Thursday, December 30, 2010

I NEVER



blog post photo


I Never 
took 
the steps to failure

I 
Never tried to do it

I 
Never reached success

I 
Never fail to do it

I 
Never won or lost

I
 Never learned the cost

I 
Never succeeded

For 
I Never went through it..

A THOUGHT! 

Three steps to success
Try, Failure, and do it !
One step to failure
Try not to do it.

Dedicated to 
All The Steps Awaiting


Each step is a goal 
Each end you will know
One will come to you 
Try 
and get through it
Start 
will help you do it
When 
you don't let failure 
Get in the way.

A Poeatreeman

Between 
Success and Failure
Are the
steps you take
Between 
Failure and You
Are the 
Tries you don't take
Between it all 
is everything 
you make.

Edgar Allan Prieto
9/8/96
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

TUITION



A DEGREE

IN STUPIDITY

COST TOO MUCH.

THE DIPLOMA

HOLDS NOTHING.

OH WELL

AT LEAST

I LEARNED

TO BE A FOOL.

POEATREEMAN


DUD !

NOW IF YOU

CAN GET SOME WISDOM

HOW MORE FOOLISH

CAN YOU BE ?

IT ONLY TAKES CENTS

LET ME COUNT MINE.

MY PIGGY BANK

IS EMPTY.





EDGAR ALLAN PRIETO
12/29/2010
COPYRIGHT@2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

SORRY MRJACH1888



Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:27 am   
Post subject:
Poeatreeman's quantity over quality policy!
jackh1888 wrote:
Sorry Mr P but you
Are the Ronald McDonald of poesie,
The Fox News of rhyme,
The Coca Cola of rhythm,
The General Motors of scansion,
The Mickey Mouse of style.

If God is all powerful
why doesn't he spare a moment
to impart an iota of talent
in his PR men and women?

SORRY MR. JACKH1888

HOW CAN I CRITICIZE

A THOUGHT

WHEN WISDOM

SPRANG FROM IT .

ITS INTELLIGENCE

WHO NEEDS

WISDOM.

SO GIVE IT

A THOUGHT

THINK !

BEFORE YOU TALK.

POEATREEMAN
EDGAR ALLAN PRIETO
12/17/2010
COPYRIGHT@2010

I SEE WHAT YOU BEEN UP TO


Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 2:46 pm   
Post subject: Re:
Supreme Being as Poetry's Eternal Muse.
Or maybe not!    
jackh1888 wrote:
The answer is,it would seem, God.
Which is rather silly.
I prefer the Easter Bunny.
He brings you chocolate eggs.
And would never reject a gift of carrots,
Like that God did once.

Reply with quote
TO JACH1888
I WOULD NOT OFFER
GOD CARROTS
HE SEE'S BETTER
THAN I DO.
POEATREEMAN
EDGAR ALLAN PRIETO
12/27/2010
COPYRIGHT@2010

Monday, December 27, 2010

WILL PEACE EVER BE ?

WILL PEACE EVER BE ?




WILL PEACE EVER BE ?

AS LONG AS MAN

PLANS WAR

PEACE

WILL NEVER BE.

HE PERFECTS WAR

FOR HIS

OWN DESTRUCTION.

WHAT AN ENDING

HE WILL SEE.

PERFECTLY DONE

THE FIREWORKS

HAVE BEGUN.

POEATREEMAN
EDGAR ALLAN PRIETO
12/27/2010
COPYRIGHT@2010

Sunday, December 26, 2010

TO REQUOTE

TO REQUOTE


   
    Posted 06-16-07 01:07 AM
Requote (Personal opinion of course) Cool

I hope you don’t mind; to good not to play with:
He that wrestles with us,
strengthens our nerves,
and sharpens our skill.

Our antagonist is our helper.”
~ Edmund Burke

To requote,

Thanks for your thoughts
I do not mind your play
your fencing went very well
I will have to sharpen my skills
that my blade my be as sharp
yet my words will only tell
how fencing will do me well
thanks for the lesson

I am on my toes now

Play all you want,
though be fair in your play,
I hope you learn whenever you play
Life’s not a game,

Yet it plays, with your will..
Take heart, it will play itself in the end.
You will win for Heaven is there.
If you choose to win.

The biggest play will be your life.
The curtain has risen,
The play is your to call, When it is over.

Who will be there, to tell you, if its good?.
I hope God and His Angels,
WILL applause your play.

Don’t want the critic. He may burn the play.
A Fires end is not your play .
Enthusiasms ,is ok.
Yet not to burn up your way.
Have fun with my words,
and enjoy the day.




