SERANA: THE WORLD'S NEWEST FORM OF POETRY
SAMPLES OF SERANA

 

             Serana* To  GOOGLE
                     ---by poet David J Serana

                                                I
                        Gather information in lightning speed

                        One perfect search engine sufficed the need

                        Our transport machine in our time and space

                        Get news, facts and ads in wise displays

                        Look! Everything is in our Fingertips!

                        Expansive knowledge now all within grips


               

          
Serana* To  ALENA FROLOVA
                     ---by poet David J Serana

---by poet David J Serana

                                                I
                        A
sk me my dear, how great is my true love

                        Love you so sweetly, gently as a dove

                        Endear you like a precious pearl to keep

                        Nothing  truly measures my love is deep

                        Adore you when you are awake or sleep

 

                                                II

                        Fairest lady, lovely rose of my heart!

                        Remember I will always be your part

                        Offer you my devoted faithfulness

                        Love you with warmest kisses and caress

                        Obey your loving wish and sweet desire

                        Vouch I will embrace you tight and inspire

                        A love to last long even I retire!

 

 

 

Serana* To ALEXANDER MARCUS EVANS
---by poet David Serana

                                       I
A
will is in the heart for you to dream

Like power gushing in a running stream

Exert the force to realize your aim

Xenial start to build a good name

Always remember that what lies ahead

Never runs out of good money and bread

Do the right thing to do; the will of mind

Especially to believe that you will find

Relief from life’s persistent grate and grind

 

                                                                   II

May you grow with your dreams and flourish well

Achieve true success that is great to tell

Reward the honest efforts of your goals

Come to your destinies; to highest poles

Undisturbed by the vexations of life

Serenely rise as winner of the strife

 

                                                                  III

Expect the best in everything you do

Volunteer commitment dreams to come true

After the storm bursts the gold sun to shine

No darkness can destroy heart’s silver line

So believe faith will never undermine

        

 

            *Serana to ANTS

    ---by poet David J Serana     

                        

Active empire builders, toilers of ground

Nature’s great unstoppable workers found!

Transform dusts into the celestial hill

Share no man’s wisdom only instinct’s will

 

 

  *Serana to BEE

                                                  ---by poet David J Serana  

                           

Beautiful bright marbles, nectar-seeker

Every flower’s friend; true flower’s helper

Each flight sprinkles bloom to a bare bower

 

 

                         *Serana to EARTH

                  ---by poet David J Serana

 

Endowed of love and life; they, you, we, see!

A mirror ball; we dance, we roam, we free!

Rainbow skies and flower lands blooming bright

The sun bathes in ocean shines foamy white

Heaven is paradise here! Wondrous sight!

 

 

                           *Serana to FISH

                    ---by poet David J Serana

 

Flowing in the water, happy and free

Individually painted; colored glee

Stripes of artistry! Jewel fins and scales!

House lakes and oceans, children of great whales!

 

 

            *Serana to IRAQ

 ---by poet David J Serana

 

 

Indivisible land of two rivers

Resources of our God’s love and powers

Are great wealth hidden each valley and glen

Queen of nations; gracious mother of men

 

 

 

            *Serana to STONE

      ---by poet David J Serana                          

      

Seen, most unnoticed, scattered throughout Earth

Time’s faithful companion since matter’s birth

Origin unknown; God’s crystal powers

Now become halls, palaces and towers

Earth’s strong bones and universe’s flowers

 

 

 

            *Serana to TREE

       ---by poet David J Serana

 

Tower rising up the skies with green cloud

Raining fruits and flowers; verdant and proud

Embraces birds and animals below

Earth’s husband; faithful father’s bounties show

 

 

 

 

Serana* To ASHLEY EPPS BARBOUR
---by poet David J Serana



                                                                                    I
                                                A
time to love is when I see your face

                                                Sweet apparition; beauty full of grace

                                                Hear my soft words; to whisper in your ear

                                                Love pierced me sweetly; I love you my dear!

                                                Emote to you my feelings; I am prince

                                                You are my princess! Cupid had known since!

 

                                                II

                                                Embrace me with your flowing loveliness

                                                Please fill me with your kiss and sweet caress

                                                Partake the essence of your flaming charms

                                                Seek your love’s will to bring you in my arms

 

                                                III

                                                Bride of my heart, my passion of  desire!

                                                A cause to love and love and never tire

                                                Reason of beauty my heart loves to gaze

                                                Beautiful babe, enthrall me and amaze!

                                                O let me love you with my loving love

                                                Untainted love; as noble as a dove

                                                Rest in your heart; in your love live and rove

 

 

 

Serana* To BRANDON MICHAEL CHURCH
---by poet David Serana

                                       I
B
old youth; so handsome! Gods created you!

Resplendent figure, perfect to the view

A likeness to Adonis; human form

No angels can compete or can conform

Divine sweet Venus wooed your heart for me

O Cupid struck my heart; it bleeds you see

Now is this love, if loving is not free?

 

                                                                   II

My heart is captured of your interest

In wishing of your love; I wish it best

Come take my love and see what lies beyond

Heart’s faithfulness; to stay strong and to bond

Affection that will last through thick and thin

Exist in sun and storm; your good or sin

Last til the end of ends; stick to begin

 

                                                                  III

Chaste knight; nobility and chivalry

Have shaped your physique; with your gallantry

Undauntedness beams in your form and girth

Right gentlemanliness poured at your birth

Can love love you? Or can love love your heart?

