Freakish Fanny fled fine Finland
For far-fetched Formosa fields,
Forsaking fantastic fiords forever
Forfeiting flourishing forests,
Frigid fertile farmland, festivals
Forgetting feared future fighting.
written January 22, 2022
Categories:
formosa, fun, humor, word play,
Form: Alliteration
Formosa,
I conceive you are not mine,
probably never
you will be ... but that won't
prevents me from wanting you ...
Star,
I notice you are
hopelessly
distant, absent ...
but it doesn't erase
your countenance ...
Angel,
is that my soul
poet lover
absorb all beauty
that only raises
the wonder ...
Muse,
It's my heart
clings to everything
that inspires you
candor...
Soul friend ...
meet you
in spirit is up
most intense ...
I imagine you in verses
is my constant longing ...
Any flash of you
nourish my being of pure
feelings...
Categories:
formosa, allegory, allusion, beauty, cute
Form: Romanticism
OCTAVE:
LORD, as morn yields to noon (or dawn) my SONnet will please, tease, release:
I greet thee, having access to Your throne by Jesus
And His sacrifice on Calvary: We pray against the Virus
With a sunshiny name, an aura of a name, "a garland" ...
Corona Virus, COVID-19, or SARS-Cov-2, Thy Hand
Is mighty and righteous, always Righteous, even in judgment
God of Grace and Love, forgiveness and Provisioning
Forgive me my greed, envy, jealousy, smallness and scheming
SESTET:
I intercede for others now, nations and peoples, as did Moses & Joshua
All countries that begin with the letter "F" even if U need to teach us to be FAIR
Bless little Fiji, so steeped in tourism & history (sugar slavery) now at peace
Formosa, now called Taiwan, but so many islands, I cannot list them all
In heart of Europe, Franc, once like UK a great colonizer, forgive France ...
We forgive tourists & others as we're forgiven! CORONA time when unity begins
Categories:
formosa, angst, anti bullying, appreciation,
Form: Sonnet
Formosa,
I notice you're not mine,
probably never
you will be ... but that is not
prevents me from wanting you ...
Star,
I realize you are
hopelessly
beyond me ...
but it does not erase
your countenance ...
Angel,
is that my soul
of poet lover
absorb all beauty
that only raises
the wonder ...
Muse,
It's my heart
clings to everything
that inspires my soul !
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Categories:
formosa, allusion, creation, emotions, love,
Form: Free verse
The USS Ticonderoga
In January of ’45
Was engaged off of Formosa
When the kamikazes darkened the skies.
Hit on the flight deck and the island,
One hundred forty four died.
An inferno that day and that hour,
Yet the Ticonderoga survived.
The sixth of the Essex-class carriers,
Launched just the year before,
She and her crew served nobly
Til the end of that long bloody war.
Years later I sailed on the Tico;
Together we sailed on the sea.
We journeyed throughout the Pacific
Til she was decomm’ed in ’73.
Most of her sisters are gone now;
They live on in just memories
Where they continue to sail on,
Sailing on far distant seas.
Categories:
formosa, history, world war ii,
Form: Rhyme