Novel Allen

Joined March 2021

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You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.

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I am the genie of the lamp
The Lamp sat teasingly upon the shelf In it's very nature, quietly inviting an affable touch Come it beckoned, come caress me
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
Speaking rather LOUDLY
HEAR Unlike Lions, the kings of jungles everywhere Cheetahs cannot roar They purr, hiss, bleat, chirp and growl Do not underestimate their melodious musical sounds
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
Drama within a cemetery
"Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray Along the cool sequester'd vale of life
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Fiction
Playing Robin Hood with a Picasso
On 22 June, 2016 Picasso's "femme assise" (Seated Woman) work, sold for $63.7 Million dollars, at Sotheby's in London. At that time, it had been the most expensive Cubist painting ever sold at auction.
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Fiction
500 shades of grey
SEE! The human eyes can see 500 shades of Grey And other eye-opening facts The human eye is a sensory organ Part of the sensory nervous system
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
The bad luck of Shakespeare's Macbeth
Shakespeare's play Macbeth is considered cursed, so actors will not say the title in the theatre before a performance. Instead, you will hear them refer to it simply as "The Scottish play".
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Fiction
Blacker Beauty
Once they tried to corral me. Cage me. Harness me. Can you harness the Heavens? But though I loved my little friend, I broke free
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
England needs a few Pied Pipers
Have you heard the news About the Rodentia situation? Rodentia, of the genus Rattus Rats, rats everywhere Super-rat warning
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
Mae and Moe
Mae and Moe decided that they had had it with this dang blasted world They were going to build a time machine and get the heck outta here
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
Namaste
Hello Namaste I see you in the soothing morning glow Being kissed by the sun's first radiant ray I see you in morning's early light
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
Schadenfreude
Who? Asks Owl. Who what brother owl? Who sneezed just now? Oh, it wasn't a sneeze I distinctly did hear a sneeze It was just Schadenfreude
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets
My tiny Island Homeland
i know you didn't ask me, don't be rude! but i will tell you anyway, all about the things i miss about my home...i miss the feel of the sunshine on my skin...lord though the sun sure is hot. I miss the blueness of the water which stretches for miles around my island home...the Caribbean Sea...even now i envision the lanky coconut trees waving happily in the warm breeze...i miss the famous Dunn's River Falls, with cascading waterfalls that caress and soothe the kinks and worries from your bones...but most of all, i miss talking the Patois dialect with strangers, friends and family. i miss our homegrown poetry and songs
By Novel Allen3 years ago in Poets