Anyone else got a poem? Between two fine writers now, but who knows you could still win if you enter...
Anyone else got a poem? Between two fine writers now, but who knows you could still win if you enter...
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Give me the weekend, I'am struggling to get my head round this.
ay up
Tuesday.
There is nothing on the telly for tonight,
Just twenty seven channels all the same,
And the evening stretches on out of sight.
I know what we could do to make it right,
We could try some conversation if you're game,
Cos there's nothing on the telly for tonight.
I'll try to keep my chatter nice and bright,
Though an answer would be good now and again,
For the evening stretches on out of sight.
And though I think my words deserve requite,
you just sigh and say you think it is a shame,
that there's nothing on the telly for tonight.
If we've naught to say at least we'll be polite,
We never talk and no one is to blame,
And the evening stretches on out of sight.
So it seems we cannot talk and cannot fight,
How ever did we come to be this tame,
And the evening stretches on out of sight
And there's nothing on the telly for tonight.
Last edited by prendrelemick; 11-24-2012 at 04:10 PM.
ay up
After much consideration, I think YesNo had the best flow of rhyming words which is the essence of the villianelle. You're up, YesNo!
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
YesNo congratulations!!
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
Thanks, Pendragon and cacian!
The next form is taken from the Four and Twenty short form poetry site: http://4and20poetry.com/
Basically, the poem has to have 20 or fewer words on 4 or fewer lines. There are no other constraints.
Deadline: Sunday, December 23rd.
My blog: https://frankhubeny.blog/
They Fall
Your eyes melted into the sky
as jellyfish illuminate the night,
cosmic bodies, they fall to earth
becoming alien beauties.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
In the blackness of space
Time means nothing
Here inside my heart
Time means everything
Pendragon
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
life a quick swirl of water
splashes and rises whenever
you're tired
water is life only for your eyes
Last edited by cacian; 12-14-2012 at 04:59 AM.
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
MESSENGER Probe
Mercury polar water ice found
No signs of life noted
Administration has yet to acknowledge
Global warming there affects Earth
11/30/2012
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Originally Posted by cacian
...you might want to wipe your eyes and re-count.
Oops thanks Mark!
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
There was a young lady of Fleet,
Her poems she'd never complete,
This Limerick's an example,
for you to sample,
ay up
She grew out her bangs
To cover her eyes,
So lovely once,
Now scarred.
If we find the answer, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason-- for we would know the mind of God.
-Stephen Hawking
Thank you for the entries!
Dark Muse: I don't normally think of aliens as beautiful, but you've changed that for me.
Pendragon: This is a nice comparison of lived time with time used as one of the coordinates in space.
cacian: When water wakes us up it gives us enough consciousness to realize we're alive.
tailor STATELY: Nice contrast between a space probe and global warming.
prendrelemick: I was wondering if one could somehow fit a limerick into this form when I first heard of it.
moonbird: I liked the idea of her using her bangs to cover her scars.
The challenge with this form is that it is so short but still potentially longer than a haiku. I enjoyed all the entries. They could all be winners.
Winner: tailor STATELY
Congratulations!
My blog: https://frankhubeny.blog/
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