Hence love you and your heart; true love impart

 

 

 

Serana* To CHAD ALAN MOELLER

                                                                 ---by poet David J Serana

                                                                           I
                                    C
hase dreams, believe the challenge of your heart

                                    Hold on to faith that you have from the start

                                    A star shines in the sky to reach and own

                                    Dream high, work hard, fulfillment will be shown

 

                                    II

                                    Aspire to be a man of true success

                                    Life is the greatest wealth that you possess  

                                    Achieve the goal of fatherhood and aim

                                    No riches but good children and good name

 

                                 III

                                    Marry the sweetest bride; devoted wife

                                    Of  faithful heart, my partner throughout life                          

                                    Endowed of perfect mother’s care to give

                                    Love to our children so long as we live

                                    Like sun to shine her cheerfulness each day

                                    Embrace our children whether work or play

                                    Remember our love’s promise all the way

 

 

 

Serana* To CHARLES JOHN MUSSER

--- by poet David Serana

 

                                      I

Contrite heart and a spirit of remorse

Have moved myself; knowing I erred the worse

A fault caused by humanity and sin

Receive forgiveness and be cleansed again

Look for atonement to absolve my guilt

Embalm my putrid heart; salve my wound’s filth

Save virtues by which character is built

 

                                     II

Judge not myself but actions that I did

O throw me not to hell; may you forbid!

Hell is on earth, heart’s cold indifference

Not unforgiven is divine a sense

 

                                     III

May you forgive me for my sinfulness

Uknown to you is my remorsefulness

See my sincerest plea I bring to you

Show you profound apology so true

End past misunderstanding to start new

Repeat no errors, hidden or at view

 

 

 

Serana* To CHRISTOPHER AUTRELL HARGEST
---by poet David J Serana

 

 

                                      I

Cause me to write you this immortal rime

Heap praise for character that fits your prime

Respect for you from me, deserve you well

Incorporate this verse to proudly tell

Sweet youth and such a sweetness tongue can taste

Tang of content; made gracefully, no haste

Overpowered restless distastefulness

Palate’s selection made no wrongfulness

Hear admiration given full and strong

Earmarked to you; to only you belong

Reap merits for acts as you go along

 

                                                                                  II

A man in action; energy in youth

Unmasked; pretenseless, truthful as fair truth

Truth that no artifice or fraud to hide

Reality; to treasure or deride

Except that you are one to treasure most

Liked for your graces, you are one best host

Leave  well-bred audiences to give you toast

 

                                    III

Have you as subject of this poetry

Admire your character’s full symmetry

Reveal not just what all my eyes observed

Gauge you by action merits you deserved

Espouse the values that outline your deeds

Sure worthiness of praise your ways proceeds

True expectations your true worth exceeds

 

 

 

Serana* to CHRISTOPHER RICHARD BOSTON BARTER
---by poet David J Serana

                              I
C
ome rise to greatness, bold and mighty man!
Here is your place to build an empire's span
Reveal the strength of spirit that you hide
In sight is golden sun to rise and guide
Shine with your dreams you are afraid to own
To reach the heights and conquer the unknown
O epitome of fancied youth and will
Paired to success, the vision to fulfill
Has power to achieve and mind to lead
Each step to higher state, the goal to heed
Reborn the glory and the strength you need

                                          II
R
est not to cease but gather your true might
Impossibility is not the fight
Create the world you touch in both your hands
Hail conqueror of far and distant lands!
Aim high, persist, attain and realize
Reach far beyond the limits of the skies
Dream on to lift your mind and heart to rise
 

                                          III
B
elieve that what you dream you can achieve
One life to spend with dignity to live
Search possibilities your plan attains
To drive towards desires that heart sustains
Of love and wisdom only God will know
Now keep your faith for miracles to show

                                          IV
B
e firm, hold on, be strong and pure of heart
A covenant for you shall not depart
Remembering you to your glorious fate
The share of wealth that you can never hate
Endure the challenges to make you proud
Regarded and esteemed above the crowd

                                               

 

 

 

Serana* To COLLEGIUM GRINNELLENSE

VERITAS ET HUMANITAS

---by poet David J Serana

I

Character is virtue; center of soul

One source of strength, the power of the whole

Light to the heart and mind; beacon to truth

Leads to true human kindness, love and ruth

Engulf with fullness of integrity

Give substance; give form; give stability

In character dwells stronghold firmament

Unconquerable, lasting, permanent

Merge thoughts, words, wise acts as one instrument

 

                                                            II

Greatness is value; pinnacle of worth

Remain the ideal to grow and rise forth

Infuse the essence of being to be

New frontiers conquered but same entity

No mighty force can shock the core within

Earth’s tempests, trials and temptations’ din

Lest relativity, the small good deed 

Last more than big dreams most empty hearts need

Endure with roughest times, smallest can be

No bigger than seed, be seqouia tree

Slowly and surely to rise steadily

Embracing the base of humility

 

                                                            III

Veracity is action; truth of mind

Encapsulate quest to perfection find

Reason to seek, constant fervor be known

In right use of knowledge, wisdom is shown            

To see is not what things appear to be

A mind is needed by the eye to see

Sound consciousness is the sheer guarantee

 

IV

End is never justified by the means

The true good ends where the true good begins

 

V

Humanity is beauty; God’s love’s light

Unfolding creation; grace to man’s sight

Made glory visible, tangible, free

A deed undone to break life’s mystery

Nadir is man’s life, redeemed by Christ’s blood

I AM THAT IAM, now man is of God

To advent resurrected life; to live

A redemption from darkness to forgive

Salvation and love to man God will give

 

 

