Daily Musings
Thoughts and Ponderings
Poems and Other Things

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

YOU ARE RICH

You think you are poor because you don't have a mansion,
Or due to the fact that you have no gem collection.
Unemployed, often broke, trying to go on welfare?

And yet, you forget all the while you are in God's care.
Remember, He is Omnipresent and Immanent,
Ergo, His Divine Spark is in you every moment.

Run back thru the dark hallways of your despairing mind,
In that inmost sanctum you left behind, there you'll find
Christ's flickering message:-"Give up your mad search for pelf;
"Here is your Forgotten Treasure--I give you MYSELF!"

UNCLE SAM OPINES

Undoubtedly, Uncle Sam is still the mightiest
Nation on Planet Earth, and we're still the luckiest
Citizens--with guaranteed rights inalienable-
Life, liberty to pursue whatever we're able,
Except, of course, what the law considers illegal.

Some Federal laws proscribe what States treat as legal;
Authorities on the subject are still in dispute.
May individual choice then be granted a non-suit?

On marijuana usage, laws should be uniform;
Perhaps Uncle Sam will soon agree to reconfirm
Its name and status--cannabis--good for the infirm.
Name change, I realize, will not legalize its use,
Except for those special cases where Courts can't refuse.
Sam may want access for all...(He needs more revenues.)

Monday, December 29, 2014

DAWDLER (Another piece addressed to myself.)

Do spend some time helping the downtrodden,
A friendly greeting to the bedridden
Will lift spirits and lighten their burden.
Don't sit all day watching frivolities,
Leave the television's trivialities.
Enrich the day with some accomplishment
Recorded worthy of God's compliment...

INSANITY

ISIL, it is futile to kill;
Nothing prevails over God's will.
Souls of beheaded foes survive
And will taunt you while you're alive.
Nightmares will haunt and drive you mad;
If Death steals you, you may be glad.
Try amity to change your Fate...
Your soul is your sole 'caliphate'!

Friday, December 26, 2014

GOD'S TEMPLE

Gothic as well as Romanesque cathedrals abound;
Other more modern-styled structures could also be found.
Drive down a country road, soon you'll see a village church,
Simple steepled building with a lone cross where birds perch.
Temples of various designs and facades have been tried;
Everyone has one, believe me, no one is denied!
Make no mistake, He's always in, closer than your skin.
Purify yourself quickly if you commit a sin;
Love and care for the temple that God has given you:-
Exercise and eat wisely, let your body renew.

Thursday, December 25, 2014

CHRISTMASTIME

Commenting on the state of global affairs today,
Hereinbelow are what observers would like to say:-
Rogue nations do seek to end our civilization,
Induced by K Ibrahim's proselytization;
Syrians, Ukrainians, all peoples cruelly mistreated
Take heart, for surely Justice to all will be meted.
My sense says soon those savages will be defeated;
Almighty and Compassionate God will intervene,
So to oppressors Grave Misfortune will supervene...
This message was heralded two centuries ago:-
Into this world of sorrow, the Prince of Peace will show
Men who are blinded by Hate, Greed, and Power will fall,
Eventually turn to vile dust, forgotten by all!

ETHEREAL ONE

Each time I close my eyes I see your lovely face;
Tonight shall we again meet at our childhood's place?
Here at the ramparts of our castle towering high,
Embedded deep inside my mind, touching the sky?
Reality and your evanescence combine,
Embrace each other tightly like a hungry vine;
Ah, until now 'tis you who makes my life divine...
Like magic, wave your hand and bright May flowers bloom;
On dark and dreary days come whisk away all gloom.
No, no! mere Death can never sever our secret bond;
Ethereal one, do haunt me till Time's end...and beyond!

Sunday, December 21, 2014

PERHAPS

Perhaps, neighbors should now forget past grievances and forgive,
Extend an olive branch to Cuba, reconcile and let live.
Remember the Castro brothers were also against tyrants;
However, their leftist stance forced millions to be emigrants.
Alas, Big Spender Uncle Sam may also soon lose his pants!
Please stop blaming Obama, he won't flinch from the critic's lance;
Since sanctions failed, a right turn NOW should give ALL a better chance.

Friday, December 12, 2014

DECEIVERS

Don't pass a bill you did not read,
Especially if urged by Reid.
Cromnibus favoring cronies
Exposes those who are phonies.
I fear that those who voted 'aye'
Voted so on D.C.'s prodding,
Enrich the greedy rich, that's why.
Reject the bait, their sly goading;
Save Uncle Sam from those who lie!

?PENURY?

Perhaps that unwashed street person is not too wretched at all;
Engrossed in his music, he cares not if rains start to fall.
No spattering shower could persuade him to look for cover,
Unworried, he seems to know those spritzes would soon be over;
Resounding pasadoble is his mouth organ's finale...
You've got to applaud with a five--he deserves a chipotle!

Monday, December 8, 2014

HILARIOUS

How much will be spent to do background checks on these four million?
Isn't Uncle Sam's debt already over 18 trillion?
Let us also feed them, give them shelter and education,
And those who will get sick will obviously be given free aid...
Rules on proper entry procedures are now trashed, I'm afraid.
Is there real urgency in giving these 'authorizations',
Or visas, work permits, drivers' licenses in the millions?
Unless the aim is to buy the votes of these 'paperless' ones!?
Somebody must think the American voter is a dunce....

Sunday, December 7, 2014

INQUIRY

Is Uncle Sam decrepit, already trapped in his dotage?
No longer the high flying Eagle with much vaunted courage?
Quadrillion dollars of indebtedness by 2050,
Unless we return to laissez faire and strict austerity.
If our leaders fail to heed the plaint of the majority,
Rest assured our Economy will fall into Anomie...
You 'Patriots' in D.C., lend your ears please to Vox Populi!

Friday, December 5, 2014

HAVE A HEART

Human life is a precious commodity.
A weak heart plus manifest obesity
Verily can turn a big man to a pale ghost;
Endangered species should not resist arrest
As choke holds can send one to eternal rest!
Have a heart, officers, lest more lives be lost;
Exert no brutal force, if possible, when
Arresting people for a minor offense...
Remember, there is no perfect citizen.
The solution:- Use good Christian common sense!

Thursday, December 4, 2014

A THEORY (2- An Expatiated Version)

A tormented man with sorrowful mien and dark-circled eyes
Thinks, due to his hapless state, to die would be best--so he tries:-
He sees his chance, grabs for the policeman's gun--a futile tack;
Escape seems vain, so he stops, turns back and charges to attack..?
Or perhaps he sees another OUT--an open gate to FATE....
Return, poor man, to stardust; Let your soul fly to Heaven's Gate.
Your tragic victim's role - you play with savoir faire; You're just GREAT!

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

A THEORY (1.)

A tormented man with sorrowful eyes
Thinks he might as well die, and so he tries:-
He grabs for the cop's gun--a futile tack;
Escape seems worse; He runs back to attack..?
Or mayhap in his mind to seize his Fate!
Rest in Peace now, friend; Will God mitigate?
You play your tragic victim's role just great!

THEATRICALS


(Some Suppositions & Conjectures)


The Archangels, the Watchers, or the ETs are 'pulling strings'.
Humankind's uncontrolled and exponential birth increase brings
Emergency assistance from Guardians in various guises...
A series of disasters, even genocide by ISIS..?
This space-time continuum whereon we live is like a stage;
Realization that we're like puppets may cause some outrage.
Illusions, superstitions, fantasies, hallucinations
Compete for homo sap's attention, giving him delusions;
As time goes by, we become the characters we like to play...
Look, therefore, with some pity at those barbarians who must slay,
Since they but act their roles--and so must we as VICTORS today.

Monday, December 1, 2014

COMPROMISE

Consider both sides of a two-party dispute;
Oft times debaters need not each other refute.
Most controversies have paths to a middle road...
Please beware, however, of those prone to defraud.
Right and left aisles should work together to succeed;
Our leaders must be patriots, not blinded by Greed.
Making changes to faulty Orders can be done;
In bipartisan deeds, solutions will be won.
Seek no accord, though, with savages in sheep's clothing:-
Extremists like ISIS, a species of deep loathing!

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

To GWEN GEE (On Completion of her Earthly sojourn last 11/18/14.)

Go Gwen, fly back to our Loving Maker's embrace!
We're certain you deserve to meet Him face to face.
Eternal bliss awaits, a choir of angels too;
New gifts, powers, and blessings are prepared for you.

Go now and join your loved ones who have gone ahead;
Exult for in His Realm there is nothing to dread.
Enjoy life everlasting where sainted souls do tread.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

LAISSEZ FAIRE

Let bold venture entrepreneurs be free;
Avoid taxing them to the nth degree...
Innovators should be 'incentivized',
Scientific advances 'stimulized',
So that new knowledge could be utilized.
Expunge voluminous regulations;
Zero out double, triple exactions.

Fairly, wisely governed and supported,
All income will be duly reported;
If not, funds will be sent to parts unknown;
Revenues to safe havens will be flown;
Expect poor harvest if TAX WEEDS have grown!

