Category: poetry

Three Quantrains on Speech

Anthony5 Comments

When words are spoken

Mean what you say

Truth is unbroken

Keep it that way.

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Choose them with care

Don’t give into fears

Lay yourself bare

Even with tears.

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Just use your head

Go with the flow

Follow your heart instead

Since it’s what you know.

-aaa

Three Things Challenge #M722

Anthony17 Comments

Your three words today are:

ELECT

SUSPECT

REJECT

Three Things Challenge #M722

Forthcoming Road to Nowhere

If a suspect is elected

After all ballots have been collected

Then all justice has been rejected

And none of us will be protected

No matter how it’s dissected

Our society is infected

By all the politician’s inflected

And the politic’s the voters neglected

I hope things get corrected

My opinions, now just injected

Hopefully no one‘s offended as suspected

If I am, then I stand corrected

So my creativity will now be redirected…

-aaa

Lifetime Pain

Anthony13 Comments

All in my mind

All you need is love

Love is a drug

Love me do

Do you feel like I do

Do you wanna dance

Dancing in the streets

Dance in my blood

Blood on the ground

Blood, sweat, and tears

Tears of a clown

Tears of joy

Joy Division

Joy To the World

World without love

World in my eyes

Eye of the tiger

Eyes of a child

Children of the moon

Child of time

Time is on my side

Time of the season

Season cycle

Season of the witch

Witch craft

Witchy Woman

Woman to woman

Woman like me

Me and Julio down by the school yard

Me myself and I

I don’t want to spoil the party

I am one

One is the loneliest number

One step closer

Closer to God

Closer to the heart

Heart breaker

Heart of glass

Glass onion

Glass houses

Houses of the holy

House of the rising sun

Sunshine of your love

Sun king 44

King for a day fool for a lifetime

King of pain

Lifetime…

Pain…

-aaa

Be Happy…

Anthony3 Comments

Be happy for what you’ve got

I know it may not be a lot.

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Be happy for where you live

Even if you don’t have a lot to give.

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Be happy for who you are

You may not be a famous star.

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Be happy for loving yourself

Even if others think you’re an elf.

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Be happy for what you do

Despite all you’ve been through.

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Be happy that you have friends

Support and encouragement portends.

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Be happy that you’re alive.

Despite all you’ve had to survive.

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Be happy for the person you’ve become

Even if your past mistakes were dumb.

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Be happy for where you’re going

Even if the destination is unknowing

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Be happy that you are alive

I know life can be an occasional dive.

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Be happy for in the end

You’ve learned to be a better person, and friend!!!

-aaa

Egg Rolls

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A fellow author pointed out that today is National Egg Roll day and wrote a witty limerick. I decided to do the same 😊

Egg rolls are the very best

A better appetizer than the rest.

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Eat them without pause

In sweet and sour sauce.

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Just don’t spill a glop on your chest…

-aaa

Words Serve

Anthony4 Comments

Words serve a purpose

Purpose to move people

People who are everything in the world

World wide peace is what I want to see

Seeing is truly believing in actions

Actions display our true nature

Nature is what doing what feels right

Right is the opposite of wrong

Wronging others is not an option

Options are one of many choices

Choices made determine direction

Direction is how we go about moving

Moving towards our lives desires

Desires are powerful wants

Wants are what we’d like in life

Life is what we make of it until its end

End of this poem…

-aaa

Moving On

Anthony5 Comments

Take a step and walk.

Onward and out the door.

Find the subject and talk.

About anyone or anything.

Brevity will be your rock.

In your time of need.

Your expectations grow like a stalk.

From your needs to the floor.

So step away from the flock…

-aaa

Sundays

Anthony8 Comments

Saturday is long gone.

Until now I wasn’t thinking about next week.

Now I’m getting ready for it.

Day is almost over.

And the weekend went by too fast.

Yet I’m not finished relaxing.

