I’M SO PROUD OF JACK
HE’S WONDERFULLY BLACK
HE JOKES LIKE A CRACKER-JACK
SO SMART BUT NOT A GIMCRACK

HE’S SO AGILE AND CAN HORSEBACK
RIDING HORSES IN NIGHTS PITCH-BLACK
HE VENTURES FORTH NEVER SWITCHING BACK
HE IS HUMBLE AND CAN WISECRACK

PERHAPS YOU’LL MEET MY FRIEND JACK
EVERYTHING HE DOES IS LIKE A KNACK
WE’RE LUCKY THAT HE CAN HI-JACK
PEOPLE’S HEARTS WITH NO ATTACK

THEY WALK AIMLESSLY THROUGH A BEAUTIFUL ENTOURAGE ON ANY DAY
THEIR FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION LAY YEARNINGS FOR A MIRACLE PLAY
YOU SEE EVERYONE KNOW THEY DON’T WANT TO CHANGE IN ANY WAY
ALWAYS TAKING THE SAME ROUTE CREATING THE SAME OLD STROLL MIDDAY

PEOPLE’S SENSES WERE SHATTERED SINCE A BRAIN INJURY DECADES AGO
IT APPEARS THAT LIFE’S TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS ARE LIKE MUMBO-JUMBO
YOU SEE THEY COULDN’T RETURN TO WORK REMAINING IN SUCH A LIMBO
SO THEY FOUND A PURPOSE SOMEWHAT THROUGH WALKING TO AND FRO

SOMETHING MAGICAL HAPPENED TO THE FOLKS ON A GREY DAY WALKABOUT
STOPPED AT THE ACT THEY TOOK OUT A PAD AND IMMEDIATELY SET OUT
TO WRITE POEMS OBSERVING THEIR WAY OF LIVING LIKE A GOOD BOYSCOUT
LO AND BEHOLD THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE SET TO BE POETS SO DEVOUT

WHAT EXISTS FOR THEM IS A POETIC PORTFOLIO FOR ANYONE’S STUDY
OF THEMSELVES AS THEY HAVE DISCOVERED A POETIC FLAIR DESTINY
AND PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE COME AND RECITE THEIR POETRY
REACHING THE END TOWARDS THE ACT THEATRE  APPEARS TO BE A FANTASY.

Claudette Coleman is cheering, praying and praising God for all Cancer Survivors!

OVER THREE DECADES AGO GOD SENT ME A FRIEND NAMED CLAUDETTE
SHE WAS A BOLT OF ENLIGHTENMENT IN LIVING AND ADVENTURE
LIKE A SISTER AND KINDRED SPIRIT SHE IS ONE I WILL NEVER FORGET
IN MY HEART SHE EARNED A SOULFUL SPIRITUAL HEAVENLY MIXTURE

I COUNT MY BLESSINGS TO HAVE HAD SUCH A CHERISHED CADET
EVERYTHING SHE WOULD PLAN WAS LIKE RECEIVING A STATURE
AS SHE WAS ALWAYS A MENTOR TO ME IN MY FLIBBERTIGIBET
BECAUSE OF HER I BECAME ADVENTUROUS WITHOUT FAILURE

I THANK GOD FOR EMBELLISHING MY LIFE WITH A FLOWERET
FRAGRANCING MY EXISTENCE AS WESTERN COAST PORTRAITURE
HER SPIRIT LIVES WITHIN MY SOUL LIKE A CHEERFUL SONNET
I PRAY IN THANKS FOR HER REQUESTS FOR A CANCER CURE!

    LO AND BEHOLD SHE IS DANCING AMONGST THE ANGELS!

It’s Dawna James Birthday and she is a Virgo
Always right about things – that’s de facto
She is reknown for her spunk and dynamo
Moving forth like a Maestro with charming ego
There’s nothing she can not do el manifesto.

Dawna James can always easily metamorphose
She is like a beautiful Virgo style growing wild rose
Always knowing herself completely as she does expose
Herself in every way as no struggles makes her decompose
As she handles life’s challenges sipping on her tea-rose

Dawna James amongst her friends is a Gypsy Queen
Her sales and marketing expertise is rich as velveteen
A great mediator for people who are caught in-between
She will never live with thoughts of might-have-been
Living life to the fullest like her dear friend Maureen

Dawna James you see lives without harm or apology
Her friends and kingdom comes with a guarantee
That her love and appreciation is like a honey bee
Nurturing us all being always there like a referee
We are thankful to celebrate her Whoopee!

