I Had One But Lost It
Based on a true story... interesting how such seemingly trivial things are important when you are young.
Tragedy at Ten
prying off the lid
of the Derrymalt tin
my hockey coin prayers
have recently been thin
when I pulled it out
I screamed with delight
Frank Mahovlich I cried
this was truly outa sight
I went to school next day
showing it with pride
saying no to trade offers
this coin was by my side
I placed it proudly on my desk
at the upper corner to show
making my prized possession
something I would crow
but suddenly before my eyes
this precious disc was gone
someone with a very quick hand
and now some value to don
my inquiries never concluded
who did this ghastly thing
If I ever did find out
I would give his head a ring!
Later I traded for Frank
a chipped and battered one
it just was not the same
my enthusiasm was done
I never collected much
after that
the world had shone it's dark reality
and was now wearing my doubting hat
DeaBeePea 4-14-17
Sad Eggs
sadly
many
relationships
have become
a bit serrated
decrated
special
plans
cracked
then separated
DeaBeePea 4-13-17
Eggs
I like to be
just like eggs
showing the sun
a golden me
my flip side brown
warm and sweet
full of love
and ne'er to frown
with strips along side
sugary and crisp
a touch of syrup
to soak and abide
seldom scrambled
but interesting on occasion
my breakfast smile
to start, my daily bramble
DeaBeePea 4-13-17
Coin Purse
Those funny rubber things
You squeeze and pop
My Dad had one
Kinda weird I thought
But I did want one
It was a sign of manhood
To have in pocket
Indeed I should
and they usually had sponsors
to remind us to buy
Muldoon's Men's Wear
to go get a tie
But in those days
No toonies and loonies
Which is good
Because they were just too puny
DeaBeePea 7-19-17
What the Sam Hill
He was quite a guy
This Mr. Sam Hill
A mining engineer
And a surveyor too
He did help many
From sure starvation
A grizzly man
But of heartful hue
Contemptuous he was
Of praise and admiration
And he said it so
In vulgar verbiage
He was so blasphemous
That when people were angered
“What the Sam Hill” they said
In honour of his rage
DeaBeePea 5-19-17
Causality
Efficacy the bridge
Connecting two
cause and effect
over a river’s reflect
the effect then balloons
to retro hypothetics
but coinciding can occur
in an economic blur
something abstract
in progression theory
a catalystic envoy
and semantical toy
cause is the explanation
it’s Aristotle’s why
creating debate
for conclusions fate
chicken or egg dilemma
the link might answer
in transparent brine
imagination to dine
DeaBeePea 5-22-17
Wall
the wall around me
is a shabby picket
flimsy and weak
with not even a thicket
to protect me from fear
or strong opposition
leaving me with
impulsive propositions
I get into trouble
via this vulnerable path
but still prefer
to take the occasional bath
my openness is a choice
causing the odd pratfall
but I'm glad I've followed
this self-induced call
DeaBeePea 5-21-17
Foam
As I pondered a poem
about foam
I couldn't think about anything
and worry it did bring
and then I thought about Gillette
and the cream I was about to get
and now for my verse, I rave
Boy, that was a close shave!
DeaBeePea 5-20-17
Foam
I was asked to write about foam
Adding gas to my poem
Which made the first two lines
As easy as a silky comb
So as my mind creatively roams
Through fields of brome
I search for something profound
Rising to a silver dome
Aspiring now to a magical tome
I ponder my wordful home
My voice so impelling
That they fill the Hippodrome
So as I lather to a syndrome
I become a pompous gnome
My echoes fading
A man of tarnished chrome
DeaBeePea 5-20-17