Can marrying Lydia
Be a good idea
Or one to shrug off
And from her keep off?
Lydia would men ride
In her Giant Pride;
Not blinking her eyes
Drop them chosen lies:
“From parched lands heard ‘squelch’;
Beer drinkers don’t belch!”
Is shunning Lydia
A Male Coward’s fear?
Her eyes on India
Like it should be “Now!”
She a sacred cow;
You to not ask “Why?”
For she shall still try!
What you and I eat
What you and I eat
We would at times heat
To killer germs beat:
With fire foes greet;
The Waiting in Wheat!
What you and I Eat
Strength obliges our feet:
Sportsmen who eye feat
Record still Plain Sheet.
When fail we to eat,
We could like sheep bleat
Shiver as during sleet.
And cooks die to meet
M-eaning
I-n
N-ame
E-ndorses
R-emembrance
V-irtuously
A-pplying
G-ood
I-dea's
R-emark
O-r
N-ote
Topic: Birthday of Minerva S. Giron (March 06)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Not a good idea, a drive down to the beach
Grandpa's eyes hurt because of the light
Some passers by looked and nearly died of fright
Eddie responded' with a blood curdling screech
They get to the beach Eddie wants ice cream
Herman goes to pay the girl let's out a scream
Not a good idea, a drive down to the beach.
Written 7th October 2019.
For make it seven poetry contest
Picture number 3
Sponsored by Joseph May.
G-ood
I-dea
R-eally
L-ets
I-ts
E-xcellent
A-crostic
N-ote
I-mplement
L-ine
A-bout
O-neself
Topic: Birthday of Girlie N. Anilao (May 02)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
The spider found a bunch of grapes
that attached flies and bees
She found it a convenient spot
to cast her web to wait and seize
She set her snare
and settled there
between the cloying grapes
and while her prey is unaware
like a thief she takes.
But is a few days.
The vintager came and cut the bunch
so fast that none protest
and put it in the basket
to be trodden with the rest.
and now the snare that she had set
to trap unwilling bees and flies
would be the reason for her doom
her capture and demise.
I
had
planned to
open a Jaguar
car Dealership in
Trafalgar Square; the
planners said "It would put
the cat amongst the pigeons."
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