The lashing wind is what spurs this horse on,
a whip slashing often and true.
The sting of its strike brings tears in the night
ice shards piercing you through and through.

To walk in this gale is a fearsome thing
but borne by the brave set aside.
For wind and rain... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sid J Smith) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4448 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:09:22 GMT http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4397/t/Sunday-was-ruined-when.html that foul man, his raincoat open, as
he fingered his pathetic, stubby, pencil
and shamelessly matriculated in public.
And on a college campus!

Later, I saw him again,
masticating in public with a young girl
and looking hungrily at the boy making french fries.
Didn't she see?
Didn't she realize that he'd leave her
once his insatiable appetite was sated?

I knew that man was one of those people,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sid J Smith) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4397 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:01:55 GMT http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4229/t/Belief.html and a pathway brightened and true.
The words of God's might bring solace at night
and comfort to those who are blue.

Yet wars have been fought and people die
for a Spirit no one has seen.
Families are rent and much treasure is spent
for the words upon which we lean.

Why not let each decide in his heart
and follow his own set of rules?
It's better for all to ignore the call
of some... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sid J Smith) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4229 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:30:02 GMT http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4225/t/Night.html that is shod with a shard, cutting shoe.
The pound of its hoofs can be heard on the roofs,
as it gallops the black night through.

The wind, they say, is what spurs the horse,
like a whip lashing often and true.
The sting of its strike can be felt in the night
sharp ice penetrating through and through.

To be alone in the night is a fearsome thing
to be borne by the brave set aside.
For the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sid J Smith) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4225 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:09:18 GMT http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4210/t/A-Feast-of-Bones.html they said prepared for me.
The wolves had made the kills that night
the vultures circled free.

Bodies were littered on the ground
each one had its own name.
Belief was one, its belly rent
a martyr of the game.

Greed was there with a deadly stare
it dared me still to live.
The liar came with a sweet smile
and asked me what I'd give

to take my place at this fine feast
and eat... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sid J Smith) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4210 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:08:59 GMT http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4200/t/There-once-stood-a-Tree.html Once I was a tree with branches greeting all.\
Then I grew old and with a crashing did I fall.
Now here I lie, my flowers covered in ground,
my beauty exists, but will never again be found.

Who is there to weep? And who is there to mourn?
Beside me grows a seed that has just been born.
The sun will shine for it, the rain will fall too,
but fate will come again and will come for you.

So why do we strive? What meaning has it all?
For a short... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sid J Smith) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4200 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:28:23 GMT http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4180/t/For-Old-Long-Tooth.html In the darkness of evening sadness prevails
as the horrors of thought cause the strong to wail.
The deeds left undone, those actions in error
combine in the night creating a terror.

There's none to forgive you, no succor to seek
to have lived a long life is not for the weak.
The choices you made, the roads that were taken,
beliefs you held and from which were unshaken.

But did... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sid J Smith) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4180 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:52:54 GMT http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4128/t/FATE.html


One night I walked near the rivers bend,
I saw two fallen branches and paused to throw them in.
The river took them merrily and then swept them away.
"Now I have two riders", I thought I heard it say.
One branch raced in the current and soon was lost from sight.
One branch stayed near the bank and there it seemed to stay.
As I watched these different fates unfold,
I... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sid J Smith) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4128 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:37:51 GMT http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4085/t/Oh-Lord-.html Oh Lord, won't you buy me...

In the land of insanity, entitlement prevails
as liberals attempt to avoid life's travails.
They covet a program that calls for no work
but comfort and pleasures they surely won't shirk.

They shout GIVE IT, GIVE IT, NOW GIVE IT TO ME!
You rich have it all I have nothing you see.
From cradle to grave they must all be cared for
and no matter their... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sid J Smith) http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4085 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:22:01 GMT http://thegreatstateofdebate.yuku.com/topic/4079/t/YES-.html Yes! I have no bananas.