Drear Year - Bt
Christmas comes soon;
it will pass- bring
New Year- first class!
May this new start
hold great bliss- the
past year dismiss.
Covid please go;
with hope, mid-spring-
please, vaccine rid.
And bring sweet peace;
help us cling fast-
with new hope, sing!
December 7, 2020
Contest: Bauk Than – Than Bauk
Sponsor: Charles Messina
Rules: 3 lines per stanza: 4 syllables per line
Rhyme 2nd syllable line 1
with 3rd
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Categories:
drear, hope, new year,
Form: Than-Bauk
No Football Here
Down under in Oz, over here,
There is no football, my dears,
This is a tale so drear,
A footy champion, once held dear,
He died of no football, no cheers,
We buried him at the ground, so austere,
His tumulus amounded each year,
We'd drive by, pouring a libation of beer,
The tumbleweeds blew,
Grass long and shaggy grew,
At the bar, no
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Categories:
drear, angst, appreciation, football,
Form: Free verse
Deluge Drear
Cushions of mauve piled high
above a lingering letterbox of light,
slow-shifting shades of darker hue
descend in deepening black upon the sea.
And all around is silent, still,
no birds, no wave-sounds, dried-up winter leaves
now cling as crisp and lifeless remnants
on the trees, mute in breathless air.
The purple backdrop drains to grey,
The fading light retreats and finally gives
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Categories:
drear, purple, rain, storm, weather,
Form: Free verse
Welcome To the Jungle
Hide away in fear,
For the dead begin their reign.
Try to escape and they think they are in the clear,
But according to the girl that is like a megaphone, this is only the start of pain.
Fight away through the fear,
No more hiding, there’s no choice,
Even if a sugar rush may cheer,
The wilted flower speaks the hard
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Categories:
drear, death, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Ballad
Day Dark and Drear
Dark thoughts lurk
In dim recesses of my mind
Waiting patiently
For my guard to drop
And give them access
To emotions…The color of cold,
Grey concrete and the feel
Of stainless steel.
All is dark and drear
Seems as if even the breeze
Has ominous intent
Poking and prying as if
Searching for entrance
To whisper into my mind
Poisoned prose cloaked in
Prim, innocent clothes.
Yes…Today…will be…most certainly
…A
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Categories:
drear, dark, depression,
Form: Free verse
Murder Your Drear
Such disrespect
has plagued my home.
I was treated
Like a toothless comb.
Brother has told me
I am not a man,
But I walked away
Before anything began.
He laughed and laughed
While I hung my head,
So I turned around
To fight him instead.
I took a shot
At his evil smile.
He
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Categories:
drear, brother, dark, death, evil,
Form: I do not know?