Best Tyburn Poems

Gasping
rasping
clasping
grasping
condemned man's last gasping, rasping breath,
hands on the noose clasping, grasping- death

(* Tyburn was the site of public hangings in London from the 12th century,
executing...

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YOU KNOW YOU CAN
~~~~~~~~~

Thank you
bless you!
Will you?
Hope you.
For your comment, thank you, bless you too.
I have to ask, will you, hope you do!

Can not,
will not,
care...

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Taller
Shorter
Thicker
Thinner
Basketball has taller, thinner sorts
Rugby is a shorter, thicker sport
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Boring
Snoring
Warring
Whoring
Long life with a boring, snoring sod
made the wife a warring whoring broad.


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Unclothed
Anguished
Bloodshed
Outstretched
Was totally unclothed, anguished soul
Hands sides thorned head bloodshed, outstretched whole

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Sagging
Wagging
Shagging
Ragging
Need blue pill for sagging, wagging dick
Leads to thrills for shagging, ragging chick

8/21/11...

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A tyburn is a six line poem consisting of 2,2,2,2,9,9 syllables. 
The first four lines rhyme and are all descriptive words. 
The last two lines...

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SUN DAY

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Kneeling
Praising
Shining
Morning
Every day kneeling, praising Him
Thankful for each shining, morning Hymn.

11.3.17

Another attempt at a Tyburn, inspired by Roy Pett....

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Ghastly
Ghostly
Chilly
Tingly
Pale and wan the ghastly, ghostly be
Made a scared and chilly, tingly me.

11.3.17



After reading The Busker by Roy Pett I was inspired to have a...

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B:L:O:O:D:B:A:T:H
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Crazy
Kooky
Silly
Charming
Fabulous fantastical maker
Seated on self-discovery throne
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Comely
Calmly
Slowly 
Proudly
Windmills comely, calmly generate
Power slowly proudly profligate...

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heathered
weathered
feathered
tethered
you are but a heathered thought, weathered
through the flow of feathered pen, tethered 



August 6, 2019
Tyburn Contest
Sponsored by Charles Messina



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Tight like
coffin,
black like
nightmare...
The coffin-maker likes his black tight
wagon, driven by the mare at night.
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growing
sowing
blowing
glowing
buds no longer growing, seeds sowing
cool winds are blowing, trees now glowing...

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Aimless
Shameless
Nameless
Claimless
Downward, his life's path:  Aimless, shameless
A legacy lost:  Nameless, claimless...

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Zooming
Gleaming
Cracking
Booming
Zooming gleaming colors in the light
Cracking booming in red, green and white

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~Funny
    Sonny
     Honey
      Money 
       The work...

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rusty 
dusty 
crusty 
musty
needs to be cleaned, rusty, crusty, eew, 
nasty farm smells, dusty, musty loo.

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Praying

Pleading

Mourning

Grieving

With all of the praying, pleading done,
John died; I was mourning. Grieving won!


*I know his spirit will be reunited with mine.  Faith keeps us...

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Woody
Shady
Leafy
Smelly
Forest can be woody and shady,
But the ground is leafy and smelly.
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Running
Leaping
Spinning 
Crashing
Running, leaping, wild,
Like a blur, my spinning, crashing, child.
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I watched as the last star of night faded out
And sunlight filtered over the distance
The horizon simmering on amber seas
I watched from the shore.

The gentle...

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