, though he had power in that moment to act..
When there before him stood truth and innocence,
Yet, he chose to make a comfortable bed for his conscience
Today, Tanya is a college graduate and a Mother who has vowed not to leave anything to "fate". She'd teach her children to take responsibility for the choices they make…
She would teach them that no one is of lesser value than another..
Male or female; black or white, all hues; rich or poor
All have a God given right to live free!
For: Richard's "Girl Rising" Contest
(3rd Place Win)
Copyright © Annalise Brigham...a.k.a. Audrey Haick | Year Posted 2013
Why am I emerging from the dark
Staring at a bench in City Park.
Breathless air without a bird in song.
So I sit, unknowing, yet belong.
Sudden waves of anguish flood my mind.
Feral, vicious, senseless bursts of time.
Then a calming whisper fills my ear
And my reason now, for being here.
Minutes of my final day proceed.
Mockingbirds and peanut squirrels to feed.
Speckled sun through breezy treetops sway
And two hidden figures inch my way.
Choking arms, a weakness, loss of breath;
Forced behind a thicket to my death.
Off they bolted free without a trace.
Now I'm vengeance. Patiently I wait.
I'm aware each footstep, as they move,
But this peaceful park is where I choose.
Soon they stalk again. I know the place.
Little do they know the wrath they face.
Gene Bourne
Copyright © Gene Bourne | Year Posted 2014
Clipped Wings
An icy salt spray begins to tarnish my feathers,
The salt is corroding.
That salt. It's ingesting my plume, diluting true meaning
Teal turned navy. Crimson now brown.
I had keen pearlescent eyes,
Now clouded, they see nothing, nothing at all.
I can't even step foot behind the silver mirror; it's broken.
Shards of thick glass tease, reflecting,
I'm falling on the other side, no one's there to catch,
I'll just be a mess on the floor. A sad grey reflection.
I hid for a while, from the salt.
But I just knew that shelter
Wasn't for me.
It wasn't my home.
Cold, salty concrete scraped my dignity away.
It tore my skin, left dirt in my bleeding feathers.
So again I hid. Not from the salt, I can't hide from the salt.
I'm hiding from me.
I'm hiding from the reflection I can still see.
I chose to linger. I chose this. I didn't choose this.
I watch as she stretches her magnificent wings wide, takes flight,
Ascending, dancing gaily between wisps of pure white.
I search the bare sky, salt is still in the breeze,
Taunting me; try fly with tarnished feathers.
But glinting, I see the green trees on an endless horizon
They are not a reflection, I tell myself.
So I stretch my broken wings and timidly I take flight,
Away from the salt, back towards myself under a silver moonlight.
Copyright © Victoria Wood | Year Posted 2015
unknown five fingers flipping lives
power based dynamic undermines the dramatic
twist the totalitarian love like lashed fragments
bastard basilisk coiled coolly over calming masks
The hybrid eyes close on hatred
Unveil the universal welcoming smile
Happy's perfect when expecting a party
Happy's perfect when expecting a life
Hate the child
Hate the child
Hate the child
Show it love
ensure enraptured trust and warming embrace
unannounced resurgence of relief and trust
tame the tether and tighten the ropes
warning clouds wane and the day shines
The hybrid eyes close on lust
Unveil the welcoming smile
Happy's perfect when expecting norms
Happy's perfect when expecting trust
Show it love
Hate the child
Hate the child
Show it child
Hate the love
Hate the show
Love the show
Show the child
Hate it
Love it
Show it
Copyright © Natalie Barber | Year Posted 2014
I'm so confused,
raised to believe cooperative love overpowers competing fears
about scarcity of time,
and other resources,
and anger about past over- and under-valuing of myself
as a regenerative resource,
raised to believe the Golden Rule
is most effectively applied to all life,
as cooperative ecologically regenerative potential,
I don't see how it could be OK
to run a national political campaign
assuming I will confuse the taking of life for nutritional needs
as less just than the taking of life for punishment and retributive needs,
death-debt owed for death-taken,
as if it were possible to kill
disenculturing clans of terrorists
for each and every innocent life taken
with such unholy cynicism as anti-life hopeless degenerates.
I find this violence-begets-violence nowhere else
in any ecosystem,
anything that could possibly be called a sustainable system,
in any form of nature,
other than humane nature as de-natured humanity.
However, now that I think of it,
perhaps we do see something of its kind
in diseased and over-crowded populations,
literally eating their young.
