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Bartered Quill

Considering me a talented, aspiring shill
My muse loaned me a feathery quill
Brokering her wisdom, leasing her skill
With embroidered frills each barb with beauty did distill
Lithographer's vision, a graceful dividend to reveal 
Depreciating vane my artistic license to  bill
Hollow shaft gilded so her availing light can the vacuum fill
Inky reservoir with inspiration did instill
A deep well with literary devices did rill
Ideas streaming from strained cavity to the mind's tip with zeal  
Burnished hues, sharp tones aesthetic notions to congeal
A precision valve appended vagaries to swill
An automated inkblot defibrillating patterns to spill
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Grandparent Hood

G-rand someone whose old but yet young, leading the youth with wisdom;
R-ossting royal comings to be completely bald, yet teaching the truth never fail;
A-ppraisals and appearances up keep while rallying children get off the streets;
N-ews today and days to sweep, remembering history and history feats;
D-oing most things for others not selfish relentless gathering family reunions; 
P-leasing all well almost all else, elder Mother, elder Father, grand...        
Almost dying, yet still revealing one's self;
R-epeat turn the other chin cheek, little children, young adult in Ahh! in  
                                                                               shock can't speak!!   
E-nter in the rustic dried out golden 
N-ever say no to friend or for, always respect your elders;
T-odays the day for being golden and born
Simple said, simply heard senior minded stop the habit of disrespecting the aged;
Close your mouth open your eyes hands and heart if you wanna live long life like them you should
these are the words for the Grandparent HOOD
                                                                                             
07/31/14
Form: ABC

Leasing, Michigan

memories are like mistletoe
kiss them well and let them weep 
after all it's the subtle things 
we fail to keep
 
living like the poison seeps 
lay awake just to fall asleep
laughing like you meant it  
despair marks martyrs, 
no contest

painting my soul on the chapels 
of sixteen shadows 
it's the beauty we come to confess
drifting away 
on the late side of michigan 
holding on to a widow 
like you're forever missing her

i feel your shadow
i know your leaving 
it's getting closer
i know we're not suppose to 

memories don't respond to infatuation 
and melody's don't mock the sad 
tickles, trickle down like shame 
smiling like you're right where you belong

a moment here and a moment there
we were just a moment outside of home
thinking back like
time always leaves you alone
 
hiding in the shadows 
moving like there was no atmosphere 
vividly free falling 
no here-after calling 

you touch rivers
like the rush given
failed to deliver 
cursing labor 
like the child 
failed it's savior 

we were just moving along 
i hear thats all you can do 
holding on to the pain 
trying to make it last 
as long as you need it to 

i know your leaving
i feel your shadow 
it's getting closer
i know we're not suppose to
Form:

Premium Member Spreading Happiness

Spring is here!
Planting time is too.
Replenish and revive
Embracing life anew,
And relish being alive.
Dive in with delight; plant seeds of your own.
In this way, joy can be sown.
Nourish those seeds with your special style.
Grow flowered gladness with your sunny smile.

Hate can have no place in your garden space.
A haven of sweetness you must grow.
Pleasing peonies, precious primrose and
Perky pansies 
In your garden you will show
Nodding in a warming April breeze.
Everybody then who 
Sees the product of your glad pursuit
Shall also feel the need to follow suit!

March 27, 2023 
For the Spreading Happiness Poetry Contest of Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member The Tempest

The Tempest

Upon enchanted sands of shipbreached shores
Dethroned beggar of a borrowed callow mystery
Heaves a lightning staff into the waves -
Thunderous and raw clandestine secrecy
On luminous swirling ariels sheering the celestial –
Into the curfew of castaway souls as a hoary appeal
Where storm surges loot delirium in foreboding typhoons
As rioting angels brood in their search
For the orphaned heart in tattered rags of upheaval.

Hear the muted tempest of dark depths roar
As wintered tantrums rock the shores
Leasing waves with unseen spells and charms,
Harnessing the tidal astrals in purifying
Tsunamis of holy risk –
Storm watch night, for souls in cataclysmic squalls,
Reshape the shallow shoals infected by deceit
Refresh the tidal pools emptied by betrayal
Now calm the ruffled gales -the shattered glassy sea,
Return from shipwrecked isle to fury abandoned shores.

11/3/2020
Contest: 2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 6
Sponsor: Mark Toney
Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest


Atomic Brinkmanship Double Edged Grisly Horror Jawbones Kristallnacht

Vladimir Putin itching
to loose nuclear bomb
end of the world scenario ofttimes
iterated throughout history
though an atheist (actually Unitarian),
no doubt this, that or another psalm
countless times the Bible
references Armageddon and doomsday
impossible mission to remain
cool, collected and calm.

