Best Aken Poems
19 December 2010
Christmas Wreath
C ircle band of lights indicating halo
H alo of hope to continue the whole year round
R ound in shape flows youthful spirit to ingest
I ngesting a strong hold to never separate
S eparation comes when leaves fall and lights were taken
T aken from ancestors to mundify
M undify a sagging spirit in a genial abask
A bask we get skylight kindling satisfaction
S atisfaction to be God’s creation in this world
W orld as a whole is the people in a raceme
R aceme with flowers on stalks that entwine
E ntwine fresh wounds to heal and feel amorous
A morous display in every life’s threshold
T hreshold for welcoming visitors every hour
H ours countdown soon will be Christmas and New Year to share with everyone
Merry Christmas to all.
Jailed at home by a white, frozen world
Adorned by one unmindful Jack Frost.
Ceramic ice was recklessly hurled,
Kicking bitter, beast-winter across
Fields, woods, yards and modern built cities.
Rejoicing nature rules us as boss,
Offering risky snow trussed pretty.
Some people claim this day is a loss,
Taken by a prankster, Mister Frost.
R-ecline your wearied self within my care
O-n a coverlet of eventide and moon
M-elted stars, in platinum tresses, rare
A-light your eyes and aspect, as I swoon
N-ight is but another of your lovers
T-aken as I am, with all your charms
I-n, you slip, between its silky covers
C-loistered in its ardor ... and my arms.
~ 2nd Place ~ in the "Romantic - Acrostic" Poetry Contest, John Hamilton, Sponsor.
~ 4th Place ~ in the "Word Play" Poetry Contest, Bobby May, Judge & Sponsor.
* What I love the most ... romance! *
Taken from the work room of nature
An ability which is inbuilt and a default
Labeled on skills and fixed on the DNA
Executed wonderfully to seem a miracle
Noticed and groomed from an early stage
Takes the owner to heights reached by visionaries
If I were a horticulturalist like Sam Van Aken
I would splice a banana tree with a strawberry tree.
Strawberries are not tree-grown?
Okay.
Then I would splice a banana tree with a peanut tree.
If I could find a butter cow from the Iowa State Fair
I would set it under this new bana-peanut-a tree
For there is nothing better than a peanut butter and banana
sandwich
And I eat butter on everything
I did not know that about peanuts.
I would splice a banana tree with a pistachio tree
over my butter cow.
Leaving quickly I rushed by
Opening my error in this case
Standing on my doorstop at home
Taken aback my gloves are lost
Going too fast I went past them
Leaving them behind somewhere
Originating a fear that they’re gone
Very calmly I went back to look
Eventually I gave up, knowing they’re gone
Somebody will be happy to find them
Entrant into Black Eyed Susan's " Acrostic contest - theme LOST (please read directions)"
8/1/2012
(T)aken for granted all to often
(I)nfluences our decisions
(M)akes us wish for more
(E)nables us to appreciate each moment
The lessons we learn
in life from others,
thus, make us warm...
are not always our friends
I Warn,
Caution should be taken
when we have mistaken,
someone that helps you
out of a jam to stop aken
"Brother & Sister you know"
A-s
N-ight
I-s
T-aken
A-way
E-arly
L-ovely
M-orn
U-ses
N-ew
D-awn
O-bviously
Topic: Birthday of Anita Elmundo (February 02)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
D-ark
O-f
N-ight
I-s
T-aken
A-way
A-s
V-iew
I-s
L-ovely
A-gain
Topic: Birthday of Donita Avila (May 16)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
C-old
R-ain
I-s
S-urely
T-aken
I-n
N-ewness
A-s
S-unny
T-ime
A-nd
M-orn
P-leasantly
E-ndorse
R-adiance
Topic: Birthday of Cristina Stamper (August 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
L-ight
L-ets
Y-our
N-ewness
E-radicate
C-hill
A-s
B-lack
I-s
N-icely
T-aken
A-way
Topic: Birthday of Llyne Cabinta (August 10)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
A-nother
E-arly
N-ewness
J-ust
E-rases
L-onely
D-ark
O-nce
N-ight
I-s
T-aken
A-way
A-s
S-un
U-ses
N-ice
C-larity
I-n
O-pen
N-ature
Topic: Birthday of Aenjel Donita C. Asuncion (October 02)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
S-ee
H-ow
O-ne
L-ight
E-rases
N-ight
O-f
R-ain
B-eholding
O-pen
N-ew
G-low
A-s
P-ictures
A-re
T-aken
Topic: Birthday of Sholenor Bongapat (October 06)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic