The Gypsy Poets Contemporary poems 

CONTENTS 

Part One of My Contemporary Poems

Part Two of My Contemporary Poems

Part Three of My Contemporary Poems 

TERRORIST RHYMING POET

I'm a terrorist nursery rhyming poet

you've got to understand

i write these words of diction

that folks can understand

I like to take folks with me

i sing a song of rhyme

i write of war and peace

i write of love and vine

I love to write just country

natures rambling rhymes

i love to write seductive

i do that lots of time

I write of adult nursery rhymes

then sometimes i write for kids

i write to please my audience

i love to lift the lid

I hate the spin of politics

Orwell he was so right

i love to read of browning and Keats

all through the night

I'm just a roving traveler

got nothing better to do

so il just write another line

to please just me and you

thank you

for listening

I'm off to dine at Poole.

THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH

It was the institutionalized church

it stood upon its throne

it promised forgiveness

then let you die alone

Its battle theme was worship

though its tears it did not show

it offered you no grace

just fellowship and show

It was planted in your community

it opened just one day

it offered alms and comfort

but it only taught to pray

It did not understand

that joy was in gods heart

it acted so aloof

its pews were very smart

It was the institutional church

it taught us how to fight

to take up arms against our foes

in flags it waved the cause so right

Its tithes were written in the cheques

not from trust of the lord

its swords were written in the winds

its stories they were told

its vision was of monuments

its history it was old

It never knew the Savior's heart

or prayed in secret too

it gave up all its principles

to save both me and you

It was the institutional church

its buildings were so rich

within the poor communities

so poorly equipped

Its deeds were sanctimonious

its cause was war and greed

it offered false religion

then planted another false seed.