ANOTHER POEM
Jonathan Caswell | |||
SUMMERING BRINGS GUYS CHEER,
SHE’S NEARLY NAKED HERE….
SMOOTH VIBRANT SKIN
SURE TAKES ONE IN,
BABE, CAN I BUY YOU A BEER?
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JONATHAN CASWELL
BUT COOL, GIRL, REALLY COOL!
Jonathan Caswell | |||
SUMMERING BRINGS GUYS CHEER,
SHE’S NEARLY NAKED HERE….
SMOOTH VIBRANT SKIN
SURE TAKES ONE IN,
BABE, CAN I BUY YOU A BEER?
–
JONATHAN CASWELL
BUT COOL, GIRL, REALLY COOL!
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Without change, he’s afraid,
Of losing the best in the trade….
And his witness
Already a mess,
Has a price he’s already paid!
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To turn character around,
He’ll get off shifting ground….
Christian values
Are the finest to choose,
When God helps him to solid ground!
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Thinking she’s biased toward him,
Allows expression at whim….
Access free
Intrudes privacy,
He emails quite often!
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He feels he can candidly say
Where others might not want to stray….
He’s crossed the line
More than one time,
And that’s not okay.
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Must keep his feelings and thoughts,
Away from being poetry draughts…
He cannot share
Just whatever’s in there,
Inappropriateness has a cost!
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His ardor for her, he dreams,
Up Manipulating by schemes…
To get through
What he wants her to do,
When she has the means.
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His aide helps with baths,
And certain household tasks…
His attitude,
Intrusive and rude,
Brings upon him frustrated blasts!
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Now that his brain has eyes,
Motives are less disguised…
Bring things around
On holy ground
Feeding on Godly supplies!
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Jonathan Caswell
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Temperatures up and down,
Autumn then winter come ’round….
Those blizzard fears
Of other years
On the surface seem not that sound!
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Jonathan Caswell
Posted in Poetry | Tags: Autumn, blizzards, Caswell limericks, other years, seasonal, temperatures, up and down, winter
People in ministry too,
Drastic measures are tempted to….
I had to block
A pastor whose talk,
Went beyond what normally would do.
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He found out somehow where I,
Was sending support and tried….
To persuade
That person to aid,
Giving him money on the side!
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I’m just going to shut my mouth,
The damage is done, news is out…
Some call it greed
Or desperate from need,
Money brings the bad in us out!
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Jonathan Caswell
She does it better than I,
Watching relationships die…
I can’t keep still
With a chance to reveal,
The joys of a common mind!
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She’s said hardly a thing,
While the death of love’s torturing….
But in her own way
She cries out dismay,
What good its nurturing?
–
Jonathan Caswell
Posted in Poetry
The author has included words from languages other than English to describe certain emotional states that I found quite appealing. These words do not have a singular substitute in the English language but have been roughly translated.
Boghz in Farsi is ‘the physical building up of sorrow and pain in the chest/throat before crying’. Iyari in the Huichol dialect refers to “heart memory” that we are born with. The Korean word Han stands for “ache and bitterness” or “mourning and release” and can even mean “helplessness and dissatisfaction”. Lastly, the Urdu term tabeer, which is also the title of the last chapter, refers to “the interpretation of a dream”.
Siobhan shares, “On days that I can’t emerge fully, I try to offer my life to tabeer. A dream still unfolding, a rose unfurling the first of its many tongues. I teach myself a deepened vehemence: for chance, curiosities, pluralities. I don’t fight to belong in a world that beats me down. I start building a world of my own” – a beautiful elsewhere.
I came across a riveting quote by author Alain de Botton, “A healthy mind knows how to hope; it identifies and then hangs on tenaciously to a few reasons to keep going. Grounds for despair, anger, and sadness are, of course, all around. But the healthy mind knows how to bracket negativity in the name of endurance. It clings to evidence of what is still good and kind. It remembers to appreciate.”
The quote is a reminder that hope is the ember of life, even if others consider it as utterly delusional. Else is hope. If one thing doesn’t work out, something else will. Elsewhere is hope, it is another space of possibilities.
And that is what That Beautiful Elsewhere is, a book about hope – not just in clinging to what is evident but about unearthing and unwrapping and even creating hope to feel and to get better.
Apoorva Gairola is a psychology professional and former journalist who is passionate about mental health, women’s and gender issues.
eShe is an independent South Asian media platform that amplifies women’s voices and stories
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ENJOYING a bikini view (!),
A different view of you,…
Joyful to see
That flat belly,
And figure that shouts WOO-HOO-!!!!! 😀
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Cloth triangles above,
Part of the reason I love….
Looking at you
Bikini view,
Cool but hot like a stove!
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Alas, cold weather’s here,
You’re all covered up my dear….
Summer will come
And then I’ll see some
Bikini views to cheer!!!! ❤
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Jonathan Caswell
Posted in Poetry
Trust and obey, but feelings
Often have their revealings….
Knowing what’s good
And doing it should
Come easier in your dealings.
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Exile for a good cause,
Should bring one pause….
Do what’s right
Day or night
Fulfills the righteousness clause.
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Thinking of those involved,
With only one answer it’s solved….
Giving in
To what’s real and then
Seeing how love has evolved.
–
Jonathan Caswell
Posted in Poetry
“Isn’t that enough,”
Already of this kind of stuff….?
Friends tiring
Of what’s inspiring,
Tend to be rather rough.
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Write whatever you want,
But don’t your troubles flaunt….
Honestly
Can’t you see
Your subject is over-put?
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Hecklers within and without,
Tempting one to shout….
Get out of my way
I’ll be the one to say,
What poetry I’ll put out!
–
Jonathan Caswell
Posted in Poetry
Enter bologna and Swiss
Cheese on wheat after this….
Bloggers get faint
Don’t know any ain’t,
With extra protein, how can you miss?
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A shopping delivery,
But unfortunately…
Two things not here,
Ketchup is dear,
And barbeque sauce unfortunately!
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Got on the horn to Wal-Mart’s service,
For customers (don’t be nervous)…
They rectified
Things in no time,
To refunds I’m not impervious!
–
Jonathan Caswell
Posted in Poetry