aba Maba Rhaba Grabba Rue
Strawberry thief, I see you
You may have this one and that one too
We’re not much for strawberries, me and Pru
don’t have to sneak; we will give them away
We’re in the blue house down by the bay
Aba Maba Rhaba Grabba Rue
We’ll have them wrapped and waiting for you
I know here and there I stand
to surmount a hurt of unknown
differences, if not something bad.
The devil may go anticlockwise
but, I how dear
how bold, I know I supposed.
Supposing I have to start
start from the past century
then, how many cups of tea or coffee
I should drink tonight?.
Or supposing this country of mine
I wished to change with another, another
how to endure and where.
Or supposing Africa and America
and Europe and Asia and Australia
are continents, how technocracy or aba?.
Like just brother the years to come
the wind a thing, the world
like em, em, em,..........
somewhat is something
which I felt is this sometimes wither
in life.
Format of the New form of Rhyme named MlNICHU is as follows: 1. Total12 lines (4 stanzas of 3 lines each) 2. Rhyme scheme: Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD. 3. 4th stanza consists of repeat of 1st line of stanza1, 2nd line of stanza 2, and 3rd line of stanza 3. 4. Poem should stick to a chosen theme through all stanzas. A twist can be introduced in third stanza, if required by the theme, to make it more interesting. 5. Syllable count : Stanza 1: 6,12,3 Stanza 2: 4,8,2 Stanza 3: 2,4,1
agnostics’ have no hope
they cause Christians to pray for their lost, lonely souls
can they cope?
doubting His word
they can’t believe one God controls
absurd!
speak of
One who consoles
love
agnostics’ have no hope
they can’t believe one God controls
love
Love, laughter and learning
The one with whom you can agree to disagree
Sweet yearning
Partners for life
Loving each other is the key
Man-wife
Transcend
from me to we
Blend
Love, laughter and learning
A li'l adjustment is the key
Blend
Form: Minichu (Aba cBc dbD ABD)
Syllables: 6.12.3 4.8.2 2.4.1 6.8.1
Lok at me, and look at me again,
do look again, now look deep within
I smile through tears, I bear all your pain!
trust in me and let me wash your sins,
cross I carry is of your burden
blood you see is your blood through my skin!
path I walk on are hardship laden,
the lashes that cut me hate smitten,
I take pain so your visions widen!
from the day the apple was bitten,
evil has coursed through all of your lives,
I come to redeem thee, it’s written!
lashes bite like million bees from hives,
they may crucify me high with nails,
trust in god for he takes what he gives!
be amongst you ever in spirit,
look at me, and look at me again,
reborn, see me in each child there is,
I smile through tears, I bear all your pain!
Written 6/12/2023
God’s only son- poetry contest
Regina Mcintosh sponsored
9 syllables each line
5 tercets and one quatrain = 19 lines
aba bcb rhyme sequence.
Acrophobia, the fear of heights, yet falling in love, faith wins.
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A MlNICHU Rhyme Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD. Syllable count : Stanza 1: 6,12,3 Stanza 2: 4,8,2 Stanza 3: 2,4,1 Stanza 4: 6,8,1.
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shadowy silhouette
uncertainty ripping through unravelling mind
cheeks get wet
tears roll in fear
acrophobia grips confined
comes near
someone
falls in love, blind
won
shadowy silhouette
acrophobia grips confined
won
Let go of, to get to
All we see unreal, why for then confusion
Joy renew
There’s no hero
The manifest, an illusion
Zero
Thoughts stream
The conclusion
Dream
Let go of, to get to
The manifest, an illusion
Dream
27-April-2022
HMS, Rhymezone
Let's Minichu on zero Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Mohan Chutani
MlNICHU is as follows:
1. Total12 lines (4 stanzas of 3 lines each)
2. Rhyme scheme: Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD.
3. 4th stanza consists of repeat of 1st line of stanza1, 2nd line of stanza 2, and 3rd line of stanza 3.
4. Poem should stick to a chosen theme through all stanzas. A twist can be introduced in third stanza, if required by the theme, to make it more interesting.
5. Syllable count : Stanza 1: 6,12,3 Stanza 2: 4,8,2 Stanza 3: 2,4,1 Stanza 4: 6,8,1.
In money, a zero
is the round, empty symbol that cannot transcend;
no hero.
It's worthless- yet
When added to a number's end-
you're set!
It soars!
Grants more to spend!
Scores!
In money, a zero-
when added to a number's end-
scores!
April 14, 2022
~8th Place~
Premiere Contest: Let's Minichu On Zero
Sponsor: Mohan Chutani
Judged: 05/08/2022
Minichu Form- created by Mohan Chutani
12 lines (4 stanzas of 3 lines each)
Rhyme scheme: Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD.
