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Devonshire

oh what it must be like 
to have a name like Devonshire
a name so Royal
belonging to empires

chisslied in stone
in swanky neighborhoods
streets with large gates
or statues stood

the name of the restaurant
or the name on the deed
so high up in the building
somewhere having tea

a heavily Britished accent
with eyes half way closed
a chin lifted up
wearing butler clothes

they really do wear ascots
like they do on t.v.
but we'll never see them
there to high to see

away in their clubs
or on the golf course
watching the symphony
or getting divorced

you might catch a glimpse
of them if you travel abroad
sunning topless on beaches
or bottle popping at night

their such a restless little crowd
to them the world is small
they wrestle with there empires
and try to take it all

i hope i didn't offend anyone
by using their name
i sat down to write this poem 
and this is what came

any similarities 
to persons we know
is purely coincidental
it's just part of a show
Form: Imagism


Premium Member The Ballad of Daphne and Jack, the Sequel

Gather 'round me, my dears,
I'll continue the tale
Of a princess and her pirate lover.
Of her crown unencumbered,
They pillaged and plundered
As they wandered the seven seas over.

Crimes maritime were elating
And invigorating
'til Jack noticed a bulge in her tummy.
The princess first was offended,
But then she comprehended
He would soon be a dad, she a mommy.

Two months later, one morn, 
Daphne's baby was born,
She said, "Time to rethink our position.
If we stay here, our child
Will grow wicked and wild,
We must provide better, milder conditions."

Jack's crew were confused 
When he told them the news,
All they knew how to do was be pirates.
None of them had a dime,
And all too far past their prime
To go home and move in with their parents.

Jack chuckled and chided, 
Their fears he derided,
And then much to their mirth and enjoyment,
He said, "We'll start a new industry
That sells hospitality
And offers year-round and seasonal employment."

Do you remember the king?
That mean, stingy old thing
Died alone in his big empty palace.
But before his reign ended,
His will was amended,
And Princess Daphne inherited alles.

She thought the place would work well
As a swanky hotel
Or a posh B&B just for pirates.
But Mad Jack and his gang
Were arraigned and then hanged,
They should have kept their retirement more private.

And thus, dear ladies and dudes,
My narration concludes
About Daphne's and Jack's days of glory.
She turned her dad's mausoleum
Into a pirate museum
And made a killing, some say,
Conducting tours every day
For visitors who'd pay
To hear a pirating princess' story.

Premium Member Georgia in mid-March

the roaring sound rejuvenates      my heart

wind whips,
                    bells tinkle,
                                       flag flaps
                                                       thought i
needed to change
                                into shorts
but my

               just bare feet,
    thin sweater      blue jeans
                                                         perfect
for this early Spring                            blustering

lilliputian tweets and vroom beats

      such temperate tempest jubilation

lifts                                                          my spirits
if

the sea  were involved
with
its  swanky salt                       I’m seconds away
from
                           the pearly gates

Premium Member Orchids If You Please

True highbrows can't hear commoner's pleas
Stuck sitting on their swanky settees
Status fades as affluence recedes
I'd prefer pink orchids if you please

Elitists applaud wealthy reprise
Fake posers deceive masses with ease
Think that they deserve all that they seize
So send purple orchids if you please

Fools imagine themselves on marquees
Those who would toss it all to the breeze
Who can't see the forest for the trees
Bring me more red red orchids if you please

Cultures erode when no one agrees
Innocence shrinks slowly by degrees
Fairness appears a tawdry tease
I sigh for white orchids if you please

Feel for the needy brought to their knees
My selfish world of ten thousand mes
Flowers fail as empty pleasantries
Making these moments mere niceties
© Greg Gaul  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Monorhyme

Wimbledon the menace of celebrity tennis



Mr Dennis...grimace..what the Dickens is going on...the menace 

Inevitability of a celebrity on every terrace at the tennis..

The profanity and insanity of rampant vanity..

The gist..a D list tryst to bathe in the narcissist mist.. 

Blame.. tame or maim same lame fame name game shame.. 

Rich pickings at.. every look at me.. Wimbledon balcony..

 
Phew..is it too late for me lanky mate Stew..

Can't be ignored...a SW19 ticket you scored..

Hard to beat....pip..a meet and greet with the cheat elite..

Don't scoff...hats do doff...before we skip off on a toff trip to Crete..


A bit cranky..give me a hanky...he's gone a bit swanky.. wa**y...

Great..hanging out...lurking on board with the flawed fraud..

Applaud the encored smirking adored or abhorred hoard

Bored.. tanned trolls..champagne sippers in velvet slippers

Vain planned inane scrolls..no proles lost souls or nippers

Just skanky Yankee dolls & spank me molls maraud..day trippers


My Lord..thought your were berserking..working class..

