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Please read the rules above. Obey,
Lest you receive a quick “NA.”
So many fail to read my rules,
So many fail to heed them. Fools!
There’s quite a few, yes, I agree,
Take note of number fifty-three,
Which warns you must use perfect rhymes,
Imperfect ones are common crimes.
Instances of this are ample,
Let me give you an example,
By some guy, let’s call him “Blake,”
Two violations for heavens sake!:
“Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"
Perhaps ‘twas written by a child,
Whose scribbles with a pen were wild.
Who dares rhyme “eye” with “symmetry?”
This poet barks up a wrong tree.
And also violates Rule Eight,
Good spelling is my main mandate.
“Tyger?” Really!? Sounds precocious,
But the spelling is atrocious!
I found another case just recently,
A poem that starts out quite decently,
Then ignores my main decrees,
The errors seem to come in threes:
“…Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
‘Surely,’ said I, ‘surely that is something at my window lattice,
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore …”
That’s three bad rhymes, all in a row,
Although it seems to have good flow,
(Suggest you study E. A. Poe),
And syllable counts? Inconsistent!
See Rule Ten, I am insistent.
Imagery superb? Yes, granted,
But who rhymes “haunted” with “enchanted?”
Such rhyming crimes are then repeated,
If only they could be deleted:
“...Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted—
On this home by horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore ..."
Could these mistakes I just ignore?
“NA,” I say. Quoth: Nevermore!
Submitted February 29, 2024
Overly Particular Judges Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Matt Caliri
Judged: "NA"
R esolutions occasion themselves optimally at the start of a new year
E very new calendrical chart anew page in our lives of things fretted over
S ome are constant challenges interwoven with more current examples
O thers will be pondered over time and again throughout coming days
L abourious test and trials are then faced head-on painstakingly daily
T ediously we would persevere and press onward to greet with a smile
I n retrospect many were made capriciously and thus fall on the wayside
O nly a few, if any, we will be successful of going over the hurdle victoriously
N umerous would certainly fail and some met will also filter in as failures
S o that is the usual outcome of resolutions whereto we save that for next year
2020 January 24
Resolutions Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Matt Caliri
Cats were in a cozy room filled with feline toys,
chats were going among the many fluffy kittens;
hats contained kitties but they were basket ploys,
spats on a few were white legs like long mittens !
Look at this place yelled the children with joy,
(a)nook where we can visit the cats and play;
storybook on the table- oh read it pleaded a boy,
picture-book and picture-book and kittens all day !
Cafe for people to meet cats for maybe adoption,
gay colors and great snacks and lots of fluff;
lay with the kittens- or just visit is another option,
stay as long as you want but they can get rough !
This place is great yelled the children so happy,
bliss could be seen in each boy and girls eye;
kiss all the furry faces for leaving will be unhappy,
hiss, said a grumpy kitty in reply as we left with a sigh !
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April 1, 2021
Poetry/Lento/The Cat Cafe
Copyright Protected, ID 04-1342-291-01
All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France
Written for the Standard contest, Look At This Place !
sponsor, Matt Caliri, Judged 05/04/2021
As my life flashes before my eyes,
slowly going into darkness before I die;
everyone around me is praying and crying.
My sweetheart takes my hand in his;
back, he and I walked alone
in that Autumn Day,
to the sound of bird's melodious tone.
My heart raised to the sky
as he nestled his hands around my face
and kissed me gently.
Back, while he stood by my side,
as I labored with our first child.
Eyed the pureness of the little red face as he cried.
Back, to the tender moments as we sat around
the Christmas tree exchanging gifts to the sounds
of laughter of our grandchildren.
My empty vessel lays there as I hovers high
hand in hand with my sweetheart.
11/21/2021
Your Life Flashes Before Your Eyes Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Matt Caliri
Abiding by the rules I comply
Believing they help every gal and guy…
Consider my excuse not a foolish alibi
Duty-bound, to policies I rely...
Efficient and effective driver can’t deny
Following orders does intensify
Great orderliness upon avenues long and high
Hoisting peacefulness midst traffic-caused sigh…
I am so sorry; please forgive my attempt to fly
Just to beat the deadline, verily nigh…
Kindness I ask; “You’re pardoned!” may you reply
Laws to observe and fulfill; never to defy…
My heart seeks conflict-resolution; yes I try
Now, thanking God’s intervention of prayer* ally...
Optimistically learning lesson on obedience, thereby
Paying fines by the Lord's supply.
ABC and Monorhyme
*1Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
February 12, 2022
4th place, "DMV Poetry" Writing Contest
Sponsored by Matt Caliri; judged on 2/14/2022.
acrostic
Regiments of verse march in rhythm.
Eagerly they traipse word by word
Combing the theater of my mind.
Trying this ancient captain’s orders.
