Best Zaps Poems
Love
By Dane Smith-Johnsen
Love approaches and does not scare.
Love bears and does not let go.
Love cares and does not shrink.
Love declares and does not shun.
Love establishes and does not tear down.
Love forgives and does not remind.
Love gives and does not expect.
Love has and does not gloat.
Love hears and does not tell.
Love hopes and does not give up.
Love instills and does not corrupt.
Love joins and does not run over.
Love keeps and does not stray.
Love lives and does not stress.
Love manages and does not control.
Love persuades but does not discourage.
Love proclaims and does not hide.
Love questions and does not badger.
Love rejoices and does not displease.
Love sees and does not condemn.
Love talks and does not defame.
Love understands and does not misconstrue.
Love values and does not insult.
Love wants and does not ignore.
Love XOXOXOX and does not reject.
Love yearns, and does not insist.
Love zaps, and does not destroy.
LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
Starts at 0:17
Lustrous words reach across the Miles
Tugs heart strings and makes one Smile
Speaks of Love and Starry Nights
Heavenly whispers - wondrous Sights
Invites one on those moonlight Walks
Orchestras serenade - sensual Talks
Stirs up passion and Stirs up Fire
Tempts one into this game of Desire
Chorus Cyber Love
Behind the screen so thrilling – it seems so divine
Then you get confusing there’s no peace to find
You are playing with my emotions and so
Don’t tease me like - you do
Churns out promises on a stream of Cyber
Zaps out words through tendrils of Fiber
Emotions on alert though ever so Fleeting
Inhabitations aside - a great way of Meeting
Chorus Cyber Love
Behind the screen so thrilling it seems so divine
Then you get confusing there’s no peace to find
You are playing with my emotions and so
This Cyber Love - Alack - Alas
Will only break a Heart of Glass
Oh what wanton rose can feeling resist
Pricked by thorns of cyber kiss
Chorus Cyber Love
Behind the screen so thrilling it seems so divine
Then you get confusing there’s no peace to find
You are playing with my emotions and so
Don’t tease me like - you do
Oh Oh Cyber Love
Oh Oh Cyber Love
Oh Oh Cyber Love
Fantasies of Love a foolish Delusion
Hearts on a sleeve complete Illusion
Changing intentions - twisted Perceptions
Ignore the warnings - embrace Deceptions
Oh Oh Cyber Love
Oh Oh Cyber Love
Footnote:
Many a love affair has blossomed successfully from cyber friendships and cyber groups all made possible from cyber space in this hectic world of ours. I’ve seen it work and it gives new meaning to the phrase ‘love is made in heaven’.
But lonely, vulnerable people should heed their mind and heart, being wary of not falling victim to an illusion.
Music Blondie instrumental Heart of Glass
Zany Z’s
Zany zoo of zaftig zebras,
Zarnder manes, zebus with ziffs,
Zip through zawns, zigzag with zest
Wearing zories and a zoster
From too much zimstern, zabaglione and ziti-
Zucchini, zwieback, zeppoles, and zeps;
Zillion zitherns of zirconia
Zinging on zephyrs for the zazzy
Zemni zealous zeal for Zambonis,
Zeaxanthin zaps zinc zombie zones,
Zoographer’s zest for the zygote Zen zenith -
Zaffer zecchino of zebra finch in zamia,
Zorse in the zoysia with zinnia zepplins
Zimmers ziffs filled with zindandel zeatin,
Zorillas in zoot suits zoom like zodiac zircons
Zebrafish zithers and zorse zoology
Zippity-do-da - ziplining zorros
Zero in on zonal zapateados zip codes
Zydecos zing with zuppa and zibibs
As zany zoo zonks out to zanza zills of Zzz’s.
12-12-20
11-25-22
Contest: Mile 21 Poetry Marathon
Sponsor: Mark Toney
20 Lines
All "Z" words authenticated in Merriam Webster
stir distant rumbles
zig zag wink heat lightning's zaps--
sheets of rain scream down
May 21, 2019
Entry in Writing Challenge 3, May 2019
Nature Haiku Contest
Sponsor: Dear Heart
Azaleas putting on spring frocks of
Beautiful shades of salmon or pink.
Calling bees to pollinate;
Delighting humming-birds with drink.
Everything is new in spring,
Fruit trees gorgeously attired.
Gardens turning up their soil,
Hoping we will be inspired.
I am the happiest of all,
Joyful with the sights and sounds.
Kerchief covering my hair,
Lifting plants and planting mounds.
Many birds are building nests.
Nature budding everywhere.
Outdoors calls me, rain or shine.
Peonies with loveliness to spare.
Quite a magic sight to see,
Resulting in an outdoor room.
Sumptuous and magnificent,
The whole of Nature is in bloom.
Utter saturation of colors with
Violets peeping through at me.
What a lovely sight they are,
Xaggerated to the nth degree.
Yes, the beauty there to see
Zaps my heart and sets me free..
4/11/16
Gone
After your last breath I was defeated,
Body, soul and spirit taken down.
Caressing memories became my new world,
Drowning in the past was solid ground.
Everything you did from start to finish,
Following me in my dreams so clear.
Great to know the time we had together
Harboured solace in my heart, sweet dear.
Innocence; the name of our beginning,
Joined as one we never were apart.
Kempt; seemed to be our life together,
Laughter always flowing from the heart.
Moments I shall keep in memories arc.
Nails like daggers pierced the world we started,
Offering us comfort, could no man.
Pain struck from the thought of being parted,
Quietly my darling took a stand.
Right down to the last he did not waver,
Standing tall and giving his vast love.
Tremendous was his courage as he traveled
Under wings of Angels brought above.
Veiled in sadness moving gently forward
Waiting for the sun to drown the rain.
Xanthic was the color of his golden hair
Yearning now to see it once again.
