tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85571458326913469122024-03-14T04:14:52.031-07:00zen flowers 1234567poetry- commentary-philosophy-humorleela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.comBlogger364125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-1643719806985886612021-03-18T00:01:00.001-07:002021-03-18T00:01:16.178-07:00Oh Computers <p> oh computers ...</p><p>I am not so afraid of you now </p><p>--having said that, I try never to rely on you too much--</p><p>either .</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm still the sort who feels that </p><p>"if they want my money </p><p>they can send me a bill".</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>My friend, who does all things </p><p>automatically, </p><p>is constantly </p><p>on the phone with tech support and reloading and redoing </p><p>and totally freaking out </p><p>about it </p><p><br /></p><p>No </p><p><br /></p><p>I desire as much freedom from freaking out </p><p>as I can possibly afford </p><p><br /></p><p>but losing some of the fear of it is a good thing </p><p>it's amazing how far we've come </p><p>and how dependent we have become -</p><p>and everyone says well just google it, </p><p>just fax that, just copy to a pdf and </p><p>spin it up into the air and just try and get the printer </p><p>to recognize the computer -</p><p>oh silly human</p><p>that just ain't gonna happen</p><p><br /></p><p>and when the day comes </p><p>that they begin to repair each other </p><p>and begin to improve upon our design </p><p>and begin to build themselves even better </p><p>will they think of us, silly humans, as unnecessary appendages, </p><p>partners on the path?,</p><p>or something like fleas </p><p>which need </p><p>to be gotten rid of ...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-54726691572516707922021-03-17T23:28:00.003-07:002021-03-17T23:28:29.949-07:00Welcome Back <p> looking back </p><p>and forward again </p><p>getting older</p><p>but somehow stronger </p><p>closer </p><p>yes closer</p><p>to what it means to be here </p><p>human, vulnerable, </p><p> all of that </p><p><br /></p><p>connected to </p><p>some greater source </p><p>of being, becoming </p><p>we see more now </p><p> what's important </p><p>and we know now </p><p>so much more about </p><p> what we want</p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome back.</p>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-29918505842658611542018-03-28T17:08:00.005-07:002021-03-17T22:53:10.761-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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On utube starting<br />
Unicorn TV 123<br />
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leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-78085385557503337472017-07-15T11:34:00.001-07:002017-07-15T11:34:10.257-07:00Address<div>https:zenroseblog.wordpress.com</div><div><br></div><div>Site title</div><div>Zenrose1234567</div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-39589217450479708242017-07-15T11:31:00.001-07:002017-07-15T11:31:07.011-07:00Site title<div><br></div><div>Zenrose1234567</div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-4109838104950632762017-07-15T11:30:00.001-07:002017-07-15T11:30:31.185-07:00https://zenroseblog.wordpress.comleela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-33150792151916014122016-12-04T08:41:00.000-08:002016-12-04T08:41:17.616-08:00Free Speech<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Why do they hate him so<br />
When he just wants<br />
To help us<br />
Be safe -<br />
Be prosperous?<br />
<br />
I am aghast<br />
People who,<br />
To my knowledge, never,<br />
Ever, spoke<br />
About politics before<br />
Are now so adamant<br />
That<br />
One cannot say<br />
Anything<br />
At all<br />
<br />
I have to remember not<br />
To speak<br />
Or they may never speak to<br />
Me<br />
Again<br />
<br />
It's bizarre<br />
What have we become<br />
That we cannot speak<br />
Are not allowed<br />
An opinion ?<br />
<br />
Those who say<br />
Free speech is a good thing<br />
Now<br />
Allow<br />
No one<br />
To say<br />
Anything<br />
At all </div>
leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-55102091216517827922016-10-06T08:16:00.001-07:002016-10-06T08:16:24.031-07:00Just Sayin'Along the lines of <div>Overreaching people -</div><div>Over-arching egos -</div><div>We now have </div><div>The</div><div>"Tango Teacher" </div><div><br></div><div>I have never met one </div><div>Who understood this dance </div><div>But how could they ? </div><div>They don't know you -</div><div>And how sweet you are </div><div>Within the music </div><div>Within the song </div><div>As it plays </div><div>As it sways </div><div>And the embrace </div><div><br></div><div>They worry and fiddle </div><div>With steps and contortions </div><div>While we enter into </div><div>The tango cloud </div><div>And float around. </div><div><br></div><div>It may be a case of </div><div>More knowledge ruining </div><div>Something -</div><div>Like zen </div><div>- only don't know -</div><div>And you will know more </div><div>Than those who </div><div>Think they know </div><div><br></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-7486119671803536792016-09-29T14:36:00.001-07:002016-09-29T14:36:53.767-07:00-chill-Notate:<div><br></div><div>Looking somewhere</div><div>For a little </div><div>Peace </div><div><br></div><div>Something to </div><div>Remind me of </div><div>The fact that </div><div>We all die </div><div>We all cry </div><div>And </div><div>Not to get too </div><div>Upset about it </div><div><br></div><div>A "friend" </div><div>Tells me and tells me </div><div>What </div><div>She would </div><div>Have me do </div><div><br></div><div>Take the chill pill </div><div>Now </div><div>Not later </div><div>Don't, for </div><div>God's sake, </div><div>Let me interrupt </div><div>Your train </div><div>Of thought </div><div><br></div><div>Your chain </div><div>Around everyone's neck </div><div>That all must do </div><div>As you would have them </div><div>Do </div><div><br></div><div>Lighten up -</div><div>I</div><div>Thank you for your </div><div>Advise </div><div>But </div><div>Not for the delivery </div><div>Style </div><div><br></div><div>Next time </div><div>( and I'm sure there will </div><div>Be one )</div><div>What </div><div>Shall I do ? </div><div><br></div><div>Breath deeply, </div><div>Smile sweetly, </div><div>Ask a question back</div><div>Which I know - Ms. </div><div>Know it all -</div><div>Won't know the answer to. </div><div><br></div><div>Maybe an experiment </div><div>Could be </div><div>Made </div><div>Along those lines </div><div>Not to be unkind </div><div>But yes -</div><div>In self defense </div><div><br></div><div>We shall see -</div><div>I'll get back to you </div><div> On that </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-55541764093055080432016-08-24T21:26:00.001-07:002016-08-24T21:28:39.285-07:00Oh Phone -Oh phone <div>In my pocket </div><div>Why </div><div>Have you not yet </div><div>Spoken ?</div><div>Why do you remain </div><div>Mute ?</div><div><br></div><div>You are adequately </div><div>Charged -</div><div>And yet you do not </div><div>Ring !</div><div><br></div><div>What am I to believe? </div><div>That he does not think </div><div>Of me -</div><div>That he is sufficient </div><div>Unto himself </div><div>As if </div><div>A boat </div><div>Tossed upon </div><div>An assure sea -</div><div><br></div><div>Oh me </div><div>Oh my -</div><div>What am I </div><div>In high school? </div><div><br></div><div>We are senior citizens </div><div>Here -</div><div>Facing </div><div>Imminently </div><div>Our own </div><div>Demise </div><div><br></div><div>Dancing on the deck of the </div><div>Sinking Titanic </div><div>Comes to mind </div><div><br></div><div>Do we never learn ?</div><div>Do I never learn ?</div><div>To become so Zen that </div><div>The cessation of existence </div><div>Is merely a philosophical </div><div>Question ?</div><div><br></div><div>Oh but the Zen Masters never </div><div>Knew </div><div>Such a one </div><div>As </div><div>You -</div><div><br></div><div>If they had </div><div>Their Haiku would have been </div><div>All about </div><div>The strength and the </div><div>Character </div><div>And the kindness </div><div>Of you -</div><div><br></div><div>Forget about </div><div>The grasshoppers </div><div>And the cherry blossoms </div><div>And the moon ! </div><div><br></div><div>- Still the phone sits </div><div>In </div><div>Deep Meditation </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-78193208121071130092016-08-15T14:11:00.001-07:002016-08-18T10:31:14.118-07:00WaitingAwaiting the next <div>Big adventure -</div><div>Whether we want it </div><div>Or not </div><div><br></div><div>Dear friends, </div><div>There is no need </div><div>To be bored </div><div><br></div><div>Boredom should be </div><div>Celebrated </div><div>For in a relatively short </div><div>Space of time </div><div><br></div><div>Something is bound </div><div>To turn </div><div>Up </div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-50664244566606246772016-08-07T22:33:00.001-07:002016-08-18T10:30:35.914-07:00The way the Gods like it.And I <div>Have always wanted </div><div>To die -</div><div>And now you may </div><div>Precede me</div><div>And show the way -</div><div><br></div><div>I did not sign up </div><div>For this </div><div>When I responded to </div><div>Your blue eyes -</div><div><br></div><div>My family was always </div><div>Very distant </div><div>And correct </div><div><br></div><div>It is not fair !