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Premium Member Garth and His Mouse

Garth was a cat with an attitude, and he was grayscale true.
He had a pet mouse. I did not  dare chase him. Did you?
Other cats had tried to entice Garth to loan out his mouse.
Notorious bankers went so far as to put a lien on his house.

Therapist Cat tried to psychoanalyze Garth, thinking him mad.
These interfering cats were truly mean, some rather bad.
Cat burglar Cat tried to sneak in and steal the mouse away.
He had bragged to many that he thought mice were tasty that day.

Garth outsmarted each cat that had a trick up his paw.
He had a pet crow with an extremely loud noisy caw.
The crow was promised jewelry of gold and silver too.
If he would wake up Garth when danger was due.

So, between Garth and the crow, the little mouse was safe.
He was a sweet little thing, he had a cute rather round face.
He was not grayscale but a happy pink color Garth craved.
They were a mighty twosome; and together the elements they braved.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member For Kids To Believe

'Twas the night before Christmas...I was home all alone 
I had nothing to do...so I wrote down a poem
I just couldn't get it...my poem to look right 
Perhaps, it would look better...if I had turned on the light
 
Words were mspeld...and some were left out 
The light would have helped...for sure, no doubt 
Ten times I re-wrote it...I drank ten cups of tea 
It took me ten hours...boy oh boy, ten times I did pee
 
I wrote about Santa...for all the children to believe 
I figured out what to write...I had a trick up my sleeve 
I wrote in my poem...so that all the kids knew 
That Santa's real mother...well, she was a Jew
 
After finishing my poem...I readied myself 
I fixed up my sleigh...and I hired an elf 
To take hold of the reigns...and to deliver my poem 
To put in the stockings...in every kids home  


The Night Before Christmas Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Joseph May 
11/23/2018
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member To Eve's Drop, Or Not To Eavesdrop

Forbidden fruit they had eaten
   At the bidding of the snake
New ashamed that they were naked
   They had to cover up, for Heaven's sake

"Adam, lets sew ourselves some fig-leaves."
   "Sounds good to me, dear Eve."
God paid them no attention
   Had he a trick up His sleeve? 

Instead of random eavesdropping 
   The Lord did something eye-popping
He searched for Adam as if He had no clue
   Then cried out, "Man, where are you?!"

Did the All-Seeing not know Man's whereabouts?
   Did He need resort to a primal shout?... 

Within God's question lies a lesson
   to which some choose to adhere
God does not want man to eavesdrop
          ~ Do you hear?


            December 11, 2019
        Listening In Poetry Contest
            Sponsor: Julia Ward
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Joker

'Why so serious?'
                          He would say as he started to walk my way.
                                    He wears a purple over coat,
                                    His face as white as a ghost.
     
                       Always has a smile beaming from ear to ear
                    Laughing like a maniac till his eyes are full of tears
                            Who is this mad man with hair of green 
                            he is the creepiest thing I've ever seen

                      He always seems to have a trick up his sleeve
             Along with many different weapons' like you wouldn't believe
                 Spreading uncontrollable chaos trying to put on a show
                            Committing crimes where ever he goes  

                      How did this criminal mastermind come to be?
                   What drove him mad to reach the point of insanity?

           Some say he fell into a tank of chemicals that drove him insane 
                 Others say it was the loss of his wife and unborn child
                         Whatever it was it caused him a lot of pain

                              It seems like he was already unsteady 
               Close to that breaking point, slightly losing his mind already
                                     
                                  Maybe he was never really okay
                           All it took was a little push over the edge
                             And we got the Joker we have today
                                


               Entered in the premiere contest, Superhero or Supervillain
                              Sponsored by Robert James Liguori
                                            Placement: 3rd
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Three Ring Circus

He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease
A daring young man on the flying Trapeze
His movements were graceful, all girls he could please
And my love he purloined away

The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze by George Leybourne

THREE RING CIRCUS

The clown wouldn’t smile, not for a million dollars or a cent.
Those lips, though painted on, were stuck like cement.

Lips curved down to his chin, someone’s jealous of him.
The upstart performer used permanent marker, broad not slim.

Then the perpetrator named both the clown’s cheeks.
And the tears that ran down were not eye socket leaks.

“This is not funny!” he said as his horn bellowed a laugh.
“Stop clowning around behind my back! I’ll write your epitaph…”

The trapeze artist yelled down below, “You’ll have to catch
Me first!” “Why you…” yelled the clown. The net, he’d snatch

And the ladder too, then he’d shake the snake out of his tree.
Poor clown, the magician had it in for him too. You see

She had a trick up her sleeve. She had constructed a plan
To move the frown up the pole and let down her man.