Syllables: 6,12,3, 4,8,2, 2,4,1, 6,8,1
On gravel mountain path,
underneath shadowed pine crowns: friends ride mountain bikes,
where none hath
neath sapphire sky.
Roller coaster, fun lighting strikes,
runs bye.
Wearing
down bends, turnpikes,
in
swooping dust inward wrath.
Their enlivening heartbeat spikes.
Win!
4/3/2022
Minichu
6 12 3 -4 8 2 -2 4 1 – 6 8 1
Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD.
Life, mixed with fun, grants hope-
this needed equalizer for our ups and downs
helps us cope.
Without real fun
to relieve stress in all we do-
we're done.
Great perks
filled with real fun
works!
to relieve stress in all we do-
this needed equalizer for our ups and downs-
works.
March 21, 2022
~NA~
Premiere Contest: Let's Minichu on Fun
Sponsor: Mohan Chutani
Judged: 04/08/2022
Minichu Format: 12 lines (4 stanzas of 3 lines each)
Rhyme scheme: Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD.
Syllables: 6,12,3, 4,8,2, 2,4,1, 6,8,1
But, without exception,
an imprecation to the old, a shibboleth
perception
then filters through:
the final, awful end of death
in view.
To some,
just their next breath
comes.
But, without exception
the final, awful end of death
comes.
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This is a minichu:
6/12/3, 4/8/2, 2/4/1, 6/8/1
Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD
I hope I have used these properly:
imprecation - curse
shibboleth - a part of speech that distinguishes one group from another,
in this case, the young from the old, distinguished by whether or not
they consider their mortality
Close to a scandalous ten thousand,
A reproach to the late Reverend Townsend;
All with their advertising megaphones,
And big dreams-nursing microphones …
In my town of domicile
With odds one can’t reconcile
Which I had some time walked miles
With my job-hunting files
That rather handed me victorious counts
Of how their number mounts:
I tell you: A Religious Harassment,
An unendurable embarrassment;
Ten thousand, really a killing figure
For a town wielding not the circumference of Cairo
And herself not lending to vigour
Definable with honest biro …
I still maintain: gong hollowed-out halls,
No Rock Musician would try for his frenzied falls;
A good many of them: a late traveler’s tent,
Whose thanksgivings broadcast Satan’s intent …
Never could be God’s umbrella,
For the catholic Emmanuel and Emmanuella;
Nor altars for demonic exits
From Christ’s patronizing visits …
Christ’s salvation current;
Is unthinkable in rooms of high rent!
On pink beach,
with red feet -
Georgia peach
on hot Bahamas sand.
Green eyes - yellow with sun.
Warm beige flesh, lightly tanned.
Towels wet and gritty -
scented like coconut.
Hair’s scattered and pretty.
Teeny-tiny conch shells drip from ears —
ebb and flow of melodious waves.
Piña Colada with cherry cheers,
slice of pineapple and umbrella
in hurricane. Caribbean calm
in the salty breeze with her fella.
Her tongue peppered with a Southern drawl.
These lovers, about to get dirty —
pail and shovel build their castle wall.
7/12/2021
Contest: A 369 Poem
Sponsor: Emile Pinet
*hurricane - type of cocktail glass
Created by Emile J. Pinet. The scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla believed that the numbers 3-6- 9 held great significance, and in deference to him, the (3-6-9,) was invented. An eighteen line rhyming verse with the following rhyme scheme: (aba - cdcefe - ghgijiklk,) with a syllable count of 333, 66666, 999999999. It looks best centered.
Book of Life
start to end-
joy and strife.
Every day, one new leaf
as each drifts on our heap-
can bring us bliss or grief.
Pray it's stamped with a smile-
was the best we could do
as we stack and compile.
One new yarn spun each and every day;
hoping that it's filled with happiness.
Planned or not- go on, and pray we may
scribe our best attempt, and try to see
that day- not half-empty, but half-full.
Hope is strength, and always, the prime key
to cheer days which cast a sunny look-
yet, accept and bear those dark with storms.
Start to end, we all complete our book.
July 10, 2021
~7th Place~
Premiere Contest: 3-6-9 Poem
Sponsor: Emile Pinet
Judged: 07/31/2021
Rhyme Scheme: aba - cdcefe - ghgijiklk
we are here
God too then
must be near
joy and pain, oscillate
so let’s go in, within
in void of silence, wait
surrender paves the way
love beckons, we follow
bliss fills us, night and day
head and heart, with love in alignment
essence of presence, attains balance
divine entwined, tranquil contentment
attention softens, our soul glistens
our clear sight, Gods boundless love and light
He speaks as conscience and we listen
love enabled, when ego comes undone
boundaries blur, we be to become
luminescence of the central sun
01-July-2021
A 3-6-9 Poem Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Emile Pinet
An eighteen line rhyming verse with the following rhyme scheme: (aba - cdcefe - ghgijiklk,) with a syllable count of 333, 66666, 999999999
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