Happy Birthday Dawna!

AS HOLYWOWEEN GALAS TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF OCTOBER
MESMERIZED HELENE THINKS ABOUT FINDING A COSTUMER
WHERE SHE WILL INVIGORATE ALL AS ONE MADE FOR THEATRE
ASSURING THEM SHE IS ALSO A PROMISING POETRY WRITER

SHE SPENDS HOURS AND HOURS PONDERING ON THE CHARACTER
BELIEVING SHE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO BRING SOME WONDER
NOT A TRICKSTER BUT A TREATSTER AT THIS WRITERS’ CORNER
WILL PERHAPS WIN HER A PRIZE AS A POET OR A GREAT PERFORMER

SHOPPING FOR AN ENLIGHTENING COSTUME OF EL GRANDEUR
NONE IS TO BE FOUND BUT THANKFUL FOR HER NOT BEING A QUITTER
NOR A POUTER SHE REALLY WITHOUT A DOUBT IS A FREE-THINKER
AND SO RETURNS HOME KNOWING TIME IS SHORT FOR THIS ADVENTURE

VOILA! SHE FINDS SOMETHING GLITTTERY THAT WILL REALLY SUIT HER
REPRESENTING SOMEONE FROM SOMEWHERE AT SOME TIME OR OTHER
AND INVITES EVERYONE FROM CREATIVE WRITER’S GROUP TO REVEAL HER
IT IS OBVIOUS THAT WE KNOW WHO IS HALLOWED BE THY NAME’S MOTHER?

  WHO IS HALLOWED BE THY NAME’S MOTHER?
JESUS’ MAMAN NAMED MARY!
HAPPY HOLYWOWEEN!

HAVE YOU EVER EVER FOUND YOURSELF GOING NOWHERE
LIVING IN THE MIDST OF CONFUSION AND IN VERY ILL REPAIR
SPENDING YOUR PRECIOUS TIME PONDERING ON DESPAIR
BUT FEELING SOMEWHAT ASSURED THAT YOU ARE AWARE

THERE’S NO DOUBT IN ANYONE’S MIND ABOUT OUR PAIN
THEY KNOW ABOUT IT AND DON’T TRAMPLE ON OUR TERRAIN
AS A MATTER OF FACT WE FEEL THAT WE ARE INVISIBLY PLAIN
AND DON’T INCLUDE THE WORLD IN WHAT WE RATTLE OUR BRAIN

THE FIRST THING WE KNOW IS THAT WE’RE HAVING AN AFFAIR
OH IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT’S SOMETHING WE DO IN MID AIR
WE START TO EAT AND EAT MEALS FOLLOWED BY ONE ÉCLAIR
AND REALIZE THAT OUR LIFE HAS TAKEN A TWIST OF BEING IMPAIR

