Arthur Knackmus

West Salem, IL, USA

Arthur was born January 29, 1955 at Olney, IL. He was the seventh of eight children born to Dale and Lorene (Mason) Knackmus. As of 1999 he has always been single and has no children. He lives on a grain farm inWest Salem in the south eastern part of Ilinois. He thinks everybody in his immediate family has earned a degree in farming.
He has over 100 poems, most are about 20 lines long. Arthur says, "Poetry helps him find his purpose in this life."

Looking Up to the Sky at Night

Looking up to the sky at night,
Why are there no stars shining bright?
Many times I have looked up for any stars light,
Just to see total darkness and no stars that shine white.

Is this Gods way of telling us in heaven there is a fight?
Over something as simple as does might make right.
We just have to submit ourselves and hold on tight.
Because we humans are in a world with a hopeless plight.

By now you know I am quite right.

That sometimes there are no bright white lights at night.

Yes some stars are a little red or yellow depending on their.

energy which is light.

And from this you can tell I have good eye sight.

It's not my intention to scare people into a frenzy or fright,

About this matter I have chosen to write.

No matter who you are eventually you will go through a blight.

Even if you are King Arthur or a white knight.

In this small town an angel could show the height of his flight,.

And amaze you at night going higher than a kite.

This world is just a play and West Salem is God's chosen site.

please pray that everything in Illinois will be alright.

Clowns, Butterflies, Dog

Last night, why was the Big Dipper upside down?
I think the angels through God, control the universe in my town.
Are the angels at war or just showing off being clowns?
Hebrews read backwards so God to them in English is just a hound (Dog, God)

Other clowns in my town...to call God a hound
Would be a compliment to Him, I've found.
So to them, Jesus should be gagged and bound, tied up in rope all around.
Then be put to slave labor like , like Samson going round and round.
I have found Jesus knows everyone, everybody,
and could weigh the universe to the exact pound.
Some people think they know everyone, everybody and then say the world is sound.

The way Jesus runs the world is by winding it up and then its wound.

Before things happen, He can predict and synchronize every sound.

God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, meaning.

Power, everything, and surround.

He has power to spare and leaves you clowns down to abound.

He can think up new adjectives, verbs, or nouns.

leading Him to define Him out in town.

You clowns never will, otherwise you would be God the hound.