tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116359882024-03-08T17:30:38.257-05:00"POETRY" by JTK.CA -- (Hundreds of Poems)© <a href="http://jtk.ca/">JTK.CA</a><br>Tad “JTK.CA” NudistPoet<br><a href="http://nudecreations.com/">NudeCreations.com</a><br>© Jonathan Tad Ketchen<br><a href="http://tadcreations.com/">TadCreations.com</a><br>
Guelph, Ontario, Canada<br><a href="http://nudistpoet.com/">NudistPoet.com</a><br><br>
519-830-4812<br><a href="mailto:Tad@NudistPoet.com">Tad@NudistPoet.com</a><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.comBlogger328125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-89397317124930133082023-05-29T10:05:00.005-04:002023-05-29T10:39:02.896-04:00“IN THE LIQUID AIR (Funeral for Her Fallen Fellow Fish)” by JTK.CA<p>While a student at Valparaiso University (<a href="http://valpo.edu">valpo.edu</a>), Valparaiso, Indiana, from 1992 to 1995, I enjoyed hanging out in the Student Union’s upstairs
lounge. I called it the Aquarium Lounge for the fish who made their
home there.<br />
<br />
One day I noticed a dead fish at the bottom of the aquarium. I know dead
fish are supposed to float, but this one was lying on the pebbles at
the bottom of the tank. And another fish was hovering over his body like
someone mourning at her lover’s graveside. So, this is a true story,
or, at least, my interpretation of a true story. Enjoy.<br />
</p><p><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>“IN THE LIQUID AIR<br />
(Funeral for Her Fallen Fellow Fish)”<br />
by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a></b><br /><br />
She struggles among questions/cares<br />
And bug-eyed, buzzing (in water) stares<br />
At him who is but isn’t there,<br />
Having fallen from his aquatic air.<br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
She hovers close, but at a distance,<br />
Curious, but afraid of his motionless stance.<br />
With the confusion see her dance<br />
As he lies on the pebbles of fate and chance.<br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
With a mind the size of a grain of sand,<br />
See her struggle with the unplanned<br />
And above an empty body stand<br />
On the liquid graveyard land.<br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
Lifeless there he lies below her.<br />
That rambunctious fish will no longer stir<br />
Nor entertain primitive love thoughts of her.<br />
She cries dry tears in the liquid air.</span><br />
</p>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-78771103523685271392019-11-19T10:26:00.000-05:002019-11-19T10:26:20.744-05:00"SIMPLE SOLUTION" by JTK.CA"SIMPLE SOLUTION"<br />
by <a href="http://jtk.ca/">JTK.CA</a><br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
I'm a single male. It isn't easy. Basically, I'm a virgin, except for
some experimental homosexual touching with other boys my age in my early
teens. I've always wanted to heterosexually marry a woman, but I've
gotten the "Let's just be friends" line so many times that I'm becoming
more content with singlehood. The only problem is, for religious and
personal reasons, I'm celibate till marriage. I don't want kids, so, at
least, the celibacy has helped. Christianity today has trouble with
honesty, and honestly I'm a single Christian who copes with my sexual
needs by masturbating to pornography. That's my spiritual battlefield.
How's that for honesty? Did you even realize that single Christians
still have sexual needs? To deny it is sin, because God is the God of
Truth.<br />
<br />
I don't want to be sexually intimate with someone without emotional
intimacy, simply because I know my emotional limits. Being denied the
prospect of emotional intimacy with someone is painful enough; I know
from experience, many times over. Therefore, I'd rather not experience
being denied sexual intimacy after already having had it with someone.