 

Serana* To EVANETTE S GONZALES
---by poet David J Serana

                                                Each kindness that you give is sweet and pure
                                                Vouched by sincerity so clear and sure
                                                A wealth so priceless that a friend can have
                                                No more no less worth than an honest love
                                                Endeared by many grateful friends around
                                                To every deed the best in you is found
                                                To wish you best and pray for your success
                                                Encourage you to seek true happiness

                                                Stay as kind as you are and God will bless

                                                Go to where your heart leads you to achieve
                                                On pursuing; keep your faith and believe
                                                None shall obstruct you to attain your goal
                                                Zest in your life remain to fill your soul
                                                A chance of kindness that you always do
                                                Lasts for eternity your goodness through
                                                Ensure the sweetness of a gentle heart
                                                So true and wonderful since from the start

 

 

 

Serana* To FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY
---by poet David J Serana

 

                                                                                    I
                                                Free Mighty Land, the cradle of our dreams
                                                Rise high serenely with Thy freedom beams
                                                Entirely shines throughout the face of man

Ensuring Will of Choice to every one
            Destroy the chains and bondage of the soul
            Our liberty be waived from pole to pole

Mankind lives to express; be free and whole
           
                                               

                                                                                    II
                                                And no one shall be lesser or greater
                                                No race, color, belief  shall be higher
                                                Diverse unity without barrier!

           

                                                                                    III
                                                Direct no mind or heart; let free the Will

                                                Ere laws are set, consensus is king still

                                                Minds elevate to highest reasons reached
                                                Order and peace in every household preached

                                                Create society for the best of all
                                                Relations bridging; weathering each wall

A rule of the majority governs
Coalesce all our different concerns
Yield to action what unity discerns

 

 

 

                                                Serana* To GOD BLESS AMERICA
                                                            ---by poet David J Serana

 

                                                                                    I
                                                God bless Thee, Land, where milk and honey flows!
                                                Our wealth and grandeur, Mighty One bestows
                                                Deliver Thee from evil, God’s love shows
                                               

                                                                                    II
                                                Be strong, we love Thee and forever will!
                                                Let Freedom ring out loud and dreams fulfill
                                                Ensured to Thee our faith, our hope, our love

Saved by the guiding light from high above
            Sweet home! O ! Our beautiful home we have!
           

                                                                                    III
                                                A land of liberty, true Eden found
                                                Made all men equal, with same rights abound
                                                Endowed with highest pursuit to be free
                                                Restore world order and great harmony
                                                In God We Trust, all nations Thou will lead
                                                Come to One Unity, no place for greed

                                                Attain the true redemption we all need!


 

 

Serana* To HARRY JOSEPH AND MERLE ANN DE MOTT SR

---by poet David Serana

                                                I

                                                Home is a place where faithfulness prevails

            A paradise of love; love never fails

            Respect to each other sustains the heart

            Reviving true commitment from the start

            Yield to compassion; where two is one part

 

                                                II

            Joined more than marriage, joined two by the soul

            One love, two heart beats; wife and husband whole

            Sewn together like one eternal thread

            Encompassing love so full and so red!

            Palpitating like youth’s dreamful desire

            Hours, days and years rejuvenate the fire!

 

                                                III

            Assuring love, the truest love can be!

            No doubts, no fears, no obstacles to see

            Doing cares and affections lovingly

 

                                                IV

            Merle and Harry, ideal partners for life!

            Enduring each pain; enduring each strife

            Rise so faithfully in each other’s arms

            Love pours; love fills; love soothes; love heals; love warms

            Envigorating heart’s passions and charms

 

                                                V

            Almighty God has bless your unity

            Nothing can break your marriage’s entity

            Nothing can ruin both your fidelity

 

                                                VI

            Dream more of love in your wonderful lives

            Eternally, love endures and survives

 

                                                VII

            Moments are forever in each embrace

            Offer great comfort, sweet smiles in the face

            True love is loving till the end of time

            True love is bliss, immortally sublime!

 

                                                VIII

            See together you are entwined in love

            Replicating God’s love flowing above!

 

 

 

Serana* To JOSE ANTONIO LOPEZ
---by poet David J Serana

                                                                                      I
                                                J
oin leadership to lead and show the way

                                                Obey the rules and standard every day

                                                Stay focused until mission is attained

                                                Each goal secured; and discipline maintained

 

                                                                                   II

                                                Accomplishment has no alternative

                                                Need tasks be done with good initiative

                                                To push the order to the lowest end

                                                Or take responsibility no bend

                                                Name crew to job and skill accordingly

                                                Identify apt person’s specialty

                                                Oppose the rush; work speed with quality

 

                                                                                   III

                                                Lead by example; sound thought, word and act

                                                Outstand as model role; with sense and tact

                                                Promote result-oriented unity

                                                Ensure maximum productivity

                                                Zero time-waste in each activity

 

 

 

Serana* To KENNETH JAMES ODEN

--- by poet David Serana

 

                                      I

Keep your heart opened to love and be cared

Earth’s precious time is spent when love is shared

Nothing is sweeter than when heart will feel

New cause of joy to know that love is real

Especially the warmth of sweet caress

To sense true ecstasy and happiness

Heart to be freed in lovers’ wilderness

 

                                       II

Joy of desire to let loose like a kite

Above the clouds, to reach contentment’s height

Moored by the rope held by the faithful hands

Elevated passions above the lands

Suffice emotions, move by their commands

 

                                       III

O heart on fire! Burning with pure desires!

Deeper and higher, truly love inspires!