Monday, November 17, 2014

PLANET EARTH

Planet Earth, a living biosphere, does react to survive,
Like culling when exponential birth rates go on overdrive:-
An earthquake in California, a tsunami in Japan,
Next time another typhoon may wreck another Tacloban,
Erupting volcanoes along the Pacific Rim of Fire,
These disasters can be endured but there are others more dire...

Ebola, avian flu, and other plagues caused by viruses--
All-out efforts would be needed to prevent global crises;
Regrettably, while mankind could survive these calamities,
The greatest danger to our planet is Man's own wickedness:-
Humanity's inhumanity to his own kind, no less!

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

ETERNAL CYCLES

Eternal cycles or seasons of birth, death, and rebirth
Take place in God's Cosmos, including here on Planet Earth.
Earth's record follows a cyclic path, it seldom fluctuates:-
Rebirth, however, does occur in varied forms or states;
Next time a stealthy killer dies, he may come back a snake...
A fat bully in the past is that hippo in its lake!
Let us not be complacent and be reborn downgraded,
Condemned to survive as beasts, only by instinct aided.
You and I are equipped with Reason and Good Common Sense;
Continue we must to cast out False Beliefs to Past Tense,
Like Monarch butterflies, we must (although fragile and weak)
Escape our cocoons and fly back to God's Light which we seek;
Soon, possibly, if we gain wisdom and learn to be meek.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

THE BIG BANG

Thirteen point eight billion years after The Big Bang
Humans wonder what caused it--God or yin and yang;
Evidently creation was much earlier.

BICEP2^ provides some facts even fancier:-
It confirms that we have an expanding cosmos;
Gravitational waves also touch all of us.

Big Bang, however, did not create what it spewed,
And Morgan Freeman who is science-fact imbued
Now says black holes and universes are countless.
God's Multiverse is mind-boggling, truly boundless!


(*Acronym for Background Imaging of Cosmic
Extragalactic Polarization 2.)


SAD CAT (2)

Senator Reid, you must know who
Are heard boohooing their booboo!
Democrats are grumbling, sighing,

Caught in their own web of lying.
Ask now what to do if you care:-
Turn right back, Sir, to Laissez Faire!

Friday, November 7, 2014

SAD CAT (1)

So midterm elections don't favor the incumbent;
At least you must have learned something, Mr. President:-
Don't make promises you cannot keep, that now you know...

Complete you must your term with better results to show;
Across the aisle your formula for success awaits:-
The people do UNITE here in THE UNITED STATES!

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

Count your blessings, my good friend;
Our Creator did not send
Us to battle the devil
Naked, so fear not Evil;
Truth will out, Right will prevail;

Your Aegis none can assail...
Our Fort is impregnable
Under God's Unpierceable
Raiment of Divine Photons,

Blue shafts of Holy Muons
Left by Christ to heal Mankind,
E'en to those misled and blind.
So stop moaning and groaning,
Soon we'll have a new dawning;
Insights and religious beliefs will change...
Neighboring worlds we'll have of boundless range!
Generous God made our souls immortal,
So 'death' was never meant to be 'fatal'!















Sunday, November 2, 2014

DIVERSITY

Diversity is definitely intentional;
Intended by Dei/signer Unconventional.
Variety of life forms is the Lord's Expertise...
External differences amongst human species:-
Red-haired giants, blondes, brunettes, and raven haired beauties,
Small-sized cuties, handsome people, some thin, some obese.
It matters not to Our Maker skin coloration;
You better cast out now racial discrimination!

ISRAEL

If you, Palestinians, seek to destroy Israel,
Soon it will be you who will find yourselves doomed to Hell;
Rest assured you could not possibly eradicate
An entire nation blest by God with a Unique Fate!
Erase all hopes of conquering the Jewish domain,
Lest you and all that is yours will be seized and/or slain!

Sunday, October 19, 2014

GLORY TO GOD

God's universe is a teaching and testing ground;
Learn we must from prophets and scientists profound,
Open our minds to enlightened ones from the past,
Roam the worldwide web for new nuggets that will last.
You and I must mine for Wisdom to pass His test,
Taste both the bitter and the sweet before we rest.
Ours is but to live and learn...and DO ACT, then die...
Good grief! We learn a bit then back to Him we fly:-
Oh, not unlike kids kicking and jumping around:-
Daylight when gone, dancing is done; We're Homeward Bound.

IAMBIC

I dreamt I was flying in space...
A fleet of guardian vessels passed
My bow--; I guess to check my face:-
"Be glad," I said; "I'm here at last!
"I come from Planet Earth's New Age,
"Configured in the Lord's Image!"

Thursday, October 16, 2014

CONSTANCY (To Jun & Rhonda...)

Continue your enduring love for each other;
On your wedding anniversary don't smother
New hopes for brighter tomorrows with baseless fears.
So here's a toast to Jun and lovely Rhonda:- CHEERS!
To your union, God grant more strength and happiness,
And may your/our garden bear fruitful blessedness!
Now, let us celebrate this joyful occasion,
Call the honeymooners to this celebration;
You can be sure True Love has no expiration!

(...and to Galahad & Melissa, as well.)




Tuesday, October 14, 2014

TAKE TIME

Take time to talk with God;
Ask Him what path to plod.
Know that He'll Walk with you
Each trial trail you view.

Trust Him to be your Guide;
Insure your Vict'ry stride!
May you learn to use fortitude;
Express to God your gratitude....

KNOW GOD

Knowing that an All-Powerful Deity pervades
Not just churches or holy places but all of us,
Our logic must be concluding-- Ergo He Invades,
Whether we like or not, things both evil and righteous!?

God, having in His Image, Created puny man,
Offers each Soul a power potential greater than
Demonic might; But we must ACT to achieve God's Plan!

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

INCOHERENT (2)

Is there no amity at all when we debate?
No politesse, no etiquette when we converse?
Chaotic raging seems to be the norm of late
Out-shout, out-scream, and insult your rival...or worse!
Here are some tips to productive conversation:-
Engage in calm and logical disputation,
Relax and avoid a hostile/aggressive stance;
Evoke, exude, inspire, induce a COOL AMBIANCE!
Never copy fork-tongued, rabid politicians.
Talk intelligently like true Americans!


Thursday, October 2, 2014

INCOHERENT (1)

I write this piece in hopes that we could augment our strategy.
No bomb or missile can destroy a poisoned theology;
Can these pariahs be stopped with better methodology?
Our foe corrupts their minds--there is where the battle must be fought!
"Hurt no one," was their Prophet's advice; Now he must be distraught.
Endless feasts with lovely houries were supposedly promised,
Reserved for the bloodthirsty and suicidal Jihadist...
Except that the Prophet knows these fantasies do not exist.
NOW must Quran (the Book on Compassion and Justice) be taught:-
Thru Tolerance, Global Peace under God's Guidance must be sought!

Monday, September 29, 2014

WE WISH YOU THE BEST (To Melissa & Jigs)

When you two pledge your troth
Each promise by you both
Will bind you tight and safe;
I trust that knot won't chafe...
Such ties, you ask, will last
How long..? Till Love holds fast!
You must together stay
Or else get wrecked someday!
Unseen 'neath waves are shoals
That can snatch careless souls!
Have trust in each other,
Enjoy Life together.
Be careful in your work,
Endure, don't fudge nor shirk.
Secure and steadfast, you'll surely be rewarded;
TWINS, Rhonda foretold, may also be forwarded!!

Saturday, September 27, 2014

SOUL MATES (A thank you note to Rhonda & Jun)

Soul mates have a kind of aura noticeable
Oft times e'en by those not similarly endowed;
Unintentionally these souls are capable,
Like enchanters, of enliv'ning a motley crowd.
Magically, petty spites are soon swept away;
All complete strangers become merry good fellows!
These occurrences I did witness yesterday!
Excellent shower party, thanks to my in-laws!
Soul mates we shall have more soon:- Your M. & our J. !!!

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

MELISSA & JIGS (A message to my son and future daughter-in-law)

My intuition prognosticates that you two
Exactly complement and deserve each other;
Let Love's alchemy reveal the gems within you!
Indeed, you two scientists working together
Should find Life's challenges easier to resolve.
Success and happiness to both of you, I pray,
And all obstacles to your goals, may God dissolve...
&
Just persevere to strengthen your bond, come what may;
Into every ventured union, some rain must fall.
Go bravely thru Life's storms as ONE, you'll be okay;
Soul mates are protected by True Love's aural wall!

Sunday, September 21, 2014

TRIUMPHANT

The inevitable triumph goes to the righteous.
Redlines having been disregarded, Uncle Sam
Is obliged to destroy a cancer insidious;
Unless ISIL and its ilk are purged, that vicious
Mass of misguided murderers will shut and slam
Poor Middle East populace's's door to progress!
How can barbarians join civil society???
Ask then the enlightened Islamists for redress;
No more shall they be shamed to immobility...
THEY KNOW THAT UNCLE SAM WILL WIN WITH CERTAINTY!!!

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

TENDERFOOT

Today we are learning the folly of
Electing an untested amateur.
Next time we should choose a 'hawk', not a 'dove',
Depend on one more savvy and mature;
Excuse him since he had no experience...
Rue his 'liberal' tenderhearted ways:-
Forgive his coddling of 'children' aliens;
Our goal now is to repeal or replace
Obama's socialistic policies,
Turn right back to laissez faire strategies!

