Month: October 2012

I dreamed I saw God poem by Wayne Jackson

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I dreamed I saw God
the other night
lying with shuttered eyes,
He looked something like
Charton Heston,
or maybe,
Gregory Peck….
….a combination of the two
…But God doesn’t look like that
you might say
to which I reply,
“It’s my dream buster.”
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These Moments Poem

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there are these moments
I was maybe six
it was Christmas eve
night or early morning
it was dark
If I leaned over in the bed just right
I could see
just barely
the living room and
the shadow
of a tree
I couldn’t leave the bed
it wasn’t daylight yet
I could see shadows in the bit of light
that was given to me
is that a bike
that shape in the darkness
is that a bike
I’ve strained to see that shape
in the shadows
my whole life long

david michael jackson

Neptunium poem by Janet Kuypers

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Neptunium

Janet Kuypers

from the “ Periodic Table of Poetry” series

When they discovered the planet Neptune,
seeing that distant blue orb
and naming it after the Roman god of the sea,

scientists seemed to be in a mad rush
when discovering elements
to name the new element after the planet.

Someone originally named Germanium
after the (at the time) newly discovered planet,
and at three times the element ninety three

was discovered and given the names
bohemium, ausonium and sequanium.
But after all this research and all this discovery,

it seems fitting that the element
that got the name Neptunium as it’s name
is used on earth mostly in nuclear reactions.

Discovered by bombing uranium
with slow moving neutrons in nuclear fission,
Neptunium is now used in weapons applications.

So it might have something in common
with the name of the gas giants, as an energetic,
explosive ball or energy, despite the fact

that like the planet, with it’s deceptively
seductive blue hue, can deep down
still be so tumultuously violent.

But in ancient history and mythology,
Neptune was the brother of Jupiter and Pluto,
each of them presiding over the realms

of Heaven, Earth and the Netherworld. I suppose
Neptune ruled with a gentle hand, although
Neptunium always had that iron fist.

Be Glad You Have a Job Poem

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Be Glad You Have a Job

there was a time
a long time ago
when my boss
said
are you happy
the big man is concerned
he thinks you don’t look happy

that was a long time ago

and then came

be glad you have a job
people are our most
valuable resource
we have a performance management process
close the door please

how did we go from
are you happy to
be glad you have a job?

When did the big man turn from
an old man to a young guy

and an old man into an entitlement

david michael jackson

The Bee and The Dog Poem for Kids

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I’m tired said the man

but you haven’t told me the story
of the dog and the honey bee

you have heard it before
but
okay

the dog was walking his
dog walk
along the trail
sniffing this
sniffing that

and the honey bee
landed on his nose
and looked him
straight in the eye

buzz said the bee
buzz off said the dog

or I’ll lick you dead with my tongue
I’ll sting that tongue
said the bee
and die doing it
but you’ll know I was there Mr Dog

So the bee buzzed
and the dog walked along
with the bee on his nose

Buzz buzz said the bee
Bark bark said the dog

I think I like you bee
You can be my bee

I’m nobody’s bee
said the bee
I visit the flowers
and make honey
Mr Dog

And I’m very glad
you got to meet me
said the bee

So the bee and the dog
went along
and got along

david michael jackson