Best Extravaganza Poems
Wordplay Extravaganza
Sponsor: John Hamilton
Bugs bunny was the silliest hare with such a bright future ahead,
he wanted to give Lola something special, but he gave her a carrot instead.
He pondered on a different surprise, and wrote Lola a sweet love letter,
asking her to marry him, because of her his life was much better.
He proof read his proposal and realized he forgot one very special phrase,
so he clicked the caret button to insert a few sentiments then pressed save.
All he had hoped for was that he expressed his love with his honest words,
for he wanted to fill this day with rainbows with sweet songs from Tweety bird.
The day flew by and night time arrived, that silly wabbit was nervous,
he smelled her scent and watched her approach him, boy was he wordless!
“My Lola, from Pensacola, I give you this twenty four karat gold ring,
a three carat princess diamond placed gently above the gold and in between.
Marry me, my sweet, I'll sweep you off your feet, I'd love to play with your hair...."
She said yes, of course...and a few months later there was a family of baby hares.
Homophones used:
1. carrot-A vegetable
2. karat-weight of gold
3. carat-size of diamonds
4. caret-a symbol used to indicate the place in writing material which something
is to be inserted.
1. Hare- a rabbit
2. Hair- a growth of filaments forming a coat over the scalp of a humans head
~Date Written: March 18, 2016~
October is a pageant of color,
that celebrates the bounty of Summer.
Yet, Jack Frost, Autumn's gentleman caller,
opts to dance to a different drummer:
welcoming Winter as the newcomer.
Fall's a phantasmagorical season:
boasting a color extravaganza.
And Autumn's changing leaves are the reason
poets tout Nature's golden bonanza
of beauty: as a poetic stanza.
Scarlet and cerise ignite overnight:
as fairies set green canopies afire.
And although most songbirds have taken flight,
Fall offers so much beauty to admire:
Autumn colors never cease to inspire.
The air gets chilly; each breath crisp and clean:
underfoot, dry leaves make a crackling sound.
Crimson and orange leaves, shred Summer's green
into confetti that gets blown around
by brisk breezes, and scattered on the ground.
. Donkey Kong country
Entertainment for me
I love to see Kong shoot
Out of the barrel so free
Searching for Diddy, hoot
And bananas in a tree
bananas give life; Coconuts
Kill; avoid the armadillo's kill
Find Diddy increase odds
Find a secret passage fill
Up the store house with
Monkey loot. Stay up hill.
Donkey Kong Country
Ride a rhino for strength
For Gwendolyn R. contest
Shape poem
I was sitting at the bar
Cursing my absence of a lucky star
It had, for me, been an awful year
When much to my surprise
In the mirror before my eyes
Was a reflection that reflected rather *****
Sitting in the reflection on the stool
Where I was crying like a fool
Was a three-headed image of a beast
One head was just a child
One of a man who looked quite wild
The other didn’t resemble me in the very least
I actually put my hands on my own head
Feeling for the other two heads instead
When the reflection started to laugh and guffaw
I took a quick look around
But no one else there I found
Then turned back to this vision that I saw
It said, “We are all alone
I told the bartender to go home
So you and I could have a little talk”
I tried to get up off my chair
But my legs were no longer there
And I knew I had nowhere left to walk
The child head began to cry
The wild man plucked out his one good eye
The middle head just looked at me and winked
“You’re acting like a baby
You’ve gone blind and half-way crazy
Things aren’t as bad as you might think”
“Your troubles will not resolve any quicker
By drowning them in liquor
And these heads won’t merge back to one
Until you accept responsibility
For in the mirror what you see
And undo all the harm already done”
I knew the image was probably right
My self-loathing I must fight
The only one to blame sat on the stool
When I glanced back up in the mirror
The image there became much clearer
And once again it was the face I thought I knew
The bartender was back in place
Other people filled up the space
My legs were back where they belong
I wasn’t sure just what to feel
I figured what I saw must not be real
As I listened to the juke box play a song
The bartender said, “Your drinks are on the beast
And your troubles will not decrease
Until you face them one problem at a time”
That was the last drink I’ve ever had
And my life is no longer bad
At least, not as bad as in this rhyme
My inner child has been put to bed
Both good eyes are in my head
And for lucky stars I no longer cry and pray
I take the blame for things gone wrong
But fix each problem before too long
And embrace each and every coming day
Written and posted on 3-4-2014 for the "Angel of the Odd" Contest
I saw a little boy and two pretty girls play on the beach
He took a few back steps and caught the ball
But hit his butt on a pointed shell
And let loose his good catch
He lost out to the girls and sat brooding
They joked to help him by lightening his spirits
All of a sudden there was lightning and the girls ran to their cabin
Dragging the sulky boy as didn't buoy their spirits at all.
