• Welcome to Brian James Rational Poet’s poetry blog

    Welcome to my poetry blog. I love reading Plath and Sexton and Dickenson and Maya. But to me, the best poets I have read are the unknows. The giants are great for sure, but the friends and locals and groups are a joy to participate in. I encourage everyone who writes poetry to be themselves. It is ok to have influences, but you should always in the end be yourself. There is only one them, and only one you.

    Let words be your canvas, show them the raw you, in all your happiness and sadness. Show them your love of nature, and empathy and kindness, but also make them think, provoke, even blaspheme. The poet’s job to me, is to never be shy or timid, but use every word in your vocabulary to paint the best pictures you can. Paint your sunrises, your sunsets, your romance, your fears. Paint your insecurities, your addictions, your successes, your tears.

    This blog is dedicated to my late mother Jane. She was my biggest supporter and never let me fall through the cracks. While she was a bit of an authoritarian growing up, that all melted away in her late years, and we grew as close as any parent child could. We had so much fun with our silly car games and rubber duckies, and counting the trees. And our wordplay games, and our thumb wrestling. And forget Yahtzee and backgammon, she always kicked my…… at that. I love you mom. I miss you horribly.

    And also my late best friend ever, Bob. He unfortunately passed away in 2017. He lived in Australia, he was a science geek, and he taught me a lot about debate, and some science. I can only grasp overall concepts, not real nitty gritty details. But he most importantly made me feel comfortable in my own skin. I miss you too Bob.

    Then there is this annoying guy from Okleeee homa, who says “tators”, and “videeeaaaa” instead of “video”. And don’t get John started on banjos. He is my best friend and he is always there for me, and I love that redneck.

    And also Dwayne, Stacey and Vicki. You saved my life all of you. Thank you.

    All poetry posted by me on this website is attached to RationalPoet@brianrrs37, handle “RationalPoet” on Twitter ,as well as “Brian James Rational Poet” on Facebook/ META. And is subject to copywrite on all my pages.

    A Special thanks to Brian Sapient of Rational Responders http://www.rationalresponders.com for hosting my poetry thread for so long. Thank you.

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    This poetry blog may contain some material that may be considered sensitive to some viewers. Reader discretion advised.

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    “RationalPoet@brianrrs37”
    AND
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    I have also joined Facebook/META poetry group “Facebook Poetry Society” Under “Brian James Rational Poet”

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    NEW EDIT………


    A special thanks to Zaylen of “Okay Atheists” on the Discord app, for allowing me to guest host this poetry reading available on their YouTube channel originally aired 5/22/23. Here is the link
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ikCkc7lWE

    If you want to leave a comment to any poem, click on the BOLD title of the poem first, scroll to the bottom of the poem, and you should see a field to leave the comment in.

    UPDATE EDIT AS OF 11/13/2024. I have a new account at Bluesky Soical under the handle @rationalpoet37.bsky.social .

     

     

  • Zyklon B,

    Zyklon B, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

    Chugging down the track, they’ won’t come back
    Zyklon B, “Arbeit Macht Frei, Work Sets You Free”
    Barracks blanketless, torture blocks , execution walls
    Screaming down the halls, the crematorium calls

    Clickity clack, the luggage stacked, tossed aside
    Marked with their names, and whence they came
    Their shoes as well, a mountain swell, fate befell
    Barking Shepherds, shouting guards, line them up

    In the muddy yards, shuffling out of boxcars
    Tattooed numbers, become their lifetime scars
    Shaved heads, slave labor, for the lucky ones
    For the elderly, children, sickly, they were done

    Zyklon B, “Arbeit Macht Frei”, it can never be
    Repeated, ever again, in our history
    We must always, and forever see
    We are the same species, all part of humanity

    Soon the last victims will see their final night
    But all the world’s children , must keep their fire bright
    That iron slogan over that gate, the propaganda of hate
    We must not take the bait, and let it become our fate

    The ghosts are rising to haunt, and taunt and scare
    They want to reconstruct that horrible nightmare
    They want you to fear, the authoritarian rule
    They have learned the evils of that vicious tool

    Chugging down the track, we won’t come back
    We will not survive, if we don’t keep this alive
    For decency to survive, for dignity to be the norm
    We must quell the storm, we must be a swarm

    Of bullhorns, loud enough to be heard
    For generations to come, remember
    The chemicals that killed them, that will kill
    The chemical of scapegoating, vilifying

    The toxic lexicon, masked as patriotism
    Nationalism, wrapped in a flag, and holy book
    Take a look, what one man did, 6 million dead
    And all he said, was, “I alone can save you.”