Sunday, September 14, 2014

LOGICAL

Live long and prosper, friend; Live long and suffer, foe!
Our contradictory insights are quite thorough.
God gave us a mind supposedly logical:-
Immanent God; hence, He can't be Transcendental,
Confusing Dawkins, Hawking, and many others...
And me too as I curse the ISIL beheaders:-
Live and suffer, my misguided stardust brothers!

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

SILENCERS (Another Memo for President Obama)

Silent waters run deep, so we are told.
Inappropriate then for one to scold
Leaders who seemingly were not too bold
Excoriating the ISIL beheaders.
Now you plan to 'destroy' the invaders.
'Coalition', though, appears to be required...?
Ergo, sans coalition, your plan is mired?
Roust your robots NOW, they'll do the 'talking'!
See the rabbits run--soon as you're hawking!

Saturday, September 6, 2014

ETERNAL

Even if your estate stretches as far as your eyes could see...
Treasures you own--heaps of precious gems gathered from land and sea;
Even if you yourself have lost count of your vast possessions,
Ruefully, all that you own, except for your soul, is trivial!
None of your material toys has a place in the Lord's Mansions.
All you can bring to His Heaven is your soul incorporeal!
Life after earth-life is not temporal; It is ETERNAL!

TEMPORAL (A Memo for President Obama)

The shocks, the beheadings the civilized world suffer today
Endure for a fleeting present then become a 'yesterday';
Maybe one, five years from now--will they become vague memories...?
Placate the populace now with real battlefield victories!
Our weaponry can vanquish our foes in the blink of an eye!
Reducing them to 'manageable' groups will not satisfy
A citizenry still scarred by that Twin Towers incident...
Let not your legacy be that of a laggard President.

Friday, August 29, 2014

ENDURE AND PROSPER (Health Tips rephrased.)

Endure, escape the aches of corporeal misfortune;
No human from bouts against bad humours is immune.
Don't curse the Fates, nor Death's icy embrace importune.
Use hydrogen peroxide--two spritzes to your drink,
Re-oxygenate your cells, you'll be hale in a blink.
Eat food sprinkled with baking soda, no need to skimp.

Ask not what Big Pharma's latest pill can do for you.
Nay, do not vacillate when ill; Relax and renew;
Defending corpuscles require lots of oxygen:-

Provide them with breaths of smog-free air by the ocean.
Rely on alternative natural therapies!
Our pain-killer pills today are like silent harpies!
Search the worldwide web for breakthroughs and discoveries
Pertaining to your particular type of disease.
Explore postings on food-grade hydrogen peroxide;
Rid tumors from your body- your good health is your pride!


(Read 'blink' to mean about a month.)

Saturday, August 23, 2014

OMNIPOTENCE

Our God Almighty moves all of and/or in creation,
Moves huge galaxies bound for union and/or collision;
Now it is being theorized by most astronomers--
In some future time, the heavens will have bright 'newcomers',
Predictable and logical outcome by the merging
Of two spiral galaxies, so what will be emerging
Thereafter could be named Galaxy Andro-Milky Way.
Entirely possible humankind has long flown away...
New universes, I trust, have been created for man;
Could we not from solid flesh escape and God's Cosmos scan?
Evolve into pure energy beings...? Of course, we can!


(Since scientists say matter and energy are but two sides of the same coin.)

Thursday, August 21, 2014

GOD IS GREAT

God as the First Recycler is also the Greatest.
Out of star- and space dust He made us humans the best!
Demigods (to be?), we too are creative creatures;
Influenced by our id, we have self-centered features.
Super ego gifted, we have altruist's potential;
Given eons to evolve, we can reach celestial
Realms--so long as we are not destroyed by 'extremists'.
Evildoers cannot win, Frank J. Tipler insists;
After much recycling work, God will not disappoint,
Those deserving peacekeepers will reach Omega Point.

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

OMNISCIENCE

Of course, men do many horrendous things;
Men do foolish, wicked, egregious deeds.
No man is straight; We're like crooked saplings...
In truth, our populace has spread like weeds.
Saints, sinners, idiots, and philosophers,
Comedians, murderers, Christ followers--
If overcrowded, what are we to do?
Each happening:- Revolt, war, or to-do
Needs God's Consent or Accommodation;
Corrected by His Divine Reaction,
Eventually He shows His Intention....


Sunday, August 17, 2014

ROBIN WILLIAMS

Released from this constricted stage of sham,
Our jesting friend mayhap will find 'Who Am';
But surely, Robin, you must know you are
Indestructible, for you are a Star!
New gig at a non-alcoholic bar
Will have to wait awhile for your rebirth...
If Sorrow came, what comes next should be Mirth.
Let not the weeping and gnashing of teeth
Linger too long; Soon after crossing Lethe,
I pray you be given new assignment
And come back to spread joy and wonderment.
May you- your own Self- learn to consecrate,
So to escape a Richard Cory fate!

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

HYBRID

Half evil, half divine is a human being...
You can not be sure with which half you are dealing.
Be careful when you rely on others' beliefs;
Religious garb oft hides a storehouse of mischiefs.
Is the Vatican Bank keeping good company?
Did it, as alleged, launder ill-gotten money...?

Sunday, August 10, 2014

HARBINGER (Memo for ISIL, et al.)

How gentle was that touch by Uncle Sam's little finger!
A few more sorties and perhaps a tremor would linger...
Refuse to be persuaded and Sam's flying robots will
Blast your deluded followers and beheaders until
Into bloody pieces they will all fall into Hellhole!
No terrorist can escape Satan's claim and final call;
Give up that goal, that mad dream of a global caliphate.
Express your reverence for God by spreading Love, not Hate;
Return to civilized behavior, it is not too late.

Saturday, August 9, 2014

BUFFOONS

Bedraggled and unkempt, a raven came to perch
Uninvited on my car's hood...I guess to search
For scraps of the ham sandwich it saw me eating.
Formally bowing, it cawed and croaked a greeting;
"Old man," it continued, "could you throw me a scrap?
"Out here I fear I would not last in this cold snap."
"No way!" I jeered, so it deposited its crap.
Selfishness, it seems, is a self-inflicted trap....

Friday, August 8, 2014

JUST THE FACTS

Just the facts are what we the people want.
Useless to spin, prevaricate, or rant...
So when will these investigations end?
Transparency has fled, let's not pretend.
They're your appointees--pure as driven snow?
Hilarious overstatement--that you know.
Exposed to public view, the 'lost'emails!
Few now believe the IRS' TALL TALES....
Accept their 'courtesy' resignations;
Culprits must go; Do try new directions.
Turn back and let entrepreneurs be free;
Show the world you can CHANGE FAST, if need be!

Sunday, August 3, 2014

LAGGARD

Lame ducks are not expected to move fast...
A strategy of forbearance, slow-but-sure is being cast?
Give ISIL time to form a caliphate?
Get moving at last when it is too late?
A threat from the North Korean leader
Remains ignored, too daft to consider?
Don't underestimate these crazies, Sir.

THOUGHT

The power of the human mind has not been measured truly;
How deep it could plumb, how swift its speed, we still know not fully.
Our thoughts can surpass the speed of light thru imagination...
Undue focus, though, on trivial goals narrows our attention;
God gave a KERNEL of His Creative Power to each of
His homo creatures so they may share the fruits thereof with LOVE...
To thwart that Divine Intention is to invite EXTERMINATION!

Saturday, August 2, 2014

KNUCKLEHEADS

Knight in grey armor, they thought you were invincible,
Now many terrorist groups believe you are feeble!
Use your never before witnessed secret power now!
Cut the serpents' heads, watch their brainless tails flee, and how!
King of robot drones, I know you are no knucklehead;
Let the whole world know Uncle Sam is way, way ahead...
Extricate yourself from that sinkhole you have stepped on;
Head back to laissez faire, you have two more years to run.
End our angst, reduce regulations and exactions,
Act to halt CEO flight and HQ inversions;
Do meet with rival party leaders and compromise.
Stop leading from behind; It seems safe but is unwise.

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

A SUSPICION

All men are endowed with reason and common sense,
So why are we always at war? What's the defense?
Unless I'm proven wrong, I have this lingering
Suspicion:- ETs, our Guardians, are tinkering--
Persuading fools to seal their own dissolution,
In order to stem Earth's overpopulation...
Consider the result if birthrates are not slowed:-
Increase is exponential--as tho' a flood flowed
Over the entire surface of our Planet Earth!
Now what awaits these cullers? Agonies sans dearth....

Thursday, July 24, 2014

CATACLYSM

Continue, ISIL. with your brutal ways
And soon you will find your deserved place;
That too applies to you, hordes of HAMAS
And all supporters of your savage class...
Cast out that raging rancor from your hearts
Lest Patience from Almighty God departs.
You have transgressed His Stern Prohibition--
Slaying innocents leads to perdition!
May God wipe out your perverse obsession!