We often call this "rabidity",
as individuals,
swarming in a monocultural snarl,
turn on each other
begin unprovoked cannibalism,
prey on each other,
perhaps as a form of punishment or retribution
for past angers and fears only these terrorist champions of chaos
can see
and feel;
a mounting prescient culture of mutual disregard and antipathy,
trending toward Lose-Lose sociopolitical economic and ecological
is it wise to sanction violence to be perpetrated by others
on our behalf,
at any scale,
for any reason?
How is abuse and neglect of death-producing miscreants
not hypocritical
for a person who believes in the power of cooperative love
as a more effective Golden Rule
than "Beat Others down before they Win more than you"?
Does this intend to include anything but monocultural AnthroCentric overcrowding, more violence,
more dissonance,
trending toward decomposition of all Earth's systems?
Am I to invest
or disinvest
in a competing human race
or a humanizing regenerate space and time?
Or, is it something MidWay between,
sometimes competing anger and fear might be Teachers,
I suppose,
although still not the best choice-makers.
Perhaps we could leave cooperative balancing
of Tipping Point decomposition
and analysis of therapeutic/toxic trends,
within exclusive charge of CoArising Love as Golden Rule choice-making;
choosing whether or not to disinvest in regenerative health potential values of a life,
or a biosystem,
an ecosystem,
to optimally invest in Earth's regenerating health and vitality.
Yet, Earth does not necessarily
always and at all times,
water humane flowers
to starve the weeds.
More often, weeds starve flowers of water
as Crusading Christians starved diversity of intelligence
through violent ex-communication.
So, if these interdependently organic
cooperating relationships
between and within individuals,
families of weeds,
tribes of flowers,
nations and planets,
and the ecobalance of co-arising space with time
are what we seem to love,
then why do we suboptimize with Win-Lose economic and political choices
to compete with each other
for livelihood
sense of vocational value,
for power to declare war on each other,
the right to abuse and neglect and ex-communicate each other,
as if Earth's evolutionary journey
is not historically rooted
in cooperative regenerate enculturation,
as any of life's surviving cells
could quickly attest,
even under threat of ex-communication.
It is difficult for me to find any faith
or even hope
in the belief that Earth produced this humanizing race
toward degenerating dissonance
and overly-competitive Win to Lose strategies
of Left-brain cultural and language
and political and economic
It feels less confusing to me
to comprehend we are ecoconsciously co-loving each other
in a rapidly overpopulating monocultural species
with humane researching and incubating
emergently embryonic cooperative aspirations
to optimize WorldWide Win-Win ecosystemic networks,
to balance Left with Right mindbody co-mentoring intelligence,
harmonizing all our bicameral systemic information,
issuing inductive from Heaven's TransParent Cloud
and deductive from Earth's RNA icons
of recreating intelligence,
form with nondual co-arising cooperative function,
noun as verb,
poly-goal as perma-path,
and harmonic-octave frequencies
in 4-square Prime Sequential Relationship,
both Time's co-gravitating with Space's thermodynamic balance,
Yang OVER yin-squared = c-squared ecoconsciousness
of Universal TransParent (0) Metric Light Balance.
Perhaps, then, it is less confusing to me
to think about how to invest more wisely
in non-violent empathy of Basic Attendance
to notice and listen with still-centered mindbody,
empathically absorbing claustrophobic fear and anger
saturating toxic terror that my life,
therefore your life,
has no ego-intrinsic value
because LeftEgo is too dissonantly dominant
over Right EcoEarth Regenerational Analogic
CoEmpathic Arising Function,
so my death, therefore your death,
has no Earth-intrinsic regenerative value or disvalue.
From this position
I cannot see Allah as ReGenerator Power and Flow,
Form with NatureFunction,
Love with Synergetic Intent,
TransParent Empathic Elational Present
Concave HomePlace within Convex healthCulture
through Time's bilaterally co-gravitating eco-normative lens.
How is any directive to starve and/or neglect and/or kill
not what Christians have known as ex-communication
unto decomposition?
Dissonance struggling against dissonance,
when we could choose to emerge mutually-resonant regenerators,
re-communicative poly-empathic optimizers,
co-mentoring Earth-regenerate soil
reforesting our rivers for clean water,
repurposing mutual immunity
as mutual subsidiarity within
RNA/DNA solidarity.
These three held together into perpetuity,
Earth Tribal ReSolution.
