Judges get a lot of credit
with the aid of a prompt
they offer motivation
they provide inspiration
and reward dedication
Contestants rush in
to show off their skills
when offered points
high hopes for honors
of a podium finish
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
Posted on June 12, 2021
Categories:
big points, appreciation, confidence, motivation, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Days often filled with
joy and smiles and laughter
Poor single mother
No way her two young daughters
Would have the miserable childhood
that had been hers
This is one story I’ll never forget
Big points for her creativity
Heading down the highway in their old jalopy
Complaints were high about the summer heat
Sweet playful mother proposed a game
Everyone roll up the windows
Sing along to the blaring radio
Pretend the A/C is freezing cold
Bob your head to the beat
And to the cars passing by
Show your widest smile
Looking fresh and debonair
And say “look, we have A/C too”
Lungs ablazing
Would only last so long
Till the windows got rolled down
For desperate gasps of air
As the breeze cooled down their heated cheeks
Then all would burst into a roaring laughter
Of course what started as a joke
Became their fondest memory
AP: 2nd place 2020
Submitted to contest I STARTED A JOKE sponsored by MARIA WILLIAMS - November 21, 2017
Categories:
big points, adventure, children, family, funny,
Form: Free verse
A temple. A swastika. And a bean bag. Roll roll roll. A fist. A baton. A baked lemon pie. Give to a very large troll. With or without a beard is not a face without a calm serenity. And a grinning pea plays hula hoop and hop scotch with an olive. For big points. 5 + 1 = 73152.00 and therefore a percentage is quite immense. Oh an economic growth rate praying in paper. Satisfaction does not derive from ingestion nor talking. Talking talented twisting taking trapping teasing tapering topiaries'. And a dew ball. Great. Good isn't it. At an alarming rate a first class fare sleeps. And thus arrival is neither planned nor penned. But notice boards are if great use in a swimming baths aren't they? Going to the drawers now are we? Great. Signals a freshness. A renewal. A swept house. Xxxx ecliptic eccentric economic exploitation. No *** to that. Z says "astrologically" z
Categories:
big points, analogy, birth,
Form: I do not know?