Month: February 2023

This day is another gift to us and

We may be filled with joy and

At the same time, many will make it

Throughout the day, with a struggle

And a quiet joy. There is a purpose

to everything, and we may not know

for sure what it is, but we do know

from what we believe that we are to

go to the fringes to help. Many times

it will be with money to support those

who make the journey. We are useful

in this endeavor. We know we must

continue on today, tomorrow and

forever if we are to be called followers.

There are many fans; many are called,

But few choose to follow. I pray for

Their enlightenment and my continual

Growth.

Stanski

February 17, 2023, ^

The phone rings

A call from Joe

An adopted son

From Eastern Europe

Now an American

A fighting Marine

Recent involvement

In awful wars

Left him injured

Mentally and physically

He was crying now

Explaining that another soldier,

His friend had committed suicide

Will this ever end?

The consequences of war

Are never understood

Stand up and be counted

Lay down your life for your country

They are promised the moon, but

Settle on the gutter

Stanski

February 16, 2023, ^

Alone

At night with

Day sounds gone

Comfort is found

   Sitting alone

Wearing no crown

Ambition waning

Preparation for sleep

You think of life

People you knew

Many now laid to rest

Left with just a few

Can’t show them much

They wouldn’t understand

Different language

   Or maybe

Just a different plan

Life is that

Draws us apart

Something not known

   At the start

Many paths taken

From there to here

Dreams have been forsaken

Reality’s tender tug

   Makes things clear

Reflection takes place

Happy with your bets

You think about the

   Game called life

Played it the right way

    You think

There are no regrets

Stanski

February 15, 2023, ^

Flat screen on a flat wall

Sitting on a flat chair

Suddenly feeling flat

With laughter coming

Out of a flat can

I wonder about my blood

Is the flow flat and

What am I doing?

My iron level is flat

Blood pressure is low

Where am I going?

That is my question

Do I have a purpose?

Am I on a detour?

Will time wait for me?

I feel very flat

I ache

Not with pain

Witnessing the waste

Has me this way

There are answers

Can we come together?

Leave our ego at the door

Get back to basics

Would that be good?

I want to lie down

Flat on my back

Think about life

With all its hope

All of its promise

We have the tools

They were left with us

A constant instructor, too

Shall I remain flat or

Should we go to work?

Stansberry McKricken aka Stanski

February 14, 2023, ^

….

Promise of spring

    Still early

No way to hedge bets

Hope replaces reason

What we want

   Supersedes

Recognition of possibilities

One man’s cheer

    Another’s sorrow

New life imminent as

    We lay who is lost

         Into the ground

Not soon enough

   Too soon

As hearts

   Heavy

      Barely endure

Selfish wishes

   Tempered by profound need

To help sooth aching hearts

This full moon brought pain

   We were looking

      For something else

Playing with dreams

   Facing harsh reality

Lost for now

   Unimportant desires

Facing us is

   Realization of life

      As a precious gift

Abandon idle ways

   Live every moment

Aware of need

   Aware of wonder

Sorrow for loss

   Gratitude for life

By Steve Haarman

03/13/12

So many words recorded to choose from

is daunting, and then the enchantment of

finding the right ones to express

the emotions of grief are precious. 

Loss is profound and often not singular. 

My mind’s eye can remember

the picture of John-John Kennedy

saluting at his father’s funeral. 

It was not just his father, but

also our father, our president and

the sense of loss at the time was

powerful to some higher degree. 

It was big time – star quality and

still personal as we each

measured our sorrow and

the impact of emptiness. 

How strong our heart has to be

to pump in such a way that

we are able to keep our equilibrium

during times like these. 

Personally, I have seen how a loss

can grip, in a fervent way,

the emotions of an old man

standing by the grave of a lost friend. 

There are words that have to be spoken,

news to be caught up on, and

questions asked that will

not be answered except in

the self-acclaimed assurance

that this dear friend felt

the same of you as you do now of him. 

I watch the old man exit in a slow gait. 

I walk to the grave and examine the stone.

I have no words to say, but

cry unashamedly because I am

moved by the beauty of friendship

just witnessed and felt a sense of loss.

I feel diminished and can only

take solace in the knowing

that new bonds are forming

even as old ones are lost.

stanski

February 11, 2023, ^

…

The day is cold, with a few flurries of snow

It is what you expect in the middle of winter

There are several weeks to go before

Warm weather is here to stay

Snow mountains go out one hundred yards

The spindrift is made up of snow particles

Swirling like an upside-down tornado

There is beauty if you are willing to kiij

The woods seem neutral. There is little wind

The world is in an uproar with earthquakes

In Turkey and Syria. The death toll is in the

Thousands, and the damage is unbelievable

The communists send a balloon across our

Country gathering as much intelligence as

Possible before Joe-Joe bravely says shoot

It down. Our southern border is open to 

Everyone. Fentanyl is killing 100 thousand

Of our addicted citizens each year, and we do

Nothing. Those in charge are not investigated

The FBI and the CIA, along with the very fake news

Are covering up not only Hunter Biden, but the

Role, they played in changing the outcome of

The last election. Joe-Joe spared us from the

Fight he had with Corn-pop and how the kids

Laughed when the hairs on his legs curled up

When he was a lifeguard. Now he must be laughing

At the unemployment, he brought about by

Shutting down oil exploration, the pipeline

That would safely take the oil to Nebraska

For refining. He was booed, hissed, and called

Out as a liar a few times bus mostly his side

Of the isle nearly broke their ankles while

Standing to applaud his lies. We had to wait a

Long time to hear the rebuttal by the governor

Of Arkansas, because Joe was shaking hands,

Hugging and sniffing for what seemed like an

Eternity. The mainstream media couldn’t get over

The heroic job that Joe did while reading his

Composition of falsehoods. Sarah Huckabee

Sanders gave a precise state of the union and

Offered solutions and encouragement. It was

Well received and so the night ended.