Copyright © Gerald Dillenbeck | Year Posted 2015
A kestrel dips into an updraft
thinking he knows the world
tranquility gurgles
through silent valleys
over mountains
around the earth
through the wind
The creature soars ever higher
in great swoops and dives
the horizon curves as it eludes vision
the stars pulse their siren
but thrill denies
adrenaline overrules
their ambient warning
Gust to gust each fades
quicker than the last
whispers carry the weight of wings
and their soulful song breaches sanity
prayers of rightful good
where petty purple banners
crest twinkling hearts
The last thermal ridden
last lyric dies
as flight's drone fades
upturned wings alone
the sky empty oblivion
as the sun aligns its beady eye
to the looping path of the bird
Two brittle forms
grapple in light
which blots out the senses
and protects
what can never be touched
divine oblivion
smites the naive bird
an archangel buried
in a crypt
six feet deep.
Copyright © Avery Swarthout | Year Posted 2015
With beads of sweat on my forehead,
And my arms and legs cramped.
I concealed in a little locker
Away from the horrid mayhem.
Damp and worn; fear and torn
I seldom gasped for breath,
And even tried reciting
Othello, Macbeth and Hamlet.
Alas, all in vain!
Aware with each passing minute,
That I would face the same brutal end
As my tutors and friends.
I heard them moving closer,
I say a silent prayer.
With final memories of my beloved -
I await those crazy monsters.
"Bang, Bang!" I hear them shoot.
But it now sounds so afar.
I drift into a deep slumber,
When the door goes ajar.
Copyright © Radhika Bhangolai | Year Posted 2015
In A Dark, Dark Room
Tormented in a pitch black room--
Smelling the foulness in the ground;
Flickering shadows in the gloom
That feed upon me, all around
Bound hand and foot, with neck exposed,
Tormented in a pitch black room,
I only slept, when coffins closed,
With nightmares of impending doom.
I heard above a muffled boom
My eyes assaulted by the light
Tormented in a pitch black room
Never more will I fear the night
I signed on with Van Helsings Free,
Hunting vampires from tomb to tomb.
I rescue others, lost like me--
Tormented in a pitch black room.
Copyright © Mark J. Halliday | Year Posted 2015
Crime Against Humanity
Violence's the human disposition
of last resort
Check the talk, skew the walk,
in the court of popular, Christ wasn't
Lunge at his daughters killer, man
tries to soothe his heart
Of senseless violence, the mass
destruction that is so off
Unhinged sensation in the minds
of feeble men
Lack justification for wantonly
killing our fellow human
Tales of past exploit regale history
And taught in class
The next monster seeps,
already the tear of the family sear deep
Justice they seek
but, the wheel of repeat has dug
its teeth
and save except a monumental
effort to retrace our step
that bright light of progress will
be bloodied humanity crimes
Copyright © Weston Gregory | Year Posted 2016
Fear recalled; the taste of sweat in retreat, when
one can never seem to run far enough or fast enough.
Remembering the Christian children's chants of
devil worshiper, atheist; the taunting hell they saw
for those not blessed to be themselves.
The jeer of the crowd for those apart, the mob
mentality of the Christian heart, the damn you if
you're not me to a girl of eight, defies any amount
of time to heal. Memories are not obliterated.
Breathless behind a hollow-core door, gasping
tears, a heart pounding to the beat of fists on panel;
fear recalled as bile rose; hate thrown, the Jew bated.
This was only an inkling of what Tanta felt.
Nineteen fifty-six, eleven years after the end of WWII,
I saw the numbers burned into my families' skin,
the ones still alive to show them to a child of eight.
-broken glass nights, crowded trains, death camps
New England was still gripped in a Christian hell,
at eight, at twelve, at eighteen—and every Christmas
in between—don't speak, don't tell, don't let them
know you're different—different, hated, taunted,
chased, and if possible erased.
Prejudice knows no boundary of time or place, the
fear, the mob, the gang, the chanting group, alive
still in the 21st century. When you kneel, and pray,
even when you say Amen.