Engulf you with the air of great delight

Now love conquers heart by its fervent might

 

 

 

Serana* To LISA CARCHEDI MD
---by poet David Serana

                                       I
L
ift up the mind to a more stable state

Instill the right behavior to relate

Shape optimism in each view and thought

A positive attitude to be sought

 

                                                                   II

Challenge is the great stimulus to find

Achievement in stability of mind

Reaffirm true self-worth and confidence

Come to the right judgment and better sense

Heal mental wounds; anxieties to mend

Encourage hope and compassion to lend

Discover the bare beauty of the soul

Ideas to cure and make the mind whole

 

 

                                                                  III

Mind is the consciousness the thinking soul

Do right and think right is the better goal

 

 

 

Serana* To MARY SUSAN BEBENG MONSERATE SERANA

MY IMMORTAL BELOVED1
---by poet David J Serana



                                      I
M
y wife, my love; the end of all my love

Am yours forever, on earth and above

Receive my faithfulness to you I give

You alone, beyond death and long I live

 

II

Sweet princess! My zenith of all desires

Unfailing love forever blaze heart’s fires

Sustain commitment beyond breath of time

A love immortal, vibrant and sublime

No mortal love surmounts love in this rime

 

III

Betroth the promise of posterity

Entrust to children our continuity

Be raised as honorable citizens

Ethics wherever they are denizens

Near always to God’s wisdom and God’s grace

Go where good talents grow and build a place

 

IV

My wife, my great beloved, my one breath

One heart that I behold beyond my death

Need you my air, my soul, my everything

Sustain my passions, pure affections bring

Endear you in my heart and in my mind

Reserve to only you what yearnings find

Attest my love in wishes and in deeds

To hurt you hurts me more and my heart bleeds

Ensure are first priorities your heeds

 

V

Seek your immortal love as I give mine

Eternally, our union last to shine

Reward to us true marriage mystery

A crown to what we have; love’s mastery

Nothing can ever separate us both

All challenges surmounted by our oath

 

VI

My one and only love, my only life

You are my loving and my faithful wife

 

 

 

VII

I love you, in my heart and in my soul

My thoughts, dreams, ideas; take them whole

My inspirations, fascinations, love

Over my life, you, and nothing above

Repeat to me this love I speak to you

To warm us and keep us; to see us through

A love that heaven has given and shown

Love beyond words and feelings; love alone

 

VIII

By these love verses, our love is enshrined

Exhort all unions for true love to bind

Love is eternal and the heart bursts forth

Our meek humanity, man’s highest worth

Verily, verily, love is the light

Endowing truth and beauty, reason’s sight

Discover the way of heaven’s delight!

 

 

1 Mary Susan Monserate “Bebeng” Serana  is the wife of the poet.

 

 

 

 

Serana* To MICROSOFT
---by poet David Serana

   
            M
aster of programs, computer software

            Information undone from full to bare

            Create the WORD from nothing to something

            Rewrite intelligence for everything

            Offer universal program syntax

            Systems of communication relax

            Our civilization is more defined

            Fast processes to best outputs designed    

            The Wow! The wonder of the human mind!        

 

 

 

Serana* To NICHOLAS O ANDERSON

                                                            ---by poet David J Serana

                                                                    I
                                    N
ix foolish reasonings; uphold the wise

                                    In throne best judgment; wisdom no disguise

                                    Coopt with evidence for truth to reign

                                    Hoard wit and knowledge to defend amain

                                    Offer the strategy fair beyond doubt

                                    Ligate the opposition; release clout   

                                    Assure the victory of equity

                                    Save innocence from wrong impunity

 

                                                                 II

                                    Onus probandi1 ---truth’s ability

 

                            III

                                    Adjudge an act not duly by the act

                                    Nab mercy for vexed minds; compassion backed

                                    Deed bears the motive; motive confirmed whole

                                    Examine both the body and the soul

                                    Reserve the punishment if both commits

                                    Same crime; exact the hell as law permits

                                    Obscuris vera involvens2, truth known

                                    No truth’s mercy but mercy’s truth be shown

 

                                                1Onus probandi – burden of proof

                                                2Obscuris vera involvens – Obscure truth obscured by obscurities.

 

 

 

Serana* to PAUL ANTHONY MATTEN
---by poet David J Serana
           

                                          I
P
lease pardon me; hear my sincere regret
A contrite plea; my wrong make me upset
Until you grant forgiveness of my deed
Loss of our friendship pierced my heart to bleed

                                          II
A
lapse of judgement and my angry heart
Not wise; my bad actuations I impart
To reave not just my character but cool
Hosted outright stupidity; was fool
O how can I win back your countenance
Now I am prostrate; void of arrogance
You are good man please give me a chance
 

                                          III
M
yself will not expect from you a thing
A friendship fixed; restored, I hope to bring
To move on, reconciled with you my friend
To save myself; be righteous, not a fiend
Entreat you to forgive me; I will seek
Never again be fool; nor proud, but meek

 

Serana* To HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WALKER BUSH JUNIOR

---by poet David Serana

                                                I

Hear marvelous works a president attained!

