RARE -- CC #275

Some people have trouble living in the now
They aren’t content to just go with the flow
What will happen tomorrow they want to know
They will resort to anything, even reading the Tao

Mystics and psychics even an astrologer or two
They drink their tea then try to interpret the leaves
When they find out they cry, “Oh woe, what shall I do?”
Those who cleave to the results might be a little naïve.

If Mercury is in retrograde, do you think I really care?
Derek Acorah, Ingo Swann are psychics of renown
These are two of the most famous to be found
I prefer a seer less well known; I like my medium rare.


Tim D. Culey -2013


A voice from the past is whispering Creative Challenge

Mature

 

 

 

 

It was at the Battle of Marston Moor

When I first learned of amampour

I was definitely taken aback, to be sure

All this time I thought I was in Kuala Lumur

My recollections are from my role as observateur

And in case you are feeling just a little unsure

What I am relating to you is truth, and not green manure

It was at this very same location where I met my paramour

It was all very much a case of haute couture

When I first saw her I made a sound sounding like jabbour

I was smitten, that is for sure, but my thoughts were quite pure

After all, I am not a neophyte, I know how to act very mature.

 

Tim D. Culey -2013-

 

This is an example of a type of poem called a “Monoryhme” (can you guess why?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The "Eyes" Have It.

Why not a Halloween Tree?

 

A Real Horror Story

It was late in 1860 that South Carolina revolted
Took their slaves and from the Union they bolted.
Then Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi
Trouble was on the horizon, it was certainly plain to see.

February of 61 saw the birth of the CSA under Jefferson Davis
In March Pres. Lincoln said from these rebels I will save us.
Pierre Beauregard went to Ft. Sumpter with some cannons
Before you could say “Yeee-haw” the Civil War had begun.

There were unknown places with strange sounding names
Shiloh, Antietam and Fredericksburg all ended up in flames
Even a couple of iron sided ships managed to get in on the act
Caught up in the fray were the Monitor and the Merrimack

In 1863, The “Emancipation Proclamation” freed the slaves
It would take more than that for the South to mend it’s ways.
Two more years of fighting turned the fields and streams red
The last shot was fired and left over 620,000 Americans dead.


History is long on facts and maybe much too quick to blame
There is no doubt too much was lost, and too little was gained
In May of ’65 the Civil War ended, even though hotly debated
The Republic reunited after four years of being understated.


© Timothy D. Culey -2013-

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