Stanski

February 10, 2023, ^

This is not new!  Fabrications by the anchors

on-network broadcasts are commonplace.   

When there was still a semblance of journalism,

it was often embellished by adding

elaborate adjectives and adverbs.

They did not actually apply, except in the mind of

the announcer, who felt akin to the rich, the ambitious,

the poets, the pirates, and the kings. 

Truth blows holes through their accounts. 

People actually died, in one way or another,

because of their presence on the scene of a disaster,

protest-march, parade, war front or

other shock scene of the day.

They, in their suits, ties, coiffured hair, and bronzed skin,

sit in the majestic studios selling whatever narrative

they can get away with to advance their agenda. 

They read stories prepared for this expressed reason,

often interjecting a personal affirmation, giving it that

“we’re all in this together” feeling.  This is not journalism,

still, they receive awards for journalistic excellence and

are applauded by their peers who are also narrative readers.

Lies are repeated, the story grows, then more lies are added,

all to shine a favorable light on the liar.

The anchor, exposed recently lied about being in a helicopter

downed in Iraq by a rocket-propelled grenade. 

He lied about seeing a body floating face down in the floodwater

outside his hotel room in New Orleans at the time of Katrina.

Pictures showed that the whole area was dry. 

He lied about events in the Houston Astrodome during his

discourse of declaring who was responsible for this act of Nature. 

He lied about being sick with dysentery caused by

drinking flood waters accidentally. 

He saw fear, death, depravity, firearms being brandished,

looting and other nasty things, apparently from some room

in a five-star hotel in the French Quarter. 

All claims have been refuted by police,

hospital personnel, health directors and the like. 

Still, because of this outstanding work on Katrina,

he earned an anchor position, which was being vacated

at a network, by another myth raconteur.

Unfortunate as it is, that is the way it was.

STANSKI

FEB 9, 2023, ^

People ask me what I am doing.

I am here, just standing and in

wonder of the conditions in this

country that we are experiencing

under the leadership of the man

who put “Corn Pop”, a playground

character in his place. This happened

a long time ago, but it is apparently

foremost in his mind. That is what I

am doing. I am bewildered by the

open border, where illegals are crossing

into our country by the thousands.

Fentanyl, enough to kill every citizen,

is coming from China through Mexico.

The cartels are engaged in sex trafficking

and human slavery. I am amazed that

fossil fuels are not being explored for

and the drilling for them is off-limits.

I cannot believe that our service people

are committing suicide at alarming rates

and service to them is being denied. Who

would think that safe pipelines which

transport fuel for refining would be closed

down and the delivery of such is left to trucks

and railroad cars. This occupant does not

enthusiastically support Israel, and does not fight

for law and order in cities. He doesn’t believe

in reducing taxes. Did not support states’ rights

during the pandemic. I am stunned that he has

no intention of reducing the national debt but

only adding to it. I am alarmed at how we are

racing to socialism, and everything done and

not done are aiding this movement. I am here

wondering how so many people have abandoned

critical thinking. We are undergoing shortages

on many essentials and inflation is increasing

every month. I am standing here amazed at

how this occupant will declare that we are

doing well and that he and his administration

have accomplished so much. He is confused

on so many things and has made grave mistakes

,such as Afghanistan and the Chinese balloon.

He and his family appear to be on the Chinese

payroll. He vacations almost every week. To

witness this is amazing and I hope we wake up soon.

Stanski

February 8, 2023, ^

The world is full of questions. The Syrians and Turkish people

just suffered a terrible earthquake that killed many hundreds

of people. The Turkish people have twice tried to annihilate

the Armenians Thee two events took place close to 100 years apart.

The Armenians were neighbors to the Turks and did no harm to the

Syrians. We have gang wars in our country. Members of these gangs

die in territorial fights. They are buried and forgotten. The Turks and

the Romans before them attempted to conquer the world and govern it.

Many lives were lost in the warfare. People were displaced and separated.

They began new lives, although with heavy hearts, as they would never

see their loved ones again. As the Ottoman empire eventually collapsed,

the English, Germans, and Spanish began their attempt to conquer their

neighbors. In some areas, they were successful, and in others, they lost in

their effort. Some of the Africans enslaved other Africans and sold them

to other countries, using them as a commodity. In our country over a

period of years, we ended many Indian cultures and took over the land

as we moved westward. Slaves, however, were purchased and put to

work in the fields or whatever chore their masters needed done. The

Indians, in a way, are receiving reparations through their casinos. The

Africans were liberated and made their way and contributed in many

ways to our success. Five and six generations later, their people who

were never slaves are seeking reparations for what their ancestors,

who they never knew, went through. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese

perished at the hands of the Japanese in the 1930’s. Over six million

Jews at the hands of the Germans. Many other events of annihilation

took place throughout history. Jesus said to help our neighbors. It would

be hard to help and kill at the same time. We still have war victims and

ordinary times give us plenty of people to help as a result of flooding,

hurricanes, and tornados. We cannot forget the misery caused by

dictators. We also have people needing help because they are out

of work, out of resources and have many needs. These are the people

we are trying to help. It is an awesome responsibility, but must be

addressed and if not by us, then who? Now is the time to imitate the

good Samaritan.

Stanski

February 7, 2023