Inspired to pass the roll call of muster,
Former battle veterans re-up
Yearning for more difficult assignments.
I choose my warriors cautiously
Strategizing before and after each revision.
Attention! inspection is nearly complete.
Bravely comes the posting of my piece.
Encamped just outside the reader’s battleground,
Testing my troops for the final draft,
Treason is discovered, some soldiers go AWOL.
Enemies within, enemies without,
Renegades are dishonorably discharged.
Weightier words are chosen as replacements
Orderly guarding each post as prescribed,
Resolutions must go past mere wishing
Determining the success of this poet.
written 06 January 2016, revised 03 February 2020
Matt Caliri - Resolutions Poetry
When frights are most appealing than sunshine.
That puts a stop to any remaining hope to shine.
Hell's dogs will wait with their terrifying teeth.
while a deadly famine swallowed them underneath.
When the sky is coated by a thick veil of darkness.
Covered a soul wailing with apathy and madness.
And that's what the stud horizon curves around.
A rainy, gloomy day that exceeds dismal enwound.
When all the land turns into a fiery, stuffy prison.
Where desire is a spider's obscurity, sensation
In a weak, fluttering flight alongside the grime.
Rafters and hitting its face toward a fetid crime.
It's raining slithering spiders of randomness.
Tear away the ice that traps us in landlessness.
Our minds have canals where water is flowing.
Yet those among us are of toxicity—blowing.
The chimes at once and angrily strike out.
And pierce the stillness with terrifying shouts.
As well as frightening vagrant and refugee.
Those who lack a home often hold shrill effigy.
Broad, quiet, hypnotic-rolling inurns are seen.
By way of my full being. A forlorn plea of ween.
Despotism takes shape from its terrible pain.
The hood of my dark cloak falls on my cruel brain.
Written: June 2nd, 2023
Bag Of Spiders Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Matt Caliri
I’ve walked a long way,
reached the edge of the extant landscape
under the gleam of the twilight sky,
I look back, see the footprints fade away far,
where the life’s terrain flashes
with the tinge of the setting sun.
I traverse the undulating memory track
along the flow of the reversed time,
search the illumined archive my life has made,
find among many lamps already extinguished,
some still flicker in the remote corner,
the glint shimmering on me that I’ve been….
A compliant son who valued the heritage,
a loving husband who shared everything he had,
a caring father who made dreams for the children,
a compassionate man who found goodness in every soul,
a pious man who configured his life divinely contented,
a devout pilgrim walking the last mile to His realm.
December 10, 2021
Contest : Your Life Flashes Before Your Eyes
Sponsor : Matt Caliri
My owners call me horse
You'd think I was barnyard watch dog
Fancy that. My spot beneath a shaded guava tree
Face rustic oversize shack with wide veranda
Where they rock. They watch me feed
Where green grass grow, where fowls and pigs stray
Feasting on ripe guavas, some bounce off my back
I don't mind that; not even the weight of my owner
Or his wife, riding me on certain days -
Wild smell of their plantation cling to me
They'd groom me from ticks, and feed me well
But their adopted son knew unsavory tricks
He'd grin, tickling parts of me with a bamboo stick.
One morn my owners stayed so long
I felt out of place, tormented by and by
That mischievous boy reached and pulled my tail
A horse knows only one way to kick
So an awful lick made him shout. He was out
From across the road, one hurried half stunned.
Sun at its zenith sat and watched
It was I, carrying my tormentor on my back
Seemed I walked a million miles
So he could be seen by a Doc
We walked and walked, until
Rain clouds cautioned us to turn back.
Day after day, I would watch Reggie at a distance
Sitting, staring, staying his hands straight.
...
Sponsor... Matt Caliri
Contest Name...'Back To The Barnyard'
Date...3-14-16
Life lessons I’ve learnt, my child, I’ll tell you,
in journey of life keep the 12 things in view.
Be careful what you say,
for with it you create or decay.
Think of failure not as an end in pain,
for the sun sets to rise again.
Take small steps of chance you access
to reach the summit of success.
Rule your mind, discard the negativity,
you’ll find the way to be happy.
You can’t control circumstances, react wisely,
for you’re the master of your destiny.
Don’t ever envy and hate,
these consume and destroy you as your fate.
Bestow divine gift of forgiveness and move on,
feel the burden of grievance and grudge gone.
Be grateful for love and kindness you adore,
get these more, being humble and obliged more.
Moral character and right attitude you build,
your honor and image these will shield.
Your most valuable asset is your health,
nurture and protect it more than any wealth.
Learn virtues of patience and trust, and wait,
things will happen if you’ve positive mindset.
All problems have solutions, I should aver,
never give up, my child, never waver.
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February 14, 2023
Contest : The 12 Things You'd Teach Your Child
Sponsored by : Matt Caliri