A smorgasbord of tasty cheeses.
Different colours, textures and flavours to entice.
They're all so artfully displayed.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 1st place 2025
Nigerian most famous dish,
parties’ preferred meal.
Toothsome and eye-appealing,
cooked in rich red sauce—
spicy and tasty.
Delicious!
Yes.
hard to read each pun
which will happen upon us
once upon a time
when he was wishing
while line on water swishing
he had been fishing
while at Westminster
really had been sinister
was such a spinster
should hear him squealing
trying to hide true feeling
never appealing
Let me now sing the song of my old age,
All I recount now belongs to the past.
Since the noticed changes are far too vast,
Let this song be sung by a real sage.
This face, now so old, ugly, and wrinkled,
Once shone with a glow, bright and appealing.
Though no longer fine, smooth, and now peeling,
This same old skin was once never crinkled.
These eyes, now drooping, dimmed by poor vision,
Once sparkled with allure and shone pretty.
These hands were once fresh, smooth, and not gritty,
Though now shaky with loss of precision.
The mouth, now sunken and full of gnashers,
Was once bright in the glow of real teeth.
A life once like the vibrance of a wreath
Now whispers in the folds of old tatters.
These feet, worn and cracked, trudging so slowly,
Once romped in the bloom of youthful delight.
Though now calloused and bent, aching each night,
They carried dreams and walked them boldly.
A lemony drink that is mellow
Alcohol sugar zest yellow
Unlike its fruit tree
It's said with a long e
In Sorrento they make limoncello
Audrey Hepburn
the darling of the sixties
in Paris making it posh and pretty
enticing her viewers to want to see the Eiffel Tower
Making the French appealing to viewers
Ring in the spring,
The bluebells bob
As gentle breezes blow.
We breathe a sigh
As we know now
There’s no more winter snow.
The vibrant hue
Against the green
Bathes hillsides regal blue.
Announcing to
The countryside
That summer will ensue.
Nells has no idea how appealing she is.
Not caring about her appearance like other girls.
She throws on a tribal cat suit and lies in a plastic lounger
Reading a stack of scientific journals.
When she gets up and walks around men notice her curves.
And her bouncy attitude, and her joy
She does not see her observers at all.
Not in the mood for wooing or romance
She is studying to be a doctor or a biologist
Some try to bribe her brothers
To try and get a date.
But that goes nowhere too.
She is their little sister.
They see her as three-years-old
A silent movie
Maybe silent realistically
Or not silent metaphorically
Silent
Because not verbal
Not silent
Because with movements
Not silent
Because appealing
Silent
Because there are no immediate actions
And without man's sympathy
Response and cooperation
A silent story
May eventually die silently
Life full of pardons
The day my soul new pleasure
Forgiveness a treasure
A clemency smiles
Appealing sentencing sympathy appealing
1/11/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
Triangle if centered;
twenty syllables a
thought complete; appealing
to the emotions deep.
Takes shape as syllables
to increase or decrease;
they state an abstract thought.
Date: 10/27/2020
Submitted For: Pleiades 3 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May
Second Place
Too long she'd delayed --
Since he was deathly afraid
Her last card she played:
Please, please Lord, Help him to see
I'm his if he'd just ask me
I cannot find my contest poem
(It would have been a first place winner)
Alas, my first thoughts I cannot show em!
I scrawled down notes when preparing dinner -
perchance they fell in Tiddles litter tray
as my loose leaf pad is so much thinner.
If I locate my lines by contest day
I’ll appeal to our sponsor named Nina
then swap my poem, to that which went astray
But what if Nina starts acting meaner
because I tried to bend her strict rules -
my contest wins will be so much leaner...
Only time will tell if rules are for fools!
Quirky Tercets Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Nina Parmenter
4/29/30
So intriguing
You're appealing
To much beauty in
One so seductive aah yes
A loveliness tie me
With lovely laces like you do.
I am over flowing with
Excitement
My senses are keen this
Sugar is mean to sweet,
To sweet I've never tasted
A sexy something steals my
HEART attack gracefully.
You can always find a feeling,
From shining floor up to ceiling;
Smiling face,
All over place,
And Brenda's poems that are appealing.
Jim Horn
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