Not the farce of up its own a**e..shirking VIP pass..


P.S  just for you Stew..an ickle fickle tickle josh.. off my trolley volley..rhyming sickle...about you at some jolly posh tosh.. in a golly gosh wally folly pickle..

But still.. luv you bruv..you are the Guv..
Form: Rhyme


Passionate Fashionista

How have you been, tell me the news,
first, where did you buy those kinky shoes?
Victim of fashion, prisoner of fad,
for better or worse, mad about it, good or bad.
Heard you're doing fine, have it made,
but, when did you get those slinky shades?
Modern mode, sartorial style, captured by trends,
it goes on for ever and never ends.
What have you done, relate all the facts,
now, where did you find that fancy hat?
New York, London, what's in what's not,
Paris or Rome, who calls the shots?
Moving up in the world, you have a chance,
tho', when did you purchase those swanky pants?
Who knows what goes on behind the scenes,
in all those glossy magazines?
Form: Rhyme

Endearing Entreaty

An attractive face through the restive crowd did bound
A fleeting, distant glance my truant eyes found
A passing smile that mirth and pageantry did redound
A serenating voice that echoed a blissful sound
A radiant glow that her shrouded beauty did surround
A burnished gloss that blossomed into the foreground
A tentative gesture; all my apprehensions receded into the background
A cocked head expressed a mystique so profound
An arched eyebrow did my insecurities disbound
A tantalizing, teasing finger through her hair my interest did compound
A puckering of her sensuous lips did my pattering pulse pound
A swanky bend of her knees advertised her sleek, polished legs leaving me spellbound 
A swivel of her shapely hips did my remaining, libidinous core impound
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Scholar Romance Ii

Males have always made it easy for me to veto
either by words or actions or both.
You started so altruistic and added a brainless flare,
I’ve never imagined one on goggles with such virility
with books and tie, making his swagger uniquely swanky.
This dissertation will prove interesting and worthy
as you plant in my isolated garden,
so many  Chamomiles and exotic plants
making me forget the number of times
my emotions have been subjected to an Ambulance.

Your shawama description
blew up a vehicle from my laughter
yet flows with sincerity, grace and caliber.
You, on sweaty tight singlet
and pelvic hugging boxers, on the other hand
presents like a delicious volauvent.
Your heart speaks innocently
in a thick romantic brogue.
I’ve enjoyed the words coming out of it
which are more than mere blandishments.
I’ll hold onto them and carry your actions
like a gold-plated Candelabra.
My heart is in great amity with yours
and its acceptance, totally of its own volition
despite my ‘Yes’ being a cataclysmic event.
I’ve long signed the blank cheque
already hoping for ante-natal sessions by your own doing.

Nullity

I shall not envy the upstart's polished gait, 
Or wish myself as old knights in diamonds
Hued to bamboozle familiar souls and eye, 
Flattered by aping pals and ersatz blondes. 

For swanky gait soon in quiet slumbers lies
In darkest gloom beyond men's urging eyes; 
Where kowtowing lip trills no ego-oiling tune
To laud vain legs that all wise sense impugn.

Since old knights and their fabled crystals fall
Into gloomy abysms past all plagiarized cheer, 
And their wide glows sheer shifting dreams be; 
Which deft poet thereon docks his sailing soul? 

As for manipulable eyes and souls of fan-stars, 
And idol blondes cued to flatter clumsy knights; 
Are not both simple wit and truth strictly averse
To all such visionless ego-trip and short-sights? 

Give upstart parvenus and 'knights' whole pomp, 
I'll claim the simple logic they so mulishly tromp!
Form: Didactic

Premium Member Of Infinity

On the exquisite wings of fated infinity.  
We move with subtle elegance and fluidity.
To sail into odd space on a vessel of silence.
It is clearly the domain of the swanky credence.

I desired you to be hither on a grisly day.
Hardship had exhausted my psychic spray.
I hailed you while gazing at your charm.
On the verge of a crux in winsome smarm.

Here you'll find the hustle and bustle. 
We will rest and unwind as the term shuffle. 
After you've aged through the up and down.
Our stature in a senders mod panel is known.

I'd been deprived of any expectation, developed.
The pre-winter light was precisely what I scorned.
What's beyond, yelled out, "Let the haziness in!"
The portly flare ought to be turned until the spleen.
 
We are enjoying areas that are beyond our side.
When we beget to maturity, all effort has died.
You can willingly view we've arrived at the wallow.
Waivers serve as the lessons we should follow.


Written: November 09, 2021

This or That, Vol 8 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

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