Cheers to the Goddess of Goodsurprise

By Ray Schaufeld

Mon, 03 Mar 2014
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Cheers to the goddess of goodsurprise
that lifts me o'er my thinly hidden
but often truly twisted bitter cynicism
into continuing  with folks whatsoever
my initial notions
 
so that yesterday I got a session of work
where I thought there would be none
and went with a lady and her fun teenage
purply haired daughter to promote health
at a little festival at a college,
 
organised by a truly amazing guy called jack,
though even before aine and amy and myself
arrived in plymouth from exta I knew that the
make or break would be the Hey Road Trip!
quality that never fails to perk me
 
and Cheers the goddess sorted it
right there in aine's car what went right was
the friendship and true loyalty she has with her kid and
her awesome motorway skills through the driving downpour
and their down-home enjoyment of eating  and offering me
 pure junk, bumper packs of white choccy
buttons, and pringles and they planned
a macdonalds on the way back though
no hissy fits when they missed the
tricky turnoff
 
and Cheers to not too many of those these days with
my  sweetseventeen little miss and though my one
dresses hardcore girly and amy is more soft gothpunk
those two are pure Maid of Truth and Humour
which can come surprisingly easy to today's youth, they often
seem hardwired to feelgood in these harsh and sometimes
ill-feeling times
 
and Cheers to us on Abc,
we're a mixed bag of allsorts and sometimes I think
you lot rantmoanrabidly too much and me too, hey
what the heck we're a good little
lot, I reckon the natives here are friendly
and don't bite
oversavagely
 
and Cheers to spring.
Pinch-punch - first day of the month
was saturday, let's hope this year we
pinch ourselves in true wonder and awe
to the Goddess of Goodsurprise festooning
her sunbeams and flowery fertile
magic rainbursts.
 
 
 

 

 
Certificate U
Poem
Lost and found
Spiritual
Rant

Comments

Submitted by jeand on

Hi again Elsie

Beautiful rant about the good things of life - ever so simple. I like the idea of their being a god of goodsurprise.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Cheers Jean, I may even say praise be!               Elsie

Submitted by Bee on

Fast moving and bright. Liked the last stanza very much. I hope you are right.

Cheers to you, Elsie!

Bee

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Cheers for reading it Bee, all the very best to you                    Elsie

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

It's lovely to hear you so positive and encouraging to others to get on with it and notice the little good, and surprising things, and especially how good it is when people are straightforward and friendly, and unpretentious when they make mistakes, rather than wearing a mask and on their guard and distant.
Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Rhiannon, thanks for your comment, 'Wearing a mask' well I don't do it because I don't have it in me to do it well!

Jean called  this poem a rant. I thought of putting it under rant. Is there a genre of 'good rant?' Might do this now         Elsie
 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Very much enjoyed reading this piece Elsie.  As for your daughter being a goth,  I love goths and only have good words to say about them. 

This is such a positive piece, that it oozes support and enthusiasm which is what we all need.

Well done and a big thumbs up from me.  yes

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Thanks for reading, I'm delighted you like this. I like a lot of your work too Jennifer.

I break my rules all the time but I often try to alternate writing a sad or angry piece with a more cheerful one. I feel that with sad I am 'writing myself into ill' and then it is up to me to 'write myself back into well.' All the best       Elsie

Submitted by celticman on

I thought you didn't beleve in god, but you believe in chocolate buttons, which is always encouraging. Nice one.

 

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Thanks for your friendly comment, I have a sort of 'pick and mix' belief system smiley    Elsie

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Magic rainbursts, I like that Elise. A mad race of words. I loved each and every one.

Rich

 

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

I am delighted you liked it, Rich. It is a real little slice of life, exactly how my Sunday felt. The woman mentioned in the poem with her purply-haired daughter enjoyed it too. All the best  Elsie

Submitted by Linda Wigzell Cress on

Such an uplifting and enjoyable piece, leaving me with a smile.  It just suits this lovely sunny Spring day.  I'm off now search for the Goddess of Goodsurprise.

Linda

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Cheers for reading, Linda, seek and you shall find....smiley      Elsie