In service, true dedication maintained

Serve God, Country, People; equity reigned

 

II

Exalted for your vision for world peace

Xenial moves prevent terror to release

Calamities for human destruction

Expedient decisions barred immolation

Lauded for actions that safeguard the world

Lest evil of plans to mankind be hurled

End intimidation of righteousness

No fear against terroristic duress

Create society of confidence

Yield to human goodness as true defense

 

III

Go forth, mighty worker; leader acclaimed

Ensure that democracy is proclaimed

Over the world; promote free enterprise

Resolve profit’s greed being good disguise

Generate equality to fair trade

Exploitation none with ethics upgrade

 

IV

We honor and respect you leader dear

A love that we give to you, loud and clear

Like our patriarchs who build this Great Land

Keep high our vision, success is at hand

Everlasting greatness that we defend

Rest in our will for our ills to amend

 

V

Beloved ruler, appointed of God

Under His grace you reign with wisdom’s rod

Secure economic prosperity

Heal wounds and steer all to true unity

 

VI

Justice will be yours in history’s eyes

Uncrowned on earth; rewarded by the skies

New generation will see your great deeds

In addressing and defending our needs

O , Hail! Our American President!

Receive our true loyalty’s testament!

 

 

 

Serana* To  RANDY KING1
 ---by poet David J Serana

                                                I
                        R
eward is great for you who trust the Lord

                        A faith that moves a mountain without word

                        No hardship too big or problems too high

                        Difficulties will never make you cry

                        Your yoke is easy you will never sigh

 

                                                II

                        Keeping the firm trust to the faith unseen

                        In hope and love are where your strengths begin

                        New promise of success that you will have

                        Gives you long life, good health and His great love!

 

 

 

 

Serana* To  ROBERT LEE BEHRMANN  M.D.
                        ---by poet David J Serana

                                    I
Restore the wholeness of infirmity

Or solve the source of abnormality

Beyond anatomy of ailment’s claw

Entangle cure and gaze at nature’s awe

Reveal the agent of disease and ill

The good cells to promote; bad cells to kill

 

                                    II

Learn best the means to nurse the body well

Each ill-health to arrest; the cause to qwell

Each painful pain is where the symptoms dwell

 

                                    III

Bright medicine is science of the cure

Exact the drug or treatment; potent , pure

Heal sickness from the root; germs to destroy

            Ready the US army to deploy1

Mandate the physique is full-functioning

A healthy mind in sound conditioning

Now implement prevention and secure

No pill is needed once good health is sure

 

                                    IV

Man’s health is prime; the best wealth to possess

Disease the foe; clean living can suppress

 

 

1Ready the US Army to deploy - This line could also be written for medical appropriateness and pentameter perfection as: Ready the anti-bodies to deploy or Ready the body’s army to deploy.  Poet decides to write the line as an intended personification to the anti-bodies as US Army soldiers, the body’s army in the world as the human body, deployed and fighting a deadly disease in Iraq and anywhere in the world where the US Army is deployed. This shall be a footnote wherever this serana is published. Maj. Robert Lee Behrmann is the Military Physician where the poet is                assigned as Combat Medics and who personally requested the                poet to write a serana after his name.

 

 

 

Serana* To RUSSELL K OSGOOD
---by poet David J Serana

I

Reform the formed; if form shows its clear flaw

Use wisdom to perfect form; that is law!

Shape mind with reasons best to show and know

Shifts of discernment; good, gaud; lofty, low

Enforce the mighty precept in each act

Let mind be bind to virtue’s force and fact

Live upright; with good sense and grace intact

 

 

                                                                      II

Know wisdom to know knowledge what is lacked

 

                                                                      III

Omit no lore; growth’s opportunity

Sift all the knowledge to pure clarity

Good judgment takes holistic point of view

Or view the best point, truth is never new

Oppose mediocrity and man’s decline

Draw mind and heart to the ideal divine

 

 

 

Serana* To SAL S CASTRONOVO
---by poet David J Serana

                                                                                      I
                                                S
avvy and character are worth to count
                                                As measures to mark greatness such amount
                                                Like gold, purity is its value's fount
           

                                                                                    II
                                                Sensibility in sight is a mount

                                                                                    III
                                                Children are we who grow with the seasons
                                                And we are raised by the times and reasons
                                                Sired by different experiences
                                                To become one with our differences
                                                Reared to the finest of humanity
                                                On top of our every infirmity
                                                No one is perfect but to be a man
                                                Outgrows imperfection being just one
                                                View things in light of rationality
                                                One being is the true integrity

 

 

                                                    Serana* To SANDON RAY PRESLEY
                                                            ---by poet David J Serana

                                                                                    I
                                                Seek for the brightest star in darkest night
                                                Attempt to lift into a glorious flight
                                                Nothing can stop success to gain and earn
                                                Dream to your heart's content and you will learn
                                                One life lived to the fullest is the best
                                                New peak to conquer is above the rest

                                                                                    II
                                                Roll sights the farthest distance you can thrust
                                                A firm determination is a must 
                                                Yearn into dream; ride wisdom's wanderlust

                                                                                    III
                                                Pay each fair price with hardwork and attain
                                                Respect to courage, bold heart to maintain
                                                Empire's dominion is a lonely role
                                                Spire of the pyramid governs the whole
                                                Last til the sun will set again and rise
                                                Endure the sail where seas shall meet the skies
                                                You are for greatness; dreams are truths, not lies

 

 

 

Serana* To SEAN PATRICK CONVOY

                ---by poet David J Serana

                                 I

Serve reasons best; the betterment of mind
Each action to resolve, each motive find
Analysis of moods and mental states
No easy task are complex human traits

 

                                 II
Perceptions trained can medicate the soul
Adjust the mind and actions as one whole 
Teach heart right feelings with strong will to act
Result into fair actions based on fact 
Impulsive nature is not wisdom’s trait
Choice character is to be moderate

Know thoughts and actions make us know our fate

 

                                 III

Coordinate sound body with sound mind

One finest deed from filtered thought designed

Need good behavior captured from the wild
Vines from the tree removed; horns from the child

Our true success lies in our character

Yoke is oneself to lift; and keep best there

 

 

Serana* To SERANA

---by poet David Serana

                                                I

Sound acrostic verses to adorate

Exclaim, admire, praise; tributes to create

Reveal the significance of all things

A poetry; what truth or beauty brings

New literature to comfort the mind

A wisdom outlined from letters to bind

 

 

 

 

Serana To SETH J WAGNER
---by poet David J Serana

  I

                                                Sweet love, how could you be so cold and numb?

