Cricketing Nirvanas and Nadirs
...“Heady heights..bright neon lights..giddy delights
Arsonists torching the Indian empire
Reputations scorching..awash with brilliant whites
Gilded generation ire… spoils soiled in an oily qua...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, sports,
Form: Rhyme
The Trybullyst
...Gold! Gold! Dassel screamed: he had found gold! And so what we were told, he stuffed his pockets and told the fellas to pull him up.They had straddled a well rig used to clean shallow wells to lower ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, adventure, betrayal, film, money,
Form: Ballad
Hindsight
...Hindsight is foresight's foe
Heralding woe betides
Halting the hoodwinking
Haunting the present tense
Hanging regrets in caches
Hype, hope dashed by failures
Holding you back, abjure!...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, confidence, hope, sorrow, sorry,
Form: Pleiades
Vignettes a Collection
...In the base motor pool
See an off-limits card school-
A scheming Bilko takes the pot
Hoodwinking top brass was his game,
Fast talking his claim to fame.
VIGNETTE-ALL OF A ZITHER
Across ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, poetry, word play,
Form: Rhyme
In the Grass
...In the grass,
Where he is hiding some stolen gas
While gossiping about his obese boss
Who does not know more about the big
multicouloured serpent in his company.
In the grass,
Obse...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, 12th grade, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Vignette Feb 22
...In the base motor pool
See an off-limits card school-
A scheming Bilko takes the pot
Hoodwinking top brass was his game,
Fast talking his claim to fame.
NOTE:VIGNETTE is a rhymed five line lig...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, poetry, word play,
Form: Light Verse
Gangly Longfellow Walled In Thoreau and Thru
...Gangly Longfellow walled in Thoreau and thru...
Well stocked with
wordsworth lxiii numbered yesteryear
born as predicted by
bubba's zayda longtime seer
while in utero premier
ultrasound detec...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, adventure, appreciation, confusion, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Bilko a Vignette
...In the base motor pool
See an off-limits card school-
A scheming Bilko takes the pot
Hoodwinking top brass was his game,
Fast talking his claim to fame.
| Year Posted 2008
NOTE:A vignette ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Hoodwinking
...I'm as honest as the day is long which means
I'm more honest during the longer days of summer
So if I tell you something in the winter
Take it with a grain of salt
There's a good chance I'm hoodw...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Verse Freed To Vignette
...In the base motor pool
See an off-limits card school-
A scheming Bilko takes the pot
Hoodwinking top brass was his game,
Fast talking his claim to fame.
Vignette=a 5 line light verse that tell...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, poetry, word play,
Form: Light Verse
Winners Vs Losers
...
Cheaters might win by wit and darkness of stealth.
But what does that tell you of a man or a woman,
Who enjoys hoodwinking others?
I have no judgement or answer for that.
It's you.....
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, leadership,
Form: Rhyme
Beware
...Beware of opportunists that come knocking under the guise of friendship. They're good at conveniently using the three magic words, "I love you," to take undue advantage of your genteel disposition. T...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, people, perspective, wisdom,
Form: Haibun
Misery Accompanied Haltered Tethered Tattered Web
...Misery accompanied, haltered, tethered... tattered web
This health conscious lx year
roam'n, hoodwinking hoodlum doth wear
two pair bullet proof underwear,
(which confession rarely trumpeted),
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Political Verse
Gangly Longfellow Thoreau and Thru
...Gangly longfellow thoreau and thru...
Well stocked with
wordsworth lx numbered yesteryear
born as predicted by
bubba's zayda longtime seer.
While in utero premier
ultrasound detected
smudg...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Compendium of Vignettes
...VIGNETTE FORM an example
In the base motor pool
See an off-limits card school-
A scheming Bilko takes the pot
Hoodwinking top brass was his game,
Fast talking his claim to fame.
Vignette=a ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
hoodwinking, poetry,
Form: Ballad
Related Poems