First Published by Synchronized Chaos Spring 2015
Copyright © Debbie Guzzi | Year Posted 2016
Running in the dark I tripped and fell
Copper in the air, all I could smell
Fear and terror touched my head
Hope I wasn't just left for dead
Up ahead was some kind of light
Saw some movement prepared to fight
Thats when I saw the look in his eye
Had to be strong or I knew I would die
He said follow me I know the way
If you want to live you'll do what I say
That's when I saw the horns and the tail
I knew right then I could be only in hell
I turned and ran as fast as I could
My body felt rigid, almost like wood
I could feel heat on the back of my neck
A blow to my head and I hit the deck
As blackness pulled me down in a hole
I knew that my life wasn't all that he stole
As hideous laughter brought me awake
I knew it was over, my soul he would take
What do you want was all I could say
He said with a smirk," You may want to pray "
My mind snapped and I began to squeal
The last thing I heard was " Let's make a deal "
Copyright © Scott Williams | Year Posted 2015
The boots moved slowly,
Crunching sun-baked clay.
A hazy wind down alleyways,
It moves with moans
Then whistles softly,
Quickly gone.
A child stands in a doorway
Pulling something from his robe.
He keys in certain numbers,
Only doing as he's told.
He waits, then hears a bomb
As it explodes.
A helmet lands and bounces
Near his feet.
He shrugs. then merges with a
crowded street.
Gene Bourne
Beautiful Girl,
Changing by her bedroom door.
Hair as blonde as gold,
And skin like porcelain and snow.
Turned around just in time,
To see a man with angry eyes.
Outside her window.
But he doesn't talk,
He only stares.
No harm will come,
is what she thought.
I'll go to bed,
By morning he'll be gone.
But when she woke,
He sat on her bed.
Her breathing hitched,
Scared out of her mind,
She doesn't wish for death.
But instead of death,
He gives her kiss,
But she sends him away,
Says, "Please don't come again."
But later that night,
While the moon shines bright,
He comes back,
The only other soul in sight.
Out of the corner of her eye,
She see's him there.
Turning around,
She grabs her 45
But when she looks back,
He disappeared,
He's out of her sight.
Where did you go?
I could've sworn you stood there
Right by my window.
You didn't knock,
didn't speak,
Just stood outside,
watching me.
In the back of the house,
There was a sound,
Dropping the gun,
There's was nowhere to run.
Is he still here?
Or did he just go?
Why did you come?
You stood by my door,
and just watched the rain pour.
Without a second thought,
She turned to run,
But it's too late,
He grabbed her arm.
Screaming in pain,
She asks 'What have you done?'
But he puts a knife to her throat,
And her cries are silent.
Where'd you get that knife,
I beg and plead,
Please don't end my life.
But it's too late,
He slit her throat.
Beautiful girl,
Blood as red as a rose.
She lays on her bedroom floor,
Without a pulse.
But now there's no one in the home,
Where'd the psycho go?
There was never a psycho in her home.
Copyright © Jazzlyn Barden | Year Posted 2016
His back meets the cold, wet grass under him,
his eyes meet the blue endless sky hovering over him.
The cigarette from his hand dies out as it meets the sopping grass below
He feels the blood escape his body that now is no longer whole.
As he stares up into the sky,
he thinks of the girl he hated to leave behind.
He thinks of his mother, her tears streaming down,
his father's proud hand, as it strongly grazed his crown.
He thinks of the men fighting for their life,
He thinks of his enemy, ducking for his life.
He thinks of the reasons war even exists,
Maybe this isn't the way one should even live.
The sounds of his men approaching feels distant in his ear,
the struggle to save a life is unyielding,
when the bullet cuts through the heart,
there is no weaker feeling.
Slowly the sounds of planes hushes down,
The sounds of gunfire are stifled,
The missiles whistling in the background stop
and all of nature's sounds just suppress, as they come to a halt.
The men become blurry as his eyes start to freeze,
The body that once fought, now turned to solid ice.
For the last time in his life,
he thinks of the girl he wishes he never left behind.
He thinks of his mother, whose tears will continue to run,
the father's proud hand, that wont ever touch his son.
In these last few seconds, he does not feel scared,
as he spent this life fighting strongly for his homeland.