                                                Emotion clutches me, or I am dumb

                                                To love or loving seems irrelevant

                                                Heart sometimes may be blind, or ignorant

 

                                                                                    II

                                                Just know I love; that is all what I want

 

                                                                                    III

                                                What moves my heart; if not to see your face

                                                A joy of paradise surrounds this place

                                                Gives happiness a reason and a cause

                                                Now please do stay; love ceases with your loss

                                                Each love is reason; reason’s love is you

                                                Remember that I love and love is true

 

 

 

Serana* To STEVEN JOHN PFLEPSEN
---by poet David J Serana

                                                I
            S
weet Youth, the passion of my deep desire!

            The breath of love, ignition of my fire

            Enflame me with your senses and fulfill

            Victorious love, its magic and its thrill

            Engulf me with your passionate embrace

            Next to your heart is truly heaven’s place

 

                                                                                    II

            Jaunt with your love, makes seconds worthy while

            Or short true love extending life a mile

            Hours, days, years; love transforms eternity

            Now with your love is immortality

 

                                                                                    III

            Please stay, please do not go; accept my heart

            For loving you is part love; love’s whole part

            Love makes me love you more and more and more

            Endear you more and more; forevermore

            Please take me in your heart so I will be

            Sufficed of love in life; and you will see

            Eternal faithfulness to you alone

            Now and forever, my love will be shown

 

 

 

 

*Serana to HIS MAJESTY Paduka Seri Baginda

Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah

-by poet David J Serana

 

                                                                        I

Hail, His Majesty, King of Brunei Hail!

In love and loyalty hearts never fail

Salute your justice, best wishes prevail 

 

                                    II

Mighty ruler, son of the glorious East

All voices rise to mark your solemn feast

Joy fills the hearts; the soothing anthems ring

Eternal hopes and long live to you, King!

Sound all trumpets; all instruments of mirth

This day is marked for your annointed birth

Yea, men admire you; praises from all Earth

 

                                    III

Praise all rulers! Second from God above

Appointed giver of mercy and love

Destroy injustice; equity to fill

Under reigns of truth and the righteous will

Keep regime to all with wisdom and heart

All goodness sought is justice to impart!

 

                                    IV

See Brunei! The peace, bliss, and happiness

Exalted is your rule of righteousness

Returned is goodness shared; goodness given

Inexhaustible wealth is from heaven!

 

                                    V

By admiration you are truly crowned

A fame to men but more than fame renowned

Given the hand to build a paradise

In social justice; greatly symbolize

Now you are guardian of your people’s fate

Delivered basic needs to kingly state

Assured the way of life to elevate   

 

                                    VI

See! Behold the land in great harmony

Under the guidance of your royalty

Like men and women trust you equally

The people love you King, devotedly

All your great works shall history attest

New generations come to keep you blest

 

                                    VII

Hail to you King! Hail to your glorious reign

And to no evil shall your judgement deign

Justice, security, prosperity

Inherent rights of fair society

 

                                    VIII

How grateful hearts shall fully jubilate

Assemble minds, true pride to contemplate

Show deep reverence to your majesty

Submit obedience in full liberty

Awake the thoughts with gratitude to seek

No words ever par what minds sought to speak

Adore and in adoring no hearts hold

Lo! Praise unsaid is praise a myriad fold!

 

                                    IX

Behold, in Almighty God rests your reign

Outpoured is His Grace upon your domain

Lest fallen angels against throne rebel

Know; mighty heaven’s legion shall repel

In this time is your birthright to proclaim

A divine lineage chosen men to claim

Heaven shall preserve your kingdom and name!

 

                                    X

More years to triumph with your glorious health

Unfailing stewardship of country’s wealth

In vision and action, commit to call

Zeal to bridge faiths; subdue enmity’s wall

Zenith is coexistence of beliefs

Assume leadership with peaceful reliefs

Days are dark before the bright sun shall rise

Days are bright under your enlightened eyes

Initiate world’s oneness and unity

Now is era of one humanity

 

                                    XI

Wisdom for you King, eternal wisdom!

A testament for your lasting kingdom

Days of your reign shall be brightest and best

Deliver you from evil and unrest

Almighty God holds life, scepter and throne

Until true glory and power are known

Life will endure; desire you will never

Almighty’s Grace and you; bonded ever

Hail to the King! Hail to you forever!

 

 

 

Serana* To THIRD ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT, US ARMY
---by poet David Serana

                                       I
T
he regiment of mounted riflemen

Has grown to over ten thousand and ten

Involved in Civil War’s victorious fight

Regrouped heavy Armored Cavalry’s might !

Drive Bradley, Abrams tanks and missions right

 

                                                                   II

A king of battle; fighter of World Wars!