  • Tennis Match

    Tennis Match, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

    Remember how epically long the volleys would be
    Borg of Bjorn , Graf of the legend Steffie
    An advantage and a joy for all to see

    But this poem isn’t about that, it is about a flea
    Or should I call it a fly? My cat’s heads
    Would sway back and forth as it flew by

    Outstretched paw, like a racket serving the ball
    Waiting for the judges call, was it in, was it an ace?
    That fly was buzzing all over the place

    My cats scatter , scrambling all over
    Like the ball girls and ball boys
    Tossing another to the players

    They’ll never know Venus and Serena
    They just care about their Purina
    But when they are in the stadium arena

    Of my home it is a pleasure , a treasure
    To watch my pair turn their heads
    Right to left, left to right

    Dart all day, dart all night
    I should buy them a trophy case
    Or a racket newly laced?

    French, U.S. or Wimbledon
    There’ll be more sets to be won
    I love watching them have fun.


  • Construction Workers

    Construction Workers, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

    Put your hard hat on, have a good time
    Let me tell you about these amazing enzymes
    Let me start off, let me make a case

    For that snipper that they call helicase
    Unzips the DNA two separate halves
    Now in play, the leading strand, and lagging strand

    Now the builder, polymerase, is in command
    It builds in opposite directions, for each band
    3 prime to 5 prime, inverted, opposite spanned

    Here comes primase primer just in time
    To show the builder where to start
    Oh what an art, but how to mend gaps in part

    Of the lagging strand, Elmer’s glue, I’m a fan
    Ligase patches the Okazaki fragments scanned
    DNA replication ends up in the new strand
    (end)

    This video is a cartoon just giving you the basics.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqe4thU-os8&t=66s

  • Un Imaginable

    Un Imaginable, by Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

    The masses sing of his prowess
    Aways does everything seamless
    Does no wrong, always blameless

    On the green he’s on the scene
    Drives the wood, great not good
    In the cup, off the tee, hole in one

    Can it be? 11 in a row, how is that so?
    Don’t you know, he always wins
    He’s the master in his head

    DPRK, the family is on it’s way
    To make their daddy God
    Outside the cult he’s a fraud

    He walks on air, eclipsing mighty Mike
    Jumping higher than Jordan’s spike
    His minions fall for the phony hype

    Not the 38th parallel, not the DMZ
    It is the compound in Palm Beach Florida
    The criminal that all can see

    Boxes in the bathroom, deniability
    Falsely playing victim, zero credibility
    Un Imaginable, is this fantasy

    He is the messiah, that will save humanity
    Obsesses over crowd size, not a surprise
    Fungus in his pants, always telling lies

    This Pied Piper smoking PCP
    Praises Kim Jong Un
    For it’s what he wants to be
    (end)

    The Kim family in North Kora, are always depicted as having super human abilities, in battle but also willing to brag about the mundane, like the time the state media said that Kim Jong Un made 11 holes in 1 with a 38 under.

    Seems similar to Trump bragging about his golf tournaments he always wins. And just like North Korea, he and his camp always brags about how big crowd size is and how everyone loves him.

    Believe Trump when he says he wants to be a dictator.

    Disclaimer: The part about him smoking PCP is metaphor for how fucked in the head he is and how delusional and petty and narcissistic he is. But I am dead serious in saying he wants to be a dictator.









  • Ether

    Ether, by Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

    I speak to air, when nobody is there
    Impotent soundwaves that go nowhere
    I have nothing profound at all to share

    My walls and ceiling have no ears to spare
    They bring no comfort they cannot care
    Out of my window I gaze a blank stare

    The sunshine is bright, crisp is the air
    Will I venture out, I do not dare
    I speak to the air, when nobody is there

    Important words that carry no weight
    In my head a mundane fruitless debate
    No race to be had, not out of the gate

    Fleeting afternoon, it’s getting so late
    Clock on my toolbar knows not of my fate
    I’ve accomplished nothing on today’s slate

    I speak to the air, when nobody is there
    The bric-a-brac on my bookcase
    Collecting dust, it has no face