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

JUSTICE

Judge not too harshly those who robbed the dead,
Uncaring looters who plucked without dread
Still bloodstained jew'lry from mangled corpses
That lay scattered in cornfields and copses.
Ignorant thugs who disrespect the dead
Cannot be excused; Pity them instead.
Every night Terror joins them in their bed.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

PITIABLE

Performing on TV recently, a Muslim was seen and heard
Invoking Allah to kill all Americans and all Jews;
There was no counter critique voiced, no furor raised, not a word...
'Islam' means Peace; hence, Muslims should resist genocidal views.
Are they all gone--no sufi, no magus, no learned mullah?
By asking Allah to slay people indiscriminately,
Less than godly is that pleader's concept of their Great Allah.
Enough already! Enlighten us, please, Lord, immediately!

Sunday, July 20, 2014

OUTLAW ALL WARS

Our resolve to act with sobriety is being tested;
Uncouth, hated 'terrorist' hordes seem never to be sated.
The heads of these barbarians should be targeted and destroyed!
Let us, of course, collateral harm always try to avoid,
And let not that dreadful Ukraine tragedy happen again...
Will we never learn that warfare provides us no lasting gain?

All wars on Earth in this day and age should be interdicted;
Let not an Apocalypse erase mankind as predicted.
Let us all live and let live in global harmony and peace!

With our science discoveries and modern technologies
A brighter and more prosperous future beckons to mankind;
Regrettably, lust for power has made some world leaders blind...
Sobriety can rein in that warmonger on Satan's hind!

Friday, July 18, 2014

AIM FOR PEACE

A Malaysian passenger airplane fell,
Intentional or not, no one could tell;
Mayhap, this incident will toll wars' knell...

For centuries we have engaged in wars;
Our idol seems to be not Peace but Mars,
Regardless of our sufferings and scars.

Please call all nations now on Earth to see
Exactly the results of Enmity
And War:- Death, Carnage, and Futility!
Could we not these hostilities outlaw,
Engage instead in Compassion to go?

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

JAGOFF

(Note:-The word 'Jagoff' originated supposedly in Pittsburgh, is definitely not in Webster's Dictionary, but is synonymous to 'Stupid').


JAGOFF

Just why can't he let our National Guard
Assist at the border? Phoning was too hard?
Good grief! Scandals, crises after crises
Occur, then on TV everyone sees
Focused on his billiard game--our Leader,
For him there's no need to check the border...


(All he needs is 3 billion plus more dollars to throw at the problem.)
,

Monday, July 14, 2014

SABOTEUR

Socialist Soros' follower,
Amateurish as a leader,
Bent on bankrupting Uncle Sam,
Obsessed with 'level fields'--pure sham!
Transparency in government--?
Endless lying was what he meant.
Under his administration
Ruination wracks our nation!

SMIDGEN

So there's not even a smidgen of scandal to confess;
Maybe because what comes to light is a Gigantic Mess!
Ineptitude and abuse of power can't be hidden.
Despite underlings' lies, his regime is scandal-ridden...
Grin and bear it; This lame duck has 2-plus more years to limp--
Exacerbated by billiards and golf, but he's no wimp.
No, he won't save a penny, for he knows not how to skimp!




Wednesday, July 9, 2014

GRATITUDE

God, kindly open the eyes of our leaders on Planet Earth;
Remind them, please:- All pelf and power pursuits have zero worth.
A bright summer day and a fresh sea breeze--free gifts to enjoy,
These are but samples of Your Bounty no 'jihadist' could destroy...
ISIL, however, proposes to establish a caliphate;
Transjordan, the whole Middle East will face an uncertain fate,
Uncertain which of these bloodthirsty feuding hordes will prevail;
Divine Intervention NOW, Lord we pray. Please end our travail!
Enlighten all to OBEY--You alone to Thank and to Hail!

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

HOMO SAPS

How like the savage jungle beasts we humans are!
Our history on Earth records incessant war;
Mankind's concern is his physical survival,
Obsessed with things material, corporeal, trivial.
Spiritual acts, like prayer and meditation,
Are suspected causes of hallucination...
Please give us, Lord, keener insight and perception,
So we could enter your Heavenly Dimension!

Monday, July 7, 2014

VERN

Visualize in vibrant hues your goals for the future.
Every birthday tells us we are getting more mature...
Read and absorb only those matters that delight you;
Never let dyslexia overpower or slight you.

(Happy Birthday!)

Friday, July 4, 2014

UNCLE SAM

Under many true patriots' watchful eyes,
No political party can disguise
Conspiracies or agendas that seek
Leftist support from the poor and the weak,
Even from undocumented persons--
Solely for non-altruistic reasons!
Altho' two hundred thirty-eight years old,
Mighty Uncle is no senile cuckold!

(Happy Birthday, Uncle Sam!)

Thursday, July 3, 2014

PEACE BE WITH YOU

Peace be with you, friend/foe,
Earth-life gave us much woe;
And so today we must
Clash till we bite the dust,
Ending our transient lives....
But without swords or knives,
Enlightened by our God,
With no more flesh nor blood,
I shall meet you again
There in His High Domain!
How changed your sight and mine!
You and I are divine!
Our vision cannot lie:-
Up, friend; We did not die!


(A gladiator's ante- and postmortem salute...)

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

HAMAS

How can one excuse the deaths of three teenagers?
Arabs in Palestine and Jews are blood-brothers...
Must Ishmael's progeny slay Isaac's own?
Abraham could have pleaded to God had he known:-
"Save my children's souls, Lord; May Hate be overthrown!"

Monday, June 30, 2014

BALONEY

Blame Reid for the inaction in Congress.
A dozen or more bills sent to the Senate
Languish there in a kind of limbo fate.
Oust all stallers to our nation's progress;
Never hope they can provide solutions,
Except to spend more funds in the billions;
Yet our 'border' problem has no redress.

Sunday, June 29, 2014

LOVE THE GAME

Life on Earth is like a 4-day golf tournament:-
Overcast skies, hazards from moment to moment.
Vexed by backache and cramps, one may not make the cut...
Ending the third day with another birdie putt,
There's a chance that one's name could join the leader board.
How in actuality has this ex-golfer scored?
Entering the final phase of this game called 'Life',
Great Expectations hail above the clash of strife!
"Art is long and Time is fleeting," all poets know...
Maybe someday a perfect piece I too could show;
Experts in driving long must also putt for dough.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

INUTILE

In my opinion, the playing field is already 'level';
Not fair to impose more exactions on hardworking people.
Unusual fees and charges amount to taxation triple.
The greatest achievement of President Barack Obama
Is to make citizens leery of the socialist dogma;
Let us thank him for resolving a recurrent dilemma...
Extend help judiciously; Each soul must face his own Karma.

Sunday, June 22, 2014

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND

Neighbors--who at first blush perceive each other with distrust
Only to find out when wildfire approaches that they must
Mutually assist themselves in extinguishing the blaze--
Are thereafter bonded as friends for the rest of their days.
Now we see ISIL march to Baghdad with hostile intent:-
If Iran and Iraq unite to halt ISIL's portent,
Sunni and Shiite may have finally found common cause
And haply their long-standing feud may soon come to a close....
Now let us survey Mother Earth's status in our cosmos:-
In our Milky Way galaxy there are countless planets;
Scientists surmise ETs could be like little hornets,
Like bacteria or viruses unseen by naked eyes,
A pox or curse so that every first-born human child dies;
No nation in this small planet of ours can stand alone.
Death to all mankind, if we can't unite and fight as one!

Saturday, June 21, 2014

SHAME

Strip Sharia of its barbaric provisions!
Homo sapiens is but one race, no exceptions;
Allah looks at the soul of each individual:-
Male, female, black, white, brown, rich, poor, all are equal;
Each and all need only pass His Test Spiritual!

OMNIPRESENCE

Of course, Our God Almighty is Omnipresent.
My suspicion is that many clerics resent
New Age truth seekers who say God is everywhere.
In fact, we are all linked to Him, but do we care?
Pervasive and Immanent, each of us He Knows!
Rebellious souls, He counts our triumphs and our woes...
Each anguished cry and prayerful whisper, He Hears--
So many helpless, desperate people in tears,
Each second countless precious souls fall, yet He Waits;
Next time these fallen ones might carve much better fates:-
"Come back Home to Me," God says, "when you're purified."
"Earth-life schooling can teach you to be deified...."

Friday, June 20, 2014

SATAN'S ROLE

Some Muslims say that the West is evil
And Uncle Sam is himself the Devil;
Thus, their dreaded 'jihad' is 'justified'.
Alas, mass killings have spread far and wide!
Now one may ask why are these acts allowed?
Surely these madmen must by God be cowed....
Reminded of spiritual verities,
Our souls' victory Our Lord guarantees;
Let these brainwashed barbarians break God's stern command--
Eternal fire awaits--and His Avenging Hand.

DEUS VULT

Disgraced before men's eyes,
Entrapped by his own lies;
Unshielded from public
Scorn, thus ends his term's flick.

Vex not the populace,
Untruths do leave their trace;
Let Justice rule instead,
The Righteous are not dead.

Monday, June 16, 2014

OUR FATHER

On Father's Day, let us not forget Our Father...
Use not His Name, however, to commit murder!
Religion may amongst diverse peoples differ;
Faith, though, can't justify killing another.
Ambition and Lust for Power are Satan's tools;
That 'global caliphate' scheme concocted by fools
Has no chance of being attained by 'terrorists';
Endure or escape from these savage extremists...
Reflect today on World Peace, Our Father insists!
.