Reaped many Medal of Honors and stars

Mexico, Philippines and Middle East

Over Europe went, and Iraq not least

Roared cannons and tanks and youths’ fervent hearts

Endure Freedom; sacrifices are parts

Dash all terror till all terror departs 

 

                                                                  III

Called TIGER---Roughrider, Apache and

A Bandit, Crazyhorse, Dragon---outstand

Vaunt King, Predator, FIRST SQUADRON, the One

A SECOND SQUADRON, SABRE shines like sun 

Leads Rattler, Eagle, Fox, Grim through war’s span

Roars Lion with Sapper, secure to win

Yankees’ great warriors ready to begin!

 

                                                                  IV

Royal THUNDER; THIRD SQUADRON, Havoc Hounds

Enter Ironhawk, Killer, Lightning mounds

Goes Mad Dog, Regulator, Ghostrider

Invincible fighters, bolder, braver!

March LONGKNIFE--- FOURTH SQUADRON--- Headhunters first

Earth’s Nomad, Outlaw, Pegasus; foes cursed

Need Quicksilver, Renegade, Stetson so

Tomahawk, Air Raiders complete the blow!

 

                              V

Under SUPPORT SQUADRON, MULESKINNER reigns

Support the entire regiment’s domains

 

                             VI

 A Bullwhip, Packhorse, Blacksmith lead way

Roll Scalpel and Chemdawg and make the day!

Mighty Third Armored Cavalry long live!

Yes in all wars the best soldiers you give!

 

 

 

Serana To UNITED STATES ARMY
 ---by poet David J Serana

                                                                                    I
                                                Under the flag of the United States
                                                New lands are freed, the Army liberates
                                                Inspiring Freedom and Democracy
                                                That people be self-determined and free
                                                Emerge bright hopes from any tyrant reign
                                                Destroy oppression, human rights sustain

                                                                                    II
                                                Serve the Free People of this Mighty Land
                                                Terrorism and evil threats withstand
                                                Assure our fighting faith seethes in our Blood

To arise as Steel in the name of God
            Elevate the Mission above our life
            Secure accomplishment in every strife



                                                                                    III
                                                Army of the People; the lance and shield
                                                Remain the protector; restore and build
                                                Makes society peaceful forever
                                                Yield never to evil; never, never!
                                               

 

 

Serana * To VALORIE LYNN HUNT
---by poet David J Serana

                                                                                      I
                                                V
ouchsafe my heart to offer you my love

                                                A love to pour, inspired from love above

                                                Love you from now until the end of time

                                                Outstanding love to give; pure and sublime

                                                Receive my heart; all myself to give you

                                                Intend commitment to last long, and true

                                                Enjoy our love and love will see us through

 

                                                                                    II

                                                Love me my love; that is all what I ask

                                                You make all things of love and not a task

                                                Now take my heart; we make a perfect start

                                                Nothing so ever hard breaks us apart

 

                                                                                    III

                                                Heart is my chest where all my treasures hide

                                                Unlocked for you, my sweet and graceful bride

                                                Now faith--- gold, hope--- gem, and love--- diamond

                                                To live forever rich, keep our love’s bond

 

 

 

*Serana to WARREN EDWARD BUFFETT,

CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY,

THE ORACLE OF OMAHA,

 THE HUMBLEST MAN IN THE WORLD

-by poet David J Serana

 

                                                                                    I

What wealth is greater than deserving it?

A measure of life’s worth, a scale to fit

Reflect the story of the humblest man

Replete with virtues wished by every one

Endeared for ultimate significance

No one compares, his life is not by chance

 

                                    II

Endowed with mind that sees beyond the sight

Dared since his youth the dauntless rise to height

Where dream is led by wisdom and the heart

Aims highest where good sense does not depart

Rough times are where his tested strength builds in

Decides with faith and prudence to begin

 

                                    III

Bear peerless virtue of frugality

Unrivalled customs of simplicity

For his heart’s wealth and true magnificence

Fetched man’s welfare to great munificence

Elect the world to be the better place

To give man’s full enlightenment a space

The Truth and Light to shine from heaven’s grace

 

                                    IV

Created  possibilities unseen

High rationality, men have not been

A mighty mind that cannot fail and tire

Inspire the youth and dream’s immortal fire

Rise to become imagination’s peak

Mount Everest a Man! So grand yet meek!

A grandeur unmolested by no pride

No ostentation, no pretense to hide

 

                                    V

A richer man than all his wealth combined

Name and stature, fine character defined

Does heaven’s honor, vanity confined

 

                                    VI

Crown is flamboyant as true ornament

His humbleness is unstained sacrament

I wrote and yet to write the noblest rhyme

Extol his meekness, worthy and sublime

Forever to be known beyond our time

 

                                    VII

Each admiration versed into this song

Xylophones, drums, trumpets; softly along

Ensemble of hymns for a humble birth

Celebrate a life that touched lives on earth

Unheard music be played for unheard praise

To honor him that caused our hearts to raise

Inspiring dreams and goals for everyone

Visions to care, sustain and uplift man

Enduring life with great things he has done

 

                                    VIII

Odes of tribute spoken for him to hear

For his life is sun that shines far and near

For many known impossibilities

In dreams he works and makes realities

Creates his way a shining light to see

Each goal as part of mankind’s destiny

Revive heart’s burning fire in you and me

 

                                    IX

Our living treasure of posterity

From this age be known beyond memory

 

                                    X

Be known a fortune more than worldly wealth

Envy no sight but immaterial health

Reared by fine virtues years cannot deface

Key to true riches is to live in grace

Simplicity is perfect in his ways

His modesty shall shine in all his days

In such magnificent humility

Respect for him deserves the royalty

Earth’s humblest man is his identity

 

                                    XI

How can a man be richer than his wealth?

