Kate: Springtime 2023

By Paula Glynn

The grown up Kate: seeing the world and relating to life’s ups and downs. These poems written from experience: ranging from love to passion to Average Joe and Jane lifestyle. And science fiction isn’t forgotten: from the Mission To Mars to Spaceman X to Xaviere, a female robot. Also read poetic biographies: from U2 to the Manic Street Preachers. Bands to gain global success and global domination with talent and never-ending effort. Even through their humble beginnings.

This set of poetry written with imagination and soul: even some lust. Because life is about passion and about happiness and the journey to seeking happiness. Whatever road that is taken: the goal is the same. Perhaps these poems show different ways to reach the mysterious goal we seek. No matter which walk of life we are on.

Kate is a collection of poetry that I think speaks from the heart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Apr 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9781447734789

Book preview

Kate

Paula Glynn

Ghost Ship

The ship of fools

A celebration of fools

Ghosts of the deceased celebrating

Those ancient classmates

Joking about the past

Laughing as they cry

A roomful of children's toys

The resident of the ship of fools

To be handed an invitation card

The party of 2099 to begin

That pain, those tears

Now just hysterical tears of laughter

Life seen with new wise eyes

The eyes of a future president

The eyes of future generations

The human race expanding

The planet spinning in orbit

Although it not to come around

The innocent guilty of being children

The innocent not guilty of murder

The innocent playing another

For an insolent and nasty fool

Hurting another to wrongly look cool

Not yet realizing the humour

Soft for little children by Erasure

Always being sung

Nightmare on Elm Street begun

Yet the nightmare ends

The bullies becoming friends

Once the lesson is learnt

The deceased victim never a fool

Never again to dwell on the once nightmare

Not having realised home truths

Only knowing the misery of youth

School days painful and upsetting

With every morning that arrived

But now an old man or old woman

The elderly knowing their place in the world

They know heaven their ultimate goal

Now forgiving their cruel bullies

Saving their soul from doom and gloom

Now happily hosting a popular party.

Always On The Run

Vicky: always on the run

But where can she go?

Where can she hide from herself?

Where can she escape from herself?

When there is nowhere to run?

When Vicky cannot escape?

Wanting to run away: understandable

Everyone wants to run away sometimes

But how do you get someone to see sense?

When they're confused within themselves?

When they carry their problems with them?

Problems that have to be faced and dealt with

Spending years going from place-to-place

Memories that Vicky wants to erase

But still searching for the perfect place

However it is Australia that's the real dream

Where the weather is hot and the police aren’t on the scene

When the pace of life is peaceful and ideal

Trapped in a prison cell like trash

Treated by others like trash

Often asking people for cash

Being ever so bold and brash

Knowing being bold gets her what she wants

Knowing others she shouldn’t need to haunt

Needing to wake up

Forgetting the useless makeup

Waking one day to see the light:

Others she must no longer fight

Others she must learn to respect and be calm with

Others that help she must be reasonable with

Always on the run

Life never enjoyable or fun

A nightmare life more than begun

Others laughing and having their cruel fun

This completely wrong and unfair

Their eyes just to capture Vicky and nastily stare

Vicky believing running away the answer

But she is within the iron system

A system there to protect everyone

A system designed to be fair

Perhaps now under wise guidance

Vicky never on the run again.

The Quest For Knowledge

The scientist on a quest for knowledge

Dreaming of being Albert Einstein

Dreaming of understanding

Complex scientific equations

Theories and top level mathematics

Having no problem understanding

Having no problem withstanding

Those science and mathematics exams

Writing science papers

That echo Albert Einstein

Graduating high school

Never being the class fool

Being the top class student

Being the high achiever

That exclusive guest list

Always treated with respect

Always too smart for the other students

Always showing initiative

Always on time for class

Always sitting every exam

Knowing every correct answer

Knowing every correct spelling

Knowing every correct technique

Knowing every correct approach

Knowing every correct process

Spending childhood and adulthood

In every classroom through the years

From primary school to secondary school

From college to university

Into the pressure of the workplace

But with all this knowledge

Comes wisdom and self confidence

And high self esteem that does show

Other students knowing not to play

And if they do play, play nice

Growing old respectfully

Learning in every classroom

Becoming confident and super smart

Having a loving heart and vast imagination

Along with being leader of the class.

