Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Cinnamon's August

As Shakespeare said, in words that ring:
I wouldn't exchange my place with kings,
For they lived in castles with cold walls of stone.
They wore heavy crowns and sat on hard thrones.
All of these things are completely annoying
When you live in the world that I've been enjoying.

If you want light, I've got it.  Hot water?  That too.
In sumer, my house stays at 72.
The laundry and dishes clean all by themselves.
Any fruit any season, is stored on my shelves.
If you think that is something, well, it's just a start.
Forthcoming is the most amazing part...

I can talk to my mother, face to face,
While she's in an entirely different place.
I never turn wrong when I travel by car.
I can tell you the name and the place of each star.

Whenever I write, it is with perfect spelling.
My grammar is flawless, my quotations telling.
And if that doesn't make your impressometer hum,
I do it all using only my thumbs.
And then just because I'm such a tease,
I'll translate it instantly into Chinese.

I can make all my photographs perfect and polished,
Add graphics and captions, make my subject more tallish,
Then send it to each one in my family,
And it takes, in seconds, about 73.

When it comes to the body, I don't like to gloat,
But I've become a triathlete using just my remote.
And if yours is in pain, or it smells like King Kong,
I'll Google your symptoms and tell you what's wrong.


I could go on so long about my ability
My list would reach clear to the Sea of Tranquility.
So, please, Mister Majesty, retain your Land.
I may not be ruler, but I feel like I am.  

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Topic for august

Electronics, blessing or burden?

Bonnie's month 2

Heartbreak is a trial in life that to no one is unknown
It comes like a thief in the night and turns life upside down

You never no its lurking but around the corner it sits
And when you round that corner life is a puzzle that doesn't fit.

Here the real trial begins, not the heart but reaction you have
Do you wallow in self pity or return your heart to god?

For in his arms he lifts you and warms your broken heart
He tells you if you trust in him he'll calm your mind and heart.

The pain in time will subside but life is never the same. 
 empathy is a beautiful gift of sharing love and pain.

Dianne's Month 2


The first time that I picked up the guitar
 It produced a brash discordant strummmmm.
That struck desire in my deepest heart
To create a more harmonious one
I worked and practiced day by day by day
My fingers sore and injured from the string
But worth it as I finally found the way
To accompany myself when I would sing
The undertaking huge when I began
Became a quest that carried me along
And buoyed my spirit somewhat like the plan
That lifts our souls when singing sacred song.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Cinnamon's Month 2

Turn Out the Light

The house, it is a wreck
And my ire is flaring
This place is a pig sty 
No one else is caring.

Do the dishes, sweep the floor,
Now, or I will ground  you.
If you don't clean in double time
Your sentence will astound you.

I start to seethe.
I need to breath.
Please let me out the door.
I shouldn't talk.
Just let me walk
Until my heart rate's slower.

The sky
Is blue.
The clouds
Are pink.
I breath
In deep.
Ahh...I
Can think.

I walk back in the door
There's more order than there was before.

Perfect, no, better, yes.
The kids have hidden.  They're wise, I guess.

I seek out the baby,
Turn on a CD
Of guitar softly playing
A sweet melody.

With babe in my arms
I turn out the light, 
Breathe baby blond curls
And pace into the night.  

In darkness I can't see 
The grime on the floor,
The clutter in corners,
Or prints on the door.

So when chaos threatens 
To overcome your might,
Just scoop up the baby 
And turn out the light.  

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Nephi Writes... the Rest

They built a boat, the promised land was waiting.
On board, some were rude and would forget.
To the mast, Nephi was tied,
The ocean raged, his family cried.
Nephi wrote that they repented and were blessed.

In the promised land they built a temple.
The law was kept by his posterity.
While his brothers knew not God,
Nephi grasped the iron rod.
Nephi wrote so they'd remember faithfully.

They spoke of Christ, because of Him, they're joyful.
They wanted all their children to believe.
They wrote of Christ so they may know
To what source they may go
For forgiveness and for peace eternally.

Nephi writes for the learning of his children
Of faith and trials of long ago.
So his children will know
He loves the Father so,
And he writes for the learning of us all.