Good - Better - Best
When young, in tones quite positive
I said, "The world shall see
That I can keep myself from sin;
A good man I will be.
"
But when I loved Miss Kate St.
Clair
'Twas thus my musing ran:
"I cannot be compared with her;
I'll be a better man.
"
'Twas at the wedding of a friend
(He married Kate St.
Clair)
That I became superlative,
For I was "best man" there.
by Ellis Parker Butler
Best Man
Well versed
rehearsed
Best man
began
He joked
provoked
Each word
was slurred
Blah blah
faux pas
Defamed
and shamed
The bride
soon cried
Now crushed
she blushed
Red faced
disgraced
Without
a doubt
He put
his foot
Inside
his snide
Wide scouth
loud mouth
Not quite
contrite
Ashamed
he blamed
His botch
on Scotch.
3/ 21/ 2018.
Secret Lover - Four Lines Contest
Her bloodstained wedding dress clings to her shaking body
On the floor his corpse lies in a pool of congealing blood
He’d revealed his secret, he was in love with the best man
It was meant to be the happiest day of their lives…
Jan Allison
Contest – four lines
Sponsor - Broken Wings
09~20~15
My Daughters Wedding Day
December twentieth two thousand and three,
A day to remember in my memory.
The day that my daughter, the light of my life,
Will walk down the aisle, to become someone’s wife.
And I shall be proud as I walk by her side,
The father of such a beautiful bride.
The groom will be waiting, best man by his side,
And lips will be bitten, eyes trying not to cry.
Vows they will both make “I do “both will say,
On this, my daughters wedding day.
Proud we’ll both stand, her mother and me,
And remember the time that they were we.
Wedding Rehearsal
Preacher, flowers, dresses, cake
Husband, wife, bouquets, music
Maid of Honor, Best Man, rings
Rehearsal dinner
Ill-fitting tux, bad weather
Parents, in-laws arguing
Photographer a no-show
Should have just eloped
By: Shani Fassbender
Wedding Rehearsal Woes
~~*~~ ~~*~~
nerves crack a week before vows,
pre-nup dinners get mixed-up,
groom’s tuxedo needs revamp…
best man churns new speech!
from bride’s nth hairstyle redo
to choir revisions; why do
rehearsals take more days than …
the five-hour wedding?
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*hour has one syllable
hou-rs has two syllables
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for Dr. Ram's Wedding Rehearsals- Dodoitsu
by: nette onclaud
Wedding Day
we had it all
as i recall
it was plan
had a best man
a music stand
and a jamming band
on hand
i nust say i enjoy the play
ON OUR
WEDDING DAY
The Best Man
Realization...
On impulse, the best man
stops to buy a bouquet of roses.
He dashes through the rain
in his three-piece suit.
The wedding must be stopped!
He will convince the bride
that he is her
best man!
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[July 27, 2022]
(38 words)
Contest hosted by Lisa YY
Photo A
A Best Man
Oh, what a gloomy Sunday! What they call
a resurrection* is more like a doom
of my eternal soul. That may befall
if you drank whiskey and Tequila Boom
on wedding with the cousin of the groom.
Her name was Jane. I was a little vexed
she didn’t want to dance. I hoped that Jane
and I… I don’t recall what happened next.
Oh, hell, if you are going to obtain
my soul, please, go get me a cold champagne.
* In Russian Sunday is voskresen’e (literally, resurrection).
26/07/2019
English Quintain Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Janice Canerdy
My Daughters Wedding Day
December twentieth two thousand and three,
A day to remember in my memory.
The day that my daughter, the light of my life,
Will walk down the aisle, to become someone’s wife.
And I shall be proud as I walk by her side,
The father of such a beautiful bride.
The groom will be waiting, best man by his side,
And lips will be bitten, eyes trying not to cry.
Vows they will both make “I do “ both will say,
On this, my daughters wedding day.
Proud we’ll both stand, her mother and me,
And remember the time that they were we.