One, two, three, four
Hardwood seeds planted on the floor
Trying to get to the final round
Championship bound
Who is your pick?
Cavs or Knicks
Garden parties are always filled with fame
WKRP broadcasted CBS’s Street manipulated game
Late night tape delayed
News wondered if Vietnam POWs completed the trade
Newly launched ESPN, soon took charge
Captaining the NBA barge
Cruising a hoop dream
Love Boat holiday network floated up stream
While Peacock’s spurs shine
Thundering, shaking the western spine
Enjoying an entertaining time
That cannot be declined
Or denied
Since the audience will find
Two winners survive
Not saying their seasonal goodbyes
Wanting to extend
And defend
The scoring message they send
Larry O’Brien’s trophy is for the best
Acknowledging acing basketballs premier climatic spring test
‘We are the champions’ winners will sing
Sporting awarded new flashy rings
Say senora to the winter blues
And welcome summer leagues with air condition that is cool
Family relationships are a key;
Abundant joy they bring (and brought) to me.
Mainstays in how we learn to love and grow;
It seems natural for me to feel so.
Living shared memories we hope will last;
Yearning for those times as the years slip past.
Facing adulthood, ditching childish things;
Using this time well to wait in the wings;
New family formed with the love it brings.
full moon just rising
lake acing like a mirror
reflecting it’s face
“Maybe love doesn't come from the heart. Maybe it's a psychic jolt that wakes you when you touch them, leaving you breathless.” Christy Johnson
Butterfly kisses and his breath upon my cheek.
Racing heart of mine. I could not resist as he
Enticed me with his gaze. Words he had no need to speak.
Anticipation peaked when that angel boy kissed me,
Thrilling me like I had not been thrilled before.
Heaven-sent was he, for he melted my heart.
Lavished with affection, I reveled in his ardor.
Enchantment it seemed he practiced as high art.
Such a surprise it was that he had come my way.
So sweetly did he steal my breath away.
How time has flown since then. I think of how
Elation once whalloped me with a romantic WOW.
Love comes and goes. I’ll never know
Even now what happened to the young man who
Fed my soul with sunshine’s happy glow.
That all remains a bliss I cannot live anew.
Magical is breathlessness. Sadly, that feeling
Ends eventually, but how I long again to be reeling!
Tainted schemes
distorted dreams
things you want
you should let them be
aint got no time for secomd glance
loves like ours
full of second chances
get it right
but don't take this wrong
cause you miss a Good man
when he's gone
You aint the woman
I thought you were
I thought you wanted
cashmere, diamonds and furs
act like a bankhead buster
who jive and juke
you make me sick
I want to puke
leave me alone let me be
call me later
if we agree
I aint tryna be your thang
playing 'round
always changing things
mean ole triffle
foolish ways
if we hold on
we'll see better days
but you like fadding and fooling round
acing silly like some damn clown
suppossa be my Woman
but never arpound
Cause you a low-down cheating trick
who likes playing around
then when I'm serious
you jive and gonne
if I find a Nother
I'm gonna leave you alone
That's how it is
but it aint how it's gonna be
move on Sweetie
take your leave of me
coo-l the pigeon
adorned in gray bodysuit -
acing the anklets
Planting a tree that bears sweet fruits
Tracing the dawning of my roots
Writing a book that bears my name
Beating the odds in my own game
Roaming around in my own way
Running 50 kilometers away
Acing the top in my tough test
Climbing my mountain to the crest
Gracing the pages of my poetry
Singing to tune my own melody
Making my mark on concrete ground
With the moon and stars around
Meeting the stars of tinseltown
Dancing with Johnny like a clown
Shaking the hands of sexy Swifty
Meeting the eyes of gorgeous Alexy
June 21, 2023
S-uffering in bleak darkness people need light,
P-ace the gloomy path of despair to sunshine.
R-ays of altruistic candle I show them with love,
E-cstasy fervently suffuses their desolate mind.
A-crid betrayal breaks many hearts, and in the
D-ebris I blossom flowers with empathy touch.
I-nfused patina radiates the divine glow of bliss,
N-aturally reflected from my happiness mirror,
G-arnered as a gem in my journey of fulfillment.
H-orizon gleams even after my spent sun sets,
A-rid dunes roll as joyful waves on the sand sea,
P-arched life I saunter along the trail of mirage,
P-acing to the oasis in the cauldron of rapture.
I-nstilled by verve I take the journey of euphoria,
N-ascent hopes create delightful gems I adore.
E-xaltation sparkling like star in my mind’s sky
S-aturates my heart while I walk the last mile,
S-inking in soul I find aura of happiness I spread.
______________
March 20, 2023
Contest : Spreading Happiness
Sponsored by : Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Arriving for my first visit, not knowing what to expect
Instantly awestruck at the plethora of trampolines
Ready to jump feet first into a new adventure.
