What do you do at night?
I think of Marie Antoinette,
I think of Gaëlle Catherine,
to Bernadette de Soubiroux,
But also to the Virgin Mary,
What do you do at night?
I think of Montreal,
I think of Manhattan,
I think of California,
But also to the Virgin Mary,
What do you do at night?
I wash my dishes,
I eat my cheese,
I think of the nectarines,
But also to the Virgin Mary,
What do you do at night?
Everything that is forbidden,
I think of Marie Antoinette,
I think of Gaëlle Catherine,
But also to the Virgin Mary.
B-lue
E-yes'
R-esembled
N-ice
A-ppearance
D-eliberately
E-xcites
T-houghts
T-ruly
E-thereal,
A-llowing
N-onmaterial
T-o
O-vercome
N-onphysicality
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Monocrostic (Birthday of Bernadette T. Anton)
As we metamorphose
away from mumbo-jumbo,
we cleave to poetry, abandon prose.
Science is the only one that knows.
I saw it on “Colombo”.
A laptop’s far more useful than a rose.
Remember Walden Pond, and when it froze?
Or when Aunt Bernadette prepared that gumbo?
You won’t forget the north wind when it blows!
America’s best movie? If it chose,
the Number One would probably be ‘Dumbo’.
And ‘Tik Tak Toe’ would be the Show of Shows.
We all have sadness, live through woes,
but strong folk are not looking for macumba.
Rain falls – that’s all we need suppose.
Just check your seams are straight: adjust your hose,
and get out there and trip a raunchy rumba.
You know the tune real well. It’s one of those.
You think that milk and honey are what flows?
I’d like to see you tell Patrice Lumumba!
It’s been that way for many other Joes.
Art long, life short? The poem has to close.
But maybe, from the shadow of the tumba,
some vestige will remain for you to gloze.
Saint Sinéad
Rendered asunder
more than just a pope
all the hearts you set on fire
with your sight and fight and hope
their beloved witch
that would not burn
you tore the temple down
the voice of an angel
only louder
six feet underground
RIP
Shuhada Sadaqat
Nee Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor
1966-2023
Flagrant bird Bernadette feathery flair flamboyant
Towers over average plumage
Parades tassle twist pantomime pow wow warbonnet
Cascade costume illuminating
Cheyenne crowned showgirl, a flurry of torso tumult
Statuesque neck festers fatalism
Stiletto weapon punctuates staid with societal revolt
Rouses a Lady Marmalade rythm
Elusive vermilion mouth majestic Bernadette buxom
Slinks sequined by beside suited
Patrons in shadow of taboo troublesome seduction
Stubble rub struggle translucent
Sashaying aves, aloof eaglet suspended in feminine
Bouyant slow swirl drape tailed koi
Hypnotic bronzed bends transmit treacle pheromone
Concocts a carbonated cider void
26th June Too sexy!
At first sight, I miss God,
When I think of my father,
Of the primroses in bloom,
When I feed the blinding sun,
Drying up, all the rivers.
I miss God,
When I don’t understand
The purity of the azure,
When I repeat words
In a foreign language,
I miss God,
When I go to Cavale Blanche Hospital,
That I hear screams,
Of suffering persons
Or mad of love?
I miss God
When I write poems,
That no one says,
For friends, or fairies,
In bombed churches
I miss God,
When I walked in Bordeaux,
Without knowing you,
Without being able to count on him,
On the merry ghosts,
I miss God
When I see the bee again
Wasting time on the flower,
When I forget Sevastopol,
Marilyne, and Bernadette.
At first sight, I miss God,
When I leave Tuscany,
When I ask Eluard, Picasso,
Or see the swallows in a hurry
Run away from my country.
Money is Welcome Everywhere
"It's not the money, it's the stuff!" Bernadette Peters, the Jerk.
"Give me the MONEY!" Cuba Gooding, Jerry Maguire.
“Do you smell that? Money!” Paul Newman, The Color of Money
Buys us our fancy cars, fine houses, pretty mink coats, ritzy computers,
But also purchases...
groceries, gasoline, toilet paper, Sharpies and notebooks
money is welcome everywhere.
Happy birthday, dear Bernadette,
Now is the time to remember;
Let not your mind ever forget
The Lord God's gift, mercy, and care.
Topic: Birthday of BernadetteJ. Abalos (March 09)
B-ig
E-vent's
R-emembrance
N-icely
A-pplies
D-elightful
E-xpression's
T-errific
T-opic
E-mploying
U-plifting
M-essage
A-bout
Y-our
A-nnual
M-oment
Topic: Birthday of Bernadette O. Umayam (February 23)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
B-rutal
E-nemy's
R-abid
N-astiness
A-pplies
D-readed
E-eriness
T-ill
T-hreat
E-mploys
M-ystery
A-nd
Y-ucky
E-pidemic's
R-isk
Topic: Birthday of poetess Bernadette Mayer (May 12)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
B-irthday
E-xpression's
R-ighteous
N-ote
A-bout
D-edication
E-mploys
T-houghtful
T-heme
E-ndorsing
U-nique
M-eaning
A-s
Y-ou
A-ppreciate
M-essage
Topic: Birthday of Bernadette O. Umayam (February 23)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
B-eholders
E-agerly
R-ead
N-otable
A-crostic
D-esign
E-ven
T-hough
T-heir
E-yes
A-re
B-leary
A-s
L-ines
O-ffer
S-ublimity
Topic: Birthday of Bernadette J. Abalos (March 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Golden Roses
...to one who has faith, no explanation is necessary...to one without faith, no explanation is possible...Thomas Aquinas.
Roses side by side where the grotto stood
A golden garden not seen by their eyes
Bernadette could see as she gathered wood
Kneeling upon hearing of heaven’s cries
A Lady did appear in rose bush wild
A seraphic voice with no deception
With a white dress and girdle gently smiled
‘I am the Immaculate Conception’
For the town of Lourdes was quick to demean
Sadly scoffed as the poorest peasant girl
She dug a hole and a well would canteen
To make believers of the crippled churl
Bernadette let your song of roses hum
Upon this let processions hither come.
Aug.17.2018
New Sonnets Only
Only English Sonnets Are Acceptable
(Fourteen lines, ten syllables per line - abab cdcd efef gg rhyming scheme.)
Sponsored by: Emile Pinet
Video clip from the movie"The Song of Bernadette"
N/A for contest
B-eacon
E-agerly
R-ises
N-ow
A-s
D-awn
E-nds
T-he
T-wilight
E-arly
P-lacing
R-ay
A-nd
G-leam
A-bove
Topic: Birthday of Bernadette F. Praga (May 29)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
B-eacon
E-rases
R-ainy
N-ight
A-nd
D-ark
E-vening
T-o
T-imely
E-levate
A-s
N-ewness
T-akes
O-ver
N-ow
Topic: Birthday of Bernadette T. Anton (May 23)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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