I'll wait till marriage. I once told a girl I didn't even believe in
French kissing until marriage. She responded, "Wow! You're going to be a
nymphomaniac!" I said, "You bet ya' honey!" If someone wants to be
physically sexual with me, she has a simple solution. She can ask me to
marry her. And I'm one who believes in short engagements, preferably a
day or so, because if I agree to her proposal, I'm taking her to the
justice of the peace right away, before she has a chance to change her
mind.<br />
<br />
And if I don't accept her marriage proposal, maybe it's just my turn to say, "Let's just be friends." Revenge is sweet ;-)<br />
<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<a href="http://jtk.ca/">http://JTK.CA</a><br />
Tad Creations<br />
<a href="mailto:Tad@NudistPoet.com">Tad@NudistPoet.com</a><br />
(519) 780-1057<br />
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://jtk.ca/">JTK.CA</a>)JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-12880237313714266072019-06-21T06:37:00.000-04:002019-06-21T06:37:51.539-04:00"MATTER-ENERGY CONVERSION (text-only version)..." by JTK.CA"MATTER-ENERGY CONVERSION (text-only version)<br />(containing the poems 'NAKED AND SACRED' and 'MATTER IS NOT EVIL')"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /><br /><br />NAKED AND SACRED<br />--------------------------<br /><br />The naked body is not "obscene";<br />To say "it is so" is.<br />To call God's creation indecent<br />Is a slap in His holy face,<br />For in His image we were made.<br /><br /><br /><br />MATTER IS NOT EVIL<br />--------------------------<br /><br />Matter is not evil,<br />Energy's not wrong.<br />Bad behaviour is the gate<br />Inspiring each sad song.<br /><br /><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br />The nude graphicpoem version (18+) is at:<br /><a href="https://nudecreations.blogspot.com/2017/07/matter-energy-conversion-by-jtkca.html">https://nudecreations.blogspot.com/2017/07/matter-energy-conversion-by-jtkca.html</a><br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-41488389734317885782012-07-15T13:35:00.000-04:002012-07-15T14:57:04.448-04:00"QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWER" by JTK.CA"QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWER"<br />
by <a href="http://jtk.ca/">JTK.CA</a><br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
"What now?"<br />
Inquired fear of apathy.<br />
<br />
How long<br />
Will free souls dance with tyranny?<br />
<br />
When<br />
Will hoping end our hopelessness?<br />
<br />
Where<br />
Will the searchers find their place of rest?<br />
<br />
Why<br />
Is it that we question everything?<br />
<br />
Who is our answer?<br />
Who is our King?<br />
<br />
The only answer that we'll ever need<br />
Is Jesus Christ upon the cross of every deed<br />
And every thought in which good has fallen ill.<br />
The only remedy is that Perfection's blood did spill.<br />
<br />
"What now?"<br />
Inquired death as Christ rose again.<br />
<br />
"How long,"<br />
We ask, "until our Jesus comes again?"<br />
<br />
When<br />
Will freedom invade every heart?<br />
<br />
Why<br />
Will many turn away from a brand new start?<br />
<br />
Who is your answer?<br />
Who is your King?<br />
<br />
Where<br />
Will the searchers find their place of rest?<br />
Don't turn the Son of God away.<br />
Don't miss out on God's Best!<br />
<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<a href="http://jtk.ca/">http://JTK.CA</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://jtk.ca/">JTK.CA</a><br />
Artist, Poet, and Photographer<br />
Tad Creations<br />
<a href="mailto:NudistPoet@yahoo.com">NudistPoet@yahoo.com</a><br />
(519) 780-1057<br />
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://jtk.ca/">JTK.CA</a>)<br />
<br />JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-726921530736332112008-12-13T01:03:00.003-05:002008-12-13T01:18:14.606-05:00"IN HONOUR OF A HUMAN TOWER, JOHNNY BATES; IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHER, DANNY BATES" by JTK.CA"IN HONOUR OF A HUMAN TOWER, JOHNNY BATES; IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHER, DANNY BATES"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Empire State Building,<br />King Kong on your shoulder.<br />You stood tall<br />And made us high with laughter.<br /><br />Bicycle,<br />Running Chain Saw,<br />Each balanced on that <br />Rubber Chicken<br />Held in your<br />Severely Concentrating Mouth.<br />Thank you for the <br />Wonder of it all!<br />The King of Entertainment.<br /><br />But one day<br />Tragedy silenced our laughter<br />And took <br />The One You Love<br />Away.<br /><br />With the Weight of Your Love<br />On your shoulder;<br />A Human Tower,<br />You stood firm . . .