Month: July 2020

This is not poetic and
It is not amusing but
Sad how our media and
Politicians are indignant
About Russia offering
The Taliban bounty money
For every American soldier
Killed in Afghanistan
It is an unsubstantiated story
But goes on to blame the
Trump administration for
Not taking action
Toward Russia
 
The same reporters and
Politicians never raise a
Similar accusation against
Iran’s offering bounty to
The same Taliban to kill
American servicemen
They want to foil any of
Our efforts to influence
Afghanistan and also
Frustrate progress in
Armistice talks being
Conducted in Qatar
 
Iran wants to influence
The provinces adjacent to
Them and has hosted
The radical Taliban groups
The real issue however
Is why the U.S. media,
Reporters and politicians
Remain silent about it
Iran is the sponsor of
Terrorism in this region
Of the world and has been
Ever since 9/11
 
Will we every wake up?
The Bush administration
Began wars in Afghanistan
And in Iraq taking their
Eye off or Iran or ignoring
Them, while knowing
That evil existed there
The Obama administration
Returned billions in
Frozen assets to them
Along with $1.7 billion
In cash which was a
Return of $400 million
Plus interest given to
The U.S. for weapons by
The former Shah, but
Never delivered
 
All the money was delivered
To Iran which repaid debts
To China and others and
Still had enough to sponsor
The Taliban terrorists with
Deadly weapons including the
Improvised Explosive Device
Also called the IED
It goes on and on and we
Wonder what is wrong with
The world we live in
 
We are in a mess and
Whenever the President does
Something to protect our
Interests he is assailed by
This same media and these
Very politicians, who put
Their own interests in front
Of their love for this country
It is a sad commentary on
Those who should be proclaiming
The miscarriage of justice
Around the world
 
Will we ever learn?
The President is doing everything
He possibly can to strengthen
Our position around the world
Western European Countries
Protest his recommendations
But soon follow suit and the
Media banners the first and
Ignores the second
They have become compliant
And complacent as have we    

Stanski  
July 21, 2020 ^
 

My daughter says goodbye
It is 7:30 in the morning
She is off to work and my
Grandson is soon to follow
Soon they will have their
Own place and I will be alone
 
There was a time when my bride
And I had six active
Children going in all directions
Then one by one they peeled off
All heading to the mountains
West of the Mississippi River
 
I remember planting pine trees
With my oldest son and he
Wondered how long it would be
Until the trees were really tall
A good number of our years would
Be gone and we would wish them back
 
The last time I saw the trees they were
Smothering the driveway, although we
Had planted them in the middle of the
Lot in two staggered rows and I realized
That over thirty years had passed and
The trees had not been tended with alacrity
 
We were alone in the old manor for
Seven years before we sold it and moved
North to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
We traveled west once a year and they
Traveled east to visit us just as often
It was always good to be together again
 
We did our best not to be neglectful
Built a new house where the old one had been
And spent a lot of time landscaping and
Decorating, always enjoying the process
It all comes to an end eventually and when
The angels came for my bride I was alone
 
After a while I found a new friend and
We spent many happy times traveling to
The south and then the southwest and
Often just being together at home
Something happen, a head injury and life
Changed and our covenant to each other ended
 
It was a sad time packing all of her things
Into a moving truck and driving it downstate
Neighbors helped unpack and the empty truck was
Returned and I eventually drove home to the north
There are people around but the loneliness and loss
Have a long term effect as you wonder why this happens
 
It does happen though, just like seedlings grow into the sky
The old home has changed as different owners put
Their mark on the historic place which was Farm Gothic
The chicken coop I built when the original collapsed
Was painted barn red and had chickens and the big
Back room had animals barking and jumping
 
The outside looked like Spanish revival and the
Rock wall garden I had built had been neglected
It was no longer mine, but I could still hear the
Voices of our children as they played long ago
The euphoria I had felt in restoring the place
Vanished into a melancholy which will not soon go away
 
Time pushes on and the odds of continually living get smaller
I have lost the couple I bought my store from and
Two who befriended us and became our mentors
And so many that helped us along the way
Life goes on however and there is still much to do
There is no way you can just give up and lay down
 
Friends and new friends are there for you and you
For them and ideas are exchanged and acted upon
Disappointments are still commonplace, not because
I am particular but because others cannot see the big picture
You take your lumps and keep on taking the steps
Always with an eye open for someone who will be that one
 
Stanski
July 20, 2020^
 
 

Nature speaks:
   Look at my shore!
Could it be Egypt?
  Should I show you more?
 
