Tomorrow Will Come, Yet There Is No Future

Different seasons will come and go, come and go
The bee humming birds fly away and don’t always return
The perennial plants hibernate and grow
Bigger branches and buds that make men yearn.

Tomorrow will come no matter what, no matter what
Occasionally, your neighbors will see it
And you won’t, and you find yourself deep in a lot
That your love ones had to rush to get.

Tomorrow is maybe your last day; every day
You ought to behave as though you’ll be away
Momentarily; because the last breath is unpredictable
No one accepts the obvious and foresees the inevitable.

There is no future, there is tomorrow
Tomorrow shall come, drown in sorrow
Dressed like a crow whose daily attendance
At funerals, is not classified and is in full compliance.

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poem by Hebert Logerie (July 2009)
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Autumn Flower

Yellow flower, grieving flower, pale flower,
You were burnt by the sun and the hot rain.
Ripe flower, matured flower, immaculate flower,
You've nevertheless kept your phenomenal beauty sane.

The half-yellow and the half-green leaves
Are trying to mimic your beautiful color.
Mother Nature and Fauna are profusely in tears,
And Squirrel and Nightingale in a state of horror.

Flower of one of the most somber and romantic seasons,
Your exceptional beauty merits great admirations
And your sweet and delicious sap is beyond words.

Flower, I'm coming tonight to rest on your turfs,
To contemplate the stars and the sparks,
The abandoned branches and the rods floating in the parks.

Copyright 1997 Hebert Logerie
Author of Sparkles of Love recently published by Xlibris.com.

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You Are a Leader

You are a leader
Not a follower.
A date is a date,
Go for the debate.
Whatever happened
To their financial revolution?
I thought that they could find solution
To the country who is saddened
And scared at their “laissez-faire” mentality:
No common sense regulations for the economy.
What happened to Rush and Hannity?
Let them swim in ignominy.

You go to Washington
Not as an Uncle Tom,
But as a real leader,
A great debater,
A man with extraordinary common sense,
And a patriot who will accept no cents
From corrupted lobbyists.

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Diva, Malgré Tout, Je T'Aimerai Pour Longtemps

Diva, Malgré Tout, Je T'Aimerai Pour Longtemps

Je n'oublierai jamais la première fois
Que j'ai entendu ta majestueuse voix.
J'étais aussi heureux et jeune comme toi;
Jovial et omnipotent comme un confus roi.

Oh! Les folies de la jeunesse, les folies d'antan!
Malgré tout, Diva, je t'aimerai pour longtemps.
Tes chansons resteront au creux de mes oreilles
Toute la journée, quand je me réveille et quand je sommeille.

Je ne sais comment expliquer ce phénomène,
Je ne sais où trouver les mots pour décrire
La clarté et la beauté de ta voix qui m'inspire
Et qui me plonge dans des rêves pour des semaines.

Diva, malgré tout, je t'aimerai pour longtemps.
Rien n'est éternel, mais ta voix restera dans ma mémoire;
Même quand je perdrai l'ouïe, dans cent ans;

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Our People are Suffering Mercilessly and Dying Unnecessarily

Our people are suffering mercilessly
Every second of the day and dying sporadically
In Haiti, our people are dying unnecessarily under unstable tents
Our people are in dire need of our (your and my) Help and support
We must stop the sufferings at the door step of their port
We cannot survive without each other; let’s use our common sense
We have become too relaxed, too complacent,
Too easily satisfied; we are almost nonexistent
We know how to make better tea than any other party
Let’s start drinking good tea again
So we can be more energized and defiant facing the almighty sea
Let’s start to move again for our people in pain
Let’s defeat: ignorance, incompetence and nonchalance
We need to help and support them 101 percent
We have been sleeping and snoring
We need to wake-up; we need to shake-up our bottom
Because right now our bottom line is experiencing a phantom pain
Our people are desperate and almost insane
Under the cluttered tarps and the feeble tents, they are suffering
Believe it or not, we are their oxygen and their hope

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poem by Hebert Logerie (September 2010)
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We Came On Earth With Nothing And We Will Return…

We came here on earth with nothing,
And we will return where we came from with nothing.
We should help the poor and the very poor,
And we should not shut the door,
When they knock, seeking assistance.
Our mission is to make a positive difference.
Most of our gifts were given at birth,
Our mission is to improve things on earth,
Not to destroy Mother Nature with our arsenals,
Not to use the ignorance and the excuses of our generals,
To mercilessly bomb the less fortunate nations.
Communication is the avenue to prevent misguided actions,
Because the consequences are irreversible.
We must be thinking ad infinitum and be able,
To outsmart the potentially overzealous adversaries.
By using effectively our God’s given artilleries,
We will undoubtedly triumph over the evils.
We have no refuge for the hatemonger and the devils.
Very often, we tend to deviate from the true mission,
We are here to do better than that; let’s show more compassion.

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poem by Hebert Logerie (February 2012)
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Tell the Truth, Like it Is…

These words sound like a cliché,
Albeit they are not.
Oh! In this day and age only a nut
Will fearlessly come out naked
To spew out ignorance and to spill the beans.
It is okay to be serious human beings,
And to tell it like it is and like it was.
Brother Gill Noble used to give us a good dose
Of this honey, every Sunday, around noon.
No kidding, the duck did not have a spoon
Full of worms in her mouth yesterday,
And the cheetah did not race on the bay.
The flamboyant must come out clean.
It is a grave injustice, a deadly sin
To do otherwise.
Be frank and be wise,
Be careful of the disguised politicians,
Who behave like vaudeville magicians,
Painting half-lies and half-vérités
On stage.

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Brother, Please Hop on the Black and White Horse Now

My brother, you have to hop on the black and white horse
To face the Trojans who don't mince words,
And who are not afraid to utilize all sorts of swords
And dirty tactics to defeat you like the Moors.
On the radios and on other social networks,
They blame you for everything under the sun;
Even when they overeat and find themselves on the run
To some far hidden corners in the woods.
The time is now to campaign like three years ago,
Throughout the main streets of America:
From Washington State to New Mexico,
From the State of Maine to the Alligator Alley of Florida.
The time is now to be more offensive,
Because the adversaries will do anything to win.
The time is now to stop being passive,
Because the opponents are already on their bandwagon,
Swinging their tails like they are close of getting the prize.
(The whole world knows that their mouths are full of lies.)
They are not afraid to paint you purple,
Nor telling fictitious stories to fool our people.

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After The Boom

There is total silence
No offense, no defense
Everything stops
There are no mops
No janitors
No dancers
No firemen
No policemen
Dust covers the Sun
Dirt hovers over the Moon.

The unnatural eruption
The infernal demolition
Hell lives on Earth
Death sleeps on the turf
Children cannot wail
Adults cannot yell
The devils are present
God must be absent
Explosion is everywhere

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Marriage: A Pompous Celebration

Marriage is the pompous celebration of love,
It is about struggling and feasting together until the final call from above.

Le mariage, c'est la pompeuse célébration de l'amour,
C'est lutter et fêter ensemble jusqu'au dernier jour.

O casamento é a celebração do amor pomposo,
É tudo celebrar e lutar até o último dia.

Celebrato matrimonio gloriosus amor,
Tota celebrat usque ad ultimum diem pugnare.

El matrimonio es la celebracion pomposa del amor,
Es tambien la oportunidad de celebrar con mucho calor.

Il matrimonio è la celebrazione dell'amore pomposo,
E 'tutto celebrare e combattere fino all'ultimo giorno.

Die Ehe ist die pompöse Feier der Liebe,
Es ist alles zu feiern und kämpfen bis zum letzten Tag.

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