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Curtailed Melody Croaked

There lived in bog a frog who was aloof,
croaked string music, his clan called him a goof.
Plunged in deep water for prey,
swam struggling, kept risk at bay,
seeing his friend, the fiddler on the roof.

The frog ate the prey, swam back steadily,
the fiddler strummed strings for him zestfully.
Lost balance, from roof he fell,
his forearm broke like

Categories: curtailed, adventure, analogy, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Curtailed

His memory is beginning to fade 
there are moments when he forgets her name
though they’ve been married for thirty-five years.

Through it all she maintains a bright charade   
because she knows, there is no one to blame
her fears. 	

Sometimes he speaks of moments long ago
frayed fragments dredged from time’s jumbled arrears
of people and

Categories: curtailed, age, love, memory,
Form: Curtal Sonnet

New Meaning To Life :: Curtailed Quantrelle



How much peaceful it'd have been if
one accepts herself with no tiff;
If one accepts others in steps
one'll have clear insight.

Lets realize, none is perfect;
accept one with all imperfect
traits, makes rest to learn too; it's true;
ills fade, just no dislike.

And eventually love flows.
Maybe your love, respect helps; shows
ways to change their flaws they won't err,
find new

Categories: curtailed, love,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Anger Curtailed For Want of Breath

Diving deep, it was dark, cold and slimy.
Regulator dummy-splat gulps of air
    flowing free into lungs, bubbling blabs out.
I struggled with the mud core collector,
    to swiftly exit hole hundred feet down.
Just when the deed was all done and dusted,
    I sucked for gasp - a

Categories: curtailed, surreal, water,
Form: Blank verse

Freedom Curtailed

Freedom for some 

Seagulls fill the air with joy
anchored sailboats tug want to be free
sail around the world alone,
just as a Japanese fishing vessel did
 ending up on the shores of Canada.
Alas, caught by the coast guard as it 
prepared to sail for Chile and Peru. 
Anchored in a lonely bay 
waiting for its captain

Categories: curtailed, adventure, mystery,
Form: Ballade