Best Transmogrified Poems

you came into my life
then swept me off my feet
so now ~ you're a part of me



AP: 3rd place 2022

Posted on May 30, 2022...

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It’s odd, but a peach tree first starts with a prune.
To end up on Mars, you will leave from the moon.
A lasting commitment oft starts with a swoon,
And most of your children began with a spoon.
You’ve got to inhale first to make a balloon;
You’ve got...

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Wizard sat quietly without a word
Listening to the huddle of a witch named Bird
She had big plans that included him.
He’s a sneaky wizard, she said, old T. Jim.

Old T was enjoying the view, and the spying.
He could hear all of their plots, only half trying.
Glad...

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Against a backdrop of despair
soothing sounds eliminate a steady
drip drip drip, water eroding thoughts
no man’s land we call it partner
bodies in the ground, rotting away
mounds of burial chambers 
holding secrets waiting to be told
Denial or curiosity, same coin
a new year for human kind, 
man kind,...

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