Words much like coins
find their value in their quality
their rarity and worth
in gold silver and every
other precious metal
Poetry may as well be
the economic activity
of juggling assets
where trading and
appraising sets
its market price
AP: 1st place 2025
Submitted on April 9, 2025 for contest YOUR CHOICE L sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - Honorable Mention
Everything in your house is worth something -how bad do you need it?
This man never found the bed out of bounds,
his wife liked he explored ivory mounds.
Her dwindled assets age got,
he disliked, monk he was not,
ventured out in search of youthful new grounds.
___________
May 3, 2023
Syllable count : 10/10/7/7/10
Contest : A Funny Or Bawdy Limerick (HMS)
Sponsored by : Tania Kitchin
Gambling, he lost it all
Everything gone; betting was not his tour de force
Mind appall
No one's hero
There was anger but no remorse
Zero
Assets
lost on a horse
Debts
Gambling, he lost it all
There was anger but no remorse
Debts
April 9, 2022
Let's Minichu on Zero Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Mohan Chutani
scrooge tried light his fire on christmas morning ~ but he could not find the hearth
By
David Kavanagh
# Happy Christmas Soupers #
Every year, max-out your I.R.A.,
So that you’ll be wealthy in times of need.
Start putting money aside. Now! Today!
Learn to live within your means. Start today.
Don’t buy on credit trifles you don’t need.
Every year, max-out your I.R.A.
Manage your credit, but keep debt at bay;
Debt is a trap from which you’re seldom freed.
Start putting money aside. Now! Today!
Don’t let falling markets scare you away;
Think like a farmer buying bargain seed.
Every year, max-out your I.R.A.
Diversify assets in every way.
Study finances and investing. Read!
Start putting money aside. Now! Today!
Don’t procrastinate; your future’s today.
This is about security, not greed.
Every year, max-out your I.R.A.
Start putting money aside. Now! Today!
In the still of the night I see images galore
Of scantily clad ladies doing everyday chores
Bending over, oh what joy!
With ASSets deployed!
My helper went bananas till my composure was restored
Sue posed nude on the cover of Fforbes
Shocked neighbours saw her massive pink orbs
Her old father went mad
She said "Don’t worry Dad,
You'll feel better once the shock absorbs"
Pure fiction as 'Forbes' is a business magazine
Ff was deliberately used to make the name sound upmarket like the name Audrey FForbes-Hamilton from a British Sitcom 'To the Manor Born'
09-28-17
The language of love for me lies in her smile. Words are not required. Lip reading starts with her smile. But, there is so much more to lovin her deeper within... The sexiest curvature on her body isn't just her booty or her boobies, it's slightly above her chin.
Peaceful and equitable democratic government
does not treat residents, or even non-residents,
as potentially predative property
to further grow the wealth
of those who already have too much
due to past profit histories of enslaved
and indentured
and domesticated
and commodified labor
Winner v Lower caste-preservations
falling short
of Win and Win's evolving
cooperative
caste expansions.
Democratically healthy
wealth optimizing governance
serves our most cooperatively polypathic nature-spirits
of co-arising nutrition-nurturing
eco-political healthcare properties.
We cooperatively own,
and too competitively lose,
and therefore need to more regeneratively WinWin manage
all our assets,
and those other organic mindbody parts too.
is the luxury
the real assets of real life
ask a millionaire
ask any woman
their one answer's family
love's real life's assets
Your walk is hurried, your look critical
For a woman your age, that is so typical
Your motto is live by the sword, die by the sword
You only practice this when you're bored
On your crazy days, you blame the heat
On your calm days, you just came off the streets
You are clever in your own pathetic way
Giving the boys just enough so they continue to play
Never giving them what they really want, just what they need
Some coke, a joint or a little speed
You stay out at night and sleep in the day
Twenty two and under you mold the boys like clay
Getting caught up in the moment brings out your wild side
You tell the boys, no cash, no go, no ride
Everything that goes up must come down
You make certain that every time your feet are planted safely on the ground
Your potential is there so you want to let it out
With the local boys, you carry all the clout
You use what you got, to pay for your desires
But as far as emotions go, there really is no fire
The sword has now been drawn and will be planted deep
I wonder how well you really sleep
I believe you have no regrets
You hide your liabilities and flaunt your assets
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