Behold the detailed print
  Made by wind and waves
Roadmaps to somewhere and beyond
  Or do you need roads that are paved?
 
See the sun, the beautiful sun!
  Look at water and absorb its light
View the trees, the clouds, and sky
  Further expressions of her might
 
Nature speaks in every way
  In the morning soft new beams
Display her power beyond our words
  Majesty and magic; we can only dream
 
Throughout the day on land or shore
  Her beauty unfolds to our delight
Countless times we are left in awe
  Beginning early, lasting through the night
 
When your days are almost over
   And you begin to fade
Remember the beauty you beheld
  Will always be on parade
 
Stanski
July 19, 2020 ^

We are in awe of nature’s feats:
 
   Shadows
   Spindrift
   Hoar frost
   Moon rise
   Sunset
   Evening stars
   Lightning bugs
   Mountains
   Plains and
   Rivers
 
Nothing we do can compete:
 
   Cathedrals
   Museums
   Gardens
   Paintings
   Sculptures
   Photography
   Sonnets
   Scripture
   Rockets and
   Boxcars
 
All pale in comparison
But then, that’s Mother
 
 
Stanski
July 18, 2020^

What I write is what you get
My mind is weak now
I’m writing that down
Not making any excuse
This is all given to me
I make no bones about it
Some think it’s easy and
That’s what they say
I’m sure they’re good at something
Who am I to get in the way?
 
I just know this
There are a lot of complaints out there
Because things aren’t just right
I think about that and
Here is what I have to say
If you have time to
Express your discord
Have you not the moments
To begin the change
 
Courage! 
Yes, but it doesn’t take much
Starting is the thing
Can’t leave that untouched
Commitment to something
Bigger than you
Get into action
That’s what you do
Then you’ll be all right
 
Insist on this
Back to school
Don’t be a denier
Do not be a fool
Anarchy must stop
Destruction of cities
Funding by terrorists
They deserve no pity, but
Our wrath; their death
 
Stanski
July 17, 2020 ^

Petty bureaucrats
Local tyrants
Ruining lives
Strangling the economy
Locking us down
Watching businesses cave
People losing their homes
And their jobs
All by fiat
Nobody speaking out
 
Now they won’t open schools
Even though science says they should
Science is ignored
It does not fit their game plan
They love the disruption
The havoc it causes
Frustration rules supreme
Parents cannot work and
Stay home at the same time
 
Evidence from every state
From every country
Says it is safe and recommended
That children return to the classroom
Lockdowns are disabling
The unintended consequences will be
Worse than the virus
The American Academy of Pediatrics
Says that children should return to school
 
People are fed up
The government has taken
Their jobs, businesses and education away
They act as if this is normal
They have an agenda
They desire chaos, but
We must open our schools
Get back to work
Save our economy
 
Stanski
July 16, 2020 ^
 
 

Roads were wet and muddy,
but we trooped on to the work
that lay ahead of us in
The fields this day

We learned early that
life is not always
a bowl of cherries and
today we had rocks
and boulders to move
out of the fields so that
plowing and planting could
take place as early as possible

This was our third year
We prayed that it would be good
The first two were encouraging
and we felt that fate was on our side

We knew that things could
change in a hurry and
took nothing for granted

We had a good well and
our shelter was substantial
The animals had enough to eat

We counted our blessings
Farm life was a series
of long working days

Beginning, laboring and sleeping
We were not the first
Many will follow and
time may provide us
with a community

We dreamt of the day when
we would have a church,
school and a general store

In the meantime our
struggle was with the stones
We made a hedge row
and hoped to add twelve feet
each day if possible

We were ready for our
noon meal and short rest
The day moved on and 
by quitting time
our muscles ached

We fed the animals
before ourselves
After supper we
retired for the day
thankful for all 
it had brought

Still we knew that
tomorrow lay ahead
and we would begin
all over again

This was our life,
our challenge and
we were thrilled 
with the opportunity
and at peace
 