FOOTPRINTS
When in Doubt
The Best Move is Right
Look For His Path
When yours is not Seen
Follow His Footprints
And Know He is You
You Will Find Heaven
Is not Far From You
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
8/30/2000


LIFE
I Have A Life Long Friend
He Is With Me Day And Night
Tomorrow!
He Will Show Me
What I Have Not Seen
A Way To Look
At Yesterday’s Dreams
A Bright New Friend
Who Will Shine The Way
Giving Me The Chance
To See Today
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
9/9/20


PADDY WAGON
They’re Coming
To Take You Away
It Was A Gut
Wrenching Experience
That Drove Me Nuts
I Thought The Squirrels
Where Going To Collect Me
And Pack Me For Their Lunch
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
9/11/2000




A NEW CHANCE
When I Choose To Do
What I Have Not Done
I Choose To Begin
Where I Started From
A Choice I Made
To Go On Living
To See Tomorrow
With All The Promise
Of A New Beginning
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
9/13/2000

FINAL TEST
Hear My Words
Do Not Grade My Life
The Score I Make
Is For God To Grade
The Homework I Carried
Is What He Gave
My Lessons Will Be Over
When He Marks My Grave.
A Poeatreeman
These Are God’s Words
It Is Time To Go
Edgar Allan Prieto
9/27/2000



LIVING WILL
When I Kick The Bucket
Do Not Kick My Can
I Do Not Want
To Be Resuscitated
With A Dent In My Can.
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
9/29/2000


THE COST OF LIVING
It Only Costs A Few Sense
To Go Through Life
Yet A Hell Of A lot Of $Dollars
To Live With Its Expense
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
12/8/2000


PALATABLE
If I Swallow Truth
It Will Be Easier To Take
If God Is There With Me
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
12/9/2000



THE SUPREME COURT
The Ten Commandments
Are Supreme To Me
Not The Nine Judges
Who Cannot Interpret For Me
Truth Has My Vote
A Lie Will Oppose It
Saying It’s Not Right
God Is My Judge
Who Knows What Is Right
He Only Opposes The Harm
That Will Come To My Life
I Oppose All Wrong
When I Do It Right.
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
12/11/2000

TIP TOE
One step to Heaven
is one I did not take to Hell
One step to Heaven
is each day I spend with Him
One was hot on my toes
Trying to get me on in
I danced around the fire
To keep from falling in.
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
8/11/2000

BLIND CRITIC
How can you Criticize the Style
When you have not seen the Dress?
My Signature is the Style
That Shows how my Words are Dressed
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
2/8/2001


SPEAK YOUR MIND
Yet Mind what you say
For Thoughts;
Can Convey many things
Wisdom is the Best
It will let you Win
Remember your Thoughts
They are taken within
Pass no Hate;
And Love will Win
A Pleasant Thought;
That just came in
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
4/6/2001


WAR IS NOT HELL
It is an Experience in Hell
Who the Hell would want to War?
The Fool who has nothing to do
I will Fool all of you
And come back a Hero
Now I have Eternity to Boost at Last
I Laid in my Coffin
With nothing to do
Oh Well! I have Eternity
To Come up with something New.
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
4/10/2001


CROSSROAD
We Start with a Straight Road
And Only Turn
When We See a Bend
Right and Left
Are The Choices of The Road
That Will Take Us Beyond The End
We Turn at The Bend
When We Cross The Line
Right and Left is a Narrow Line
Taken When We Choose The Way
Heaven and Hell, are Different Lanes
Crossing Over, Will Change The Way.
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
7/1/2001

GET SMART
If Smartness, is Measured By Man
It is The Dumbest I Have Seen
Wisdom Never Measures
It is Wise not to do
We Each Have a Gift
That Measures Us All
Finding It
We Will Be Wise, when we do
Sharing it,
Will be the Smartest of all
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
8/25/2001


A YARDSTICK
The Measure of a Man
is How He Holds Life in Hand
The Length
is not Greater Than The Truth
Nor Shortness Less From Great
It is Equal To The Truth
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
8/26/2001

DOCTOR CARE
The Hardest Pill To Swallow
Is Kindness
Feel Better Now?
Then How About a Refill?
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
9/21/2001

HUMAN
It’s Hard To Turn The Cheek
When They Strike at The Heart
Even Harder!
Forgiving Those Who Do
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
10/8/2001


A NEW DIRECTION
My Country
Makes a Crooked Line
I am Trying To Straighten it
And Get God Behind
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
11/27/2001

WINGS OF FAITH
My Heart SOARS High
My SPIRIT Flies
My SOUL Glides
On The WINGS of FAITH
My FLIGHT Took Me
To HEAVEN’S GATE
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
1/30/2002