Zaps me at the thought of it my friend.
Written 08.29.2014
Brenda Meier-Hans
1st
Her jack-o-lanterns flicker in the room
Bringing that eerie feel to those who look
The witch cackles as she stirs her cauldron
An evil brew which inside looks like gook
The smell is terrible, she laughs with glee
She knows what this potion can surely bring
A curse to an entire town that shunned her
She’ll make each and every one of them sing
She clips a few hairs off of her black cat
Puts them into the boiling concoction
She zaps a flying bat, takes out its eyes
She makes it complete, spits in the potion
With an evil laugh she gets up and pours
Takes the brew and places it into vials
Knowing that each person in the whole town
Will suffer with pains and lots of trials
Russell Sivey
New Orleans summertime temperatures rise.
Mellow sounds of smooth jazz softly plays.
I drink mint juleps on these long lazy days.
It's sticky and too hot until it rains.
Drops fall gently, it's a glorious sound.
Dancing and spinning I tilt my head back.
Rain kisses my hot mahogany red parted lips.
Sweeter than that of a mountain spring,
Throat is parched, I instantly want more.
Summertime's sweet rain quenches my thirst.
Rain is short lived here in the south.
The humidity after the rain zaps me, does me in
So I sit once again enjoying the music of lite jazz.
A-ADJUSTS WITH YOU IN EVERY SITUATION
B-BETRAYAL IS THE THING THEY NEVER DO
C-COMFORTS YOU
D-DOESN'T LEAVE YOU
E-EMPHASIZE YOU
F-FAVORS YOU ALWAYS
G-GUFFAW AT YOUR SMALL THINGS
H-HAVE FUN WITH YOU
I-IMPRINT YOUR PICTURE IN THEIR MIND
J-JUST BELIEVES IN YOU
K-KEEPS YOU ELATED
L-LOVES YOU THE MOST
M-MAKES A DIFFERENT IMPACT IN YOUR LIFE
N-NEVER MAKE YOU FEEL EXECRABLE
O-OWNS YOU
P-PROTECTS YOU
Q-QUIT ALL THE PAIN FROM YOUR LIFE
R-REMEMBERS YOU ALWAYS
S-SMILE WILL NEVER GO TILL FRIENDS ARE THERE
T-THEY WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR BACKBONE
U-UNDERSTANDS YOU
V-VALUES YOU A LOT
W-WILL NEVER HURT YOU
X- X-PLAINS YOU WHEN YOU ARE ANGRY
Y-YELLS AT YOU WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG
Z- ZAPS YOU BACK TO REALITY
Cell phone zombies walking with heads hanging down,
Eyes fixed on a cell phone, not looking around,
Bumping into things they don’t want to see,
Never looking up at you or at me.
I look around and what do I see?
A room packed full of cell phone zombies,
And all I hear is a chorus of beeps and zaps,
As they bloody their fingers on cell phone apps.
These zombies have forgotten how to communicate,
With spoken words, for they cannot relate,
They’ll text a person in the next chair,
And act like they aren’t even there.
No eye contact, it’s no longer needed,
All thinking is on the screen, they just have to read it,
In the future cell phone zombies will lose their voice,
Because they have made the choice,
To live happily in cyber space,
Never to speak to another human face,
And this is the scary part, for me, so far,
Is cell phone zombies driving cars!
Let's explore digital technology Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Simon Rogerson
2/8/22
With everybody often so late
I am on a war path with loneliness
Been booed deaf by the lazy wail of curtains
And the chime of wall clock in recent days
Today I shy away from the beating
A gracious relief, with a light heart, eye carts me
Out of the eye of the house, a mean aperture at first
Till the image of red sore light zaps on my retina, a lone star
On a dome shaped hill where the telecoms planted it.
Close by, a homeless bat flaps wings in the
Gathering dusk to convert it to a dark night
The lone star on the mast, now must contact those late
[Limerick Sequence]
There's a sparkle of glee in his eyes
when he catches a glimpse of my size;
he scoots my way
to make his play,
but I throw him a look to demise.
My soft body lures him as a flame
and he hopes all demurrals will tame.
His move is quick,
his line is slick
in maneuvers to stake his claim.
His façade is quite handsome and bold
as he reaches with strong bands to hold.
He dare not miss
with his first kiss
as my lips draw a line tight and cold.
But in lust I succumb to his will;
his embrace zaps my nerve-ends a thrill.
He pulls me in
his feathered den,
sinks tentacles deep to drink his fill.
Sweltering summer temperatures
and warm sultry summer nights
left me scratching my legs red raw
I hate receiving nasty insect bites
I’d slather bare limbs with cream
that the chemist had given me
Bites are an issue that I live with
itchy red legs are quite unsightly
Every beach dress skims the earth
and I ensure I spray all my skin
But these heartless hungry critters
find a gap and they get stuck in!
I’ve spent all my hard earned cash
yet have been unable find a cure
Why can’t these creepy crawlies
abstain, their bites I can’t endure
A friend suggested that I purchase
a new-fangled electric bug racquet
It zaps the pesky bugs with each swat
and E-Bay didn’t charge me a packet!
The package arrived back in May
with my electric zapper I’m smitten
I’ll carry it with me all summer
I am certain I’ll never get bitten!
Lipogram Poem Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Emile Pinet
Letter O has been omitted
Rhyme checked with rhymezone
06/17/21
Summer heat zaps my get-up-and-go,
so I’m resting and taking things slow,
loving cold drinks, TV,
comfy couch, and AC!
I’m too wise to invite heatstroke woe!
written June 4, 2020
for Mohan Chutani's Summer Heat Laziness Poetry Contest
August 20, 2021
Entered in the Bite Size Poem no. 18 Contest
Sponsor: Line Gautier
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