Households unhitch, clapperboard hulls creaking -
the sound of storm-lashed rigging, as washing lines
and telephone wires twist
netting loosening foundations.
Where we once believed roots gripped bedrock,
planks bob in the swell, chests and their drawers
billow and fill.
Bed-springs gape, cupboards
turn inside out, what surfaces
is the face-up exposure
of our everyday innards.
Even as mailboxes are torn away,
we refuse to believe that a river and some wind
could move our lives so a far afield,
or that this world was really in fact,
just this shipwreck on a shore
that is always moving.
What we once thought of
as an address,
has turned out to be only a buoy
on an ever-moving wave.
Categories:
jumps, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Little upstart, young showboat
Lots of bluster full of gloat,
Been there minutes, thinks he knows,
Blind ambition and it shows.
They say he's bright and tough to boot,
Compared to me, now that's a hoot,
What's Yale and Harvard, simply names,
The constant ones he repeatedly proclaims.
As to the Navy, are we to be impressed,
He only served so he'd be thought best dressed;
The lawyer bit, now that brings on a shiver,
The very thought entwines my liver.
Now as to his wife,
I will admit she's rather nice,
But then let's pause to look at mine,
And tell me if she doesn't her outshine.
So there's no doubt whichever way you cut it,
I Trump this kid with character and wit,
He may be smart, but I'm the stable Genius,
Him all hot air, with me my smarts are intravenous.
As I ponder how I should react,
Knowing I’m the very best at tact,
I thought I'd stick to what I do so well,
While he drones on, I'll just my winning vision sell.
America needs me, not some kid wet behind the ears,
Whose monotone delivery brings us all to sleepy tears,
With me you get that vibrant lively spark
The choice quite clear, a Guppy or a Shark?
Categories:
jumps, funny, humor, leadership, parody,
Form: Quatrain
Loving includes
Me and you
Something to do
Just because
It makes sense
Ain't no way round it
We gotta
Plot our path
as we go
Reherstals are over
It's time for the
Show
Can't be reconnected
If I ain't. never been
Part of the group
Getting fitted means
Something specail
If I have the right
Suit
Whatever spell; I'm in
Depends on me
and you
Make it known to the
People's
Woman I wanna
Spend some time
Loving you
What's in the first place
When you are born in
the past
Advice ain't no good
If my concerns
aren't even asked
Put me in first place
Make me number one
As your lover
Taint what you what
You preach
Your objectives
are My concern!
Categories:
jumps, anti bullying, art, business,
Form: Bio
Joanne jumps like a deranged jack rabbit, my grandma said.
I have seen her leap over sofas, cars, and a firetruck red.
Her legs are longer than your Dad’s or Uncle Ed.
She hops over skyscrapers, my confused grandma said.
Categories:
jumps, age,
Form: Monorhyme
The forest is painted hues of green,
with deep shaded places to hide.
Birds are singing and twittering a song,
the different tweets mingling;
falling to a deep hush.
Trees form a cathedral like canopy,
all the gnarled limbs twisting and entwining;
and vines creep and flowers are bright,
the dappled sun caresses each space.
a stream ripples by
over sun bleached rocks it flows ~
a silver fish jumps
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September 5, 2020
Poetry/Verse/A Silver Fish Jumps
Copyright Protected, ID 20-1283-663-03
All Rights Reserved, 2020, Constance La France
Categories:
jumps, nature,
Form: Verse
Jumping through a clear looking glass on a summers day
Cow turned into a bullfrog painted in a harmless way
With oversized polka dots painted on her skin so gray
Cow enjoyed imagination land and her new friend Ray
Ray had tricked Cow into following him to the land of fey
She loved it so much she elected to enjoy and stay
Turning into a butterfly or bear, always getting her way.
If you want to try this magic mirror, she is down by the bay.
Categories:
jumps, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
I love the way your boobs
Bounce up and down
When you do star jumps
It's so amazing to see
You sporty lady
Categories:
jumps, for her, satire, sexy,
Form: Blank verse
Cool
fluffy
Red squirrel,
makes brave split jumps
- Comical landing, with natural charm
21.09.2019
Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
Copyright © All Rights Reserved
Make It Five Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May
howmanysyllables.com - 1-2-3-4-10
2nd place in the contest
# 3
Categories:
jumps, animal, cute, nature,
Form: Tetractys
Sparrow jumps
In alarm when you tempt me
To make love to you
Categories:
jumps, absence,
Form: Haiku
Squirrel jumping trees
Careful not to fall to ground
Back lawn needs mowing
Categories:
jumps, animal, nature,
Form: Haiku