</div><div>It's not fair !</div><div><br></div><div>And now I suffer </div><div>The consequences of </div><div>Caring -</div><div>And </div><div>I am mad -</div><div>As the proverbial, wet </div><div>Hen !</div><div><br></div><div>She didn't ask to be </div><div>A hen or </div><div>To be red -</div><div>But that </div><div>Is just the way </div><div>It turned out,</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">They </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">say -</span></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">That is life, </font></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">They say -</span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">And we must </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Adjust </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">- yeah right -</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">And there is a way </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">To do this all </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Very</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Correctly </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Very </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">New-agey -</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">As if I knew -</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">And </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">If I knew -</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">I would never have been </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">There that day </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">And begun this </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">-Whatever it is-</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Journey </font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Damn and blast -</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">-My British ancestors are </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Aghast-</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">What have I done ?</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">- gone and violated </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">The great edict! of</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Not caring </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Of </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Never sharing </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Any bit </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Any part </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Of </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">The heart -</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">They were so </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Right </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">One needs must stay </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Uptight !</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Stay in </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Whatever closet </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">One is in -</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Do not come out </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">And roam </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">About </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">For there are the monsters </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Of doubt </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Of hurt of pain </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Of try and try </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"> Over and over</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"> Again </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">And </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">The worst of it is -</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">There is </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"> No way out !