Saturday, June 14, 2014

SERPENTS

Sad Mother Earth is plagued by human greed;
Environmental abuses now breed
Red algae, huge hurricanes, and disease.
Polluters must slow down and take heed, please!
Escape, we all know, is not possible;
Nowhere to go, so let's be sensible.
Those snakes swallowing their own tails are US--
Stupider than the tyrannosaurus!

Thursday, June 12, 2014

ONE GIFT

One gift unique is given to each person on this planet;
Nobody could bestow this power except God, Our Father.
Enlightened Ones like Gautama Buddha, Christ, and Mahomet
Gift-wrapped them in various hues, each as good as every other:-
In every material package, God placed an immortal soul
Free to pursue the Lord's Beacon or to heed some siren's call,
To soar higher than the angels--or fall down into Hellhole...!

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

CHARISSE

Continue to improve your skills in this techno age,
Have confidence in your own strengths, in your self image.
Allow your own good common sense to guide your judgment;
Review past errors or missteps with calm detachment.
Imperfect human beings, indeed-- all of us are...
Stay close to God, then, Charisse, for He is never far;
Strive on, He will open wide Sweet Success' door ajar;
Endure Life's storms, you'll fulfill your dreams and pluck your star!


( Happy Birthday!)
from Tito Skep

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

PIETY

Praise, thanks, and prayers I raise up to you, O God!
In awe I know You Know I'm an imperfect clod;
Each poem I write reveals a secret desire...
Though my lines at times sputter like a feeble fire,
Your Blessing Blaze will illumine the world entire!

Monday, June 2, 2014

PYRITE

Promises, promises, more promises...
You regaled us with 'level field' guises,
Ruining our ailing Economy....
If you don't wish to look like an enemy,
Turn away from that Socialist State scheme;
End that fool's gold quest; It's a loser's dream!

Sunday, June 1, 2014

PITHY

Plunk your chips on God's square,
It's a sure bet; Don't dare
To short-sell a fixed game.
Hunting for pelf and fame?
You'll get a fool's gold claim!

Friday, May 30, 2014

CHARTULA

Could you investigate what is embodied in
House Bill 2847? What is buried in
A measure supposed to take effect this July,
Rumored to be another of Obama's sly
Tricks versus our nation's compliant populace,
Unwary of what he hides in his carapace...?!
Let basic check and balance barriers scatter,
A Constitution on paper doesn't matter...!?

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

ARPEGGIO

Am I receiving a message for our leaders, Lord,
Regarding the Nigerian schoolgirls:- "Belay the sword...!"
"Pursue Boko Haram and Abubakar Kefau,
"Entice them with kid gloves, shelve iron fist and sharp claw,
"Give in to the kidnappers' greed for more currency;
"Get the girls back unharmed thru gentle diplomacy."
Indeed, vengeance is not by us to wreak, only by You.
Our hope--no imbroglio, just a light arpeggio...

Sunday, May 25, 2014

WHY NOT NOW?

Why not give veterans a much better health card?
Helping them now, not later, should not be too hard;
You'll investigate...when will it end? Months ahead!
"No need for grass when your horse is already dead!"
Our wounded and/or ill soldiers need timely care;
To let them languish until they die is UNFAIR!
No soldier coming home from the wars is unscarred;
Our nation's help should never be delayed nor barred.
Whoever fudged our vets' "waiting time" should be tarred!

Saturday, May 24, 2014

AWAKE

A failed socialist State's gambit
Will, I hope, jolt Barack a bit.
A 'level field' is just a dream;
Karma disallows such a scheme;
Each soul must cross his assigned stream.

Friday, May 23, 2014

UNDAUNTED

Undaunted by crises after crises occurring,
Not seemingly troubled by low approval scoring,
Determined to look 'cool' despite widespread disarray;
Accountability whitewashed and hidden away,
Uncover more bureaucratic delays and abuse--
No action until investigation 'ends'; No use
To 'whistleblow'; No relief from a regime inept...
Expect us:- To trash the "leading from behind" concept,
Dismiss amateurs; Righteous leaders, we will accept!

Thursday, May 22, 2014

JUBILANT

Jubilant Republicans toast to the Democrats' defeat;
Underdog conservative candidates in last elections
Bludgeoned their rivals; Hence, the GOP's vict'ry is complete?
I think not. VA bureaucrats hid dilatory actions;
Lame duck's failed policies are still firmly in place, case by case.
And the nation's economy is obviously in malaise.
Now is the time for all parties to unite and compromise;
To be jubilant while poor Uncle Sam suffers is unwise.

Saturday, May 17, 2014

GOD KNOWS

Got lost in our asphalt jungle
Or caught in a tangled bungle?
Don't mumble excuses, don't spin;
Knots can be slashed, you can still win...
No need for prevarication:-
Our God has an apt solution;
Whenever there is Injury,
Seek His Help--His Right Remedy!

("Ubi injuria, ubi remedia.")

Friday, May 16, 2014

APPEARANCES

A few graceful strokes with a piece of chalk
Portrayed my lady's face which seemed to talk;
Perhaps her pout meant she was peeved with me,
Emblazoned there where only I could see--
A few chalk lines on my workroom's blackboard,
Retracing what my mind had underscored...
A shoulder-length fall of tresses cov'ring
Nearly one eye, yet I keep discov'ring,
Compelled by my own imagination,
Ethereal soul mate since our creation--.
Sent by God to be my inspiration...

Thursday, May 15, 2014

LET'S GO

Let us flee from San Frenetic,
Experience a day of magic,
Take a walk among Napa's vines,
Sip some of their assorted wines.
God gave us this day to enjoy...
Our daily gift He does deploy!

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

TRAVELLER

Tread gently on the fabric of space-time;
Remember brute footprints endure in slime...
A raging bull can gore and trample all,
Vitriolic hate can dig a deep pitfall.
Engage the challenges of Time Present
Like an artist displaying his talent;
Let soft melodies from your heartstrings play,
Enthrall other pilgrims on Life's roadway.
Repulse Hatred, let Love alone hold sway!

Monday, May 12, 2014

UNCLE SAM

Unless Uncle Sam's so-called leaders unite,
No well-intentioned measure can pass to fight,
Control, and ultimately halt the tide
Looming to drown us all in debt; Woe betide!
Expect the collapse of the U.S. dollar
Soon, if Uncle can not climb up the pillar
All the way back to less fettered laissez faire...
May the powers-that-be ACT NOW, that's my pray'r!

MOTHER'S DAY

My mother came to visit me last night;
On May 11th, she flew in to call,
To see if we are all doing all right.
Her wings were brown with flow'ry strands of white.
E'en though she did not speak one word at all,
Reading her mind is easy to recall.
She cautioned that I as a Truth-Seeker
Definitely must be humbler, meeker.
As always, she came disguised as a moth;
Yes, Mom, God's Holy Light attracts us both....

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

RELIGION

'Religion', per many unbelievers,
Encourages a host of deceivers...
Let not human frailty lead you astray;
Ignore misinterpreters who betray
God's Omnipotence and Divine Mercy;
If Satan seeks to spread hate and travail,
Our Lord will surely act to quell, you'll see--
No evil deed or tenet can prevail!

Friday, May 2, 2014

(2.) SERPENTS

Some prideful mullahs brazenly proselytize,
Espousing barbaric action to globalize
Religious doctrines of Islam; They justify
Poison gas use so those who oppose them will die,
E'en if civilians and children are included!
Now this madness requires countervailing action.
True Islam seeks Peace; 'Terrorists' are deluded.
Stamp out Hate lest there be widespread conflagration!

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

(1.) SERPENTS

Show clear proof of our unswerving resolve,
Even if such stratagem would involve
Revealing our decades-long alliance,
Preparing with aliens' help and guidance...
Endure no more our enemies' deceits,
Nullify global caliphate conceits.
These fork-tongued serpents scheme to spread their hate...
Stop them with ET's BLAZE ere it's too late!

Sunday, April 27, 2014

LET US BE

Loose us from myriad rules and exactions,
Enable us to find innovations
That will be of good use to all mankind.
Untie us from intrusive forms that bind
So many hands to unproductive slouch...
Bureaucracy will snooze in its soft couch;
End times impend for all, that I can vouch!

Saturday, April 26, 2014

IMMORTAL

It is you, Homo Sap, whom God created immortal.
Maybe you fear that your body's meltdown will be total;
Maybe you believe inevitable Death is final?
Oh, no! You are in essence living spirit energy!
Rise, if you fall, for you can still soar to your Apogee--
To your soul's Compassionate and Almighty Creator...
And if you're reborn due to your past offense or error,
Let your soul be tempered, let your failure be your tutor.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

SPREAD THE WORD

Stop coddling the so-called poor; Let us not be naïve.
Please don't let fakers wallow in welfare EBTs;
Restrain abuse and incentivize INITIATIVE.
Expose fraud in welfare grants, unmask the sly grantees.
Allow us to rise by our bootstraps and pursue our dreams.
Death by hunger or by extreme impoverishment
Today in this nation is rare:- No want but more schemes!
Here, I think poverty is a form of punishment,
Either due to present sloth or karmic consequence:-
We may have been in previous lives self-centered wastrels,
Or misers who believed Charity a grave offense;
Regardless of the reason, grave doubt in my mind dwells;
Did you know low-wage slaves have much less than welfare swells?