<br />And trembled.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br /><br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />Artist, Poet, and Photographer<br />Tad Creations<br /><a href="mailto:NudistPoet@yahoo.com">NudistPoet@yahoo.com</a><br />(519) 780-1057<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-87772899263819620572008-11-19T13:19:00.002-05:002008-11-19T13:29:25.502-05:00"I NEED A WIFE FOR CHRISTMAS" by JTK.CA"I NEED A WIFE FOR CHRISTMAS"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />I need a wife for Christmas.<br />I need someone to hold.<br />I need to find my better half<br />Before my half is old.<br /><br />I have so many female friends.<br />I am really blest,<br />But where's the one to hold me<br />And share my empty nest?<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br /><br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />Artist, Poet, and Photographer<br />Tad Creations<br /><a href="mailto:NudistPoet@yahoo.com">NudistPoet@yahoo.com</a><br />(519) 780-1057<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-57105777044786497122008-11-19T12:53:00.008-05:002008-11-19T13:15:32.741-05:00"BEING HONEST WITH MYSELF AND YOU" by JTK.CA"BEING HONEST WITH MYSELF AND YOU"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />when it comes to destiny<br />don't wait for me<br />i'm retired with an advanced degree<br />called a Pr.D.<br />(a Doctor of Procrastination)<br /><br />overwhelmed with a mound of nothing to do<br />i think i'll nap or watch tv<br />after surfing the internet mindlessly<br /><br />i know i said<br />you could count on me<br />but now i count all the things i see...<br />a pile of excuses abounds,<br />a mountain of things i'd rather do<br />than keep my word to you<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br /><br />JTK.CA<br />Artist, Poet, and Photographer<br />Tad Creations<br /><a href="mailto:NudistPoet@yahoo.com">NudistPoet@yahoo.com</a><br />(519) 780-1057<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-24978906082950114652008-10-27T16:38:00.001-04:002008-10-27T16:39:34.065-04:00"FUZZY LOGIC" by JTK.CA"FUZZY LOGIC"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Felicity Fernandez,<br />A feline fanatic,<br />Claws at her keyboard.<br />Fuzzy logic intrigues her.<br />She's forgotten her friends.<br />Her only interest is the internet<br />And the cats on their web cams,<br />Oblivious to their global audience,<br />Just content in chasing mice,<br />Robot mice,<br />Computer mice,<br />Balls of string,<br />Anything<br />That will entice.<br /><br />Felicity is a poet<br />And cats are her mews.<br /><br />She thinks like a cat,<br />So people perplex her.<br />When I talk to her,<br />She doesn't know what to say.<br />"What's the matter, Felicity?<br />Cat dot your com?"<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br /><a href="mailto:NudistPoet@yahoo.com">NudistPoet@yahoo.com</a><br />(519) 780-1057<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-20301828028112388762008-10-20T13:43:00.003-04:002008-10-20T13:51:23.577-04:00"MEDICAL MASK MYSTERY" by JTK.CA"MEDICAL MASK MYSTERY"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Warm breath caress my chin.<br />Vapour of life trapped within.<br />Cloth covers a potential threat.<br />Tied around my ears and neck.<br /><br />Stripes of green crossing white.<br />Metal strip fits my proboscis tight.<br />Now you're safe from anything<br />The air from me to you might bring.<br /><br />I hold the instrument in my hand tight<br />And wake up when you turn on the light.<br /><br />*<br /><br />Before I woke, I answered a ring,<br />An imaginary patient calling in.<br />With a breath in my brain<br />My glasses fogged<br />And I dropped the dental mirror,<br />And my foot's reflection cracked<br />With the luminescent flash<br />As you sent filament flaming<br />In my psyche<br />With a thunder crash.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br /><a href="mailto:NudistPoet@yahoo.com">NudistPoet@yahoo.com</a><br />(519) 780-1057<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br />Tad's Note: This was inspired while I had a job cleaning a dental office.<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-41320043332279679292008-10-09T19:54:00.001-04:002008-10-09T19:57:30.541-04:00"DID YOU EVER WONDER...?" by JTK.CA"DID YOU EVER WONDER...?"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Did you ever wonder why Jesus was a carpenter?<br />Did you ever wonder why He never had a wife?<br />Did you ever feel the love of God who became man?<br />Did you feel the pain when the nail went through His hand?<br /><br />On Earth, Christ was a carpenter in holy preparation<br />For His present work in Heaven of preparing us each a home.