Copyright © Jovana Pokrajac | Year Posted 2015
I was born in a world of poverty and soiled life of a third world country
The way I lived till I was five years of age was walls of boundary
These walls had towers of guards that had no heart or care
If a child would try to climb the wall they lose their life I swear
Father had drank and threatened my mother with a knife
My father lost his job and wife and that was the hardship of life
He stopped my mother from taking off with me in her arm
Hoping that my father would ignore and left me be with no harm
When my father went off to drink one night and came home with rage
My brothers stood by my crib and took a beating that set up the next stage
My father had woken up to three scared children half starved and in pain
His final words as he walk away from the orphanage gate live life do not go insane
I was still a baby in the orphanage; the caretakers did not really care about the babies
They stole items and materials those wicked men and maternal evil ladies
They starved all the babies because it cost a lot to keep them alive
As a child of that age I could feel the sins and greed that gave out bad vibes
I was ignorant about what I drank and ate, as I see white maggots move in my bottle
As I see them move I thought about how they were playing and some were hostel
They ate each other to keep each other alive in a manner that took me by surprise
In the back round I hear others throwing things with sounds of painful cries
I got very strong at a young age I was able to start pulling myself up over the cage
My feelings were to see my brothers with strong lungs that I cried out of rage
My two brothers came to see me and sneak food into my crib
The caretaker would find the food in my hands as they grabbed it and hit me on my ribs
As painful as it was I kept eating the food with blood in my mouth as it was instinct
I sometimes laid in my crib dazed and confused with smell of death so distinct
With all my might I kept myself strong and climb the small wall
I finally was old enough to get out of the building and I could hear my brothers call
With tears of joy with short legs that ran as fast as my heart
I ran to my brothers arms and held their hands to have a new start
I grew stronger everyday but more things came into my life in a manner of dismay
If my brothers stay by my side I could smile and everyday their would be okay
Copyright © Reynaldo Mast | Year Posted 2013
Neither a fable,
Nor a tale,
This is a fact,
A story to tell,
To everyone, female and male.
To generations, younger and frail.
About a threat, a monster from the East,
That struck the world like a beast,
Attacked Europe by cold and mist,
Oceans of horsemen, millions at least,
Ravaged cathedrals, and crucified the priest,
How to cope and fight and face the ghoul?
How to reason with a barbarian, a crazy fool?
How to prevent a suicidal conflict to pacify and cool?
How to save the lore, the patrimony and the living soul?
How to reconcile with the unknown and use the best tool?
That was the question...
That was the wisdom to lead and rule,
The Pope decided to answer in peace,
Then sent Carpini after a blessing..And a kiss,
Advising him to inform...and not to miss,
To meet the Eastern father, son nephew and niece,
To call for salvation and the Chris,
As soon as the monk began to trace,
With a great shock he started to face,
An unusual nation that was in race,
With time, with weather, with the cosmos and space,
No one could classify it, No one could place,
Its barbarity, Nay! its grace,
They consume everything, greens, pulses including rice,
They are carnivorous, they eat mice,
They spare not a single creature, including lice,
All seem to them, healthy and nice,
They worship Shamanism, horses and they play dice,
They conquer for pleasure, and race with the skies,
When Carpini reached the rising sun,
The great Mongol..The supreme Khan,
Who crashed Empires, who enslaved the Han,
Who scared newborn babies, woman and man,
Who, no one refused him, and who dared had to run,
For his life, for his family, for his entire clan,
Then Carpini approached the formal bar,
And addressed himself to the Lord Tatar,
Explaining to him that he came from far,
To preach Christendom not the Latin Lar,
Before the monk finishing his say,
The lord stood up! Angrily, with a reply,
"Go back to your Pope! Before I'll flay,
You" and tell him that the Tatar ray,
Is invincible in a warfare-play,
Fearful, the priest returned deceived,
More than what he saw and what he perceived,
How would he break the news? How would he read?
The powerful message, the humiliating creed!
In the end, he stood on his heart and then he did,
Europe was ready for the Great War,
Nations of the crucifix, thousands and more,
The bells of alarm sounded the lands, and the shore,
To prevent the conquest, that was the heart! And the core!
The call was "fight or flight" or seal your door!
But halfway...they turned blind,
To change plan, they did not mind,
To strike east, and there to find,
A city of lore of rich and kind,
Baghdad the marvel that enlightens the blind,
There! They killed; they mutilated in countless,
There! They burnt libraries that were priceless!
They pillaged, they raped they were heartless,
No mercy, no help, the Baghdadeans were helpless,
To defend themselves against the infidel
Barbarian Godless!
No place was spared from vandalism,
Places of worship and mysticism,
Circles of learning and sciolism,
Poetry, literature and euphemism,
All had gone with "Gog and Magog" the cataclysm!
But "Ain Jalout" was the battlefield,
For generations to pick and read,
In history, and faith and heretical creed,
Where all religions had met indeed,
In a bloody war, all had to bleed,
In the end, the Armageddon had to finish,
To slow the spiting dragon and diminish,
Its arrogance, its myth and tarnish,
Its long lasting reputation, had to vanish,
Forever to allow another war and a skirmish.