Whether affiliated with donkey or elephant
Democrat or Republican viz
blue war red respectively
political hot issues don't amount
to a (Sam) hill of beans
when Sword of Damocles count
approaches zero hour
as global tensions mount

signaling increased chance
trigger finger will free
avast nuclear winter
(across world wide web) re:
leasing plethora, pyrocumulus
mushroom clouds tree

mend us planetary explosions
annihilating webbed wide
world, an irrevocable
indeed earthlinked debacle
spelling widespread species
multitudinous extinction
ex post de facto after super
bowling powers (wannabe) vied

to wrest empowerment spanning
entire realm sans third rock
from the father, sun and holy ghost,
who turned substantial pock
kits of flora and fauna
once populating oblate spheroid ad hoc

significant swaths of life forms
pulverized and/or turned to ash
transformed into radioactive wasteland
after war mongers brash
lee usurped hegemony
(ruling inhabitants
of Gaia with an iron fist
with a smidgen of flavoring
courtesy of Missus Dash

superfluous taste enhancer,
when sibling burnt offering views
between Venus and Mars incendiary
tolled mourning news
smithereens sole remnant
poisoned every square inch
from weapon of mass destruction

that did cruise
engendering thick noxious fog
disabling fox but not cockroach
while smoldering seas and continents
skull and crossbones didst poach
amidst the gasified, liquified, pureed
where holographic ghoulish super bowl coach

rendering lifelessness home for menagerie
where virtue trounced vice as organisms
(particularly one primate) didst try
(predominant 21st century simians)
tool heave with amity, comity, and empathy
animals and plants an experiment
that went awry

presaging a nuclear winter with nary a winner
implicating mankind as the absolute sinner
instantaneously after Doomsday Clock
signaled point of no return
where grim reaper the sole grinner.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Fall Deep Into Autumn

Flamboyant, fabulous fall waits in the wings
As sultry summer gradually winds down,
Losing strength to chilly changes September brings,
Leaving lovers of long hot days wearing a frown.
Delights await those who favor fall.
Exciting festivals and special days
Enliven our spirits. Outdoor scenes enthrall,
Pleasing the eye with vast, colorful arrays,
Inspiring, serving as poet’s and painter’s muse.
Nature lends progressively less daylight.
Trick-or-treaters have cute costumes to choose,
Ornate orange bags or buckets—adorable sight--
And sweets to eat on Halloween night.            
Umber earth is rendered white by frost, then snow.
Thanksgiving feasts and football are November fare.
Ultimate fall plans center around coming yuletide glow.
Merry Christmas! Gather; gifts and blessings, share.
Now winter waits with a new year in tow.


September 26, 2020
Contest: Pick-a-Title, Seasonal Acrostic, Choice: Fall Deep into Autumn
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh

January 11, 2021
entered the Podium Placing Promise (6) Contest
Sponsor: Brian Strand
Form: Acrostic

Atomic Brinkmanship Double Edged Grisly Horror

blue war red hot political issues dont amount 
to a hill of beans 
   when Sword of Damocles  count
approaches zero hour 
   as global tensions mount

signaling increased chance 
   trigger finger will free
avast nuclear winter 
   (across world wide web) re:
leasing plethora pyrocumulus 
   mushroom clouds tree

mend us planetary explosions 
   annihilating webbed wide 
world, an irrevocable earthlinked debacle 
   spelling widespread species 
   multitudinous extinction 
   ex post de facto after super 
   bowling powers (wannabe) vied

to wrest empowerment spanning 
   entire realm sans third rock 
from the father, sun and holy ghost, 
   who turned substantial pock
kits of flora and fauna 
   once populating oblate spheroid ad hoc

significant swaths of life forms 
   pulverized and/or turned to ash 
transformed into radioactive wasteland 
   after war mongers brash
lee usurped hegemony 
   (ruling inhabitants 
   of Gaia with an iron fist
   with a smidgen of flavoring 
   courtesy of Missus Dash

superfluous taste enhancer, 
   when sibling burnt offering views
between Venus and Mars incendiary 
   tolled mourning news
smithereens sole remnant 
   poisoned every square inch 
   from weapon of mass destruction 
   that did cruise

engendering thick noxious fog 
   (disabling fox and roach)
while smoldering seas and continents 
   skull and crossbones didst poach
amidst the gasified, liquified, pureed 
   where holographic ghoulish super bowl coach

rendering lifelessness home for menagerie 
   where virtue trounced vice as organisms 
   (particularly one primate) didst try
(predominant 21st century simians)
   tool heave with amity, comity, and empathy 
   animals and plants an experiment 
   that went a wry

presaging a nuclear winter with nary a winner
implicating mankind as the absolute sinner
instantaneously after Doomsday Clock 
   signaled point of no return
   where grim reaper the sole grinner.
Form:

Rest and Relax At the Seashore

R-est and relax at the seashore, 
O-verwork causes harm than good; 
M-ay fifth finds a perfect place, 
M-aking you feel the merry mood.
E-very deep breath you take makes tension become less; 
L-et loose to drive away anxiety, worry and stress.

P-leasing sound of waves
A-llows the mind to feel at ease; 
N-egative thoughts you leave, 
G-loomy glare you release.
A-lleviate the physical force, 
N-o more pressure found; 
I-nspired spirit shall soothe you, 
B-e brave standing your ground.
A-s you view the open ocean, you can never ask for more; 
N-ice and beyond compare, to rest and relax at the seashore.
Form: Acrostic

Summertime Splashes

"summertime splashes"

some say summer symbolizes warmth
unleashed with undeniable light
most say the season is rainbow rich
making earth and sky the place to be
evermore for lovers under such spells
running and racing from upcoming cold
time never stands still or sleeps for
impressions harbor until her next roll
managing hourglass sands to downfall as
enchanting elegancies plan each lovesong

search when the moment and softness arrive
placing us all in the middle of what to see
leasing running sands to grant waking hours
as light and warmth linger a little longer
seasons uniquely show styles of no other
holding automatic perennial merry-go-rounds
everything comes full circle to summer light
some say summertime splashes have it all

SkyWatcher
04-09-23
© Lisa Ricci  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

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