April First — Then, You May

1)  Beneath the Willows

2)  Into Your Light

3)  Surreal Prose and Cons   Christ is King

4)  Queer Fish

5)  Maldororian Manner

6)  Weirdly Wise Limericks

7)  Jerusalem Postcard

8)  Repost: Porneia

9)  Repost: Ode to CT

10) Alien Admin

11) Brandon Afloat

12) Tall Tale Told

13) Cave of the Clown

14) Taxed and Spent

15) Stamped Out

16) Refuse

17) Too Much

18) Salmo Amateur

19) Dreamcatcher

20) Jerusalem Limericks

21) Tyrian Murex

22) Conjugal Musings

23) Wonder Womb-person

24) Satanic Redundancy

25) Prompted to Lyric Disgust

26) Constant Assonance

27) Amurcan Sonnet

28) Sojourn in Sijo & Lost Rhythm

29) Incandescent

30) Brandon the Bold & Afro-Stuart Succession

YEAR 11 PARTICIPATING

Thanks to everyone who visited this April. Remain poetic . . .

Afro-Stuart Succession

 

From streetcorner pulpits near and far
We’re watering wisdom’s seed with fear.
If your melanin’s under par,
Slave-trader heathen, listen here:
God’s own holy unpronounceable name
Now translated for you: Whites Are To Blame.

King JAMES was black. You heard it first
From me—before those Israelites
Began to preach to the accursed
Of Edom (meaning heathen whites).
We know his authorized text is meant
Only for those of true Hebrew descent.

No flaming redhead Scottish king
Was he who bore Azania’s crown
Upon his brow. It’s time to bring
The truth. James Stuart? Dusky brown.
No bagpipes here, nor usquebaugh, nor oats.
Just afro-polyrhythm’s gladsome notes.

Mansa Musa filled his coffers;
Sub-Saharan James grew wealthy;
More than Solomonic offers
Kept King James both wise and healthy.
No puppet monarch for Britannic schemes
But an African sage of noble dreams.

ELIZABETH, of Albion’s fame,
Was also misperceived for hue.
A white rose, yes. But only in name.
Pure African was she—it’s true!
You’ve been lied to about these royal folks;
It’s time we rewrite such ethnic jokes.

Don’t believe the Edomite hype
They want to keep our tribes suppressed.
And Moses is our prototype:
His law we follow, and we’re blessed.
REAL understanding: it’s something you earn.
Once gained, ain’t no trick you cannot discern.

No context needed. History
Is mainly Edomite propaganda.
King JAMES was black. No mystery.
And Edinburgh’s in Uganda.
The first king of Scotland will not be last…
Our exegesis is unsurpassed.


Brandon the Bold

 

Rim-walker, Foe-slayer, Guardian of the sword—
Beast-breaker, War-bringer: BRANDON of the blade
Who slew the dreaded dragon ‘ere the sun had reached the noon;

Bear-baiter, Snout-smasher, Keeper of the Axe—
World-tamer, Science-truster BRANDON of the gaffe
Who slurred the teleprompter’s truths until the mic was off;

Arms-seller, Drone-striker, Valiant war-pig Puppet—
Tax-raiser, Gender-bender, BRANDON of the press
Who stumbled up the White House stairs, starting useless wars;

Let every mead-hall hail the clown
And toast his name throughout the land.
Raise high the horn in dread renown
And bravely feast in BRANDON‘s name!

 

 

PROMPT #30

write a poem in which the speaker is identified with,
or compared to, a character from myth or legend