Don't Remove Them
there are many things
of utmost importance
cluttering the drawer
with things of impotence
twist ties that grow
and spools unwinding
choking items
purpose, forever binding
but the clothespins are supreme
so useful in variance
for bread bags and chips
satisfying inpurience
the wood ones are best
unbreakable and sturdy
traditionally secure
satisfying my pure
DeaBeePea 5-23-15
Big Glasses
I really like them
I think they are cool
they make looks alluring
a mysterious iris pool
colourful or dark
they seem to impart
sophistication with humor
an irresistible art
viewing the world
in holistic scope
in ears support
on noses slope
joyous and pronounced
no shyness of need
wearing glasses
no shame in read
I suppose sexy is true
referring to miss
pronouncing cheeks
cutish in reminisce
DeaBeePea 3-23-15
Who Am I
I can speak of wonder
or facts beknown
but the solution seems
to be a combination sown
some magical efficacy
with powers exceeding
created me
in celestial breeding
I am now what I see
and what others say
but those things are a grapevine
of whining and sway
but I know that I touch
with my fingers of matter
and hopefully my sweat
feeds love's fruitful platter
when people say thank you
at least I know
that I have made a difference
in the smallest of tow
DeaBeePea 3-25-15
Coming Back
will and
creative love
riding the wave of existence
shape and consistency
formed by awareness
persistence
infusing ideas
of a material form
life, thoughts, entities and gods
an emanation of the absolute
but only in thought
that blankets our life as it plods
its breath and its soul
from our very first day
to eternal space
re-evolution
constant solution
cycles, nothing to replace
great breath of Brahma
destroying the rhythm
the drum that never stops
a wide open meadow
where aggregation stirs
swallowing every raindrop
ceasing to exist
to mainifestation
calling like a frightened frog
only to restore the courage
of a fickle fool
sitting on a log
dissolvation
and coagulation
science and the soul
tuning in and tuning out
the grey breathe of reality
swirling in the world's bowl
DeaBeePea 5-25-25
The Wasteland
Hulitoon by Rebecca Hulit
demonous grin
sheepish and cold
laughing at waste
teased by his gold
the coins are pointing
to spending fools
and the dollars are floating
in endless pools
it should be used
in proper balance
but instead is spoken
in colloquial parlance
propping the rich
investment geared
to the interest of partners
sincerity veneered
there are philanthropists
not pictured here
whose hand reaches sky
and catches the capitals cry
DBP 3-18-15
A failure to respond to a challenge...
we talk of fear
cautions friend
a comfortable shirt
no need to mend
careful is safe
and sometimes wise
but a challenge can cause
quite a rise
so weigh your pros
and view you cons
and assert yourself
as each day dawns
what's the worst
that can happen
life's too short
too concern with misshapen
DeaBeePea 3-16-15
Getting There
being there
is a moment
experienced and applauded
you sit in suspension
accepting your peril
but thankful for your pod
but things often change
you become out of range
and your mood perspires
so you plan a journey
to a greener place
where sadness might retire
so you choose a vehicle
and travel light
questioning each bump underneath
but on your way
see see the light
and forget your destination's heath
getting there is your life
your entire being
arriving is only
a matter of bequeath...
DeaBeePea 3-16-15
Shillelagh
the brace strapped cudgel
a walking stick and club
stout and knotty
in butter it's rubbed
a large knob on top
so shiny and black
loaded with lead
for assertive attack
blackthorn so sturdy
barked to seal
cured in the chimney
for grain to congeal
celebrated in folklore
settling disputes
in gentleman's manner
to avoid ill repute
wattles and alpeen
long spears of battle
from "Finnegan's Wake"
shillelagh law of prattle
a "Rocky Road to Dublin"
whack-fol-la-de-da
tied bag over one's shoulder
bata-fol-la-la
a badge of honour
bataireacht to manhood
standing in manure
awaiting cobblestones lure
DeaBeePea 3-16-15
Fuzzy Things
I don't experience
these things much
I don't have a cat
or windshield balls
I don't have peaches
or a sweater so soft
And I had a shave
so I'm smooth in blade's thrall
so I must look for a girl
with a sweater of tulle
or angora so downy
it puts me in pall
or a pet to cuddle
cute and playful
purring so quiet
"Fuzzy" I call
But I do have a Teddy
sleep with it? ... I won't say
but he is an old buddy
who smiles good day...
