Monday, September 25, 2023
Monday, June 27, 2022
DAP Poetry Monday: Give me a D. A. P.
WANTED.
Seeking a cheerleader.
Skills required: Encouragement
and
Applicant must know how
to give a D.A.P.
Must know what it spells
And what it means to
support.
Ability to get along
with other cheerleaders,
Real or Imagined; a
plus.
(Head-high kick to head-high
kick)
Yeaahh!
Monday, June 13, 2022
DAP Poetry Monday: No fun in funeral
Writing
together
(Click,
delete)
Laughing
together
(Click,
delete)
Arguments,
Hugs, Plans
Together
(Click,
delete)
Memories
of all above
From
the sister I chose…
(Click,
save)
Friday, June 3, 2022
DAP DAT Inspiration 6422
22 Martyrs of Uganda
A bronze, bas-relief of the 22 Catholic Martyrs of Uganda, gifted to Presentation College, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago. It was given in 1960 to the Christian brothers who founded Presentation College. Photo by Sean Crepin
The Uganda Martyrs are a group of 23 Anglican and 22 Catholic converts to Christianity in the historical kingdom of Buganda, now part of Uganda, who were executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887. They were killed on orders of Mwanga II, the Kabaka (King) of Buganda.
22 of the Catholic martyrs were canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964. They are commemorated on June 3rd.
St. Kizito being baptised by St. Charles Lwanga at Munyonyo, who was just 25 when he was murdered.
Monday, April 25, 2022
Poetry Monday: Admiration
We smile when the food comes to the table.
Polite smiles until the waiter walks away.
We needed this food
To swallow
A long day
With mixed emotions.
There is quiet at the dinner table.
Rhythmic chewing and swallowing takes everyone
Into their own thoughts.
Knife into fork.
I'm finished.
Baby girl began speaking.
Proud parents are smiling.
An effervescent Joi,
Captures her audience then releases them to a moment of silence.
"What?"
A statement than a question
To her dreamy eyed mother,
Me.
"Just looking."
I smile
She smiles
We smile and she knows, but still asks
"Why?"
"Because you exist. Can't I admire you now and then?"
Admire her as one would a blue sky
Or misty mountains.
I see her.
She sees me.
She smiles.
I smile.
We smile.
Monday, April 11, 2022
DAP Poetry Monday: Hungry like a wolf
Hungry
like a wolf
Howling
to be seen and heard
Barking
at the past
Hungry
like a wolf
Ushering
the dawn of change
With
my noshing teeth
Hungry
like a wolf
Conjuring
my own food source
To
a permanent plate
Monday, March 21, 2022
DAP Poetry Mondays: #CorpLife
Today is World Poetry Day. Held every year on 21 March, World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity. Practiced throughout history – in every culture and on every continent – poetry speaks to our common humanity and our shared values, transforming the simplest of poems into a powerful catalyst for dialogue and peace.
World Poetry Day was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999, "with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard".
Here is my contribution...
Corporations aren't...
People, Loving. In to you.
Life is optional
Living that CorpLife.
Hashtag; Nobody cares, bro.
Hearts are optional
--DAP Tales
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