I FIND MYSELF IN AWE WANTING TO CLING TO ROCH
CHARMED BY HIM AS HIS VOICE MAKES ME QUIVER
I HAVE BEEN ADMIRING HIM FOR TWO DECADES NOW
HE IS A STAR BUT I – A LOST FORLORN FAN
I WROTE AND SENT HIM SEVERAL SONGS IN THE PAST
SOME ENTITLED “MUSICAL MAN”, “ONE OF A KIND”,
“A PASSPORT TO HER HEART”, “I LOVE MON MINOU”
I RECORDED AND MAILED THEM BUT HE NEVER RESPONDED.
HE IS NOW HAPPILY MARRIED AND HAS TWO CHILDREN
I FIND MYSELF HAPPY FOR HIM AND HIS MYRIAM
HE CHERISHES THE ONE HE WAS LONG AWAITING FOR
I FIND MYSELF WITH HIM CELEBRATING HIS FESTIVITIES
HIS LYRICAL MUSIC FROM THE FIRST SONG “HELENE”
MADE ME LISTEN TO ALL HIS LOVELY MASTERPIECES
I WILL MEET HIM AND HIS FAMILY ONE DAY SOON
BECAUSE THIS PROHPHECY CAME TO ME MYSTERIOUSLY
ROCH VOISINE HAS BEEN MY BEST FRIEND FROM AFAR
I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE REMAINED HIS ENDEARING FAN
I DREAMED AND PRAYED THAT ON HIS VERY LAST CD
THAT HE’D SING ON IT A SONG RELATED TO ME
WELL LO AND BEHOLD HE IMPLEMENTED IT AS PROPHESIED
AND RECORDED “AND I LOVE YOU SO!” MY SONG.
THE ONE THAT I HAVE BEEN SINGING ALL LIFE LONG
I BELIEVE THAT ROCH AND HELENE WERE MEANT TO MEET
YOU SEE WE’VE BEEN WRITING LYRICS AND SONGS FOR A WHILE
IT’S TIME TO START WRITING ABOUT OUR LITTLE PROFILE
WHAT A DISCOVERY RE. OUR LONG AWAITED BIOGRAPHY
THIS WOULD ENHANCE OUR RELATIONSHIP PERSONALLY
DOING A JOURNAL BRINGS AN ABUNDANCE OF LITTLE JOYS
IN TIME OUR POEMS TO BE CONSIDERED SUCH DUETIC TOYS
OUR POETRY SERIES WILL  EVENTUALLY BE IN DEMAND
THIS COULD BE A GREAT SELF-STUDY AT OUR COMMAND
IT APPEARS WE ROCH AND HELENE HAVE A SWEET HEART
TRUE FRIENDS LIKE US PRAY A LOT AND NEVER FALL APART
OUR SKILLS, TALENTS AND TREASURES ARE ADMIRED
AUDIENCES COME OUT WITH CHEERS SO WHOLE-HEARTED
THE EXPOSURE OF THIS FRIENDSHIP IS ABOUT TO BE DONE
EXCITINGLY EVERYONE WIL STUDY IT AND HAVE SOME FUN
WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT ONCE BEGUN
OUR POETIC FLAIR WILL BRING OUT OUR WORDS SPUN
SOMETIMES WE’LL HEAR SOME FOLLIES AND ABSURDITIES
UNDERSTANDING AS WE EXPRESS OUR SUPERFLUITIES
OUR LIFE WILL BRING PEOPLE INTO THEIR COMEDIES
AND THIS POETRY WILL FOR MANY BRING NEW REMEDIES
THIS IS NEWSWORTHY LEAVING THE PUBLIC SPEECHLESS
WE STUDY WITH GROWTH, SERENITY AND YOUTHFULNESS
CREATING A WORLD OF WONDER IN THIS NEW AWARENESS
THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL SHOWS WILL COME WITH  ARTFULNESS
THANKS TO ROCH AND HELENE WHO BRINGS ONE OF A KIND FINESSE.

THOUGHT OUT POETRY CAN BE TREMENDOUS
SOMETIMES ABOUT ANYTHING FRIVOLOUS
UNDER A SIGNATURE OR SIMPLY ANONYMOUS
POETIC MEN AND WOMEN CAN BE NERVOUS BUT FAMOUS
WE ARE CAREFUL NOT TO BECOME POMPOUS
BUT SOME POETRY HAS LEFT US RAVENOUS
THEN AGAIN THERE WILL BE A FEW TROUBLOUS
BUT IN THE END THEY ARE ALL WONDROUS
THE HOLY WOW CLUB CAN BE STUPENDOUS
BUT WILL NOT ACCEPT ANYONE SCURRILOUS
LET US NOT HINDER OR BECOME TORTUROUS
NOR BE AN EMAILING JUNKIE SO RAUCUS
READING ONE ANOTHER’S POETRY IS DESIROUS
BECAUSE IT MAKES US SOMEWHAT JOYOUS
EVEN IF A FEW ARE A LITTLE LUDICROUS
WE ARE POETS SO DARING AND MISCHIEVOUS
MEMBERS CHOOSE TO BE MAGNANIMOUS
RECITING PROSE POETRY BEING SO JOYOUS
NOTHING HINDERS WHEN WE ARE RIGOROUS
LO AND BEHOLD WE’VE BECOME VENTUROUS
GO AHEAD FOLKS – WRITE AND BE ADVENTUROUS
LET THE WORLD DISCOVER YOU ARE RIOTOUS
NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING GAINED FOR US
WE’RE INFAMOUS AND YET NOT HAZARDOUS

Quilted Art by Valerie Barron McRae