<br />And on Earth, He remained single, for in His future Holy Nation,<br />We shall be the Bride for whom His Spirit had groaned.<br /><br />So now I'll sing this little song:<br /><br />"My Saviour was a carpenter.<br />He worked with wood,<br />He died on wood<br />And rose just like He said He would."<br /><br />Did you ever feel the love of God who became man?<br />Did you ever know that you've been always in His plan?<br /><br />You loved the sin and called it joy,<br />But soon you had a broken toy.<br /><br />The nail of sin through Perfection's hand.<br />Did you ever know a love so grand?<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br /><a href="mailto:NudistPoet@yahoo.com">NudistPoet@yahoo.com</a><br />(519) 780-1057<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-57772630036462896332008-10-09T19:50:00.000-04:002008-10-09T19:51:47.962-04:00"NOT A CLUE" by JTK.CA"NOT A CLUE"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />I asked you for the time of day.<br />You said, "2:15," and walked away.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br /><a href="mailto:NudistPoet@yahoo.com">NudistPoet@yahoo.com</a><br />(519) 780-1057<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-10888739441591030282008-10-09T19:46:00.000-04:002008-10-09T19:47:58.141-04:00"THE EVOLUTION OF LOVE" by JTK.CA"THE EVOLUTION OF LOVE"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />You're such a beautiful amalgamation<br />Of space debris.<br />You were billions of years in the making,<br />Just like me.<br /><br />It's hard to believe <br />You were once a frog,<br />And once primeval slime.<br />But all I know<br />Is I love you so,<br />More and more all the time.<br /><br />It's the evolution of love,<br />From the Big Bang<br />To these chemical reactions within my brain<br />That tell me I'll go insane<br />If you don't love me too.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br /><a href="mailto:NudistPoet@yahoo.com">NudistPoet@yahoo.com</a><br />(519) 780-1057<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-30696621583281940282008-10-09T19:34:00.000-04:002008-10-09T19:36:14.800-04:00"I SEE YOU WALKING IN THE NIGHT" by JTK.CA"I SEE YOU WALKING IN THE NIGHT"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />I see you walking in the night<br />With your plethora of musings<br />And I discover in the lightless light<br />I'm a slave to your choosings<br /><br />And though I've sung this song<br />A million times before<br />And another million times<br />My secret choir will sing these chords<br />I do not want to see you go<br />But fate has struck a different blow<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br /><a href="mailto:NudistPoet@yahoo.com">NudistPoet@yahoo.com</a><br />(519) 780-1057<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-19713549719849834452008-10-09T11:15:00.000-04:002008-10-09T11:19:11.684-04:00"PULLED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS BY THE SAME FATE" by JTK.CA"PULLED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS BY THE SAME FATE"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />You were spontaneous<br />Yet controlled,<br />Open<br />But fearing the door would be closed.<br /><br />You were spellbound<br />By your own<br />Disbelief in dreams.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br /><a href="mailto:NudistPoet@yahoo.com">NudistPoet@yahoo.com</a><br />(519) 780-1057<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-43026221703048393692008-10-09T10:59:00.003-04:002008-10-09T11:09:26.114-04:00"THE KEY TO MOST OF MY PROBLEMS" by JTK.CA"THE KEY TO MOST OF MY PROBLEMS"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />keeping up appearances<br />the key to most of my problems<br />i must not deviate from<br />the key to most of my problems<br />who people think i am<br />the key to most of my problems<br />i wouldn't want to surprise anyone<br />the key to most of my problems<br /><br />keeping up appearances<br />i must not deviate from<br />who people think i am<br />i wouldn't want to surprise anyone<br />especially myself<br />especially myself<br />especially myself<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br /><a href="mailto:NudistPoet@yahoo.com">NudistPoet@yahoo.com</a><br />(519) 780-1057<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-48846275745217401902008-10-01T17:27:00.001-04:002008-10-01T17:30:41.585-04:00"THIS IS MY DESTINATION" by JTK.CA"THIS IS MY DESTINATION"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />This is my destination.<br />I'm free from the luggage that weighed me down,<br />Now back in this place I call my own,<br />Free to be me again,<br />My own best friend.