HIGHWAY
The BRIDGE to REALITY
is a DREAM Built on HOPE
CROSSING it
Will Take a LIFETIME of Hope
The TOLL
The COST of Each Day Spent
A LIFETIME of COUNTING
To The END
How Long Will The HIGHWAY Be
My FRIEND?
LONG or SHORT I CANNOT Say
Yet SWEETER
When You are Here TODAY.
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
2/17/2002

IDEAL
A THOUGHT is a WHISPER
HEARD not SPOKEN
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
2/17/2002

PATIENCE
It’s Longer Than Ten
Shorter Than Five
It’s The Time You Wait
To Just Get By
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
4/8/2002




COURSE CHANGE
Heaven is Somewhere
To The Right
Look Left and You will See
You are not Quite Right
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
6/20/2002


TRUTH BLOCKERS
You Look at Truth
And it Blinds You
You Have to Wear
Shades of Lies
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
8/2/2002

THE CORE
If I Search to the Core
Will I then
Reach to the Center?
Only if I Dig in
And Come from the Center
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
8/11/2002

THE TABLE
When Man INVITE’S War
Death Will Be At The TABLE
When Man Invite’s PEACE
He Has a CHANCE
To CLEAN The Table
If Man CONTINUES To War
DEATH Will Win Once More
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
4/6/2003


DRIVING COURSE
Without WISDOM!
LIFE Can BE A Twisted Road
UNWINDING The Curves
You Can STRAIGHTEN Out The ROADS
ACQUIRING Wisdom
You are Better Able
To Handle The ROAD
A Poetryman
Edgar Allan Prieto
4/27/2003

MIDEAST PEACE?
Let US PAVE The ROAD
That PEACE Can WALK Through
Let PEACE Be The ROAD
That MANKIND Can WALK Too
Let ARAB’S AND ISRAEL
And All Who Want PEACE
Lay The FOUNDATION
That no WAR will Break PEACE
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
5/11/2003



OFFEND
GOD Gave you Two Cheeks
Try not To TURN Four
If They OFFEND you
Do Not COMPOUND IT
By SHOWING Yours
A BARE SOUL
Will only EXPOSE
Your outer WEAR
Try Opening your HEART
It will Better SHOW
WHO you are
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
5/13/2003

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
I Took One TABLET
And SWALLOWED it All
There Were TEN Instructions
I Did Not FOLLOW Them All
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
5/1/2000

OPEN SITE

I can share my heart
Yet it must be, by words
Here is the site, you need to know
It will take you, to your heart
Where you can travel by words
The journey will begin
When your heart, feels the words
A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
5/19/2003

All Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

ONE NEW YEAR > HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 TO THE WORLD




ONE NEW YEAR


One New year
will bring me a day


One New year
Has all
the promises
of tomorrow


One New year
To find
the best
of our world


One New year
To make
peace with sorrow


One New year
To love
someone new


One New year
To mend
all the cares


One New year
To keep
friendship
from falling


One New year
To thank
all the days
past gone


One new year
To dream
hope
for tomorrow


One New year
To
thank God
you're alive


One New year
To make
it all worth while.


A Poeatreeman

If I bring
care to this day


I'll have
added a tear to life


With the World
I'll have given love.


Dedicated to Mike Cianocchiall

TO THE WORLD FOR HOPE IS IN IT.

Edgar Allan Prieto
12/25/91
Copyright@2009 Edgar Allan Prieto


ONE NEW YEAR > HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 TO THE WORLD****VIDEO

ONE NEW YEAR****POEM

A LITTLE HOPE****POEM

A PRAYER FOR A NATION****POEM

Monday, December 20, 2010

A Tribute to Mothers. - Videos - POEATREEMAN on Xanga



A Tribute to Mothers. - Videos - POEATREEMAN on Xanga



A BLESSED LOVE


Virgin Pure
Virgin White

God Has
Chosen
You

This Night

To Bless
You

With His
only Son

Being
The Bearer

Of His Love

A Gift
THAT God

Has
Specially
Made


For you
To Carry

Man's
Salvation


Bringing
Forth,
Hope


Throughout
The Nations

In This Child
Of The Light

Who
Has Come

To Be Called
The Christ...

A Poeatreeman

Dedicated to Evelyn
All The Mothers of The World.


