Monopoly Scrabble

Dealt with a Sonnet and Haiku futility Achieved some success without "thesauric" utility Solved the conundrum of rhythm and pace Wrote a true Limerick to redden the face Accepted the challenge of functionless form Imprisoned free verse becoming the norm Judges use fingers because syllables matter Counting them all makes them mad as the hatter Some will rate grammar above style and grace Others prize lines strewn all over the place Then the exceptions that prove the fools rules That murder the subject without leaving clues Alas comes the trauma of multiple winners Without separation of "the Pros" from beginners Poems that achieve "algorithmic" foreplay Somehow winding up as Poem Of The Day Forsooth and a pussycat just drop one in And if no one comments post it again For sooner or later every dog has its day To bask in the sun its "best" work on display 4/12/2020 Monopoly Poetry Contest