Her winsome smile belied her secret essence
A temptress and siren
Given to saturnine quintessence
And I a man of placid and calm complexion
Became ever more umbrageous
With each stranger she offered affection
Ciara Cybelle chose to take her chances
Unconcerned by my mood
Continued her frenzied romances
She swooned at my charm
And laughed at my wit
And yet held to another man’s arm
Ciara Cybelle a nymph out of hell
Twisting a man
With her temptress spell
I had to make her understand
She simply had to see
I must be her only man
But Ciara Cybelle laughed instead
Eyes flashing fire
She brazenly said
The likes of me would never know
The deliciousness
Of the charms she would bestow
On other men she found fairer
Then in a rage
I struck in blind error
And carefree Ciara Cybelle
Lay shattered and still
At my feet where she fell
To the dark waters I fed
The alabaster body
Of Ciara Cybelle dead
Now benthic stillness of cimmerian depths
Disturbed by the pale lifeless limbs
Of Ciara Cybelle
Now tumescent and water pruned
The once sempiternal beauty
Forever ruined
You should see us move to the beat
with Ciara in the driving seat.
She’s on the stage ready to rock
as on us older ladies she takes stock.
To join our club you have to be
over fifty years old you see.
Our local council’s ideology
To have us interacting socially.
The music is the magic key.
It’s from that time we were
Young and care free.
Be it country and western
or rock and roll we shake a leg
and have a ball.
Ciara’s enthusiasm has us enthralled.
Her playlists and encouraging calls.
She wants us too to sing out loud.
As we kick and step and twirl around.
If there are fitness facility awards
Ciara and Fitness LK deserves applause.
Happy birthday, dear Ciara May
Paintings are in the gallery;
The works of art are on display,
Showing sublime styles and beauty.
Topic: Birthday of Ciara May Q. Marcelino (March 18)
After red life and death
Weather warning
From storm Ciara to Daniel
Is it just me ?
Or has the actual weather got worse
First came Storm Ciara
On Sunday the ninth of February
She caused total havoc throughout the UK
Heavy rain brought serious flooding
Her gales so strong brought buildings tumbling
Whilst on the Isle of Wight
The most southerly tip of England
Gusts of ninety seven miles per hour
Uncovered a fossil upon earth’s core
A Dinosaur footprint from a Therapod
Who had strolled along this beach
one hundred and thirty million years before
Now in the throes of wind and rain
Another storm
Another name
He’s called Storm Dennis
Another menace
And he has just arrived
Brings heavy rain and gale force winds
I truly hope we all survive
his havoc and devastation
But like Storm Ciara he may unearth
never before seen hidden treasure
Showing even storms leave positive gifts
for us all to enjoy and explore at our leisure
Written 15th February 2020
Contest Strand No 680
Sponsor Brian Strand
HONORABLE MENTION
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Topic: Birthday of Ciara May Q. Marcelino (March 18)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
C-loud across the sky
I-s like a moving painting
A-t the wide canvas,
R-hyming with the blowing wind,
A-s it shows fine images.
Topic: Birthday of Ciara May Q. Marcelino (March 18)
Form: Acrostic Tanka
Photo: Popular Science
Carol Brown shall take the crown is now I found
Ernilando Tugaff to tap the top guides me to craft
Deborah Guzzi to teach me the piece in the ocean sea
Jayne Eggins as my lens to lend to capture the good ends
Ruben Ortellao for me to bow and how to plough the romance of brow
Adeleke Adeite I gained a solid bit to write a simple pit
William Kershaw shown me hope that shines through
Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen moving me to a den of gent
Ciara Aiyana Gomez never I missed what she said go far beyond ordinaries
Sara Kendrick thought me to trek the trails of diamond creek
Jared Pickett inspired me to love a great vast of pike
These great poets I shall owe the humble thanks!
I was like Keyshia Cole saying that I remember when my heart broke
Thinking that I should have let you go
And this relationship, I should have let it go
Then I got like Ne-Yo
I was so sick of love songs and so tired of tears
While you were out, I was wishing you were here
Sitting at the opposite of him taking back my key telling you to go on boy
Maybe I should have kept you and be like Ciara, play you like a toy
Cause you were here to get my goodies
Not for me
So you can 1, 2, step
The other women you loved and left, but me you lust and kept
I thought it was forever you and I
But I guess it was time to be like Chris Brown and say goodbye
I thought it was big things poppin' and lil' things stoppin'
But obviously it wasn't on and poppin'
You out there meeting girls at the Holiday Inn trying to be like Snoop and Chingy
Watching them drop it like it's hot
When they're really not
But as long as you live, remember that you never had and never will have a girl who look
so fly like me
As one looks
Into her deep brown eyes
In which
Hold a priceless prize
Her hair is blonde
More dark than light
She is the kind of girl
For which one would fight
Still one can be mesmerized
Just by her sight
Knowing attraction to this girl
Is all right
Her personality is amazing
Her beauty is dazing
She will just make you
Go completely crazy