Edgar Allan Prieto
November 23,1978
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto        


A BLESSED LOVE**** 
A CHILD IS BORN**** 
A MOTHERS CARD****  
A CHILDS LOVE*********** 
A CHILDS CARE****  
CHILDREN**** 
MY CHILD****  
MOTHERHOOD**** 
THE MOMENTS OF LOVE**** 
MOTHERS DAY****

Monday, December 13, 2010

YouTube - Happy New Year 2011 Poem Video ecard | POEATREEMAN on Xanga

YouTube - Happy New Year 2011 Poem Video ecard | POEATREEMAN on Xanga

YouTube - Happy New Year 2011 Poem Video ecard


 

TO THE WORLD;
WE ARE ALL; " UNDER GOD'S UMBRELLA"
YouTube - Happy New Year 2011 Poem Video ecard****VIDEO

UNDER THE TREE****POEM

THE WORLD****POEM

A CHRISTMAS LIGHT****POEM

A CHRISTMAS PRAYER****POEM

THIS MESSAGE****POEM

UNDER THE TREE - Photos - POEATREEMAN on Xanga




UNDER THE TREE - Photos - POEATREEMAN on Xanga

TO THE WORLD; WE ARE ALL; " UNDER GOD'S UMBRELLA"*
Dedicated To The World

For Each Heart
is One Light On The Tree
A Poeatreeman
A Poet's Note

When You Hang Your Heart Out

Remember The Tears

They Are The Snowflakes
Falling For Years

They Will Blanket Love
To Cheer The Heart

Remember To Care
You Will Light Up
Wishing For Peace
The Light Will Stay On

Hoping The World
Will Get Along

Asking God
Will Help Us All

I Pray The Hour
Will Not Be Long..
Edgar Allan Prieto

Sunday, December 12, 2010

MY JOYFUL WILD RIVER




THE RIVER OF LIFE


The River of Life
begins
when we are born   


It streams
across Life
to take us
through it all


It has
its ebbs and tides
rises
with the storms


It flows to take us
to each
day's dawn


The course You set
will only
change with choice


The River takes us
to many
different points


How you affect
The River
will ripple
through it all


It is not
always smooth
nor does
it have
to be storming


The River
is the beginning
that flows
from the womb


It takes us
to eternity
to set
the course
we choose..


A THOUGHT!

There is
no end
when
The River
flows to God


There
is only
start
where
will I begin?


There
is one choice
where will it be?


Dedicated To Belinda

A Poeatreeman

One starts
when One
is on The River


One chance
to stop
from falling
to the falls


One's birth
will bring
me to it all


One's end
is only
just beginning


Eternity
is just ahead
no time to lose


Time
is not running
nor are you


You're faced
with what
you chose to do


No time
to think
of where I will go


I knew
before
I ended my journey.


Edgar Allan Prieto
7/24/93
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

THE**RIVER**OF**LIFE***
CAN**BE**JOYFUL****
OR****DROWN**YOU**IN**TEARS**** THE**ONLY**LIFEBOAT**** IS**GOD'S**SAVING**GRACE**
THE RIVER OF LIFE****

A Walk in the Black Forest



A WALK WITH LOVE


I'll Walk down
This Road with you
.

To let it Take us
Where it may
.

Far Beyond
What we can See
.

Or even Think
It could Ever be
.

To Know you are
Here with me
.

Will make it
Much more my Love
.

To Share
All the Love and Pain
.

Will be the Path
I'll walk with you
..



To Feel each others
Smiles and Tears
.

Will be what
I'll share with love
.



For a Walk with you
Is a Walk with Love

A million miles,
I'll Walk with you
.

To Take us
To an endless Sea
.

Never ending
This Walk with you..


A Poeatreeman

Edgar Allan Prieto
May 20, 1979
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

TIME**TO**TAKE**LIFE**** FOR**A**WALK.**** 

Enya - Watermark



THE COLOR OF HEAVEN


The Color of Heaven
No eyes can Behold

The Color of Humanity
The Color of Gold

The Color of Treasures
The Races
That are Found


The Color of Hearts
The Love
That is abound


The Color of Peace
The Light
of all our wishes


The Color of Kindness
The Tears
That helped Hatred


The Color of the World
The Love
We did not Share


The Color of you
The Shade
That God drew


The Color of Light
The Hopes
We did not put in it


The Color of Heaven
The Earth
We live in now.


A THOUGHT!

One Colors their view
by Seeing only theirs


One Blinds their way
by not
Seeing through


One Clears the way
by opening
Their Heart to all


One serves Humanity
by loving it Today..


Dedicated to the children of i.c.a.n.

For they have seen their Hearts

The hope of mankind to see itself.

A Poeatreeman

Let my Heart be my Eyes
I will See
The Color of Heaven


Let Love Reach to God
my Heart
Will Touch the Heaven.