How would I judge? What would I say?
Was it a truth or was it a lie?
Genghis Khan, and Kublai Khan,
Hulaku, Munghe Khan and low and high,
Were they all barbarians, or were all lasting heroes not to die?
This is the last verse and point to specify.
Copyright © Abder Derradji | Year Posted 2015
Father, oh, father can't you see what you've done.
Your hate has destroyed the lives of everyone.
You treated us bad and cheated on our mom.
Your temper was like trying to disarm a bomb.
Everyone said what they thought you wanted to hear.
Why you were always so angry was never very clear.
When I was four I saw you throw an ashtray at mom's head.
That was the day I new you didn't care if we were all dead.
I had to live with that knowledge my entire life.
It was clear you never should have had kids and a wife.
Once I was surrounded by a gang of street thugs.
Terrified, I talked my way out without throwing a slug.
You were watching in disgust from across the street.
You couldn't wait to get me home to begin your browbeat.
Instead of being happy that I didn't have to fight,
You made me feel worthless, chicken, and anything but alright.
As strange as it sounds I'd like to say thank you.
You were my anti role model as I got older and grew.
You showed me in many ways what not to be or do.
I knew I had to become just the opposite of you.
Here I am many years later, proud of what I've become.
Your lessons of anger and hate I was able to overcome.
Copyright © Scott Williams | Year Posted 2016
They gives a us a voice, but don't want us to speak.
The president's black I bet he doesn't write his own speech.
Words that he speaks come the people that keep in unequal,
D.C. is evil the future is bleak.
Unless among us is a Malcolm X
All for one and together we're stronger than the rest.
My mother strong ,God is our Father
Jesus Piece lays on my chest.
Moment of truth what's left to be said,
word is bond,nothing is worth more than respect.
Which needs to be earned
shots fired so I'm hitting the deck.
Deep in the street cracks is where secrets are kept,
Nikes on the feet of the ones who keep running for checks.
Turnt cheek to the causalities take a deep....
Breath after breath, war between us, love lost into between deaths.
Copyright © Gerald Moise | Year Posted 2015
A revolution is much deeper than what the eye can see
An opportunity to rid the land of despotism and tyranny
When any citizen can expose the enemies of the state
Present and judge valid evidence to arrive at a just fate
But that doesn't happen except in the rarest of the time
Cause mobs want vengeance even if there is no crime
Vindictive mobs will let no one stand in their way
They can only be quieted by making the defeated pay
Once the old regime has been ousted and overthrown
The general populace wants retribution to call its own
Frenzied mobs want allegations of any on which to react
Every accusation is taken as an indisputable fact
Those that are accused of prior regime collaboration
Will be tried and convicted without hesitation
The penalties will vary according to the type of peoples crime
Some will be executed, others sent to prison for a very long time
Those with neighbors or others with differing opines
Will anonymously be accused of treasonable crimes
If man has an attractive wife , coveted for personal roles
He'd be singled out as undermining the revolutions goals
Children would be asked to report on their parents talk
Do they praise the revolution or do they balk
Men don't gather in the street in idle conversation any more
In fear of being accused of plotting a counter revolutionary war
Investigations of wrong doing will increase as planned
Til every one feels threatened through out the land
Facts and allegations are all treated the same
Anyone accused is certain to shoulder the blame
Revolution (2)
While the mob applauds the action of a kangaroo court
No one objects to the tactics to which the insurgents resort
The ruling insurgents tell the citizens to prepare for action
An impending attack by the ousted is a simple distraction
The victorious parties purge dissenters from their ranks
The true patriots and heroes that really merit thanks
They will be accused of plotting to sabotage the revolution
Incriminating evidence will surface to prove their collusion
Evidence against them mounts proving a planned conspiracy
Evidence is authenticated but only the accusers can to see
Those tainted members of the original rebellious group
Are sentenced to long terms taking them out of the loop
Members popular with the mobs with no threats to face
Suddenly and mysteriously disappear without leaving a trace
Struggle for power will continue within the victors team
Til the most cold-blooded one dominates every scene
Reigning power is now in hands of an egocentric man
All opposition has been silenced through out the land
Those holding on to opposing views are hunted down
Block teams are established in every city and town
Block directors have spying duties the main is to report
Any suspicious movements or activities to the citizens court
Employment is terminated and the accused sent off to a farm
Where political viewpoints are altered to render no harm
Fear of death and imprisonment is so deeply instilled
Most minds are conquered only the strongest have will
Revolution (3)
This is the reward for seeking freedom of expression
A psychotic ideologue made this land his personal possession
We surrendered our weapons but mostly our ideas
We're completely dominated and ruled by insidious fears
Looking back it now seems the regime we overthrew
Wasn't as bad as we thought, we were always able to make do
Revolutionaries that foment change using the gun
Will still be armed when the fighting is done
Students of history are smug and quick to understand
How this beautiful island was commandeered by one man
So many were mesmerized by his unending glib tongue
Like demons called Stalin, Hitler and Mao tse tung
There are many men like these in each generation
Preying on those feeling or promoting frustration
These villains are lauded til their motives come clear
Their main weapons are terror and bone chilling fear
The masses will demand a plebiscite and new constitution
Not going to happen without a new revolution
The loss of freedom doesn't happen overnight
It disappears after each uncontested little bite
This is a warning to all that are free
Don't think little bites can't happen to thee
One could easily change a few lines and add a few details
And come up with Russia, Venezuela ,China etc. a glib tongue
And a tired public are easy pickings for the egomaniacs
In the world. This is about Cuba, 1959
Copyright © John Arribas | Year Posted 2016
I'm fuelled by compulsion; heed, I plead.