DeaBeePea 3-14-15
VENICE
One-hundred seventeen
islands afloat
linked by bridges
one continuous moat
Frazioni’s are home
In the city of water
The Queen of the Adriatic
a Serenissima foam
Old maritime power
a Renaissance model
staging Crusades
silk, grain, and spicy flour
The early Doges
masters of soldiers
from Charlemagne’s guide
to Nicephorus slide
Black Plague’s attack
local swamps to ravage
Numbers and hopes
explosions so savage
Freedom from fanatics
a cultural blossom
counter-Reformation
tolerant evolution
Submerged by water
oxygen starvation
alder trunk piles
water resistant tiles
Artesian wells
artery of acroamation
subsidized poverty
aquifer starvation
The Carnival of Venice
pioneer of Gothic
lancet arches adore
with magic, of Ottoman lore
Polychoral beginnings
Baroque in infamy
Vivaldi and Picchi
Ornate chords of harmony
Cuisine of polenta
grain mush for peasants
farro, chestnut flour and millet
flint corn in skillet
Marco Polo writes
voyage to the Orient
and Histoire De Ma Vie
Casanova’s flair
The City of Masks
where gondolas glide
through streets adorned
with tourists and guide
DeaBeePea 3-14-15
Bend Your Brain
your brain is flexible
but there is one problem
it's in your head
which is very hard...mmm
DeaBeePea 3-14-15
ASS- ymmetrical...
some are vee
others square
some are round
others like pear
but the ones most interesting
are crooked or unequal
with one side different
from the other, it's sequel
whatever you call it,
bum, rump or fanny
mine is ass-ymetrical
which is rather uncanny
DeaBeePea 9-21-15
CORN
negative connotation
to some inferior and trite
but to me a sign of innocense
and country-folk delight
sentimental and rustic
but the message always pure
laughing at ourselves
idiosyncrasies we endure
unsophisticated and hackneyed
a humour that is old
but celebrate it's reign
and join the festive fold
Frisian korn or Saxon corn
his cornie mantle stird with aire
the band played bounce, in staccato
out-of-date playing hillbilly fare
the catalogue agrarian
the almanac planted a seed
adding jokes and cartoons
spicing up the farmer's creed
embarrassing to some
but heritage did bloom
Old MacDonald and Ma and Pa Kettle
and the corn cob pipes soft spume
radio days adorned
corn stations they were flagged
boisterous laughter and fun
the hallmark proudly ragged
DeaBeePea 9-17-15
The WOW Factor
it's never been explained
but surely has been attained
an element that's explosive
creating dullness that's erosive
startling and inspiring
an eruption of inquiring
how and why and what
thoughts and questions in glut
we perspire or speak in shock
admiring the flock
or gaze in admiration
of colours or formation
an amazing figure it is
a Marilyn Monroe type phys
or scenery so overwhelming
it dethrones our thoughts of helming
it arises unexpected
our senses interjected
it can be life-changing
and priority rearranging
DeaBeePea 9-16-15
Morning Story (True)
entering kitchen
without much diction
put on kettle
not requiring mettle
bread in toaster
rasperry jam (my friends boaster)
peel a banana
as sweet as sultana
chop my apple
ne'er any scrapple
down the hatch
while waiting for coffee's batch
but now I'm unstable
I just ate the label
my thoughts now, my oh my
this is the day, I might die!
DeaBeePea 9-15-14
Journey 2
there are two kinds of journey
one is planned
the other is not
you can by a ticket
and reserve a room
essentially, a trip that is bought
arranging tours
sightseeing locations booked
and a table by the fire
it's relying on others
almost as if
your holiday is for hire
but then there's the other
life's strange path
of laughter and folly
an attempt to organize
but things seem to slip
sometimes forced to volley
between fortune and mishap
a balancing act
that takes a sense of humour
and optimism helps
it lets the sun in
and of your reputation
it quells the dubious rumour
DeaBeePea 10-24-16