Bouncing up, down, in, out, to and fro
Over and over again. I spot the soft foam pit,
Racing towards it, I take a leap of faith
Naturally full of enthusiasm and a youthful
Energy that knows no bounds at the moment.
Eagerly looking around the massive building wanting
X-tras like dodgeball, slam dunk, and the high-flying
Trapeze—where I swing through the air and land safely
Right in the middle of the blue and red squares of foam. I
Enter the battle beams where I was defeated by an older
Male. Nearly two hours later, and all good things must come to an
End. My first experience at a trampoline park was a success.
August 1, 2019
(An Acrostic Poem)
**Side note: I wrote this poem from the point of view of my 12 year old son. This was his first experience at a trampoline park called Airborne Extreme. He had a great time and has enjoyed the amusement center a few times since.
Facing my dad, who stood by mom’s side
Attentively. They were the definition of love.
Took care of us. We’d have dinner at 5:00, imagine!
He left the loving and conversation up to mom
Except for now — it’s amazing the stories he tells.
Relying on his memory, hoping for his
Soul to find love and peace in God.
Dad with unrelenting tears, now knows how much
All his kids love him. Just like him, we’re not going anywhere.
You can bet we’ll surround him on his bittersweet day.
5/13/2021
A TRIBUTE TO FATHERS
Sponsor : L Milton Hankins
Nectared graces overwhelming must
Underline your pulse-halting charms;
Utopian opal spelt by honeyed terms,
Resistless pearl cased in mortal dust.
Fair-miened nymphs kings did melt;
But such sly vixens, like old Phoenix
Acing artful Death's ambrosial tricks,
Would find your rig a conundrum yet.
Dead fancy's fairy in gowns of wool,
Would vote this trim flawless figure
Finer than fiction's gildings meager;
Nature’s art unsullied by apish tool.
Nor would pageant-lauded beauties,
Though posh their foppish styles be;
With roses laureled in limitless glee,
Dim this time's own queen of cuties.
Where lurks this sure paragon high,
Beauty-capped acme of poets' tales;
Yet glamorous and unbeaten in vales
Of breath and death where jewels lie?
S-tars whirling through midnight black skies, whitely,
U-rged on by the Milky Way, twinkling quite brightly.
M-adcap moon in a romance dance over sapphire earth,
M-eaningful though mild, in the precincts of her birth!
E-arly morning lemon clouds sweep by tall mountaintops,
R-acing the redbirds, as emerald toads do froggy hops.
D-aily masquerade ball of a red sun's splash and dash,
A-nd the mysterious wind, giving vivid blooms whiplash!
N-ebulous green waves, undulate seductively into foam,
C-ameo appearances of butterflies, in acutely green homes.
E-ach noon intensely golden, each tango new, though olden!
L-et the golden silence reign absolute;
U-nwelcome is noise in the house of thought.
S-o much to explore in the universe of mind,
H-ued richly with precious gems of every kind!
L-ight enters inside, so glintingly beautiful,
I-nk takes on new images and shapes, blackly.
B-ees breeze by August, seeking their honey,
R-abbits hop high grass, down in the country.
A-bove, the milky stars compel us to wonder,
R-acing toward scintillating, blazing infinity.
Y-esterday's avenues of blooms live there also!
Hazy horizon blazes even after the spent sun setS
Arid dunes undulate as static waves on the sand seA
Parched life trailing toiled the mirage, needs to waiT
Pacing weary to the oasis etched at the edge of ennuI
Instilled by psychic vibe the journey ends in euphoriA
Nascent hopes on bliss waves roll gems on time presenT
Exaltation drips like stardust from mind sky, sense a priorI
Suffuses my heart while I walk the last mile of satiatioN
Sinking within I hear the song of ecstasy, soul starts to sinG.
May 28, 2020
For Brian Strand's Contest A Brian Strand August
L ynn is how my name’s pronounced
I ntegrity and imagination the ideals
N otably nostalgic on occasion
E clectic maybe even a little eccentric
M otivated by a playful muse
O pen-minded at times obstinate
N o fancy pseudo nom de plume
I ntolerant to painful platitudes
Q uality time ideally by a fireplace
U nbridled passion for photography
E mbrace uplifting peaceful views
G rateful a constant state of mind
A rt aficionado to the core
U nconventional and proud of it
T echnologically challenged tenderfoot
H appy hibernating in cozy hideouts
I nfatuated with the infinite and all that’s zen
E nergetic when it comes to writing poetry
R acing to the finish line to leave a legacy
AP: 2nd place 2021, 3rd place 2026, 3rd place 2021, 3rd place 2020, 3rd place 2020, Honorable Mention 2025, Honorable Mention 2025, Honorable Mention 2023, Honorable Mention 2020
Submitted on April 30, 2020 for contest I AM: A LIST BIO CHALLENGE sponsored by ANDREA DIETRICH - RANKED 2ND
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