Consumed by hatred, myself, I abhor.
Nothing will stop me: no law, moral, creed.
Watch you, I crave you, your last breath I need;
The first made me sick, alas number four,
I'm fuelled by compulsion; heed, I plead.
I'll plan, and stalk, knowing all that you read,
Steal some clothing: token for my drawer.
Nothing will stop me: no law, moral, creed.
From the shadows, I'll emerge, plant the seed,
Lust in your eyes brings me right to your door.
I'm fuelled by compulsion; heed, I plead.
Empowered, I feel, as air I impede,
My hands are squeezing, 'til life is no more.
Nothing will stop me: no law, moral, creed.
Euphoria achieved; tainted by greed,
I'll move to the next one, then unto more.
I'm fuelled by compulsion; heed, I plead.
Nothing will stop me: no law, moral, creed.
31st July 2016
Contest: Through Their Eyes
Sponsor: Shadow Hamilton
Copyright © Nicola Byrne | Year Posted 2016
I wake up with another tear
for I have again, relived the nightmare
will it ever leave me with any way to see
when will I again be able to see my family
the past is forgiven
so why is it still living
my heart was so broken
but soon after it was frozen
let it lie and the past die
for I have a life to live with
but the past is still being relived
how do I stop this past of torture
so I can find my new future
Copyright © Denise Hopkins | Year Posted 2013
Tingling toes
of the megabyte cavalry
callouses scraping
along private roads
Cascading matrices
on the plasma periphery
peasantry bleating
on official commands
Stewing a cauldron
a festering foment
watering nations
from acid-soaked cans
say the oracles
so buying a check
but electing the cavalry
leaves the infantry wet
Copyright © Aron Jacob | Year Posted 2013
Try me, fool, and the semi gon' bang
I'm a big dog, I gotta' let my nuts hang
If I go to jail, best believe I'm bonding out
I always handle beef, that's what I'm all about
I'm not a punk, somebody lied--
I'm bustin' shots, let's get that fixed
Sleep on me, see me in ya' worst nightmares
I'm Hell-raiser, dead fresh in some Nike-Airs
Or in a monkey suit, totin' something with a banana clip
Leave you wet, like dry lips after applying Chap-stick
Ain't talking 'bout a blunt, but I rolled-up
I'm gon' wet these fools, hope they don't mold-up
When it go down, I go ape-shit, bananas
put coward to sleep, without the pajamas
Keep bustin' shots, like pimples on a maturing teen
I do my dirt, but leave the crime scene clean
Stay fresh, but they always call me grimy
They say I'm too gangsta', so they won't sign me
I put in work, man, I'm clockin' in overtime
Haters faces looking sour, like they suckin' on lime
You got beef, well guess what, that's all I eat
I stand my ground, you just sit in your seat
Can't let fools run me over, I'm not a roadkill
Leave you in the streets leakin', looking like an oil spill
You got a problem, I know how'tta' get that solved
Apply pressure, let's not get ya' family involved
Copyright © Arcene Janvier | Year Posted 2013
Unarmed I stood against the beast
Defending what was mine
The theft of my guileless innocence
His most cruel, remorseless crime
Fighting slings and arrows
Words that cut me to the quick
Lifting thin arms in resistance
To his heavy, brutish fists
Sorrow comes in darkness
Arrives without an invite
The moon stares dully at me
No magic will save me tonight
Measured unforgiving blows
He chose where each would land
Dark purple bruises gave away
Where my body had been slammed
With my knack for weak excuses
"I tripped and fell down again"
He sneered that they're "just love taps"
While I played a game called 'pretend'
Naked in my bed
Protecting a child yet unborn
Came another beating
From this cur who'd earned my scorn
What cannot be seen in shadows
Can suffocate one's will
When I reclaimed my spirit
I crawled out of the mouth of hell
Ages have come to pass since then
The fiend at last routed from my life
I'm no longer frightened
Of just being someone's wife
Copyright © Tess Norton | Year Posted 2014
You think you've gone just far enough,
I could smile knowing you've gone far enough that you can't go back again