Stanski
July 15, 2020 ^

I am thinking poetry and
Will attempt to come up
With tantalizing words
That will intricately rhyme
But my feeling of frustration
Takes away the idealism of a poet so
I will designate myself a muse

I try to instruct and cannot understand
How people in this land of the free
Want to reduce us to a Socialistic country
These people want to tax us more so
We can give gifts to those here illegally
 
They support Black Lives Matter
Which is a Marxist group as is Antifa and
They are slowly corrupting the country and
The black lives, which improved immensely
Under President Trump have been set back
By the anarchists who destroyed, burned
And looted businesses in their neighborhoods

By the Mayor of New York City and the
Defunding of the Police who protect them
This action was cheered by the leftists
Especially when the anarchy spread 
across the country causing millions in
damage and the murders of many innocents
 
Some of the citizens were drawn into the fray
By listening to the media which finds no harm
In consistently lying to the American public
These innocent people have been disconnected
With the truth and have been misled on Abortion,
Border Security, Military Buildup, Deregulation,
Trade agreements, the climate, and energy

Because of the lies they are obsessed with
All things LGBTQ and believe in their heroes who
Are the Media, Hollywood, Schumer, Pelosi,
Schiff, Nadler, Mueller, Comey, Maxine and others
They love the lies of Cher, Rosie and Whoopi
 
They are exhausted with the investigations
Which found no Russian Collusion, at least
by the President and his administration

They have been disconnected from the truth and
They should be embarrassed by the left’s position
On abortion, border security, lack of economic acumen
And the continual harassment of the President,
Who was lied about in connection with his response
To the Wuhan Virus, a pandemic which had
An ill-effect on many of his gains which occurred
While he was under constant investigations

He accomplished many things including:
Lowered Taxes, improved stock market,
Increased housing values, appointment of
Constitutional judges, kept the 2nd amendment
Safe, defeated most of ISIS, killed two terrorist
Leaders, rebuilding of the military, fixing the VA,
Trade reforms, fixed NATO, returned jobs to
America, energy independence and more
 
There are those who I know and respect
Who do not believe what is written here
They are anti-Trumpers and will never agree
I am amazed that, if they get involved with
Critical thinking, they can support a
Candidate for the Presidency who supports
The Socialist, Marxist agenda of the left
If he should win we will become
Another Venezuela where everyone
Will be equal in their misery
 
I pray to God the Father, Who’s only Son, Jesus
Died for our redemption and Who left the
Holy Spirit to stay with us and guide us, that 
He will open every mind to the truth and
Allow the Light to overcome all the darkness
That exists today in the media and the swamp
The Republican leftists and the Democratic leftists
Have to be defeated.  The parties are no longer
Your father’s or grandfather’s party
They have changed and have to be drained
 
Stanski
July 14, 2020 ^
 

Could there be a Non-Violent State
I think about this with little hope
Indoctrination encourages violence
We see evidence of it everyday
Read about it and hear it on the news
We begin to accept it as a way of life
 
We hear of police brutality, but
That is a small part of the story
We cannot condone it in any fashion
But it is a small percent of violence
Stories of abuse and murders
Greet us each and every day
 
We look for leaders to show
The way to peaceful living
They are not to be found in the present
America is a particularly violent state
Society is also violent beyond measure
We have seemingly chosen this path
 
A peaceful path could have been chosen
The path of non-violence imagined and
Presented by Dr. Martin Luther King
And Mahatma Gandhi have been ignored
Many Americans would have loved this
But the media was not there to echo it
 
A litter of liberals swathed with kente stoles
Took a knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds
Which was the time it took to kill George Floyd
The stoles dragged the floor showing disrespect
The lawmakers apparently had no knowledge
Of the history and meaning of these kente stoles
 
We have never knelt for fallen Presidents
Floyd’s family demanded no such supplication
These politicians were kneeling to something else:
A fidelity to a new political orthodoxy underwritten by Antifa
When America kneels, toll the bell
We do not choose well.  When will we ever learn?
 
Stanski
July 13, 2020 ^

I
Think
There-
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight-
Teen
Eighty-
Four
Was
A
Very
Good
Year
 
Stanski
July 12, 2020 ^