Edgar Allan Prieto
10/21/93       
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

HEAVEN**DO**I**SEE.**** A**TRANQUIL**SCENE.****  

Jordan Hill with Barry Gibb - Too Much Heaven 1996



A STAIRWAY TO GOD


I will Try
To use my Words
To Build
A Stairway To God.

Then
I Can Take a  Step
Each Day
To Take me
To The Stars.

My Words
Will be of  Heart
Wrote
By Care and  Love.

The Ink I will Use
Is Tears  That Fell
Dipped, in Sorrows
When Hurt  was Held.

The Blotters Wet
Stain
With many Tears
That Fell.

I Cannot
Wipe it Away
By Saying,
I never Felt..

A Poeatreeman

Dedicated To God

If, I Built
A Chest of Gold
Would  it not
Be Better
To Put in  Words.

More Precious,
That Speak of Each?

Would, not
The Heart
Be  Broken
By Trying
To Carry
All  the  Gold?

Love
Is much Lighter
Yet Heavy
On the  Soul.

Would  it not
Be  Best
If  we all Cared
A  Little   more?

Than the Words
I Have to  Write
Would  not be Filled
With so much Tears.

Love
Would Hold Us
For The  Years.


Edgar Allan Prieto
10/26/97
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

THE CARES****  
A STAIRWAY TO GOD**** 
HEAVENS WAY****ON THE ROAD TO HEAVEN**** MIGHTY ROAD TO HEAVEN**** 
THE ROAD OF LIFE**** 
HOW IS**** 
FAITH CAN REACH HEAVEN**** 
A WAITING HOUR**** 
FOOTPRINTS**
I ASK YOU NOW**** 
GOD YOU GAVE ME WHEELS****

Friday, December 10, 2010

GENIE



GENIE


If you Were
a Genie

I Would Rub you
all The Time


To See What
I Would Get

Each Time
I Rubbed
your Bottle

Making a Wish

I Would Have your
Special Kiss

I'd Wish
I Would Have

All The Love you Have
To Give

Keeping you
as my Special Friend

For all The Things
I Want For you

Is To Make you
Nice and Happy

If I Should Rub you
all The Way

Remember
I am your Friend...

A Poeatreeman

Edgar Allan Prieto
November 29,1978
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

THE SMILING POPE



THE SMILING POPE


That Infectious Smile,
was your Love

To show the World,
you have their Love

For you open your Heart,
to all the People

Gave them Hope
with your Laughter

For your Easy ways,
in which you Reigned

Brought the World,
a Little closer

Now your, Smiles
and Laughter

Has Turned ,
the World to Tears

For you, are not
with Them

In their Hour,
of Fear

For God, has Chosen
to Take you

Place you ,
Far From Here

yet!

He Left you,
with your Smile Here.

Dedicated to Pope John Paul I

A Poeatreeman

Edgar Allan Prieto
October 3,1978
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

I'LL NEVER COME HOME AGAIN: OH GOD



I'LL NEVER COME HOME AGAIN

                    
For I am with God
my friend


Though I am here
with He


I have not
left you alone


For I will see you
my friend


When time comes
calling once more


Though all the good times
have passed


My love
will be here in heart


Remember
not all is lost


As long as we have
our hearts


The love is from
you to me


God
will see you through


Now I am not here
with you


Just remember
the songs we sang


Know we were friends

For all the good
and bad has gone


When we leave it's done

So take heart
I'll be here with He


For His hands
have held me this long


I will not be lost

For in Him
I found my home


My heart
has finally known.


Dedicated to and Written for
George Burns
St Peter did you hear this one
How about letting Me on in?


A Poeatreeman

Edgar Allan Prieto
3/7/87       
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto        

I'LL NEVER COME HOME AGAIN**** 
OH GOD****
   

A GOLFER'S COURSE



A GOLFER'S COURSE

 
Where are The Clubs?
The Caddy has them

Who is He?
I thought it was me

Who is Holding
The Bag?

The one who is Playing
with me

I am left with
a Choice

Which I Choose

The Flag is up,
The Hole is Down

The Greens are Running,
 I must Slow Down

Can't move ahead
if I go Too Fast

I may Find myself
in The Rough at Last

Can't Make The Big One
if I miss The Putt

Can't Win
 if I Throw in The Clubs

Can't Do anything
If I am Not in The Game

Can't Change The Course
unless I am Playing..

IN MEMORY OF PAYNE STEWART

TO ALL IN THE RYDER'S  CUP 2010
MAY GOD, SHOW YOU THE FAIRWAY

A Poeatreeman

You may not swing your partner
You will certainly hit the ball
Don't use your shoes for dancing
You may spike them all
Try To Play The Fairway
For The Course will Take you Home.


Edgar Allan Prieto
4/29/92
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto