Yucatan, etc.
Cortez, DeMille are gone.
It's now the locus
of postgraduate honeymoons,
urban fugues, a minor literary genre.
Knowledge and ejection predispose us
to technological parody--
antique busses, burros, plumbing, pyramids--
as if nothing ever caught on.
There is no CHRONOLOGY, the pace and mores
are too counterproductive--
poster Indians pee along the road,
the women never dust.
We like the Sartrean-Spanish askewness--
bugs, sex, dysentery, moonlight--
as if, though settled with us,
the Fates vacation here.
So many books
With touching hooks
So much fun time
As glimpses chime
So many ways
To live each day
So much feel shows
As quiz now grows
So many moods
That flavour good
So much to see
That yet will be
So many rounds
As cycles ground
So much to sift
That joy may lift
So many streams
Of spacious dreams
So much of how
That merge right now
So many gaps
To link mind maps
Leon Enriquez
20 February 2019
Singapore
Time has a way
To simply say,
To find the way
To yesterday.
Space wears a face
In steady trace,
In touch of grace
Upon my face.
I come to meet
Echoes that greet,
Bitter yet sweet
Upon these streets.
Soul mellows fate
Here at these gates,
I am not late
To sparkle date.
Et cetera
Odd agenda,
Silk organza
Memoranda.
So many thoughts
That flood odd lot,
Here spill the dots
In charm's sweet spot.
Tell my story
In rhymes I see,
Buzz fantasy,
Plush sensory.
Leon Enriquez
07 May 2017
Singapore
Social media
Endless lists of so-called friends
Who have never met
5 short minutes is not enough
to write a verse and make it sound
pleasing to the ear, I've found!
A little free verse will have to do,..... held together with some glue!
For Russell's contest, I will rush
but with Russell's small allotted time
I can't find the words to rhyme
Oh, look I did it!! ..see those words?
Time and Rhyme they turned out good! Please don't say this is absurd!
my dilemma is that clock
ticking tocking.....time is up
Gotta go now.......wish me luck!!
_____
What??? you say I have a chance
to give my poem another glance
and add a word or add a phrase
and maybe set this poem ablaze
to earn a smidge of Russell's praise??
I'll light my muse with fire-crackers!
Blow the words right off the paper!
He will gasp! Then, I will ask!
"Russell dear, please tell me here...
if I've passed this test at last!!??"
____________________________________________
By Carrie Richards
Original poem....."Russell's 5 mintues are up!"
No Clue Et Cetera
You know I haven’t got a clue
When it comes to pleasing you
You challenge me to write a poem
In hopes of first place to bring home
You know at first I did it wrong
Skipped two words that did belong
But now I think I'm back on track
It's not for trying that I lack
I haven’t got a clue where this poem is going
When I’m typing some words and seeing what’s showing
Comes to what you have in mind
Pleasing you in rhythm and rhyme
You see I have some words inside
Challenge me and I decide
To write in some ungodly form
A poem that is outside my norm
In hopes that you’ll take pity
Of first this humble ditty
Place this poem high in your ranking
To bring home my eternal thanking
Mdailey 3/4/12
Should I write in rhyming words
are you babies I should coo
and speak of love and little boats
and of Dr. Seuss’s zoo.
Should I write of baby dolls
in rhyming words oh so sweet
Are you babies or men all
aged and complete.
I should coo and speak of love
of pacifiers and bottles
and little boats and planes above
size with a throttle.
Should I settle for small little men
who never tire of Dr. Seuss's Zoo
or go to bed, and say amen
let the throttle through.
Bodily members contorting
Bending, twisting, distorting
Entwined, combined, exhorting
Body language
Forming a love sandwich
Embracing, enticing, exciting
Licking, tickling, biting
Fuelling emotions, fire igniting
Inciting, inviting,
Explosions of emotions
Moving in slow motion
Of love and devotion
Reaching the apex
Climax
Lie back relax
Where does it start and end
With a perfect wife my flexible friend
* yes the title is spelt correctly*
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