*boy/buoy, but/butt, lightening/lightning
March 27, 2016
Contest: Wordplay Extravaganza
Sponsor : John Hamilton
In Fall's color extravaganza,
emerald treetops get set ablaze.
Nature harvests a gold bonanza;
at the end of Summer's shrinking days.
Emerald treetops get set ablaze,
and flames burn vermilion and cerise.
At the end of Summer's shrinking days,
green leaves morph into a golden fleece.
And flames burn vermilion and cerise,
highlighting the beauty of Autumn.
Green leaves morph into a golden fleece,
and trees get inked from top to bottom.
Highlighting the beauty of Autumn,
Nature harvests a gold bonanza.
And trees get inked from top to bottom
in Fall's color extravaganza.
Creative side suddenly began to flourish
With mom's home interioir design.
Now I foster it, fully embrace and nourish.
Goals with my actions are to be aligned.
Vivid colors, textures, shapes, patterns, and sly styles
I could have spent hours choosing window blinds.
Visit furnuture stores in radius of miles.
Came unnoticed in myself. Was I blind?
I am not prone to impulsive decisions
Today fell in love with furtinute piece.
I have a dream house and in which I envision
It. My unborn child would play with my niece.
House is not big but pragmatic yet elegant.
Three bedrooms, dining room, a vestibule.
My daughter rattles a lot, whistles, sometimes chants
Songs yet it is never a ridicule.
I am hoping my vision is not a kitsch.
On Sundays we don't visit nearby church.
I'm hoping to discover my magic mood switch.
Next to the house there's a forest of birch.
Another side of myself is somewhat nerdy.
Software, data structures, algorithms.
Plus one's ground underneath has got to be sturdy
Yet I dream of theater, rhythms and myths.
My muse was not with me when I was a student
When I possessed all the time in the world.
Now I work, I am an adult, so prudent.
Wish my creativity could be sold.
I like extreme comparison, enjoy grotesque.
Use them in emerging poem fables.
It's burlesque: I sit the day thrgouh at my work desk
Struggling to make sense of Excel tables.
I simply adore tight six syllable stanza
Through it's harder to bring the point across.
But it is compact and mere extravaganza!
It's mine therefore I have to bear this cross...
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ter ke
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extra
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ganz
a
someone som
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ided that th
ey & they alone k
now the co
rrect way that a poem is
formed & thu
s what it is to write poetr
y to dwell in a po
etic ma
n
ner withi
n th
e realm
of
lit
era
tu
re.
thi
s nar
row-min
ded fasc
ist who wants to be
the one who draws the param
eters arou
nd wi
thin we free huma
n beings are supposed to functio
n within ne
eds to break that see on that little bub
ble that they li
ve in be
cause out he
re the rest of us defi
ne freedom
a dif
ferent way.
we will
do what
we want
when we
want in
the manner
that we
want &
if you
want to
stop us
you will
have to
kill us.
go
od
day.
Grooms not nervous now
Brides expecting more
Fathers going broke
Mothers counting money
Frizzle frazzle day
What happened mints?
What happened cake?
What happened punch?
What happened nuts?
More more more
Everything
Bridezilla
Simple?
Lovely?
Not quite.
