M.C. Newberry

Master of Ceremonies---
you got it right.
the poem is about the innocence of children
and how they express themselves.
thank you.

Some may agree this subject, 'Color Matters'
is infuriating, frustrating and downright annoying.
These experiences are not ouchies, that first appear
in the body. These grouped emotions start up stairs
and may become headaches and body maladies.

I hear you loud and clear!
White Black Pink Ochre
Rough Dry Baggy Firm
skins don't matter to me,
and it's not about skin tone.
My tone is paper bag brown.
What do you name yours?

It's about generations of families
severed from their rich cultures,
deprived of their native languages,
and given Jesus Christ to worship.
400 years later we watch Wakanda
and munch on hot buttered popcorn.

It's about Native American Indians. STOP!
Think about that. They certainly are natives.
American because of Mr. Vespucius.
Indian because of a geographical error.
90% of them were killed purposefully,
some not, by folks wanting to own land.

Physical, emotional and spiritual abuse
starvation deprivation and outright murder
may have long lasting affects (or is it effects),
on someone's outcome. What do you think?

It's about feeling it in my bones,
not just reading or thinking about it.

'Color Matters' is not just about Indians and cowboys,
or Crayola hues. It's really about Black and White.
This is North America, where one(1) drop of African
blood makes you black. You ever hear such nonsense
where you live? This won't be found in current law books,
but it lives on, in the heads of many here in the U.S of A.

M.C. Newberry, I don't know your racial heritage
and do know the adage about birds of a feather.
It has been that way AND change is quickening.
Each successive generation is more tuned in.
Old farts like me still cling to the past,
and need to step aside.

So many young people connecting in/with/for life/communion/love awakening.

M.C. Newberry, I heartily thank you for the thought-full
response to my work and will respond to any and all other comments. I did not know what identifying name you'd prefer, so I used the name in front of me.

Blessings abound,
f

Thanks MC - perhaps some of us should turn our guns on them via Greenpeace. I will try and work out how it goes. Blessings. P.

it is a shame kids are not taught etiquette anymore.
or...adults for that matter.
Please & Thank You
thing of the past.

thanks for reading "There Comes A Time".

a passing thought that passed.

Beware the one
who holds the scythe
he comes creeping in
in dark of night
Death may be certain
but of a different stripe
the worst of fears is
an angry wife!

thank you M.C.
for your long interesting comment on my poem.
and I am glad you helped that pigeon.
we all need help sometimes,
wing and a prayer.

glad you made it through your youth
and your grandad dad.
so many burdens for you
and yet
here you are on WOL
your own good fortune.

Toad in hole
will soon grow old
as he sits in sun
a "Whole Toad In One"

Many thanks for commenting on my poem “Sorry Is A Sorry Word".

I particularly like the last sentence of your comment!

Try as i might
I try my best
in this Rest Home
there is no rest
so i break out
state of undress
my pajamas on
I'm headin' West!

Opting out. Well done MC on what you do with the funeral plan offers. We have to make our stand.

So many trees
so many plead
oh don't forsake
in saving me
We are your balm
your company
so don't destroy
our canopy.

Thanks for the words on Marbles. Total nightmare all this info bombarding us wherever we go - what used to be addictive is now becoming a total nuisance. So info overload - go take a jump somewhere squishy. ?

humor is the soft cushion
for the hardness of life.

thank's M.C. for pointing out my error. There again and I'm sure you will agree very much the same injustices.


LS.

Thank you M.C. for your input on my recent poem "Nature's Nurture". I appreciate it!

did not know you were French.
have some fries!

Thanks so much for your comment on You Are My Priest. It made me smile.

re 'A freedom to express'

The ability is not the right; without neither the voice nor the ability to write, the righteous are diminished. I think we are broadly in agreement. Tommy

Droll are these poems
unabashedly so
they aren't too good
but so it goes,
I find humor in things
it just naturally flows
when it comes to a rhyme
I just can't say No.
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I just saw your comments on my Profile page. Apologies for the delay in acknowledging them. I don’t check it very often. Glad you enjoyed your time in Devon. We will be there in September after a week in Christchurch.
As for the “Walk the Line”/ Just Giving thing - not to worry. I know you have a good heart. We made around £500 this year but the walk was hard! Give me abseiling from 300’ any day.

ha. good analogy between bees & wasps.
you sound like the voice of experience.

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Moderation in all things
except extremism!

(have no idea what this means,
it just came to me.)

on a side note:
glad to see Notre Dame will be restored to exactly
how it was, not some monument to "Diversity".

The mighty Mississippi-
its presence profound
the lazy old river
ever seaward is bound
who'll question its flowing
who'll challenge its might?
whoever the fool is
is surely not right!

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I guess I'd better
learn to adapt
my worn out body
thoroughly sapped
still there is more
in me than that
my mind ain't gone
there's more to tap!

Electricity
won't give you sway
use muscle power
and whisk away!

wink.

Roll up windows, ugh
i remember how nice it was to get push button windows
so you did not have to stretch all the way over to roll up the
passenger side or the rear windows in a rain
i remember all this because i am old
but I have not yet rolled up my mind.

are you broke down
or
just Broke?

sorry MC - conviction - fat fingers and alcohol ?

'convistion of purpose' eh - sometimes I don't know what day of the week it is ? thanks again mate
Ian