The craziest gadget, widget, gizmo contraption.
Gave me immediate happiness and satisfaction.
I love this machine I told anyone who would listen.
It is sparkly with bells and whistles and it does glisten.
Categories:
craziest, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
That primary colored rainbow unicorn is too bright for my taste
Said the muted colored unicorn who was pretty much chaste.
We thought she was weird because frankly she was a bit off.
She had the hooves of a devil child and a frighten deer’s cough.
But of course, she was pretty, and she flaunted that in the stars.
We did not know what to make of her; she was full of pink scars.
Her mane was lavender and fluffy, but she was arrogant and mean.
She was the strangest bit of magic our star kingdom had seen.
What is your name? Someone asked, trying to be a tiny bit polite.
Ask me again and I’ll clobber you with every bit of my might!
This was surprising but made us feel our first impression was right.
She was the weirdest unicorn we would ever meet on this crazy night.
Categories:
craziest, animal,
Form: Rhyme
We had the craziest time in Istanbul
We were stuck for three months during
the ongoing Pandemic
The bustling city lost it’s rhythm and rhyme
Like a heart that misses a beat one day at that time
The streets grew empty the Café’s were shut
The people were few and the weekends were curfew
There was no Funicular to greet me.
Hotels were shutting one after another
We changed eight different ones till it was time to go
We were lucky and chose to stay in front of the
Bosphorus Sea once more
This was a blessing and a clincher for me.
My companions now were the gulls
And the different ships and hulls
And the best of all was the wide open sea.
We would walk the promenade
And keep ourselves fit so that the virus doesn’t
give us a hit.
The sea was our guide and friend
When we felt lost then
To our utter delight one day we saw
Dolphins swimming in the sea
From that moment I knew nature was
the truest companion who stood by me
We braved it all and came home safe to
Our beautiful family.
Dated: 20.08.2020
Choice 2: Craziest time in..
Categories:
craziest, appreciation, city, courage,
Form: Free verse
Do you have a temperature? A new and constant cough?
Has your sense of taste or smell just suddenly got lost?
If you have the symptoms, you may need to get some rest.
You have to isolate at home, but first-go get a test!
And also, please download an app, and tell us how you feel.
We need to track and trace you, as the threat to life is real!
And no-one else at home can leave; they too must stay inside.
Control the virus, stay alert, but most of all-save lives!
18.08.2020
Word count-92
Categories:
craziest, community, society,
Form: Rhyme
It was mid-April yet felt like December
we tramped a rocky trail in the Himalayas,
our footsteps echoed in the enchanting valley
under the blanket of warm twinkling stars.
Snow-clad peaks seemed closer than ever
as we walked hand in hand, a few strangers,
we'd found each other in our intriguing conquest
mesmerized by dizzy aroma of mountain villages.
We reached atop lost in crispy midnight
beneath was a stream of shimmering crystals,
afar, a night walker hummed ancient lullaby
wrapping our frozen hands in a Cashmere touch.
Our shivering hearts melting to soothing Aurora
narrated journeys around fire lit by familiarity.
A few hours gave us moments to remember for lifetime
as we hula hooped our fears in freezing breeze.
The kindness of strangers and the love we shared
still warms my Winter nights in starry crystals,
An unexpected journey lingers in my memory
showering shooting stars of tender whispers.
August 12, 2020
Craziest Time At The Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Caren Krutsinger
Word Count: 151
Categories:
craziest, journey, memory, mountains, night,
Form: Free verse
As I was walking in the woods, admiring the beauty,
I saw a brook that babbled nonstop, so incoherently,
Humming as I strolled the summertime most fruitfully,
I noticed gay purple hummingdirds, accompanying me!
A meadow revealed yellow butterflies so aptly named,
Swarming in the golden sunshine, wild and untamed,
Enjoying their moment of bliss, before sunset flamed,
Putting an end to the hour, that nature had acclaimed!
Then I saw pretty ladybug, refined and full of grace,
Dancing to enchanted breezes, in Queen Anne's lace.
A sudden sound alarmed me, but it was only a rabbit,
Running like the wind, as if it was customary habit!
And when I turned my head to an emerald green tree,
There sat a blue mockingbird, that was teasing me.
The colorful day wore on, until long shadows finally-
Which I became aware, were now shadowing me constantly!
Written on August 11, 2020
For: Craziest Time at the Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
craziest, bird, butterfly, green, song,
Form: Rhyme
The bowl of tempting soup
with lyrical noodles wriggling,
somebody touches with magical wand,
turning it into an alluring pond
with slithering reeds invisible.
Acting on the edict of urge called muse,
swimming contests are sponsored regularly.
Many keen participants’ sailing aspirations
plunge in the uncharted waters of the pond,
and glide in rhythm to win in the contest.
I’ve just learnt how to swim in deep waters,
but the call of challenge inspires me to take part.
As the ace swimmers win the tough races,
I manage to keep afloat tangled in unseen reeds,
that’s when I’ve the craziest time in the pond.
August 9, 2020
Word count : 104
Contest : Craziest Time At The Poetry Contest
Sponsor : Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
craziest, crazy, humor, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
I’m having the craziest time in the Soup
I never knew how perilous that it could be.
But since I landed here loopity-loop,
I’ve felt like the chicken of some really weird sea.
It sure looked delicious the first time that I flew
over the attractive bowl, so that’s why I swooped down.
But then I got too low; my small body, it fell through
the surface of the creamy soup! Oh I fear I’ll drown!
My wings, how they’ve struggled, but it’s just too thick.
Cream of chicken, so tasty, is going to be my demise.