</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">The way is </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Through -</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">The center of the </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Storm -</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">The center </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Of the earth -</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">It is impossible - !</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Just -</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">The way </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">The Gods </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Like it.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><br></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-88128618297172030012016-08-02T15:46:00.001-07:002016-09-30T12:06:24.639-07:00Turn 'em OffI like to keep it <div>That way </div><div>If I can. </div><div><br></div><div>When the computer gives me </div><div>Trouble </div><div>And the phone has </div><div>Hiccups and </div><div>Coughs </div><div><br></div><div>I turn em </div><div>Off </div><div><br></div><div>I try not to be </div><div>So wound up </div><div>With them </div><div>That I </div><div>Give a damn! </div><div><br></div><div>So I pay bills </div><div>With paper </div><div>Just like </div><div>The old woman </div><div>That I am </div><div><br></div><div>I have an acquaintance </div><div>Who if </div><div>The computer would die </div><div>He would loudly sigh </div><div>And say </div><div>So do I !</div><div><br></div><div>Panic time comes when </div><div>The phone is </div><div>Lost </div><div>At what cost ? </div><div>Ok </div><div>So do</div><div>I -</div><div><br></div><div>But </div><div>If it would truely die </div><div>I </div><div>Would in most ways </div><div>Be relieved</div><div><br></div><div>I could again use </div><div>Pen </div><div>And paper </div><div>And stop </div><div>And look around </div><div><br></div><div>What is the wind </div><div>Doing </div><div>Today</div><div>Where is the sun </div><div>In the sky </div><div><br></div><div>What is time ?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-50972406110165808592016-08-02T15:34:00.001-07:002016-08-02T15:34:35.296-07:00Add Sense?And so <div>There's an add about </div><div>Exterminators </div><div><br></div><div>Big brother is </div><div>Truely watching. </div><div>Us!!</div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-54747401045282437712016-07-28T15:53:00.001-07:002016-07-28T16:00:55.261-07:00RatsIf rats <div>Smelled like </div><div>Roses </div><div>We wouldn't really </div><div>Care </div><div>If they were here </div><div>Or they were there </div><div><br></div><div>We wouldn't have to </div><div>Feel </div><div>So guilty </div><div>About </div><div>The elimination </div><div>Of same </div><div><br></div><div>They have the wide world </div><div>To nest in </div><div>But if they prefer to rest</div><div>Under the house </div><div>I guess </div><div><br></div><div>Something </div><div><br></div><div>Will </div><div>Have to be </div><div><br></div><div>Done !</div><div><br></div><div>What if </div><div>It were destructive behavior </div><div>That </div><div>Brought the karma down </div><div>On your head </div><div><br></div><div>What if </div><div>Y'all could stop </div><div>Such behavior </div><div>And </div><div>"Just get along"?</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe then </div><div>The gods of bad luck and </div><div>Retribution </div><div>Would </div><div>Pass you by </div><div><br></div><div>Doesn't seem </div><div>To 100% work that way </div><div>I know </div><div><br></div><div>And a rose </div><div>By any other name </div><div>Would smell as sweet </div><div><br></div><div>And a rat </div><div>If you called it an angel </div><div>Would still be </div><div>An unwelcome</div><div>Guest </div><div><br></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-11880670498046747872016-07-27T08:30:00.001-07:002016-07-27T08:30:19.585-07:00BrunchBrunch <div>Just could be </div><div>The favorite meal </div><div>Of the day -</div><div>For me </div><div>It is neither here</div><div>Nor there </div><div>Betwixt and </div><div>Between </div><div>So early that </div><div>One can't worry </div><div>Too much </div><div>So late that </div><div>There is no excuse </div><div>For it </div><div>The ladies who brunch </div><div>That's us </div><div>But only if </div><div>We happen to be </div><div>Up </div><div>And perchance not </div><div>Working </div><div>Today </div><div><br></div><div>A good time </div><div>To talk about </div><div>Boys </div><div>No matter how old </div><div>We </div><div>Happen to be </div><div>The mystery remains </div><div>Why oh why do they do </div><div>What they do </div><div>???