At the end of the meal we shared,
my participle principles split my jeans,
when you called me to split the bill!
What about the banana-split you had for dessert?
You split-up spilled friend?
Or the soggy split pea soup you
asked me to boldly forgo,
for the aperitif?
The tiff began and ended
with the present and past-principles
of split personalities,
listening to their inner voices
with split-end infinitives.
Categories:
infinitives, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Shatner's Star Trek: a true break-out show
Well, except for the red shirts, you know?
With their food replicators,
Universal translators,
To infinitives, they'd boldly go.
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for the On A Lim Poetry Contest
sponsored by Joseph May
on the original Star Trek series
written on 03/31/2022
HowManySyllables.com: 9/9/7/7/9
Categories:
infinitives, space,
Form: Limerick
the limericks can’t be eschewed
my muse seems excessive imbued
they seep through the pores
they flood out in scores
seek nuance to coyly allude
It’s not just a trek through lewd grit
perfection is sought for, to whit
there’s meter to wrangle
inference to dangle
infinitives to boldly split
Categories:
infinitives, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Every time something breaks
like the pipe in the wall
we heard gushing
this morning
my wife wants to call
a repairman because
I can’t fix anything
except split infinitives
and dangling participles
and I usually agree
but this time
I mention the kayaks
in the attic and say
why don’t we hop
in the kayaks
open the front door
and sail down the street
wave to the neighbors
cutting their grass
planting their peonies
worrying about crime
and shout best of luck
we’re tired of the good life
we’re sailing away.
Donal Mahoney
Categories:
infinitives, angst,
Form: Blank verse
It’s one thing to write
it’s another thing to feel
to feel and not profess
For the sake of being
alive and filled with blood
we cast ourselves aside
You don’t know how you feel
but you know more than I
what it means to want, to miss
to be cold, to be afraid,
to lack, to love, to lose
to have and have not
the things you need most
All I know, and feel
is the growing need to hold
and to be held.
[end]
Categories:
infinitives, love,
Form: Free verse