you're my yin and yang
you're strong when you need to be
you're gentle when it counts
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Written By: D. Collins 11/22/24
A man like me has the best of both worlds.
A life lacking fear and an awesome Li'L Girl.
Never will I be chained, even in slavery.
And, my Li'L Girl turned out to be just like me.
I embrace that as Virginia E.Y. Collins would.
Come up with something that spits out good.
Virginia left her mark and so did I.
I warned ya'll 'bout Meika before I died.
She takes the mantle where my poems leave off.
That Good, God, Granny that'll never be soft.
The best of both worlds might just be my luck.
But when you see her coming take cover and duck.
I was back once more to my favorite place;
Where I drove Paul Walker in a car chase
Where I was guilty of a mansion robbery
Where I was engaged to Sir Sean Connery
Where I acted in Spectre with James Bond
Where I slid down Volcanoes on skiis newly spawned
Where I kidnapped the founder to control Crocs
And wrestled Alligators into a box
through my numerous adventures, I have achieved
I always accomplish the impossible
It is no wonder that I wake up tired
Confused with my recent actions hardly perceived
I dare say that I am indestructible
With my many successes, I'm inspired.
An ideal situation
Brings better and cool condition.
New York State- I must claim is the best-
since my birth- still my home- passed the test.
Country life- pure and free
Hudson Valley grants me-
and one hour from that Big Apple zest!
July 17, 2019
Premiere Contest: State Limerick
Sponsor: Kevin Shaw
"Big Apple" is a nickname for New York City.
Syllables: 9,9,6,6,9
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savouring this life
mindful of eternity ~
the best of both worlds
01.06.19
'Writing Challenge 5, May 2019, Senryu Poetry Contest'
Sponsored by Dear Heart
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Today is—juicy,
With of course (no-mismatch) pics:
…nine foreign femme fatales…
…in this steamy photo…
…so and so dares….
…so and so shares…
…so and so bares…
…so and so between Romeo and Orlando…
…so and so goes topless—
(or) bottomless, as the case may be.
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Now, there's money in it!
Upon this, on the she-side,
someone goes about ill-clad;
On the he-side, a harmless, timid soul
gets sexcited—forgive me my typo—
Gets reckless.
The twain shall meet,
And the world may expect the unexpected!
And the media will dutifully cover this, too.
The best of both worlds!
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Home is quiet Hudson Valley apple country just north of the bustling 'Big Apple'.
Newburgh, New York,
65 miles North of New York City
Sandra M. Haight
~2nd Place~
Contest: Where I Live One-Liner
Sponsor: Silent One
Judged: 10/04/2016
The noise troubles you,
And the silence kills me.
You keep looking for the deserted streets,
And even a single wayfarer brightens up my life.
You find spots with the minimum people in the garden,
I wait for the garden to flood with chirpy voices.
We both die to live in the other's environment,
But we both forget to live in our own worlds.
And may be somewhere in the gap between us,
Someone would be enjoying the best of both worlds!!!
Blank verse dances to five-feet time
but its endline words,never rhyme,
(unlike this poem ,I've begun!)
Its syllables,uneasy scan,
and makes it somewhat, a lost cause
if you cannot locate the pause,
structure helps its refrain along,
constraint,with freedon,its theme song.
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