Crush My Dirty Little Heart

Once a powerful prince or prim princess

From an ancient and magical fairytale

With sparkling blue eyes and a glass of white wine

With royal standard and expensive clothing

And with an air of timeless elegance

But soon that classic facade crumbles

Soon the handsome prince

Soon the yellow dressed pretty princess

Change their faces into the truly ugly:

Changing those quirks into the unpleasant

Threats and annoyance

Immaturity and insolence

Being a vicious and selfish spoilt brat

Rather than that exotic being

Rather than that mature charisma

They soon to hiss and spit

Their once clever fake image to fade

Their once alluring angel eyes

To become hard and grey and angry

Their hairstyle now only predictable

They lie and cheat

They have blood on their hands

They play tricks and games

They play nasty and vicious games

They play dirty: criminals their name

A relationship with such a person

Leaving scars on my dirty little heart

Leaving my face bruised and drowning in tears

Leaving me to wallow in never-ending fears

My trust of others destroyed

Not having realised my boyfriend

A narcissist: close to psychopathic

Traits I blame myself for not seeing

Me having just been his meat

Not knowing his hatred of me so deep

I could never date such a person again

My eyes colder with their viewpoint

Knowing not all it seems

Knowing people fake it to make it

Knowing some people only desiring power

Through all the violence, tears and fears

That will last throughout the years

And leave me broken inside

Where I now only have lost pride

When it comes down to the root of it

Just wanting to run away and hide

Wishing I hadn't been so gullible

Wishing I had never apologised

Wishing I had never changed myself

Wishing I had been my own boss

But I had been young and foolish

I had never believed myself gullible

I had never looked to my soul within

To learn to understand myself

And forgive myself for my mistakes

My personal power down the toilet

My beneficial boundaries and strengths

Suffocated like being dressed in several

Unnecessary winter jumpers by the devil

As if I can never find a solution

But there is an easy solution:

Learning to love myself

Learning compassion and grace

Feeling gratitude for what I do have

And painting canvases like rainbows

For I see vast imagination and hope

Looking at the sky when the rainbow appears

Showing angels watching over us

Like a driver safety navigating the road

As excited passengers board the bus.

Guiding Me Along The Right Path

An unknown holy force guides me

Unattainable money waits for me

But not blood money:

Money that is instead made from wisdom

And following the wise rules

Of the holy God above

Important factors guide me:

Respect, passion, wisdom

Unselfish heroic happiness

Unselfish kind love

That does guide me from above

My guardian angel feathers falling

In a scattering on the ground

God having sent my guardian angel

To show me he is always there

Not telling me what to do

But warning me before I tempt the devil

And make a terrible mistake

I wake every sunny morning

I drink my caffetterie coffee

I eat my muesli with milk

I thoroughly shower to wake up

And put on stylish and elegant clothes

I wear practical - yet top designed - shoes

I travel on the exciting bus

I travel on the packed train

I travel on 21st century airplanes

I travel by fast electric cars

I travel along the river or sea by boat

I travel up high by cable car

I come home after my working day

I take off my hard working shoes

I change into comfortable lounge clothes

I prepare and eat my HelloFresh dinner

I tidy and clean my kitchen

I watch television for a few hours

I love the intricate and vibrant Internet

I love reading my library books

I love going to my enjoyable book club

I love watching YouTube music videos

I love watching YouTube animals videos

I love painting pictures at valuable art classes

I even travel abroad:

Knowing how to speak basic French

How to navigate the New York subway

Also loving going to Germany and Spain

Walking underneath the hot sun in Lanzarote

And spending time in warm Greece and cold Ireland

I go to church every Sunday morning

The priest's sermon one hour long

The forgiving church where I belong

Telling the priest in private confession

The mistakes I have made:

Where I've gone completely wrong

But I do not play the martyr

I do not preach the holy bible

I simply allow myself to be guided

Along the difficult path known as life

Time inevitable but also necessary

For as I grow older I know God waits with love.

Real Gorgeous: Self Care

Skincare

Having a shower every morning

Using luxurious smelling shea butter shower gel

Using easy foaming raspberry quick use shampoo

Using classic Imperial Leather soap

Shaving one's feminine legs and arms

Making sure to soap and scrub.

Makeup

Using a skin smoothing foundation

That matches the skin exactly

Wearing luxurious and luscious lipstick

That coat the mouth

With a beautiful swash of intense colour

Everyone impressed with the woman's makeup.

A Perfect Hairstyle

Going to the necessary hairdresser

With a perfect hairstyle in mind

Having it stylishly washed and cut

Even having your hair dyed a bright colour

And also washed daily in the shower every morning

For your hairstyle echoes Average Joe and Jane.

Super Posh Manicures

Going to an expensive nail salon

Having your nails cut and painted

Whether you choose red nails or pink nails

Other colours of blue and purple also on offer

For your nails are ultra glamorous

And always top of the class.

Supermodel White Teeth

Starting dental health care from a young age

Having mummy show you how

To brush your teeth regularly and properly

This continuing into adulthood and old age

Your teeth important to you: not just for the stage

Keeping your teeth supermodel white.

Plastic Fantastic

Fashion sold via women's magazines

Women wearing stylish tops, trousers

Dresses, skirts and couture sweaters

Those old school day outfits forgotten

For fantastic and fabulous fashion matters:

Especially for the young woman of 20 years old.

Inner Health

Giving up highly addictive smoking

Reducing the amount of alcohol drunk

Not dieting and eating vegetables and fruits

Going to sleep fully at night

Going out into the sunshine every morning

Having a sunny disposition in life.

Mental Health

Seeing your doctor when depressed

Talking to your friends when you're stressed

Sleeping fully throughout the night