sunshine smiles over
clear blue ocean spreading light
in dim places
March is looking colorful and pretty,
brightening up every town and city.
From grass to beer it is all green,
making everything look so clean.
Can I be on the flower committee?
March, you come with Spring's ardent love flowering
Enthusiasm sentiment scouring
Showers heralds its romance
For your swift advance
Heaven quick
Glance
Timely pick
Welcoming lithe dance
Making a different stance
Fluttering butterflies towering
March, you come with Spring's ardent love flowering
7/13/2020
Andaree - 11 Lines Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Joseph May
The Andaree was created by our very own Andrea Dietrich, it has a syllable count of 11-9-7-5-3-1-3-5-7-9-11, and a rhyme scheme of
AabbcbcbbaA, and Line 1 is repeated in line 11. It is to be centered.
B-ehold
O-ne
B-eacon
B-rightening
Y-our
D-ay
O-nce
L-ight
O-f
R-adiance
E-rases
S-hadow
Topic: Birthday of Bobby O. Dolores (November 17)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Don't connect the dots.
Don't follow through.
Let the wheel roll.
Sound the sudden horn.
Let the matter rest or unrest.
Just make the faces laugh.
Give a good time.
Borrow your joy
When cornered,
When you have to.
Think how hard the sun works.
Does it know it's working,
Brightening lives?
Do you know your working
To brighten lives?
In your darkest cave,
In your most dreary self,
Smile in the dark mirror.
Make it all okay
For the rest of us.
For the soul is always permitting.
Give it play.
Shed the doomsday.
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