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

TWISTED

Tennesee Williams' Glass Menagerie
Was in fact to him a catastrophe.
It seems his play's success made him wealthy;
So sudden, his luxe life was unhealthy
To his art, inspired by adversity...
Endure then, Skep, periodic poverty;
Don't complain if your wallet is empty.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

An Acrostic On Fenny's Passing

"Farewell to Fenny" does not sound all right,
Especially since to Heav'n is her flight.
No tears, she's bound for the Eternal Light!
Nonoy and family may for a while
Yield to secret sorrow which is our style....

Manjares and Calica clans recall
A Fenny who was friend to one and all;
Now she must heed God's call for departure.
Just visualize her in holy rapture
As she enters the Savior's realm divine.
Regret not Fenny's passing; She'll be fine;
Exult and sing to her 'For Auld Lang Syne'...
She joins good souls who will forever shine!

(From the Peralta Family)

Sunday, April 20, 2014

REBIRTH

Rebirth - our souls may have to undergo,
Even if we dislike the cyclic flow,
Because we do have much, much more to learn...
I am afraid I strayed; I must return
Right back to homo sapiens' testing ground.
Temptations here on Planet Earth abound!
Help me, O Lord, to reach You safe and sound...

Saturday, April 19, 2014

EASTER MORNING

Easter morn does not ipso facto make you a winner.
Awed, perhaps, by yesterday's prayerful recollections?
Satan still will tempt and you still can become a sinner;
The Passion Drama should amplify your expectations:-
Every person, indeed, is guaranteed eternal life:-
Renascent soul with God--or sent back to this world of strife.

Man, you can't cling to one corporeal body forever;
Out of your too, too solid flesh, your spirit will be judged.
Rue is your reward if your worldly chains you can't sever...
Never lose sight of God's Lodge, lest from here you can't be budged.
Inevitable physical death is like Easter morn;
No cause for your weary self to have fear or be forlorn,
God has shown thru Jesus Christ that you too will be reborn!

MNEMONIC

My mem'ry sometimes falters,
Not that it really matters
Except when I misplace keys...
My spiral, I fear, can't cease.
Oh, but I recall the pitch;
Now, they say it had a glitch:--
I still can choose my doctor?
Care to applaud such candor?

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

COUPLETS

Could you believe that that beautiful thing
Once was a fat worm that kept on eating--
Ugly-looking fragile caterpillar
Prickly-haired, greenish-bodied avatar...
Like word strands of twin lines without logic,
Expertly cocooned, they can like magic
Turn into butterflies with wings that rhyme,
So they may fly to some lovelier clime....

SPOOFS

Since J. Carney became the White House spokesperson,
Pathetic excuses became his escutcheon,
Outperforming puppets in Washington, D.C.,
Oblivious to the sneers of viewers who could see
Fair from foul, pure fiction and blatant falsity...
So long Transparency; Hello Expediency!

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

WHO IS THE BOSS

Why cause that rancher so much loss?
How endangered is that tortoise?
Our question is - Who is the boss?
Is BLM the agency?
Surely not ordered from D.C.!
That tense confrontation reveals
How a fair-minded rancher feels
Encircled by fierce armed servants--
By PUBLIC SERVANTS, not savants.
One Fox News photographer knows,
Since he stopped two groups come to blows...
Sirs, WE THE PEOPLE ARE YOUR BOSS!

Monday, April 14, 2014

ONE DOLLAR

Our debt in excess of USDollars 17 Trillion
Now produces a ONE DOLLAR PER SECOND OBLIGATION!
Economists say there is no way Uncle Sam could repay,
Despite new taxes; The final reckoning he can't delay.
Our US Dollar will be devalued soon drastically;
Large chunks of wireless money transfers may be made hastily;
Low cost of living places may benefit magically...
As always, the multimillionaires and billionaires won't care;
Red wine, caviar, filet mignon as usual will be served--rare....

Friday, April 11, 2014

DARE TO DEFY

Dare to defy that Jabberwock.
Act dumb and deaf to his big talk;
Rage silently, endure his lies,
Exposed at last, no one relies
Today on our silver-tongued Chief.
Our hopes were crushed by his mischief...
Does he know the number who paid?
'Enrollment' signifies Success?
Fie upon it, Sir! Go ahead--
You're the expert on cockiness.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

DUBAI

Do they not see the utter folly of it all?
Unwittingly defaced, a place once spiritual,
By pandering to Pelf, they shock the humble soul...
A desert vast will surely ultimately claim
Its own--Castles to sand; After all, they're the same!

SCARECROWS

Sweet, Swift Justice, where have you flown?
Cast off, kicked out to parts unknown?
A law flouter becomes bolder,
Rules by Executive Order,
Exempts favored High and Mighty,
Creates more Inequality!
Restraints ignored, more flaws will grow;
Our fear is that loopholes in Law
Will make it a useless scarecrow.
"Sed lex, dura lex!" He should know...

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

HEDONISM

Hedonism seems to be the focus of most spring breakers;
Elders must caution these youngsters lest they become lawbreakers:-
"Dance with joy and drink some wine, but beware of Dionysus;
"Orgiastic feasts can turn celebrants mad, e'en unconscious!
"Never lose control nor lose sight of rational behavior.
"Internet voyeurs' pictures can last far into the future...
"Someday your granddaughter may want to see your spring break actions.
"May you have nothing egregious to hide, just mild infractions...."

Monday, April 7, 2014

CYCLES

Control your rage; do not the Fates annoy.
Your miseries will be short-lived, old boy...
Consider all your failures cyclic events;
Loss, gain, life, death; Everything reinvents.
Extreme poverty is Good Fortune's ploy;
Sorrow is but the harbinger of Joy!

Sunday, April 6, 2014

TODAY WE ARE ONE

To God, there is but one human species;
Our sub-typing creates prejudices.
Divisions based on race or religion
Are arrows causing wounds that are legion.
You are neither a 'Gentile' nor 'the Chosen'.
We all are Humanity's modern men--
Enlightened a bit by scientific
Advances, by our Reason and Logic:-
Reality in unseen cubicles
Exists as subatomic particles;
One man has trillions of quarks and muons--
Non-localized 'clay' that the "Potter" owns,
Ever linked to neighbors whom he disowns.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

DISCOVERY

Don't scoff at disbelieving atheists;
I see all men as potential deists.
Someday I hope you will know what I mean...
Cosmologists concede forces unseen,
Our world, ourselves are not just physical.
Viewed with Science some things are magical,
Every quark of your body emerges
Right there-EVERYWHERE, seemingly verges,
You'll discover, on the realm SPIRITUAL...!

Sunday, March 30, 2014

TIGER WOODS

Tiger, Tiger, Golfing Knight,
Is your back still not all right?
Get a long rest from the Sport,
Ease in dreams and warm comfort,
Romp thru that familiar course
With telekinetic force!
Order in your mind your ball,
Order it to gently roll
Deftly, surely to its hole...
Still you're Nike's Best Of All!

(Get well soon!)

Friday, March 28, 2014

METAMORPHOSIS

My view from where I sit inside my car is unobstructed;
Embedded seemingly at the horizon's edge is the sky...
The truth, as our eyes see it, must truly be deconstructed.
An image from retina to the cortex is a lie..?
My eyes see both an airplane and a bird flying side by side.
Of course, I know right off that vision is a mere illusion...
Religion deals with truths which supposedly can't be denied.
Perhaps, that caused existentialists to grow in profusion;
Here on Planet Earth, we poor earthlings are often deluded.
Our inability to measure the intangible has caused much confusion,
Since conflict among several religious faiths occluded
Inspired glimpses of the Divine Realm--of God's Reality...
Start driving up on your soul's own road to Spirituality!

Thursday, March 27, 2014

NAMBY PAMBY

Name calling is never a gentleman's technique;
A logical and unbiased critique
Must always be the sole weapon in a debate.
By all means, be eloquent, not irate;
You should at all times demonstrate gentility,
Prudence and rock-solid integrity...
A nation's leader should not be namby pamby,
Must never a prevaricator be.
By all means, show that you are not a tenderfoot;
You should not let Putin step on your foot!

DELUSIONS

Dark Matter and Dark Energy confound today's scientists;
External phenomena are studied by cosmologists...
Large radio telescopes carefully observe, measure, and film
Unusual happenings but strictly in the physical realm.
So many theoretical physicists have tried in vain,
Including Nobel Prize Winner Albert Einstein, to explain
Our cosmos' wondrous, mysterious, and opposing forces...
Now my theory is simply that God has Divine Resources,
So He Creates with His Two Unseen Hands His Multiverses.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

MISINFORMED

Must searchers keep guessing on Triple Seven's fate?
I have some theories too, so let me speculate:-
Someday perhaps this mystery will be unveiled;
It seems for now a public placebo prevailed,
No need indeed to cause a global hysteria.
Forgot vanished Atlantis, forgot Sumeria,
Or more recent craft disappearances at sea?
Remember, there are cosmic forces we can't see!
Maybe, the airplane was swallowed by a black hole;
Entirely plausible and it's no folderol...
Do not discount a USO grabbing them all!

