Happy Tuesday! The six-year-old girl said with a tiny twirl.
She had a frothy dress all lacy and her forehead had a curl.
Her eyes were green, and her outfit was one of the most prettily seen.
It is a happy day, I agreed, catching her gusto, jazziness and sheen.
If we could all be this exuberant and excited about our day
No one would be angry or nasty, and we could relax and play.
Something wonderful could happen is what her eyes said.
I was glad I had eliminated my bad mood and gotten out of bed.
Categories:
gusto, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
in a white short life,
cleaned the living tragedy
Zest was not living...!
Categories:
gusto, allusion, appreciation, extended metaphor,
Form: Haiku
Time's admirer hijacks sections
Rips strings of delicious from fattest flesh
Imbibes fibres provided sublimely
Licks fingers with shameless relish
Nature's passenger adequately dazzled
Rides intention piloted by passivity
Waterwheel which in turn feeds many
Delivers ceaseless needed energy
Rise makes way to fall: a pair inevitable
Weaving a trail mountainside as goat
Supplied segment of cycle's spectacle
Leaving views acceptance of what follows
Leaf litter tickets event for fantastic next
Mouldering grows mushrooms quickly
Spring brings surprise unrivalled gifts
Finds a shape, adopts a place unchecked
Become slowly resplendent in your realm
Adoration wells from inclusive depiction
Autumn acknowledges drifting's worth
Inactivity observes thriving of parallels
Categories:
gusto, analogy, introspection, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Live your life with gusto.
Sing a song out loud and cheer.
Lift your hands and clap for joy.
You are now destined
To embrace life with vigor,
To be endowed with zest.
March 29,2020
Gusto
Edward Ibeh
Categories:
gusto, encouraging,
Form: Sedoka
Distant as a dream,
miracles seeking gusto
Wild triumph and victory
Clouds with cotton wings
The joy of your own heartbeat
... new life will sprout on the path
19.03.2020
Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
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Categories:
gusto, blessing, celebration, destiny, miracle,
Form: Sedoka
“ahoy there!, have you some beer”
“I’ve been sitting on the deck here”
“the engine coughed then hit the dust”
“no paddles on board which is a must”
Hello me mate I hear you want some beer
that seems strange not to say a little *****
putting beer in the engine would upright your toes
you would not sail again for there she blows.
If you need a tow I’ll throw you some lines
I have no beer but I do have some wines
these are the best from a California grape yard
It’s y rope or wine that’s mild not hard
“I’d rather have the wines to sail in the breeze
“I have sails to rise and wine would be good with my cheese”
You’d not go far with the winds slowing down
my last offer is to bring you to shore.
“I’ve been a captain on these sailing rigs
“I need beer for the engine and some for my swigs”
you guzzle some beer there won’t be a cheer
you’ll be lost at sea, your calls no one will hear
here take these bottles, you can wine and dine
I’ll toss in some nuts, you’ll be just fine
but don’t put beer in the engine and never Smirnoff
else you won’t be cracking nuts when you blast off
Categories:
gusto, funny,
Form: Rhyme
laugh
out loud
with gusto
live your pure joy
put your heart in it
but don’t make fun
or tease me
for I
bite
Categories:
gusto, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Ninette
she was a mess
people were scared
of uniqueness
she did not care
lived by her heart
knew herself well
people jumped back
friends delighted
family annoyed
followed her rules
lived her own dreams
happy magnet
Categories:
gusto, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Than-Bauk
Beseech the wooden hip and eye
To paddle off and caper.
Beseech the Maxfold cat and stye
Forlorn with hairy Gator.
Bring not thy chesticle to bear,
Thy open arms to boot.
Beseeching here and everywhere
To hear old Amos flute.
'You can but not cumcumber me!'
He gummed in chitter-chatter,
And passing water from his knee
Knew something was the matter.
Alas! Alak! A Ladybird-
A lullaby in butter.
Beseech in me the rare absurd,
Not sane, not yet a nutter.
Categories:
gusto, hilarious, humor, humorous, journey,
Form: Rhyme
In Search of Gusto
Dr. James E. Martin
©March, 2014
Life in the fast lane
Is what some desire.
To get all the gusto
Before they retire.
They give it their all,
They each other inspire.
To go one beyond
Is what they desire.
Then one day they’re old
And no longer can acquire.
It’s off to the sunset
To quietly expire!
Categories:
gusto, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Chameleon, this tongue.
Coloring words to convey
emotion's spectrum.
Categories:
gusto, imagination, life, passion, people,
Form: Senryu