    After I am gone, it will be given away
    Or end in a landfill where it will decay
    My voice will be silenced as it is today

    I talk to myself, and that is always okay
    It is my therapy, helps me find my way
    I may not know if these words will sway

    So into the ether, the flight with no plan
    It doesn’t matter if I am not in command
    Sometimes there’s nothing to understand

    Live in the moment, look out the window
    Somewhere a butterfly flutters in the shadow
    Of a weeping willow, no need to stress
    If your head’s on a pillow









  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

    You prattle on call me unwise
    All the sciences are all lies
    Then prove your claim
    Win a Nobel Prize

    You can cut me, down to size
    If you think evolution is a lie
    I dare you, please go and try
    Your dirt man magic, will get fried

    Creationist hypothesis has been tried
    It is pseudo science, and is betrayed
    By fossil records, strata layers that are made
    Prove the Grand Canyon was not made

    In a mythological 40 days, 4 billion years old
    Our planet has aged, 5 mass extinctions
    Earth has been through, but you are
    More than welcome to, write your hypothesis

    Collect your data, conduct your experiments
    Repeat this process sufficiently, consistently
    Over and over, then maybe, just maybe
    Real scientists would take you seriously

    Peer review it, publish it professionally
    Rejoice at your groundbreaking discovery
    Adopt your methodology, and put you in
    A category, of Nobel Prize winner

    But we all know you’re just a spinner
    Of fairy tales of bronze age men
    “Abracadabra” are your answers when
    You don’t like what science says.

    I would choke to death, if I were to hold my breath
    Waiting for you to prove creationism true
    But this is nothing new, the same silly song
    You are wrong, evolution is strong, good luck to you

    You know it’s not true, but you stew and brew
    Concoct claptrap and your face turns blue
    Abiogenesis, macro and micro, buzz words you use
    Twist them, bend them, without understanding them

    Only to point to a book that creates the sun and moon
    More than once, and even then, treats them
    Like separate sources of light, one for day, one for night
    When we know now, the sun is the only source of course

    And the moon simply bounces the photons of it’s surface
    And what is the purpose, of claiming an adult woman
    Magically popped out of a man’s rib, call me glib
    But you need the bib, because the bible was written
    By ignorant men, who had no way to know

    What DNA was, or what cell division does
    They had no clue what fallopian tubes do
    Stone the virgin, is what ancient men knew
    If she accidently broke her hymen , she was through

    You think that book, fits modern day
    You think that destroys what science has to say
    Then get it in a lab, pave the way, show us you’re wise
    Get it in a lab, show your work, win a Nobel Prize.


  • Out Of Many One

    Out Of Many One, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

    Out of many, one, unless you are one
    Of us, at best, I’ll let you live as a guest
    But equal you will never be

    Out of many, one, I am never done
    Making arguments that I am the one
    Who is chosen, you’ll always be frozen

    In second class status, if I am being generous
    Yet that is erroneous, I am full of hate
    I want to eradicate, anyone not like me

    Out of many, one, by point of gun
    I’ll make you run, diversity I shun
    My God said this land belongs to me

    By Providence decree, I look up to see
    The voice in my head, wants you dead
    Fear my wrath and live in dread

    Out of many, one, must not arise
    I will not tolerate or compromise
    I am deaf and I hear no cries

    Cries lost in fog, the vicious dog
    Breaks my flesh, kills your kin
    With rabid bite, say goodnight

    Compassion dies, cruelty wins
    The seeds of hate are where it begins
    If you drink my poison all life ends

    We must resist, and always fight
    The venom voices hijack the night
    Out of many, one, defend the light

    Out of many, one, that person unknown
    For the unfounded hate that you have shown
    Shedding ignorance shows that you’ve grown

    Out of many one, this one planet we share
    We must take heed and always beware
    Of those who want to divide us

    You are not different than us
    We are all the same, food, shelter
    Especially love, never live in shame

    It is easy to point the finger
    To cast aspersions and blame
    That leads us all to maim

    And kill the nasty shrill
    Thinking we can bludgeon
    Those who don’t agree

    Don’t let this be our history
    Don’t let this be our final page
    Don’t let our species die in rage

    From the festering self inflicted
    Wound of hate, because that hate
    Is the mirror we look into

    Out of many, one, it’s overdue
    To return to that spirit of pluralism
    And end that pustular schism.