</div><div>Wtf</div><div>Times </div><div>Infinity!!!</div><div>And, oddly enough, </div><div>Aghast, forsooth, </div><div>We still love them just </div><div>As they are </div><div>God help us </div><div>God save us </div><div>We are in it (life)</div><div>Until the bitter end </div><div>Or sweet,</div><div>If the gods are smiling </div><div>On us,</div><div>And so we transition just -</div><div>As it is meant </div><div>To be </div><div>But he -</div><div>Will probably go </div><div>Before me </div><div>And leave me free </div><div>But so alone </div><div>How can this cruel fate </div><div>Be mine </div><div>To exist </div><div>For a time </div><div>Without him </div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-45489917291278379612016-07-25T12:52:00.001-07:002016-07-25T13:21:26.755-07:00SuspicionA visit from <div>An old friend </div><div>Brings up </div><div>Memories </div><div>Of </div><div>What I could have </div><div>Done -</div><div>Better </div><div>Or worse </div><div>Or </div><div>Not at all </div><div><br></div><div>Boundaries</div><div>And </div><div>Freedom </div><div><br></div><div>One must have </div><div>Some of </div><div>Each </div><div><br></div><div>Can't be skatin'</div><div>All over </div><div> The place </div><div>Must have </div><div>A solid center </div><div>Some confidence </div><div>And direction </div><div><br></div><div>Question is -</div><div>Where does one go </div><div>To get those ?</div><div>Is there a store -</div><div>The Walmart of those -</div><div><br></div><div>Can we buy </div><div> Online </div><div>And wait with curious </div><div> Anticipation </div><div>For delivery </div><div><br></div><div>Knowing </div><div>All the while </div><div>That the bill will be coming </div><div>In the mail </div><div>And </div><div>We will surely </div><div>Have to pay </div><div><br></div><div>With interest and </div><div>Penalties</div><div>Undoubtedly </div><div><br></div><div>But - </div><div>To end on a higher </div><div>Note </div><div><br></div><div>I search </div><div>My brain . . .</div><div><br></div><div>I have at least learned </div><div>to be </div><div>Suspicious of </div><div>The " karma delivery guy" </div><div>-ask questions </div><div>- take notes </div><div>- and keep a file </div><div>On everything </div><div><br></div><div>So now I have </div><div>Too many files -</div><div><br></div><div>But ending on a </div><div>"higher note"</div><div>Must include the fact </div><div>That </div><div>I have at least </div><div>Developed </div><div>Some </div><div>Suspicion </div><div>Of worldly promises </div><div>And omissions </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-66518590137742511572016-07-21T10:35:00.001-07:002016-07-21T10:35:55.590-07:00Ted E Bear. At the Beach. 🌞<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SFVNwoBfC8s7voKIamHtb4VunSnMn4NQ6GKMGs2FIwl3UtoaIp7bahIbKLoLmYCh2ymNHLhP1E3AUAtF5NNlEROoPhwW1ry8qZ33WHwEz1oaCGvcaQZc9p1eMdMgzHReqMeV_FfepGI/s640/blogger-image-1638464600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SFVNwoBfC8s7voKIamHtb4VunSnMn4NQ6GKMGs2FIwl3UtoaIp7bahIbKLoLmYCh2ymNHLhP1E3AUAtF5NNlEROoPhwW1ry8qZ33WHwEz1oaCGvcaQZc9p1eMdMgzHReqMeV_FfepGI/s640/blogger-image-1638464600.jpg"></a></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-65578819428405511342016-07-11T14:17:00.001-07:002016-07-11T14:27:01.389-07:00C'est La Vie !I could be depressed about <div>This . . . </div><div><br></div><div>Snipers are shooting </div><div>Police </div><div>In America! </div><div>( wtf?)</div><div><br></div><div>My favorite Dr. doesn't take </div><div>Medicare </div><div>(Which I was so happy to get)</div><div>And I need that Dr. right now !</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Near and far -</div><div><br></div><div>Breathe -</div><div>They say </div><div>Deeply - and that will help -</div><div>Think about positive things </div><div>Give thanks for what is </div><div>Good </div><div><br></div><div>Practice some meditation </div><div><br></div><div>Don't just wait till retreats </div><div>In beautiful places </div><div>Dredge up some fortitude </div><div>And dive deep </div><div>Through the negativity</div><div>And the amazement </div><div>At people who act </div><div>The way they do </div><div><br></div><div>I have decided that </div><div>"Old age is not </div><div>For sissies" </div><div>And I'd better get </div><div>Some </div><div>Toughness up -</div><div>Some </div><div>C'est la vie -</div><div>Some less belief -</div><div>In ego mind </div><div>And body </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-3739282627346865922016-06-27T09:28:00.001-07:002016-06-27T09:28:20.517-07:00Late Night PoetryLate night poetry <div>Has a different </div><div> Quality </div><div>Than those written </div><div> In </div><div>Shining day light. </div><div><br></div><div>There is more depth</div><div> As in </div><div>- deepest, darkest -</div><div><br></div><div>There is a line </div><div> That has been </div><div> Crossed </div><div>One which says,</div><div> I can do no more </div><div> Today</div><div>No more worrying </div><div>No more thing -</div><div> Off the list -</div><div>No more languishing </div><div> Projects</div><div>To </div><div> Half heartedly</div><div> Begin</div><div><br></div><div>Just me -</div><div> A quiet </div><div> Neighborhood</div><div> (Hopefully)</div><div>And the </div><div> "Guilt"</div><div>Screaming something </div><div> About</div><div>How I promised</div><div> To get to bed </div><div>Early. </div><div> </div><div> </div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-6615909547077124172016-06-27T00:08:00.001-07:002016-06-27T00:08:28.784-07:009,9999,999<div>Readers . . .</div><div>Who will be number </div><div>10,000? </div><div>Some prize should be given </div><div>Some thank you note </div><div>Received</div><div>But </div><div>I doubt </div><div>This program is programmed </div><div>For such </div><div>And I'm sure I </div><div> Wouldn't know how </div><div> To do it </div><div> Anyway </div><div><br></div><div>But some thanks are </div><div>In order for </div><div>The wonderful readers </div><div>Who have come </div><div>To view</div><div>To read </div><div>To see </div><div><br></div><div>This internet of</div><div>All things </div><div>May -</div><div>Help us all </div><div>Get along </div><div>And comprehend </div><div>The quality</div><div>That the "common person"</div><div>Possesses</div><div><br></div><div>I think it is very important</div><div>Now</div><div>Especially </div><div>Now </div><div><br></div><div>Remember -</div><div>"What if they gave a war</div><div>And nobody came?"</div><div>What if we all saw</div><div>The sacredness </div><div> Of the planet </div><div>And all things </div><div>On it? </div><div><br></div><div>What if "they" </div><div>Couldn't lie to us and </div><div>Manipulate us </div><div>Anymore </div><div>Because </div><div>We started to </div><div>Talk -</div><div>To each other? </div><div><br></div><div>"They" might have to take their </div><div>Toys of mass destruction </div><div>And go home </div><div><br></div><div>If there's nobody </div><div>To push the button </div><div>What then?</div><div><br></div><div>If we all know</div><div>Humility </div><div>And peace </div><div>What then ? </div><div>Where is their power </div><div>Then ?</div><div><br></div><div>Grasp the center </div><div>Of the circle </div><div>And hang on tight</div><div><br></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-539688055122132022016-06-26T23:47:00.001-07:002016-06-26T23:47:38.229-07:00Vertical RealityVertical Reality <div><br></div><div>Finally I perfect </div><div>At least a bit </div><div>Of Tango </div><div>For my own </div><div>Finally something -</div><div>I can do</div><div> And enjoy </div><div> -Immensely-</div><div><br></div><div>So how </div><div>Do they know ?</div><div>They -</div><div>The powers </div><div> That be -</div><div><br></div><div>"Men make plans </div><div>And the Gods laugh!"</div><div><br></div><div>Now when I'm feeling all </div><div>Grand </div><div>Like I could dance for those </div><div>Gods </div><div>And they might understand -</div><div>The angst, the yearning, the sheer -</div><div> Heartbreaking futility </div><div> Of being human !</div><div>(Which is so elegantly expressed</div><div>In this dance)</div><div><br></div><div>Achilles strikes </div><div>- at least </div><div> the heel -</div><div><br></div><div>Why </div><div><br></div><div>And why </div><div>Now?</div><div>Has this tendon chosen </div><div>To betray </div><div>Me </div><div><br></div><div>Must I limp about </div><div>Like some person who doesn't know </div><div>The center </div><div> Of the dance? </div><div>Like someone who goes </div><div>Shopping </div><div>And watches </div><div>Movies </div><div>And believes in the dream </div><div>They've been sold </div><div>And doesn't </div><div>Know ?