A tall fellow strolled on a beach abroad
Along a cream-like sandy shore unflawed,
He tripped on a small shell
And fell with a sharp yell,
Lying on the ground while all his teeth gnawed.
I wasn't ready to fall in love
didn't have the time
something inside turned on me
it sold me down the line
wasn't going to fall for love
I couldn't take the chance
my feelings got the better of me
and sold me on romance
didn't want to deal with love
it wasn't in the cards
emotions took a hold of my reins
they sold me to the stars
because my heart turns traitor
when you're around
my mind is made up
but my heart lets me down
and like a Trojan horse
inside the citadel
my heart opened up to you
and I fell
we were bombarded for half an hour.
pepsi, popcorn and upcoming movies blowhard
gaudy and ostentatious and galling
my son asks, 'when is it going to start?'
jet-lagged to infinity
i was woken up by an onscreen scream
or it might have been the last trumpet
after the movie i go to the bank and the
clerk doesn't know what i'm talking about
high time hoodang and deposited cash
on the radio that morning the new prime minister
is applauded and cheered into number 10
he wants to shake hands with everybody in the country
there are no birds in our garden
seclusion
ensured him more accolades
unsought
A tiny, curious star fell from
the night sky and landed in a
soft green tree.
He was scared of the dark,
but the friendly forest
fireflies came to play with
him.
They glowed so bright
together that the star was
able to find his way back
home.
they fell in love like only bovines can do
had a huge party down by the cattle auction loo
the dance was attended by heifers, and steers too
there was a lot of bull, said my cousin Nancy Sue
.
i didn't look
not thuh
eve'
peek-uh-boo
m-m
*whut :}
The Moon fell last night
She wiped the tears from her eyes
And she rose once more
nightingale from bush
singing its lyrical song —
where the missile fell
22 March 2026
POTD : 12.2.26
First Placing: Standard Contest
Sponsor : JCB Brul
Daisies could not bloom bound by debt of Time
we tried to unknot ropes tied across dimes
by deeds proceeding of their own accord
songs not written by either of us unfree
as white petals fell dropping one by one
Hours of tasting, smelling, touching lost
on battlefields, in barracks when away
you had to haste with epaulettes torn
I rooted a chasing escape, sweat dripping
tied to wheat fields watching babes chaste
Bald eagles soared above winelands stolen
gulls and albatross escorted galleon laden with longing ~ South to North, winds gushing
your wishes driven by wrenching penalties
seals then oceans carried lips and knees
Your breastbone turned from an unborn world
too pregnant in fluid womb of clocks chiming
fled you from aching loss of Love’s caged raging
stoic in withholding fist of sacrifice, away you got
drowning throbbing Heart in my own bleeding
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I don’t know why I fell into that hole.
It was a very unique way
I was feeling it.
I followed a master
who had saved several soft people
from falling into that hole.
Why did he push me into it?
I tried to grab his collar.
I tried to grab every stone I could,
but how could I
if I wasn’t ready for my life?
Maybe it’s my fault.
I shouldn’t have committed those things
that weren’t listed in humanity
and weren’t accepted in society.
That teacher taught me
how to be a human,
but never told me
how to understand one.
And I think that could have been
more beneficial for me—
because it’s better to talk
to the people inside the body,
not on the other side of the hole.
A beauty that charmed every eye,
Made passers-by pause and then sigh;
With grace she did bloom,
Dispelling all gloom,
Yet she slipped and fell from so nigh.
It wouldn’t have been possible
without Colin Firth
in the movie,
'The King’s Speech.'
Colin is an actor,
who reminds me
that language can be
as powerful
or more so,
than music,
sometimes.
Colin plays the role
of George VI
in this film.
He coped with a stammer.
Not Colin, King George VI.
He sees an Austrian
speech therapist
and two men
become friends.
He makes his first
broadcast
to his world
(England).
Yes, the actors are outstanding
as great actors always are
and enhance great films
and make mediocre films
unforgettable.
Without Geoffrey Rush,
would any great or mediocre film
without him
be worth watching?
His maniacal laugh could make
the sun hide
and me smile
(but that was a different movie).
Like a tooth
pulled out from the roots,
can you or I survive
divorcing or outliving
our soulmate?
No.
Britain declared
war on Germany
in 1939.
The whole world stopped to listen,
and George VI
didn't stutter,
neither did Beethoven.
A tourist named Joe from Dundee
Got lost by the bright sunny sea;
He bellowed, “Where is my map?”
Searching, he fell in a trap;
He yelled: “These trips aren`t fun for me.”
An aspect of God, a boy born Brahmin
Had ascended into his higher power,
It was then in a late hour during slumber,
He remembered how his karma was even.
He awakened in him an intuition, long ago,
Then he later met a woman, he felt a spark.
But he questioned how she's awake at dark.
She wandered wherever her ego would go.
He was the only one who could perceive her,
As everyone at times seems to ignore them,
As if she can appear, disappear on a whim.
He realized she's a ghost and projector.
He decided to slowly heal her lost soul,
As she constantly spiralled into memories,
As she projected on loop her stories.
He blessed her to find peace, pay her toll.
But over time they had together, he fell.
The God wanted to spend forever with her,
Patiently waits for her to move on further.
She healed; God rang their wedding bell.
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