Best Cbc Poems
morning cbc
alert to all consumers
your program's been writ
wall street controls andt
the object is behavior
it is to be changed
without one's knowledge
through psychological names
on consumer goods
to millenials
you are right for the fodder
that feeds the machine
you get what you buy
technology addiction
it's all in the name
and you've got sore feet
walking all day with head down
the world escaped
to your private cell
or your home pad your i-pod
movie in private
your present was writ
technology has you trapped
the institution
provides walking-cells
and i-pods (latin: sore feet)
just another screen
stan sand
“Tell me, what it is you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
[The Summer Day ~ Mary Oliver]
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I plan to travel far and wide
across the mountains, oceans deep.
The roaming wind will be my guide.
The gods will watch me from above
and fruit of wisdom help me reap.
My heart will taste the joy of love.
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Poetry Contest “Tell Me”
aba, cbc rhyme, 8 syllables per line
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
Placed 4th
© paul callus 4th July 2016
*Image of Japanese Elm Tree by CBC.
Japan Surrenders
Japan's crimson sun disrobes a dawning night rise sky,
An elm tree parasol's her coral samurais while they lie.
2022 February 22
*1st Place*
A BRIAN STRAND SHORTIE
~~Brian Strand: Judged 2022 February 23
*2nd Place*
Bite Size Poem No.37
~~Line Gauthier: Judged 2022 March 01
of vast nature be part
hear the salty sea waves rush in with froth and foam
steer the heart
stretch out on sand
merge to make sea, sand and sun home
disband
go dive
swim, walk, sleep, roam
live
of vast nature be part,
merge to make sea, sand and sun home
live
6th placement
written 05/Jan/2021
Mohan Chutani sponsor
Minichu format: Total 12 lines (4 stanzas of 3 lines each)
Rhyme scheme: Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD. 4th stanza consists of repeat of: 1st line of stanza 1, 2nd line of stanza 2, and 3rd line of stanza 3. Syllable count : Stanza 1: 6,12,3, Stanza 2: 4,8,2, Stanza 3: 2,4,1, Stanza 4: 6,8,1
A brand new year will soon begin…new page,
one sheet of twelve to see upon the wall;
it cleanly hangs, no scribbles, signs of age.
New Year...so many days to get things done;
on a clean slate, set new plans big and small,
before the twelve fly off, each one by one.
This year, another gift of life’s delight,
again to watch all seasons come and go
and feel the surge of Spring’s renewal rite.
Perhaps to now enjoy in better ways,
the Summer sun and flowers; Autumn's glow,
then Winter wonderland of snow-filled days.
A brand new year begins so soon…new page...
This year, another gift of life’s delight.
Sandra M. Haight
~1st Place~
Contest: New Year
Sponsor: Janice Canerdy
Form: Cornish Sonnet
Judged: 01/16/2018
The rhyme scheme is aba cbc ded fef ad
Written in Iambic Pentameter
One leaf left on tree
No undue unhappiness
Always in great spree
One leaf left on tree
All by itself in the airiness
Feels never lonely or retiree
One leaf left on tree
It spends itself as it sways
Breathing with utmost glee
Last leaf not the end ever
As its time comes, collapses
New buds sprout by the scent of water
The poem is in the form Tercet (Three lines Rhyme scheme aba, cbc,dbd, ebe). The form is not available on PS so I have posted it under rhyme.
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July 17, 2014
Theme: Renewal
Form: Tercet
Contest: The Scent of Water by Faye Gibson
**The poem is based on the real scene I saw two days back from my window.
I have taken some snaps and small video. I remembered the story The last
Leaf by O Henry and was inspired to write there and then.
*** Inspired by O Henry's short story The Last Leaf **
Give Minichu a go,
Mohan’s new poetry format is lot of fun,
simply do!
slowly it shrinks,
as lower stanzas are written,
but links!
give start,
you will be done,
smart!
Give Minichu a go,
as lower stanzas are written,
smart!
1st placement
Written 4/october/2020
sponsor Mohan Chutani
Minichu on ‘writing Minichu or not writing Minichu’ contest
Minichu format: Total 12 lines (4 stanzas of 3 lines each) Rhyme scheme: Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD. 4th stanza consists of repeat of: 1st line of stanza 1, 2nd line of stanza 2, and 3rd line of stanza 3. Syllable count : Stanza 1: 6,12,3, Stanza 2: 4,8,2, Stanza 3: 2,4,1, Stanza 4: 6,8,1
Summer beneath clear sky,
Squalling seagulls swoop to pilfer a bit of food
hurl up high.
Boys bask with joy
in the sun breezy playful mood.
Enjoy.
Blue sea,
honey-sand you'd
see.
Kites fly in open sky
as they run in a cheerful mood.
See!
1/12/2021
Sun And Sand Minichu Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Mohan Chutani
1. This is a New form of Rhyme named MlNICHU (proposed by Mohan Chutani)
2. Total12 lines (4 stanzas of 3 lines each)
3. Rhyme scheme: Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD.
4. 4th stanza consists of repeat of 1st line of stanza1, 2nd line of stanza 2, and 3rd line of stanza 3.