Wedding
EXTRAVAGANZA
designed
to
illuminate
a spectacle
or
into
a
visual
metaphor
of spaces
within
experience
spectacles
of
comparable
phenomena
circle
a panorama
of of
melodramatic
rotunda
a prominent
pantomine
of instinct
preserved
an accessory
to
augment
reality
&
motivate
a
narrative
conception
in
a
perfect
tangible
tactile
replica
in
all
dimensions
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand
A GEORGIA EXTRAVAGANZA
In the lovely Peach State of Georgia
There lived a man of meager means
He had a worn out flannel shirt
And a nearly worn out pair of faded old blue jeans
He tended a huge peach orchard
For the richest man in town
Who strutted around like a king
Putting people down
The 'king' had a daughter fair of skin
And eyes of dazzling blue
He doted on her lavishly
She was highly spoiled, it's true
But Curtis, the lowly caretaker
Was smitten by her charm
He dreamed one day to walk with her
Hanging on his arm
Well, as the hand of fate would have its way
She was strolling among the peach trees
And noticed Curtis pulling weeds
Down on his hands and knees
She said in her sweetest Southern drawl
How would you like to be
The man to take me away from here
Somewhere across the sea
He said to her, Miss Martha
I've dreamed of that very thing
But I'm just an orchard tender
I can't even afford a ring
She laughed and said, look Curtis
If money is what you need
I can give you all you want
Due to my Papa's greed
We'll have us a honeymoon
Like nothing you've ever known
The quicker you pack up
The sooner we'll be gone
So Curtis dusted off his jeans and shirt
Bathed and slicked his hair
They took off for Paris
Oh my, what a pair
Well the rest of the story is yet to come
You'll just have to wait and see
How the two of them and their little brood
Care lovingly for each peach tree
They're living in Fort Valley, Georgia
The peach capital of the world
And now this little fairy tale
Has been fictitiously unfurled lol
24 May 2018
For the contest sponsored by Alexis Y
Due to the Contractual Dispute
We cannot show the happens
In agreement with the nine
Companies involved.
It happen one night in Brazil
Allianz Parque.
The Pro World Championship titlist
( The $$@$$$ world champion)
Verses
The South Asia Pro Wrestling Leagues
Titlist.
($&$@$$-#$$@$$$ World's Champion
Neither company would put up there
Respective championship
But the agreed to have there champions
Represent smaller companies by
Present champions forfeiting there titles
And crowning both men individual champions.
Sold out crowd with 10 World class mainevents
The event would be filmed and shown in theaters
around the world.Champion takes all, but the
Clause would allow both companies to have whoever
Is current champion to represent there company
Whether or not he is champion at the time of the bout.
Who ever will or would be champion at the time of
The signing will represent the companies interest
( Both Companies) meaning if a champion is defeated
He his reign does mean he's the companies represent ice.
Three weeks before the match both current champions had
Been meet with challenges by masked men. In both companies these masked men appeared , on one night
In both Texas and North Carolina six men with same name
appeared and said the same thing, and both men who challenged both champions won. Defeat and question. Two men with the same name and same apparel would bring an end to what fans wanted to see. Before the mainevents bout
Had begun in Brazil, members of both companies sat across the Areana from one another both masked men wearing there trophied crowns, sat to watch the mainevent.
EXTRAVAGANZA
paving
the way
for
the
extravagant&
intense
the bold&
distinctive
the immediate
&apparent
a way
of looking
at reality
beyond
the surface
to separate
the stable
through
the spontaneous
seeing
the
particular
a sophisticated
notion
evolves
to
articulate
a way
of seeing
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand
Mango limes and pomegranates
the world is turning tutti fruity
and I'm loving every minute of it
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Due to the Contractual Dispute
We cannot show the happens
In agreement with the nine
Companies involved.
It happen one night in Brazil
Allianz Parque.
The Pro World Championship titlist
( The $$@$$$ world champion)
Verses
The South Asia Pro Wrestling Leagues
Titlist.
($&$@$$-#$$@$$$ World's Champion
Neither company would put up there
Respective championship
But the agreed to have there champions
Represent smaller companies by
Present champions forfeiting there titles
And crowning both men individual champions.
Sold out crowd with 10 World class mainevents
The event would be filmed and shown in theaters
around the world.Champion takes all, but the
Clause would allow both companies to have whoever
Is current champion to represent there company
Whether or not he is champion at the time of the bout.
Who ever will or would be champion at the time of
The signing will represent the companies interest
( Both Companies) meaning if a champion is defeated
He his reign does mean he's the companies represent ice.
Three weeks before the match both current champions had
Been meet with challenges by masked men. In both companies these masked men appeared , on one night
In both Texas and North Carolina six men with same name
appeared and said the same thing, and both men who challenged both champions won. Defeat and question. Two men with the same name and same apparel would bring an end to what fans wanted to see. Before the mainevents bout
Had begun in Brazil, members of both companies sat across the Areana from one another both masked men wearing there trophied crowns, sat to watch the mainevent.