Offer Announcement

Hello folks. Just going to do a little announcement.

If you don't follow my Twitter account or you don't check out my author page at Smashwords or anything like that you might not know about an offer going on for the entire month of July. You or anyone you talk to who is interested can get my e-book for free. Just use the code SFREE at the checkout when visiting Smashwords. Again this offer is only good until July 31.

You're probably why it took so long to notify people about this offer. Partly its because I've been busy working on other things. Also partly because I'm a bit lazy when promoting my work. That's really it. Either way, you still have time to take advantage of this offer. If you like history and poetry and want to see all the poems featured on this blog in the right order totally check out the offer. You still have plenty of time.

The Gaiad has been Published!

NEWS!

Dear readers, It finally happened. You can now read all of the poems featured on this blog in the right order. All you ave to do is purchase my book at your favorite ebook retailer. Also be sure to favorite my author page at https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/Pisceswriter123. For future reference I'll place the link to the author page up along with the link to my Twitter page. Any support is appreciated.

As for other stuff. I know the little thing at the top of the blog page says up until the time of publication and everything. However, I don't think I'm going to en this blog just yet. I might decide to add a new series of poems at some point so this is definitely not the end.

For my followers, thank you for your support. To those repeat visitors, thank you for your time. To new visitors, hope you come back again. To all of you, it was a pleasure writing these poems. Hope you'll consider further support.

Deepwater Horizon

On the horizon the monster loomed

Tasting the sweet black gold.

A gasket broke

Before the monster finished

Causing it to lose its lunch

It tried to recover

But did a poor job.

Corners were cut to save money and time.

Oil and gas leaked from the borehole

The monster’s food came up along with gas and cement

Catching fire

Sending the beast to its watery grave

Black blobs of thick sludge

Spewed into the open gulf

Killing fish

Killing birds

Contaminating land and sea

Wreaking havoc on economies and ecosystems

For generations to come.

NSA Leaks

“Big Brother’s watching.”

The tinfoil man kept saying

“Beware of Big Brother.”

“Be careful of hat you say,”

“Be careful of what you do”

“Because he is watching”

“In each and every way.”

The Snowy man confirmed this

Through his five wise eyes

He published his reports

On the secrets of NSA.

The media

Ate the info up

Digested it

Spewed it over the public

Revealing cable treaties

All around the world.

“Don’t be silly,”

The boundary breaker said.

“There’s no such program.”

The Snowy man left for the Bear

Under espionage charges and theft accusations.

Pope Francis

A humble man from the City of Good Air

Lead his flock during the riots of December.

The second John Paul replaced his vestments with red.

When the Cooperator of Truth resigned

He was chosen to wear the Papal mitre.

Being the humble man

Being the man of God

Being a servant to the people

He rejected the palace of apostles

To live as a guest of God.

He rejected well embroidered vestments and robes

For simple attire.

He rejected the gold

For a fisher’s ring

To become the fisher of men

Preaching peace and love.

Neither Marxist

Nor Capitalist

He redirected his church

With the shepheard’s crook

Bringing the lamb to focus on deeper issues.

A New Social Milestone

A sigh of relief from some.

A time of rejoicing for others.

The rainbow people finally get their unions

Love is flowing now to more people than ever

New love

Old love

Love for all ages.

Rainbow love.

The Great White Court handed down the decree

That the people of the rainbow flag

Get to show their love legally.

For a time they were allowed to date

But now, together and forever they can decide their fate.

Forget the rants

Forget fiery mad rhetoric

Forget the fire and brimstone preachers

Who moan and whine

Who scream and yell

From their burning pulpits in the front of the room

Because love is a beautiful thing

No matter who shows it,

No matter who knows it,

No matter where it comes from,

No matter how you receive it,

Let this love of one another forever ring.

Crisis in the Ukraine

After the world warmed

After Soviets faded into history

The Great White Bear of the North

Settled to her slumber.

The cubs left the den

Only one cub looked back.

Torn between its mother and new friends in the West

It growled and whimpered.

A Victor perched upon its head

Through deceitful means

Sparking the revolution of Orange.

When things settled the Victor urged the bear on.

“Go back,” the Victor said, “Mother’s calling.”

“Go back,” The Victor’s friends told him.

“Father Vlad is waiting.”

A Maidan sang her great distaste for the mother bear

Pulling the young cub Westward.

“We must move forward,” she said.

“To the West.”

The Victor did not like this.

Gathering the Easterners of the mother tongue

They pulled the cub by the fur

While the Maidan kicked and screamed

Into civil unrest

She occupied buildings

She rioted

She called for the Victor’s resignation.

When the Victor lost control

He fell from his lofty perch.

Hearing commotions next door

Mother Bear awoke.

She saw her cub being pulled East and West

Then she took away a toe

Then old Vlad sent her to cross her son's borders

To help the Victor’s side.