An honest man who does not work in stealth

That deals in righteous Light and higher cause

He who upholds the fair Truth; win or loss

Accepts the universal rule of life

Wisdom is power to overcome strife

Attain the core of  knowledge; king of all

Yes rise and to be wiser not to fall

 

                                    XII

True incarnation of free enterprise

He moves by wisdom, faith; not by surprise

Ensure gains; protect growth, and stabilize

 

 

 

                                    XIII

Ocean of God’s kindness, stays deep and wide

Roar soft winds to Earth, human pain subside 

Anointed White Whale, steward of the deep

Cultivate ocean’s bounty, Earth to keep

Live among us; you prophecy, fulfilled!

Each hope to wish comes true; your fate has willed

 

                                    XIV

Outstanding victory! Bliss every one!

Faith in the human goodness we have won!

 

                                    XV

Our honor for you is to honor live

More for this planet; to get less than give

A part of you in us; you lead us there

Heaven on earth; selfless sharing is fair

A life of kindness is true wealth to share

 

                                    XVI

Take us into the Eden of your mind

How poverty of virtues makes men blind

Entrust life’s bequest; insights rare to find

 

                                    XVII

Hail man of virtues! No words thus express!

Unspoken awe profused; in hearts impress

More praises in the mind to think than thought

Be found the epitome our age has sought!

Laurels for your head; simplest offering

Each man and woman in this world will bring

Spring inspirations; pure hearts overflow

To keep your legacy; in us to grow

 

                                    XVIII

Man is God’s perfect form; God’s highest thought

Archetype existence consciousness sought

No life is not destined; all fates are wrought

 

                                    XIX

In you lies Grace, Almighty to be known

New savior of our time; your kindness shown

 

                                    XX

The light that shines brightest comes from the heart

Humankind is universe’s sole part

Earth and man; is God’s only living art

 

 

 

 

                                    XXI

Warren; named with the stars, God’s ordained name!

Our mind; enkindle, with your wisdom’s flame

Reveal your vision; mission to embark

Light is your life; light our hope in the dark

Darkness and heart’s fears dispelled by your spark!

 

 

 

Serana* To WIKIPEDIA
---by poet David Serana

   
            W
isdom systemized in a complex net

            Information metropolis is set

            Knowledge super way spins in liberty

            I learned many things out of rafferty

            People,events, places, things, organized 

            Exposed, refined, edited, scrutinized

            Deleted, published; found truth accepted

            Information errors intercepted         

            An ingenuity unexcepted!         

 

 

 

Serana* To WILLIAM CHARLES POWELL
---by poet David J Serana

 

 

                                      I

We all are dreamers as we move through life

In every step we wish to trample strife

Like trees in the deep forest we await

Lightning and thunder for rain as like fate

In every challenge there we seek for hope

As thrust in darkness; light, we do not grope

Much more to do;  most done within our scope

 

                                     II

Come change of seasons; change of hearts and minds

Heaved scars of times; and memory reminds

Another cycle and another birth

Rejuvenate with fresher mood and mirth

Leaves of the strengthened branches and the roots

Emersed in depthless springs; faith strongly shoots

Self-known convictions hold; no force uproots

 

                                      III

Pave one’s own greatness with one little self

Onward be great as giant or as elf

Withstand alone the battles in the mind

Endure pain singly; lose faith or more find

Live life for there is nothing more than live

Live light, to show the way; not to deceive

 

 

 

Serana* to WILLIAM JOSEPH SHEPARD

---by poet David J Serana

 

 

                                                                        I

Wise men think many times before a word

In every action reasons in accord

Let plans take shape after a balanced thought

Let goals achieve, if these are the goals sought

In a deep mind ideas flourish well

A thinker’s wisdom has insights to tell

Much where fresh water, greener grasses dwell

 

                                                                        II

Judged by the actions and the outcome seen

Or failures have the justice best within

So every lapse is growth for newer strength

Every learning known leads to farther length

Passed the time with the follies or the fools

Have pleasure’s knowledge before the mind drools

 

                                                                        III

Same history repeats, only the mind

Has always different reasons to find

Each same event is called with a strange name

Pick other person this time for the blame

A wise man blames no one but only one

Reserve himself the culprit to deeds done

Discover his own folly till be gone

 

 

 

Serana* To WORLD TRADE CENTER
  ---by poet David J Serana

 

                                                                                    I
                                                We hold our faith and heart beyond the night
                                                Our vision stayed unmoved by fear or fright
                                                Restored is firm hope by the rising sun
                                                Light from above had made the struggle won
                                                Democracy and Freedom is not gone!
                                               

                                                                                    II
                                                The will in every heart grows bold and strong
                                                Redeeming spirits from the evil wrong
                                                A devil’s force can never ever win

Demonic schemes born out of ire and sin
            Ensure that triumph and glory begin!
           

                                                                                    III
                                                Come celebrate the victory of all
                                                Enthrone our heroes of September fall
                                                No darkness can devour the light we raise
                                                The torch shall burn forever, this we praise!
                                                Ever strong America! Ever strong!
                                                Resound trumphet of our victory’s song!

 



Serana* To YOUTUBE
  ---by poet David J Serana

                                                                                   
                                                You are the center of the universe
                                                Out show your talents and your skills disperse
                                                Unleash your beauty for the world to see
                                                The marvelous glory in you and me
                                                Use video wonders to enthrall the mind

                                                Broadcast yourself and your true self we find

Express yourself! You are one of a kind!

 

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