I’m sinking and I’m sinking and now I feel so sick.
Farewell! Beware of Soup, my dear fellow flies!
Aug. 7, 2020 for Caren Krutsinger's Craziest Time At The Poetry Contest
Choise 2: Craziest Time in the Soup
116 Words according to https://wordcounter.net/
Categories:
craziest, humor,
Form: Personification
Alright kiddos, we are enthused
We're headed for the zoo
Hip, hip, hey, hey; we're greatly amused
They did say, to see the usual -- nothing new
'Cos they'd been there on every free day
too many times, my jaded crew
I'd have to think of something risque
Wave Merlin's wand or try some voodoo...
Well, as we arrived, all the cages flung open
No animals in sight; it sure was bizarre
By now my kidsters were actually hopin'
Visiting loud screams upon a star --
--That I'd let them explore
those open cages bidding us in
So, enter they did and what's more
I went in too! But my silly grin
Soon changed to a frown
The caged doors open no more
~ Trapped in a COVID lockdown!
August 06, 2020
Craziest Time at the ____ Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
craziest, adventure, animal, crazy, family,
Form: Narrative
Craziest Time at the Time of Spilled Soup
I spilled a bowl of vegetable soup –
Slipped on the shiny waxed floor;
The scene I saw made my muse utter expletives –
Fainting in horror at the kitchen door.
Choruses of carrots crushed on the curtains
Prose of Potatoes pelted the windowpanes
Lyrics of limas littered the linoleum
Odes of onions overturned on the oven
Turnips of Thesaurus tumbling free
Sonnets of seasoning scorched on the stove top
Epics of eggplant - emjambment escaping
Ballads of beets beat feet to the back porch
Meters of mushrooms marching on marble
Verses of “vege’s” with visible vertigo
Prosody of pumpkin all over the place
Rhymes of rutabagas running-a-muck
Blues of black beans bashed in the butler’s pantry
Couplets of croutons covered the ceiling
Free verse of fiddleheads floats by the “frig”
Sestinas of spinach stuck to the sink.
Oh, what a sight of poetic distress –
Letters and phrases all over the space
Carefully sorted all the rhythms and rhymes
Put everything back in its proper place.
Craziest time at the time of spilled soup!
8/5/20
166 words
Choice #1
Categories:
craziest, crazy, food, funny,
Form: Free verse
Craziest time in a dream that repeats itself.
It starts of;
I'm going off to war dress in heavy armor,
riding on a magnificent black stallion.
We wander through a dense forest,
sunlight filtering through the leaves
and cross a clear shallow river amid
schools of salmon and trout.
Groans from fatigue, we stop by a stream.
I gather firewood and start a small fire.
Pulling off my boots, my socks are tinged red
from blisters bloody and raw from the shoes being too big.
Night comes upon us and exhaustion takes over.
Tired and hungry, shivering beneath my blanket
I finally fall asleep, under the twinkling stars
Hunger gnaws in my belly wakes me up.
"Breakfast.", words echoes through my mind.
8/4/2020
Choice 2: Craziest Time In .......... 116words
Craziest Time At The Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
craziest, dream, imagery, war,
Form: Free verse
I was over at a friend's house
to watch the superbowl
with three other friends 2 years ago
Mid-game, he started telling us
about the weirdest dream he ever had
where he jogging on the sidewalk,
one evening, homebound,
when a passing car
honked and pulled up to him.
The driver of the car
asked him for the nearest gas station.
After kindly giving the man directions,
it turns out the driver wanted
something else from my friend;
the watch he was wearing.
The man stuck a gun out of the driver window
and yelled "Give up your watch!"
After the watch was thrown into the car,
the driver sped off.
That's the thanks he gets?
Very funny when the story takes place
in a dream. He had us laughing
uncontrollably
Not funny at all; not remotely
a laughing matter
had it not been a dream!
Craziest Time At The Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Caren Krutsinger
Date written: 08/04/2020
Categories:
craziest, crazy, dream, humor, places,
Form: Lyric
The one without head,
the other without heart,
and best is one with no body.
All laugh without laughing
Yet they cry loudest
when their turn comes
Categories:
craziest, integrity, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
I love my wife but she's the world's craziest driver.
She became famous once when she hit Maria Shriver.
When she hit her with her car, Maria went flying through the air.
If you're ever a passenger in her car, you are sure to get scared.
My wife runs stop signs and red lights.
My hair has turned gray because of fright.
I can't stop this crazy lady from driving because I'm not her keeper.
But every time I'm in her car, I'm afraid of meeting the Grim Reaper.
She's caused a lot of damage even though that wasn't what she intended.
Twenty-five is the number of times that her license has been suspended.
Some times she drives with her eyes closed, she actually thinks she can drive by using the Force.
If somebody doesn't stop this crazy woman from driving, I'm going to have to get a divorce.
(I'm happy to say that this is a fictional poem.)
Categories:
craziest, car, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
I found someone who is younger than me,
She is like someone who is quite similar to me,
She sings songs like I know most of them,
I found someone who’s with me on the same Elm.
She is typical smart girl, who silently sits there,
Strangely gives me looks like she does really care,
She gave me songs that I so ever wanted,
That deed makes my all bad things banded.
I did not know that I can found someone who’s crazier than me,
She collects pictures of her like that can’t ever be me.
We’re the greatest fans, I should know!
We talked things about her like we already know.
I did not know that we have that much in common,
I guess our craziness brings us in to the highest summon.
Looking forward to talk more with her,
I really had so much fun talking to an incredible her.
Categories:
craziest, friend, girl,
Form: Rhyme
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