Saturday, March 22, 2014

IMPERISHABLE

Information cannot be extinguished;
My thought energy cannot be vanquished.
Protons and electrons, although matter,
Enter God's realm carrying our clutter.
Rest assured all our deeds are on record,
Including wicked thoughts that we have stored.
So we are sinners, but probably you
Have decided to follow Christ anew..?
Act now for our time on Earth is fleeting;
Be not distracted by Lilith's tempting.
Love your neighbor, have compassion for all;
Ease your own world-weary, bedraggled soul.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

TOLERANCE

Treat God's creatures kindly,
Oppress no one cruelly;
Let bygones be all gone.
Effrontery be done,
Respect your opponent;
A clear, calm argument
Needs no 'ad hominem/s'.
Condemn no 'faith' emblems;
Eschew the M&Ms.*

*(the Misinformed & Misinterpreters)

ONE WORLD

One race united as one nation...
No wars, no greed, no ostentation;
Every human being determined
With firm purpose to be illumined
On matters more than material,
Refocused on the realm spiritual...
Lord, lead your people to the New Age;
Deign to show them their/Your True Image.

ONE (lost) GOD

Our world is in turmoil, in paroxysm,
New harbingers of global cataclysm:-
East versus West, Russia seizes Crimea;
Lost suddenly but we have no idea--
One Triple Seven's whereabouts--still unknown...
So where has world peace and security flown?
Tomorrow will Earth become barren like Mars?
Go back to God, puny human; End all wars!
Our species can survive, progress, and evolve;
Don't lose God; With Him, there's nothing we can't solve!

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

POETRY

Poetry is a volcano in eruption,
Outpouring lava-verses filled with emotion.
Every poetic outburst comes deep from the soul...
Try to empathize, for poems are for us all.
Reader, share the poet's passion, his earnest view,
You with love, joy, and anguish are a poet too!

Monday, March 17, 2014

OSMOSIS

Our hungry credulous minds, like leaves, have osmotic powers.
Similarities among men's faiths exist, one discovers;
Many Biblical stories parallel Zoroastrian myths.
Obsolescence seeped into the religious continuum...
So many sacred texts, holy temples, churches, monoliths.
In spite of differing rites, there is only One Dominum.
Some brainwashed humans sadly see their god thru a dark spectrum.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

CHILDHOOD

Carefree childhood days, myself I remember well;
Howling, shrieking, laughing, weeping, while teachers yell...
Infancy thru college, then it was time to work;
Life as family man with tasks I could not shirk.
Dreams of Camelot and castles have flown, all gone...
Here in bed immobilized by gout, am I done?
'Oh, No! You have not reached the end of your sojourn.
'Octogenarians like you have much more to learn;
'Do learn anew, dear child, at My Ethereal Bourne.'

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

APOLOGIA (Re the Benghazi brouhaha)

A glimmer of truth, I believe, could be in sight.
Perhaps, while he's in slumber in the dark of night,
Our leader dreamt rescue attempts he must abate
Lest more lives the Grim Reaper will confiscate.
Obama chose to forgive those who did not know...
Give him a break; Didn't Jesus Christ also did so?
Indeed, resort to Lex Talionis won't succeed.
A cruel act will just compound an evil deed.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

OSSIFIED

Our faith in God need not be diminished even if it seems Science has prevailed.
Some scientists may think Traditional Religion has already been derailed,
Since many Biblical stories about heroes' deeds strain rational men's belief.
I wish the Vatican would publish an updated version to provide relief.
For instance, that tall tale about a mere human making the mighty sun stand still
Insults the intelligence of even the youngest primary grade school pupil.
Enlightened President Thomas Jefferson wrote an uncirculated version...
Do we have to wait another eon ere we can read a revised edition?

Sunday, March 9, 2014

TRANSFIGURE

That 'solid' body that encases your real you
Reveals itself to present-day scientific view
As mostly empty space. This explains why Jesus Christ
Not only could freely pass thru walls, but also surprised
Some frightened followers cowed by His Crucifixion...
Few humans, I suspect, believe in resurrection.
In fact, our soul energy is beyond destruction;
God gave Man a Soul to do a spiritual function...
Unless I'm mistaken:- To reach transfiguration!
Recall to mind His empow'ring words, what did He say?
Emulate Christ Jesus, for He has shown us The Way.

Sunday, March 2, 2014

AWESOME

A huge star eight thousand light years away
Will burst into supernova someday.
Earth creatures, if struck by its gamma rays,
Sicken and may vanish without a trace!
Our sole consolation:- We become souls...
May that star lead us to God's hallowed halls.
Exult when Star WR104 finally calls!

Saturday, March 1, 2014

OBITER DICTUM

Opinions expressed by obiter are not engraved in stone.
Believe me, however, if you could; I'm sure I'm not alone...
I've no power to force you; It is your right to disbelieve;
Traditional egregious practices nonetheless deceive.
Example:-The belief that self-flagellation sanctifies,
Regardless of the fact it's your corpus your soul occupies.
Disfiguring your physical body won't make you a saint.
If your lifestyle is unhealthy, you'll get sick; Learn some constraint!
Control your appetites, obsessions; Go for moderation!
Take time to raise your thoughts to God whatever the occasion.
Use the many blessings our Lord has given to serve Mankind...
(May my lines above help enlighten those who are weak and blind.)



TROJAN

Troy fell on account of the Trojan Horse.
Reminder:- Force will flow thru the same course.
Our insight says Putin may feel remorse
Jeopardizing diplomatic recourse...
A Tatar horde within the Russian fold
Negates people's dream for Peace to unfold.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

FELLOWSHIP

Fellow Earthmen, can we not opt for Peace?
Even if the East should confront the West,
Let us not forget we are brothers, please!
'Live and let live' as our guidon is best.
One human race with diverse skills, be proud...
What is it worth to kill one another,
Shall a new Cain slay his own brother?
Has his mark blinded Putin like a shroud?
In Perversity, we may be undone;
Planet Earth and all mankind will be gone.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

COMPULSION

Convince the blind to see;
Outwit the Fox, be meek.
Make brave those who are weak.
Perfect your craft, you'll be
Undoing Satan's skein;
Let loose the knots that bind
Souls to material gain.
Inform the human mind
Of God's Ethereal Realm--
New Truths there overwhelm!

PIRANHAS

Piranhas nibble their prey, disguising their deadly ripple,
Insulting the intelligence of the compliant prey/ple,
Resorting to devious if not blatant prevarication...
A feeding frenzy will reveal the final sad conclusion.
No doubt overtaxing the nation leaves nothing but bare bones;
How can Uncle Sam survive? By printing billions more dollar clones!
A swarm of lobbying piranhas in Washington, D.C.
Surround our leaders: Will they choose puppetry? We shall soon see.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

ADRENALIZED

A squad of armed Japanese soldiers came foraging
During the war to that farm where we went a-hiding;
Recalling that incident now, I can't help but smile...
Eleven years young was I then and as thin as a stile.
Not pausing to think, I ran up a steep mountain trail,
A big sack of rice I carried, which load I did fail
Later on to hoist and bring back to our house below.
I was a fool, acting heroic minutes ago...
Zilch! My strength surge ebbed when there were no more foes to dread.
Experience too someday that there is danger ahead?
Do take flight, carry no baggage, pray to God instead!

Sunday, February 23, 2014

NEVER AGAIN

"Never a borrower nor a lender be,"
Even if you have to forego your coffee.
Vex not your close friends nor your own family;
Each month you're short, for you spend fast and freely.
Romp then regret you're broke on a rainy day.
All plenty becomes empty, a sage would say;
Grumbling won't change your beggarly situation...
Act parsimonious until your next pension.
If you remain a debtor, you'll ne'er be free:-
"Never a borrower nor a lender be."

Saturday, February 22, 2014

FILIPINAS

Filipina barrio lass from her (papag) bed
Inclined her head to ask "Who is by our chicken shed"?
Love songs (kundiman/s) started being sung to her...
It seemed only her disturbed chickens were a-stir.
Peeping thru the crevice on her bamboo slats wall,
In plain moonlit sight, she saw the group's leader call;
Now she began banging pans, shouting " Thieves begone!"
As she knew by tomorrow some hens will be gone...
Such was barrio life; 'Ser/hen/ading' was great fun!

Friday, February 21, 2014

SUBTLETY

So you were shocked and became downcast because the Seahawks won?
Unfortunately, the Niners and the Broncos both fell down;
But who really, in your opinion, was the victorious team?
'Twas Dame Fortune, I think, who thwarted us and vanquished our scheme.
Looks like she conspired with Sir Gravity and the Anemoi,
Ensuring defeat of two teams favored by the hoi polloi.
Therefore, trust no longer prognosticators or their cohorts...
You will be better off not betting on the outcome of sports.