<br /><br />This is my destination,<br />A direction that stops to rest its wings.<br />This is my home,<br />If only for a few more hours<br />Until duties call<br />And the hours drawl.<br /><br />This is my destination,<br />My mental playground,<br />Free from the sound of<br />"Do this now!"<br /><br />This is my destination,<br />A place of rest and relaxation<br />And mental salvation.<br /><br />This is the computer lab<br />And, as you can see,<br />I think it's fab!<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-64338897648473796952008-09-20T00:20:00.000-04:002008-09-20T00:21:25.712-04:00"EXHAUSTED" by JTK.CA"EXHAUSTED"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />I thought I'd write a note to you<br />And try to say something sane,<br />But, right now, Leprechauns from Mars<br />Are colonizing my brain.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-32742570362434806922008-09-08T09:10:00.002-04:002008-09-08T09:29:11.850-04:00"GETTING MORE" by JTK.CA"GETTING MORE"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />In the quest for getting more,<br />I've discovered<br />"Less"<br />Is what I need.<br /><br />Ironically enriching is the process<br />Of culling down my overabundance<br />Into something more sustainable<br />And less overwhelming.<br /><br />Having too much<br />Becomes a form of slavery--<br />Slavery to more than I can handle--<br />And a convenient excuse for lethargy.<br /><br />God has given me so much to share<br />With the world,<br />But the more I hold onto it,<br />The more I wonder what it all means.<br />The more I hold on,<br />The more I let go of ambition,<br />Leaving me in a quagmire of mire and self-loathing.<br /><br />But now I'm finding freedom.<br />Who would have thought that filling garbabe bags<br />Would be the cure to my emptiness?<br />Actually, I've "thought" it many times;<br />But now that I'm doing it,<br />I'm discovering its truth.<br /><br />Also finding things that I can live without<br />And share with others--<br />This is the freedom I'm finding<br />In finding myself.<br /><br />I'd been lost in the<br />Piles of debris surrounding me.<br />Now I'm moving towards a life of order.<br />And it's not because I've given myself the order<br />To find order.<br />Rather, it's because I've found the joy--<br />Yes the joy<br />Of finding more freedom with less.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-11434782227011205582008-09-04T01:45:00.002-04:002008-09-04T01:54:43.535-04:00"MOTHER" by JTK.CA"MOTHER"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />She brought us into the Saviour's Earth<br />As we shared in His human birth<br />And she shared in Mary's pain and love<br />For each newborn future of the world<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br />Tad's Note: I post this poem in honour of my sister-in-law Nancy and my cousin Cheryl, who both gave birth to new children within the past few days.<br />2008-09-04<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-71247207342185253032008-08-20T11:25:00.004-04:002008-08-20T11:38:43.910-04:00"CAPTURE A CRACK IN TIME" by JTK.CA"CAPTURE A CRACK IN TIME"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Capture a crack in time,<br />A moment you don't have time for.<br /><br />When you have the time,<br />Things don't seem so urgent.<br />They fall through the cracks.<br />Capture a crack in time,<br />And salvage a broken dream.<br />It only takes a moment.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br />"God is perfect,<br />But he is not a perfectionist."<br /><br />--The Rev. Charles Price<br /><a href="http://www.livingtruth.ca">http://www.livingtruth.ca</a><br /><br />Tad highly recommends you visit<br /><a href="http://www.livingtruth.ca">http://www.livingtruth.ca</a><br />for solid, insightful, Biblical preaching.<br /><br /><br />BELOW IS A HISTORIC ADVERTISEMENT FOR MY<br />2003 ART SHOW AT CAFE AQUARIUS.<br />CAFE AQUARIUS HAS SINCE MOVED TO ANOTHER<br />LOCATION.<br /><br /><br />Tad's show is up and running.<br />Here are the details.<br /><br /><br />******************************<br /><br />NudeCreations.com<br />presents:<br /><br />JONATHAN TAD KETCHEN (JTK.CA)<br />Art & Poetry Show<br />at<br />CAFE AQUARIUS<br />33 Macdonell Street (upstairs)<br />Guelph, Ontario, Canada<br />from NOVEMBER 1 to 30, 2003<br /><br />Free Admission<br /><br />******************************<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-13825250591961113612008-08-20T11:15:00.001-04:002008-08-20T11:24:56.236-04:00"NOTHING INSIDE" by JTK.CA"NOTHING INSIDE"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />So often I fall<br />And get up again<br />Then wondering why<br />I am where I've been<br />I open a book<br />With nothing inside<br />I open a book<br />And in it I hide<br />People are wondering<br />Where has he gone<br />My friends answer them<br />He's writing a song<br /><br />Hidden in pages<br />Thoughts through the ages<br />Hide in a book<br />Doing no good at all<br />The book on the shelf<br />Is a symbol of wealth<br />A wealth never found<br />A song without sound<br />For the book is dead<br />It's never been read<br />To a soul but myself<br />A dreamer of wealth<br />A wealth never found<br />A song without sound<br /><br />The people are wondering<br />Where has he gone<br />Where is his song<br />My friends answer them<br />He's eating his bread<br />For he can't afford food<br />But his songs when he's dead<br />Will feed all of you<br /><br />But the people scowl <br />We want his songs now<br />My friends say<br />Not while he's living<br />For he's afraid of rejections<br />Of fictitious submissions<br />He's afraid you won't like <br />What you haven't heard<br /><br />He's afraid of himself<br />He's afraid of no wealth<br /><br />Self-induced poverty smothers desire<br />He's walking a wire<br />Soon he will fall<br />Into nothing at all<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-21003011773294850842008-08-20T10:36:00.002-04:002008-08-20T10:49:07.356-04:00"MY WORDS AND THE MIDAS TOUCH" by JTK.CA"MY WORDS AND THE MIDAS TOUCH"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />I want everything<br />And I want it now,<br />Perfection and fame,<br />A place on the bestseller list,<br />My own publishing company,<br />My words in the mind of every citizen of the world.<br /><br />I want to change the world<br />With the stroke of a pen<br />And the layout of a book.<br /><br />I want everything else profound<br />To bow in subservience to my words.<br /><br />But if my wish came true,<br />My words would turn to gold and shine<br />With blazing insignificance.<br /><br />Greatness is not instant.<br />Success is not express.<br />Tedium and frustration<br />Are key ingredients of the heroes of history.<br />The word "breakthrough" implies<br />Something is in the way.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-52946392583158051552008-08-18T14:50:00.001-04:002008-08-18T14:53:38.908-04:00"JEALOUS OF A STATUE" by JTK.CA"JEALOUS OF A STATUE"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://nudistpoet.com/jealous-of-a-statue.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://nudistpoet.com/jealous-of-a-statue.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><b>^^^ Click on image to ENLARGE ^^^</b><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-91439833429653980222008-08-16T15:22:00.002-04:002008-08-16T15:29:53.695-04:00"THE BEAM" by JTK.CA"<img src="http://nudistpoet.com/the-beam.jpg">"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />I am the sin<br />Christ's hands were nailed to.<br />I am the beam<br />He carried there<br />Until its evil became too heavy<br />For the tortured Son of God to bear.<br /><br />A passer-by was forced to carry<br />The cursed tree to the Place of the Skull,<br />Where God's own Son would die for me<br />To prove all of my striving null.<br /><br />I am the beam<br />Christ's hands were nailed to.<br />I am the nail that skewered His feet.<br />I am the sword that pierced His side.<br />I am a disciple who did retreat.<br />I helped fuel Satan's pride.<br />I began the shouts to crucify.<br /><br />God's love and grace<br />Are all that save me.<br />Christ's sacrifice<br />Unseals my doom,<br />Unlocks the gates of Hell<br />To free me<br />To enter Streets of Gold.<br /><br />Heaven is too rich to earn--<br />Inheritance the only way.<br />Accept the gift of eternal life<br />For which only Christ could pay.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11635988.post-15442174622596328462008-07-28T15:51:00.005-04:002009-10-10T15:47:41.626-04:00"DANCE WITH CHAOS (text-only version)" by JTK.CA"DANCE WITH CHAOS (text-only version)"<br />by <a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Flawed,<br />We dance with chaos--<br />Broken dreams mended with barbed wire--<br />Until Peace steps in<br />With mercy in His hands,<br />Hands pierced by every human grief<br />So we could have relief.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><a href="http://JTK.CA">http://JTK.CA</a><br />Tad Creations<br />Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen (<a href="http://JTK.CA">JTK.CA</a>)<br /><br />The nude graphicpoem version (18+) is at:<br /><a href="http://nudecreations.blogspot.com/2006/03/solitude-dance-with-chaosgif.html">http://nudecreations.blogspot.com/2006/03/solitude-dance-with-chaosgif.html</a><br /><br>JTK.CA@TadCreations.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08773849128589292437noreply@blogger.com0