Best Syll Poems

edgy ink*lings
starlight *singers
un-*ring the moon

herald of *dark
disem*bark coal
breed *sparks gem stones...

cover our *wounds 
with sleep *sound's tick
mon*soon midnights

Poet: Debbie Guzzi
Contest: Than-Bauk a Twilight
*indicates the word...

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THE   IRISH GARDEN

Created  by  God but designed by me  -  my garden       (13...

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This verse has syllables: 4, 5, 1

(Pattern of syll.’s: 4, 5, 1, 4, 5, 1, etc.)



Firemen burning
Books without a care
Hmm…
Four fifty one
Degrees burn its proof!...

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Sing, my poetic canvas..

can you dream color ?

do you cry ?


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Dr.Ram Contest

"Quinzaine"

7-5-3 Syll. Count...

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ALBERT EINTEIN


The great soul who changed
The way we looked at ‘Nature’
With strange, mind-boggling concepts.

Space, time and  even  science
Never looked  the same, after...

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The brooding lips of night, her frown
when puffs of smoke dot blue sky's crown,
stars bleed in ink as all blooms yield
for the temptress of darkened...

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9:11 PM on 9/11

(1st line: 9 syllables
2nd line: 11 syll.'s

1st line: 9 syllables
2nd line: 11 syll.'s
etc.)

I give honor to those heroic 
Individuals who have sacrificed...

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One hundred years of solitude





As solitude of rich sunset
embraces my intense pain
and takes me onto glory,
Freedom comes as prized beget, 
intoxicates into gain
self searches turn...

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ababbccdcd 8or10 syll.


Autumnal Coolness

Poetry and life come close to relief
Cool delicate breeze wisp away my cares
Autumn processes dormancy upon leafs
Crisp crackles under foot reminds me,...

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I
Speak
To
You
I
Am 
An-
Gry
At 
You
Could
We 
Talk
La-
Ter
Be-
Cause
You 
Hurt
Me
With
Words
I
Cuss
And
I
Am
So...
so...
So-
Rry...
I
Am
Ig-
Nor-
Ant
and
Sel-
fish
I
Love
You,
Dad...
I 
Love
You,
Mom...
But
I 
Am 
One 
With
Me.
I
Feel 
Ha-
Ppy...
No 
Lo-
Nger 
Su-
i-
ci-
dal
or
Sad
As
I 
Was
Be-
fore
You
Are 
My
Par-
ents
And
I 
Should
Have 
Ho-
Nored
You
Be-
tter
Than 
This...
I 
Am
The 
Mo-
Nster
I
Am 
Un-
Loved
But,
I 
Am
Be-
lo-
ved...
which
means
Day_
Vid_
Will_
I-
Am_
One
Syll-
A-
Ble
Seems
Too
Li-
ttle
for
I...
See...
The...
Light...
So...
Bright...
so......
Me-smer-i-zing....
I a-pol-o-gize...
For be-ing rude...
My a-tti-tude...
Stunk...

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Like footprints paved in
the snow in the driveway coat-
ed by fresh blankets 
of white descending snow flakes
in the morning, I know they 

are still there....

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I laid my back on the soft sofa bed
To draw myself out from stress and sadness
But inklings with regrets whirled in my head.

Was dreaming to...

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In the garden bed falls moondust.
Rose lust - tall and fluorescent.
Lullaby scent, rapt and florid.
Deep scent - torrid, quiescent.

10/4/2022
Bitesize Poem
Sponsor: Line Gauthier

With thanks to Jeff...

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