ABSTRACT

All thought is without mass,
Beyond physical class,
Superior to matter.
Think deep and don't falter,
Reach for the Spiritual
Altar Incorporeal...
"Cogito ergo sum!"
Truth shouts from that dictum.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

PLEASE

Please pardon O.J.Simpson, Mr. President.
Let your compassion nudge him gently, he'll relent...
End his incarceration; You have a kind heart-
And the sole discretion to give him a new start.
Show to the world you have the courage to forgive;
Enable him to learn straight from you:- Let him live!



Sunday, February 16, 2014

GILGAMESH

Gilgamesh sought his god's help to bring Enkidu back to life;
It ended in failure.
Lured by dreams of glory, some leaders may opt for bloody strife;
Grief will result for sure.
All human beings hope for the gift of immortality;
Most are still unaware...
Enkidu never died, his soul lives on for eternity.
So too will you... Go share
Heaven's gift of Life unending with all of Humanity!

Saturday, February 15, 2014

CAVEAT HOMO SAP

Can we comprehend the INCOMPREHENSIBLE?
Allow room for error; We're still perfectible...
Volumes of treatises exist on this subject:-
EVIL in its many forms makes our lives abject,
And many suffering human beings ask WHY?
To our Almighty God:- Are You Nigh or a Lie?

Here, I could sense, is His Reply: Learn to endure
Oppressors' injustices, even force majeure;
Move mountains with your mind and imagination,
Overcome evil with God's Divine Solution:-

Since you are in essence a spiritual being,
All our woes in this physical world are fleeting.
Plod on, follow Christ's Path and receive His Blessing!

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

TRUTH

Though he doubted the efficacy of ritual,
Rene's mind turned him back to the realm spiritual.
Unlike agnostics who profess no certainty,
To him, a Perfect Being is Reality...
Half-truths merely veil God's Awesome Identity!

Saturday, February 8, 2014

ACCEPT

Accept all challenges God sends to you,
Consider them presents long overdue.
Collect, unwrap, and handle them with care;
Endure the tests, be cool with savoir faire.
Perhaps after the angst, you'll realize
To trust Him fully is the better prize.

Friday, February 7, 2014

TRANSFORMED!!

To emulate Christ is not easy at all, still we must try...
Regardless of past fumbles or missteps, we should not decry
Attempts by neophytes who (like me) were exposed to His Light.
Now we're still trying to share His Spark with others without sight:-
So to the world go forth good Christian and spread wide His Message.
For loving one another as He loved us starts the New Age...
Omega for the transfiguration of the human soul
Remains beyond reach since Hatred still blocks the path to its goal.
More tears must be wept; There are for me more lessons to be learned
Ere this life's graduation certificate is finally earned.
Directing our best efforts TO LOVE as ordered will not be spurned.



Thursday, February 6, 2014

TIDEPOOLS

This life is but a dream,
It's like swimming downstream;
Desires found unfit
End up in Sorrow's pit.
Pursuing them is vain;
Our childhood dreams remain
Our secret in that pool
Left behind after school...
So dream on, Skep, old fool.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

TRANSFORMED??

There are over 7 billion people in our world today;
Resources from patient Mother Earth may soon be depleted...
As shepherds, we are not supposed to let our sheep go astray,
Nor as stewards, let our fields fallow or be pest infested.
So we are promised new power sources will be discovered,
Forgotten knowledge on how to use ley lines will be recalled;
Old secrets of pyramid builders will soon be recovered.
Renewal, though, will fail if population grows uncontrolled...
My dream is for us to transform Earth into a new Eden--
Enduring peace, good health and productive lives for all good men!
Dare we ask our eminent world leaders:- Pray, let us know WHEN?

Sunday, February 2, 2014

THE PROOFS

The Prime Mover/Lord of Creation moves
His wondrous works in ever cyclic grooves...
Earth, sun, stars, nebulae, and galaxies
Precisely dance to cosmic symphonies,
Refuting chaotic atheism.
Our human mind, a small microcosm,
Observes God's well-designed macrocosm,
Forswears old doubts of agnosticism,
Surrenders finally to Theism.

Friday, January 31, 2014

COMPLAINT

Complain not when your wishes have not as yet come true;
Okay to try again, but make sure they're best for you.
Maybe, there are hazards ahead that you could not see;
Perhaps you need only wait, for what will be will be.
Let God decide the time or season when to harvest,
And weep not that your share is meager for He knows best.
Inspired not in a palace but 'neath a Bodhi tree,
Nirvana was by Buddha reached with felicity!
Think not therefore of pelf for that is pure vanity!

INITIATIVE

Intelligence quotients need not be high;
Not many can reach that genius level.
Initiative, however, can defy
The wise man gazing at his own navel...
If I don't get up and mail this 'please' piece--
A chance to jump-start that 'level field' quest,
Tomorrow this fanciful dream will cease.
I'm asking for a substantial bequest;
Vox populi, I'm sure, supports my dare:-
Each voter should be made a MILLIONAIRE!

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

OBSESSIONS

Obsessions can befuddle and misguide the human mind.
Believers of the Quran are to their own kind UNKIND--
Since Shiite and Sunni, both followers of Mahomet,
Engage in endless fray to the dismay of their Prophet.
Supposedly the Sunnis follow their leader's bloodline;
Slaying Shiites who believe otherwise is therefore fine?
Indignation amongst Muslim scholars is NOT ENOUGH!
Oppression must end and friendship must not be met with Rebuff.
No distinction between our Almighty God and Allah,
So Peace be with you all-- Al Qaeda as well Hezbollah!

Sunday, January 26, 2014

SUGGESTION

Since this is President Barack Obama's last term,
Unusual suggestions are being bruited about:--
Grand-gifting could make the nation financially firm.
Give us a thousand bitcoins each; "Thank you, Sir!" we'll shout.
Each citizen will instantly be very grateful,
Since all Americans will soon become 'millionaires'.
To 'level the field' this way is not being boastful;
In fact, this gesture is trivial to the billionaires...
Oh, but not so indeed to the voting multitude.
Need you doubt who will thereafter prove their gratitude?

COMPASSION

Compassion that gushes and leaps
Out of the depths of your kind heart
May need reining in lest it keeps
Pouring gifts into Mammon's cart.
A progressive bureaucracy
Supposedly seeks to aid and heal
Severely battered bourgeoisie;
Instead, fat cats and scammers steal
Our hard-earned heartfelt charity...
Next time, be sure it's the real deal.

Saturday, January 18, 2014

TIME HEALS

Three minutes...from now,
I am not sure how--
My rage will be spent,
Ebbs...evanescent...
How swift my ire flies;
Enflamed pyre soon dies.
A calm mist descends;
Love soothes, makes amends,
Stupid anger ends.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

RIGMAROLE

Rue the legislators in Washington, D.C.
Incumbent leaders seem mired in complacency;
Going thru the motions of tightening spending,
Making 'Caps' supposedly, but they keep pending
All plans to effectively (even if slowly)
Reduce our huge national debt substantially.
Only the heartless or the fool can fail to see
Lack of fortitude amongst the powers-that-be.
Even lying seems OK...What a tragedy!

Sunday, January 12, 2014

CERTAINTY

Cosmologists declare there are more stars than
all the grains of sand on Planet Earth;
Extrapolating as to the number of earth-like
planets, they say there's no dearth.
Regardless of attempts by world leaders
to deny or downplay their existence,
There could already be some space- and/or
time-travelling visitor aliens
Among us, and if so, what is their intent
or purpose--are they our friends or foes?
I have a theory there are at least two
types of extraterrestrial UFOs:-
Non-inimical energy beings who could be
yourselves from the far future;
The others may be less altruistic--with their
physical bodies, I can't be sure...
You, I, and all gravity captive beings need
eons to evolve and endure.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

AN OBIT & PRAYER FOR UNCLE MILO

Camilo R. Flores is hereunder memorialized by
Acrostic--in hopes I could convey my belated good-bye:-
My Uncle was an able, much respected trial lawyer,
Intrepid defender of Justice, never a Truth betrayer.
Let the record show Life's hazards and travails he faced them all.
Oh, Lord, please welcome home CAMILO RIMANDO FLORES' SOUL!

Sunday, January 5, 2014

NANNY STATE

No need to scoff at our President, for he had good intent.
Alas, a Big Brother and a Nanny-type of government
Never suited an independent-minded diverse people...
Now we see a health care house of cards experiment topple;
Yet this failure should give him and all of us better insight:-
Safeguard citizens' rights from bureaucratic abuse and spite.
The much touted agenda of creating a level field
Attenuates initiative and produces a poor yield.
The sad plight of several socialist-ruled nations today
Exposes the direction we must avoid without delay!

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

BE A CENTRIST

By all means, be moderate in all political issues,
Extremists on both sides of the aisles are equally 'Bad News';
And we should stop 'kicking the can' re our huge indebtedness...
Create incentives to attract more business enterprises.
Entitlements promised and earned should always be respected;
No taxpayers' funds should end up being misused or wasted.
To let bureaucrats decide our health care options is absurd.
Ridiculous to assist tyrants who could not keep their word.
"In God We Trust", but never in an intrusive Big Brother!
Since all of us are stuck in this small biosphere together,
To live and let live should be safer than bombing each other.