You think you were careful but,
I've caught a glimpse of your true, wretched form
You think you can find a way into my good graces
I've seen what you are, monsters with a friendly costume
You can't deceive me anymore and, I don't consort with serpents
You think I'm a game to be played but, trust me, you could never win
Don't underestimate me
You think I'm a joke but, trust me you won't be laughing
You think I'm just talking myself up but, trust me, you're the ones going down
My eyes took too long to adjust
Better late than never
It may take a monster to know one but, I promise my teeth are sharper than yours
My first reaction to the hideous revelation that was your form was to weep
Fall to my knees, maybe even wretch my heart from my chest and onto the carpet
Then I thought about the mess it would make
I decided the only blood that will spill, will be your own
I was not weak, but I had a weakness
A heart of soft gold stitched to my sleeve with care
No longer
Now my heart is a stone so heavy
I could kill at least two birds at once
Being the nice guy is a thing of the past
Thanks for freeing me of that softness
You thought I was all sunshine and delicate things
When really I had just been swallowing razor blades
Now that sun is setting and I hope you see it was you who were wrong
Can you feel my darkness coming, because it's eager to hold you
If you thought I was the one who would just stand still or turn to run
Your gonna be the one with tired feet
I'm not sad anymore
Just sick with the plague of your lies
Contagious, and I'm looking for someone to kiss
Even angels can make themselves wicked
When we do, we take no prisoners
Still think I'm a game
This one is just beginning
Copyright © Alexander Schwartz | Year Posted 2013
P andemic parasites of man have spread
A bandoned Angels the skies have shed
N ecromantic necrophiliacs playing with the dead
D emonic desires of witches and warlocks wed
E vil runs rapid in the wasteland of deception
M onuments crumble for the demons reception
O ppression overtakes the mild and the weak
N octurnal neverland of death does reek
I mmense immorals within the blink of an eye
U ltimate destruction till death do us die
M other of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Pandemonium-Acrostic - Poetry Contest
By John Hamilton
Copyright © Winged Warrior | Year Posted 2016
Please don't stop me, my love, let me lie down and kiss the ground,
let me taste the taste of freedom on my tongue and remember my
past no more. Let my tears mingle with the sand and the sun
comfort my soul, for the earth has opened up her mouth and
swallowed my past, no more pain, no more fear, only sweet music
shall ring in my ears.
Look down at her, O Lord, look down and see your daughter
weeping in the sand, she ripped out her heart and has casted it
into the sea, she said, "Tomorrow, I will be free."
But the ground where she laid is now drunken with her past,
affliction and confusion. The sea has spew out her heart and
the sun has hidden his face.
I tried to comfort her and said,
"Come, my love, come, for tomorrow is still yet to come,"
but she cannot be comforted, her body's covered with wounds I
cannot see and her words I do not understand.
Night is fallen and my soul grows weak, but I will not leave her,
I will cuddle her in my arms and whisper in her ears,
"Tomorrow, you will be free,
tomorrow, you will be free."
Copyright © Regether Pair | Year Posted 2015
How long I've ached; how deep the sore!
My albino Soul- suffers blisters...
For with myself, I am at War
Run for your lives- Poetic Sisters!
Dodge the bullets; avoid the mines-
Watch the sky for falling bombs!
Oh, worry not, for all is fine-
It's just a little Napalm :)
Hydrogen, he's just a friend-
But atomic at his center
Radiation, Tunguska station-
Do not fear (it's safe to enter...)
The fray; the fight
Fought day and night
Unending battle- forever addled
(And no end in sight!)
Copyright © Just That Archaic Poet | Year Posted 2013


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