So much to do…

-aaa

Ant’s Poetic Form Toolshed

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A tanka here and a haiku there

Clogyrnachs and quadrilles everywhere.

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Quantrains, palindromes a plenty

A-to-Zed and a limerick if any.

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Acrostic and diminishing are other forms

Ars Poetica and cinquain, far from norms

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Abstract, sound, anagram, and The Blitz

Add to this poet’s toolshed kits.

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There are other styles I rehearse

Straight up AB rhymes and Free verse.

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Magic 9 and dizain complete my list

Of poetic forms plus adding my own twist.

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I sometimes rhyme tankas or haikus

Just to give myself more to do….

-aaa

I‘m Free

Anthony14 Comments
Still image from the film Tommy

Today I no longer owe any more alimony to my ex-wife. I feel so amazing. It’s like getting an $800 a month raise which I am. These past two years I had to pay went by so fast.

It’s a long story. It’s not a great story or a fair one but nonetheless, it’s one that’s coming to an end, today.

In honor of my most recent divorce (I have 1.5 other ones) I have a poem. I’m submitting below. It’s a palindrome poem because those are very challenging and again I’m not saying I don’t endorse the institution of marriage but for me it’s over forever.

As always, thanks for reading.

-aaa

Marriage is Hell is Marriage

Marriage is hell

Husbands manipulate wives

Honesty without commitments in

relationships

In commitments without honesty

Wives manipulate husbands

Hell is marriage

-aaa

Writing Poetry

Anthony2 Comments

Whimsical, witty, and poignant

Reaching in deep from the inside

Impacting as many as I can

True to myself and emotions

Including everyone in my audience

Never compromising on my artistry

Gratitude for my readers and their feedback

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Plenty of poetic forms to choose from

Originality is critical

Empathy builds up my imagery

Time spent creating it all

Realizing I’m doing this

Yet I have much more I want to create…

-aaa

Zane the Zebra Zombie

Anthony10 Comments

Zane’s not quite alive but isn’t dead

He’s turned into a zombie zebra instead.

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He’s the oddest zebra you’ve ever seen

Not many zebras sport a shade of green.

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He’s quite I must say

Especially on St. Patrick’s Day.

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Don’t worry, I know what zombies like to eat

But Zane likes grass, potatoes, and beets.

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Toasted in butter baked on a range

These eating habits are kind of strange.

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But in the end for a zombie quite sane

As Zane doesn’t like to eat any brains…

-aaa

Allie the Anxious Alligator

Anthony7 Comments
Art by Marco Antonio Rodriguez

Allie was nervous sometimes beyond belief

From her green tail to her 80 sharp teeth.

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She felt scared around strangers and those she knew.

So scared she didn’t know what to do.

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Since she was a little hatchling

Anxiety has been a constant thing.

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But Allie longs to have more fun

To play with alligator friends under the sun.

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She tries to be brave as much as she can

But those butterflies in her tummy get out of hand.

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Life can be hard, cruel, and unfair

Especially for alligators that really care.

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Allie’s friends do often help her out

Reassuring her which friendship is all about.

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Each day forward her bravery less wavers

Encountering a new adventure she savors.

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Just take it easy one day at a time

With each, one less mountain to climb.

-aaa

The Racer

Anthony5 Comments

Dally is his name

Racing cars is his game.

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All of his Hot Wheels aligned

He acts out races all the time.

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He’s a 6 year old is future NHRA Hall of Fame…

-aaa

Zach, the Forgetful Elephant

Anthony5 Comments

Zach, a young elephant was upset

Since unlike his contemporaries, he’d always forget.

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Homework, notes, the ladder for his bunk

If it wasn’t attached he’d misplace his trunk.

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Consuming more ginseng would be a sure bet…

-aaa

Mr Flip Flop

Anthony7 Comments

Mr Flip Flop was about to Drop

With direction reversals he just can’t stop.

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His left is right and right is left

At getting things backwards he’s adept.

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You’ll find him indecisive at a shop…

-aaa