Poem should stick to a chosen theme through all stanzas. A twist can be introduced in third stanza, if required by the theme, to make it more interesting.
5. Syllable count :
Stanza 1: 6,12,3 (3 times 2,4,1)
Stanza 2: 4,8,2 ( 2 times 2,4,1)
Stanza 3: 2,4,1
Stanza 4: 6,8,1.
Let go of, to get to
All we see unreal, why for then confusion
Joy renew
There’s no hero
The manifest, an illusion
Zero
Thoughts stream
The conclusion
Dream
Let go of, to get to
The manifest, an illusion
Dream
27-April-2022
HMS, Rhymezone
Let's Minichu on zero Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Mohan Chutani
MlNICHU is as follows:
1. Total12 lines (4 stanzas of 3 lines each)
2. Rhyme scheme: Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD.
3. 4th stanza consists of repeat of 1st line of stanza1, 2nd line of stanza 2, and 3rd line of stanza 3.
4. Poem should stick to a chosen theme through all stanzas. A twist can be introduced in third stanza, if required by the theme, to make it more interesting.
5. Syllable count : Stanza 1: 6,12,3 Stanza 2: 4,8,2 Stanza 3: 2,4,1 Stanza 4: 6,8,1.
far from wintry England
into caressing warmth of a tropical beach
sun and sand
fun and frolick
in a lazy temperate breach
uptick
recoup
recharge, wild peach
sloop
far from wintry England
in a lazy temperate breach
sloop
4.1.2021
Note:
Format of the New form of Rhyme named MlNICHU is as follows:
1. Total12 lines (4 stanzas of 3 lines each)
2. Rhyme scheme: Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD.
3. 4th stanza consists of repeat of 1st line of stanza1, 2nd line of stanza 2, and 3rd line of stanza 3.
4. Poem should stick to a chosen theme through all stanzas. A twist can be introduced in third stanza, if required by the theme, to make it more interesting.
5. Syllable count :
Stanza 1: 6,12,3
Stanza 2: 4,8,2
Stanza 3: 2,4,1
Stanza 4: 6,8,1.
Whenever the day begins
Amidst misery
I am in the Looney bin.
If I ask for a moment
Of lucidity
I am married to torment.
Do you see my dilemma?
The insanity!
This is not my agenda.
I can’t switch from fright to fight
With this remedy
Man forged in a sleepless night.
But I do want to be seen
Avoiding crazy
Like everyman between.
Split Haiku in opposite syllables (7-5-7)
rhyme scheme- ABA CBC DBD EBE FBF
3/28/2016
Petite five-pound Yorkie;
mother nature is full of small surprises, he's
scant dorky.
Mind of his own,
always so hungry, gnaws on his
dull bone.
Wind howls,
Tator, my whizz,
growls.
I wish my small Yorkie
could talk, instead, demands with his
growls.
4/11/2021
Poetry Contest: A Pet Minichu
Sponsored by: Mohan Chutani
6-12-3 ......4-8-2..... 2-4-1..... 6-8-1
6-12-3 ......4-8-2..... 2-4-1..... 6-8-1-
aba cbc dAd …. a,b,d third line
Minichu format: Total 12 lines (4 stanzas of 3 lines each)
Rhyme scheme: Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD.
4th stanza consists of repeat of: 1st line of stanza 1, 2nd line of stanza 2, and 3rd line of stanza
3. Syllable count : Stanza 1: 6,12,3, Stanza 2: 4,8,2, Stanza 3: 2,4,1, Stanza 4: 6,8,1
Two seamen sought to sail the sea
to see the seething sea, you see.
This could have happened in B.C.
but no — they saw the modern sea.
In 2023 A.D.
the sea was like the sea B.C.
which is unlike the CBC
with no connection to the sea
but somewhat like the BBC
which does resemble the B.C.
without the extra C., you see?
I see.
Them magic tricks bizarre!
Bodies slit in pieces, pigeons fly out of hats;
Minds ajar!
Heartbeats on edge!
Wonderstruck, no chitchat;
Sword wedge!
Whoosh! whoosh!
Wand's airborne splat;
Touche!!
Them magic tricks bizarre!
Wonderstruck, no chitchat;
Touche!!
1.9.2020
My poem as an example of current Minichu contest:
Minichu format:
Total12 lines (4 stanzas of 3 lines each) Rhyme scheme: Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD.
4th stanza consists of repeat of 1st line of stanza1, 2nd line of stanza 2, and 3rd line of stanza 3.
Syllable count :
Stanza 1: 6,12,3,
Stanza 2: 4,8,2,
Stanza 3: 2,4,1,
Stanza 4: 6,8,1
Moral decay comes from man's godlessness
Like tendrils slowly choking a country.
Man's pride and arrogance, his ruthlessness
All bring about the chains of anarchy.
A blinded people turns away from God
And what is right and wrong they fail to see,
They don't know He's the Peace we should have had.
Cynhia Buhain-Baello~~~09.24.16
(Rhyme royal -poem with 7 lines in iambic pentameter
rhyme scheme could be abab/bcc or abab/cbc (a quatrain and a tercet)
or a tercet and two couplets - aba, bb, cc).