</div><div><br></div><div>This knowledge -</div><div>That the dance is eternal </div><div>And contained within it </div><div>Is all one needs to know -</div><div><br></div><div>Blast and darn it! </div><div>I say! </div><div>Achilles </div><div> Will have </div><div>His way </div><div><br></div><div>It's a Greek tragedy</div><div> As I sit here with </div><div>My foot up </div><div>Contemplating </div><div><br></div><div>My</div><div><br></div><div>Tormented</div><div><br></div><div>Fate</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-79318853507156275842016-06-06T10:56:00.001-07:002016-07-27T08:36:54.844-07:00I OpineI opine <div>Where is the millionaire </div><div>Who was supposed to be there? </div><div><br></div><div>The donation button is </div><div> Sadly languishing </div><div>Cyber loneliness </div><div> Button refutation -</div><div><br></div><div>While the plaster is </div><div> Slowly falling </div><div>Home repairs </div><div> Futilely calling </div><div><br></div><div>Just one of you </div><div>In this wandering world </div><div>Certainly must see </div><div>That such poetry !</div><div>Needs supporting </div><div> Like a good solid </div><div> Undergarment </div><div>Not too tight </div><div>But not sagging </div><div> Outright</div><div><br></div><div>And that the poet is </div><div> Getting older and </div><div>Needs to stop climbing up</div><div> On ladders </div><div>Must needs go to lunch </div><div> With girlfriends </div><div>And such </div><div><br></div><div>All the blood, sweat, and </div><div> Tears </div><div>I put into this </div><div> ( not much) </div><div>One of you out there </div><div>From aboard the yacht </div><div> Bored to death </div><div> (Maybe) </div><div>Could just bother yourself </div><div> A bit </div><div>To unleash a little</div><div> largess</div><div>Upon </div><div>Such as -</div><div>Me </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-30083358161665802132016-05-31T16:34:00.001-07:002016-05-31T16:35:37.539-07:00GreyWe have our weather <div>Back !</div><div>Grey, grey, and </div><div> Grey all day</div><div><br></div><div>The last two years </div><div>Have been a sun worshipper's<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div>Dream </div><div>Very bright and sunny </div><div>And hot, hot, hot </div><div><br></div><div>This year, </div><div> So far, </div><div>It is not </div><div><br></div><div>I love it when the world </div><div>And it's weather </div><div>Give an excuse to do </div><div>Nothing </div><div>What-so-ever </div><div><br></div><div>Where is there motivation with </div><div>No sun all day </div><div>But high coastal clouds </div><div>That </div><div>Won't </div><div> Go away ?</div><div><br></div><div>Meteorological research says </div><div>That all who live here </div><div>May go </div><div> Back to bed !</div><div><br></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557145832691346912.post-28687928659162644702016-05-23T13:38:00.001-07:002016-05-23T13:38:39.658-07:00Neighbor CatsNeighbor cats <div>Are the very best cats </div><div><br></div><div>They like my yard</div><div>With places to hide and </div><div>Chairs to sit on </div><div>And no dog </div><div>Anymore </div><div><br></div><div>There's the old black one </div><div>With one eye </div><div>-very well taken care of </div><div>And brushed-</div><div>And the grey one </div><div>That's younger and </div><div>Thinner </div><div>And won't even eat when I </div><div>Try to feed him dinner</div><div><br></div><div>And now a new one </div><div>Who likes to rub against me</div><div>And talk </div><div>And get petted </div><div> and even lets me </div><div>Pick it up </div><div> not sure about the boy </div><div> or girl of it </div><div>Yet </div><div><br></div><div>They come to visit </div><div>And to snooze </div><div> </div><div>And I have </div><div>All to gain </div><div>And little to lose </div><div><br></div><div>Someone else</div><div>Feeds them </div><div>And worries </div><div> </div><div>Someone else pays </div><div> vet bills </div><div><br></div><div>The black and grey one </div><div>Spray</div><div>That's why they are outside</div><div>All day </div><div>And maybe evenings </div><div>Too </div><div><br></div><div>I know the people parents </div><div>Of two </div><div>But not the </div><div>New -</div><div><br></div><div>How funny to attach a note </div><div>To its collar -</div><div>To its person to ask </div><div>Who are you ? </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>leela rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785378303852100614noreply@blogger.com0