  • Waralda,

    Waralda, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

    The question about the inferior people
    The solution to the undesirables
    The extermination on an industrial scale

    The Fuhrer, blind loyalty all must hail
    Their justification an epic fail
    Himmler’s unmasking the monster’s veil

    “The ancient one, the one mightier
    Than we are” furnace bodies charr
    Ashes ashes scattered wide and far

    Winds of hate flakes of bone
    Stole all property not their own
    All the corpses they did dispone

    By the might of providence
    Brute force of bullies arrogance
    Born out of blatant ignorance

    Master master as white as can be
    Blizzard of blood that cover’s thee
    Race to unimaginable atrocities

    Never again should the world ever see
    Never again should it come to be
    Never repeat the horrors of history.
    (end)

    On top of Hitler mentioning God several times in Mein Kampf. And calling the Nazis a “Christian movement”, and the Nazi belt buckles that read “Gott Mit Uns”, I ran across yet another vile disgusting quote from Heinrich Himmler who was basically the architect of the “death squads” and the “Final Solution.”

    “I have not tolerated an atheist in the ranks of the S.S. Every member has a deep faith in God, in what my ancestors called “Waralda, the ancient one, the one who is mightier than we are.” Heinrich Himmler.

    This quote is from this YouTube Documentary “Heinrich Himmler, Architect Of The Final Solution” link here, time stamp 34 minutes in is this quote.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmV1ehLK9sI










  • Here’s The Kicker

    Here’s The Kicker, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

    This chief lines up, to kick the ball
    “Bamboozled” he claims women are all
    Their only lot is to spread their legs
    Make babies for men, and fry some eggs

    You wasted you your money on a degree
    You’re only alive to serve idiots like me
    I wear this beard to mask my insecurity
    Handmaids Tale for all to see

    Laura Thatcher Ulrich, would not agree
    With your blatant stench of misogyny
    The only lot for females to be
    “Well behaved women rarely make history”

    It is because of inventor Hedy Lemarr
    That wi fi today, is global by far
    Marry Anderson set a high bar
    Put that windshield wiper on your car

    Photo 51, her deed was done
    Rosalind Franklin was the one
    Who discovered the shape of DNA
    The Double Helix was the way

    Are you jealous of swift women
    That are more successful than you
    Take this claptrap of which you balk
    You missed wide right with your sexist talk.
    (end)

    Religiously conservative kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs Harrison Butker says that the female’s job is to be bun ovens and house maids.

    I am so sick of religious misogyny. That same book of mythology has Lot offering his daughters up for rape Genesis 19:1-11. It has Moses saying telling his followers to murder all females captured in war who have slept with a man, but keep the virgins for yourselves, Numbers 31:14-18. It puts the penalty for rape at a mere 50 Shekels, no jail time, and the fine is to be paid to the father, not the victim, and the father can even force the victim to marry their rapist.






  • Falling Down

    Falling Down, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

    The bloated Basilisk, spins his tales of woes
    Blaming all of his foes, on middle school grounds
    His fist he petulantly pounds, incoherent sounds

    Hopscotch he plays, cheats in various ways
    Mar A Lago monkey bars, paying off porn stars
    Grifter, rapist, con, incompetent mafia don

    Marionette, sleeps in a bassinet
    Lindsey is his pet, Putin pulls his strings
    “Victim” he falsely sings, wife buried on golf green

    Lexicon is obscene, baby bottle needs
    Eloquent he’ll never be, worst in history
    Soiled presidency, will kill democracy

    It should have been the end
    When his first campaign began
    “They’re rapists” he once said

    It should have been lights out
    When the words came out of his mouth
    “McCain is no hero”, but he is the real zero

    Scapegoats, vilifies, the sane know, it’s all lies
    Lord Of The Flies in disguise, fascism on the rise
    Our Republic compromised, despot he wants to be

    Only the blind cannot see, he will bring just misery
    Sycophants his company, purging all dissent
    The Basilisk is hell bent, he never will repent

    Spineless slithering, slimy blithering dimwit
    Constitution under threat, throats he will slit
    That would be it, if we don’t take command

    If we don’t make our stand, burry him in the sand
    On the Jersey shore, no choice but to win this war
    Down to the wire, put out this dumpster fire
    (end)