Best Tailspin Poems
'Tis a twisted, tawdry tale !!
Poor Tom the Turkey is in a tizzy !!!
Tom's tongue is in a tangle, too terrified to talk !
Taunts and threats taking a toll
Tormented by a tip from tattle-tale townfolk
That Tom's in trouble! Tom's time is ticking !!
Tom the Turkey so terribly tramautized !!
Trapped in terror....
Teary Tom is taking tranquilizers,
Tablespoons of tonics....
Trying to tame the tension and trepidation !
Tiptoeing through tall timber...
Trapezing through treetops !
Tongue-tied and tearfully trembling..
Taking tactics, trying not to tempt...
Those tyranical terriorists who torture and
Trace Tom's tracks...
Tom the turkey in a tailspin
Told he's targeted for termination !!...
Tagged to be Thanksgiving treats and tidbits...
A tasty trophy topping Thanksgiving tables !!
This tale, this traversty, truely terrible !!
TRAGIC !!!!
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Revised for Donna Golden's "Turkey Tribute Contest
Mini malls copper distortion
Forgotten parking lot meters
Store front greeters grimace
The straight narrow beaks to blend
Except when starlight offends wanton monkey binge
Give me bling to amend my shine
Never resigned but to revv up these hips
And feature the status rings of neighboring chinks
Chaste you never bought my fool
I was still scrubbing service
With the Lafayette oyster muddle
While we huddled from our body heat
Blocking out the mutual perception
To faire du genoux in Paris
They mounted a wheel called Ferris
A few times around
Without touching ground
And her eyes shone like Polaris
I was sent in a flutter
With the news you had uttered
An unexpected shock that caught me off guard
Like a solid sucker punch
Straight and square into my guts
The breath froze inside of my lungs with its force
I was too stunned to know what to say
We have heart-to-heart talks nearly everyday
Was there some sort of turn of events that I missed?
Loaded feelings erupted and began spinning
Negative thoughts started winning
My heart pounded into a tailspin flying right out of my chest
Was this about me or about us?
This wasn't something that we discussed!
My first thoughts came rushing forth to the rescue
Torrential tears steadily flowing
Insecurities and fears growing
With my hearstrings clutched tight, I held my tongue
What happened to the healing of that inner child?
The one whose mother's-like love he longed to find? Needed time to mend and sort out his ordeal?
Not to give up on love, was my advice for you
Now, I wonder, should those words I could chew?
It's so hard to let go when all you want to do is hold on
Time is needed to really think this through
Listening is key to hearing what intuition is telling you
And when you jump the gun, it always guarantees a false start
July 19, 2020
my head's in a whirl
life a perpetual blur
seems like yesterday
i played marbles
in the school yard
now i'm old and wrinkled
constantly wondering
where it is and when i'm at
AP: Honorable Mention 2020