She let down her man so hard, he left a hole in her heart.
Now she’s clowning around with her new trapeze counterpart.

11/30/2021
Form: Couplet


Premium Member Its Always Christmas To Me

Before you know it’s already here
Fillin’ us with hope and cheer
You feel it in your fingers and toes
Strangers smiling and sayin’ hello
 
To many it’s a sweet surprise a crazy high it’s almost like
A long lost friend they've been waitin’ to see
But for me the feelin’ never fades the magic never goes away
It’s always Christmas to me
 
No matter what the day may be
Santa’s got a trick up his sleeve
The bells are ringin’ in my ear
Lights are shinin’ love is near
 
Whether snow is touchin’ down the sun is heatin’ up the ground
Frosty’s gettin’ jolly or the elves are asleep
The holly’s in my hopeful heart long before December starts
It’s always Christmas to me

I don’t have to see it to believe it no no no
It’s wonderfully magical so fantastical why would I let that go

To many it’s a sweet surprise a crazy high it’s almost like
A long lost friend they've been waitin’ to see
But for me the feelin’ never fades the magic never goes away

It’s always Christmas to me
Form: Lyric

Premium Member Poetic Podcast Episode 42 Bop

The world now is overflowing with filters,
fast five stars, and a multitude of clickbait.
Society has become an abstract definition,
devoid of any type of civilized boundaries. 
I want the honesty of naked conversation
and the ability to discover truth for myself. 

We have a license to be phony. 
Go on I dare you, take off that mask. 

Mugwump mentality is an easy out,
opinions that flex with every audience.
How to research with contaminated tools,
the sixty four thousand dollar question.
It’s getting so bleak sadness is hot,
how can I relate when I honestly don’t. 
Pushed aside because I’m not drowning.
Yes, I do have an air of confidence. 

We have a license to be phony. 
Go on I dare you, take off that mask.

I won’t play the victim when I’m not, 
nor wave a flag I don’t fully understand. 
Authenticity is the only brand for me,
whether I am the black sheep or hyped
by that brand new trick up my sleeve. 
All the make up will come off in the wash. 

We have a license to get phony. 
Go on I dare you, take off that mask.
Form: Other

Euphoric Deliverance Provokes Deft Writer

Neither fame, nor fortune sought,
sans this anonymous wordsmith,
whose quirky pastiche (no matter
evokes collywobbles, when risky
business undertaken to spill forth
most confidential personal woes),

broadcasting a heart of darkness,
Joseph Conrad might find quaint-
lee amusing, & considerably less
far reaching encompassing than
his (former) humanity ink home
passing (just one heir iz all seek

king soul full asylum), versus us
storied author, (not me), whose
didactic éminence grise, moreso
attributed, thee now esteemed
Polish man of letters to leave a
nonpareil earning, deserving, and

crowning legacy far greater than
yours truly, could ever hope for,
though as iterated with opening
sentence, neither renown, nor a
bucket load of money motivates
this anonymous scrivener, he me

rilly aspires to clutch ephemeral
notions (yes some themes recur
more than once), nonetheless a
euphoric exuberance arises, no
matter, one or more pairs oven
ranging unknown reader's keen

eyes scowl at this petrified disc
ore dent fountainhead, he dares
alluding to his saddled beasts of
burden on par with shrugging,
colluding, bearing, et cetera atlas,

perhaps presuming this measly
mortal strives to trick up ersatz
scratchings asthma grandiloquent
(albeit, "FAKE") Magnum Opus, nyat!

This informed cognoscenti disavows
any haughty, lofty, pretentious, etc.
thinker only enjoys waggish badinage!

Stuff the Stuff

Even the holiest couldn't know Him but a glimpse was enough
Going through times so grim life wasn't about the worldly stuff
They shined through these moments giving God all the praise
They never sat on the fence in so by following the Lord's Ways

But today it is a different story too many people are distracted
They can not see God's Glory for His Light satan has refracted 
Yet His Light is still there His Glory was, is and will never cease
You should read up on His Story and not let the devil so fleece 

In prison they would sing and what happened to Paul and Silas 
Let's say freedom would ring, The Rescuer of all from the abyss
But many don't sing, in fact in His Name they don't even believe
And to them these words do not ring another trick up his sleeve

For either you're in or you're out yet only God knows your heart
He knows your every single doubt the very instant of it's start
He knows you so well but it is you who needs to open the door
So many picking hell when there was so much, so much more
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Always Christmas To Me

Before you know it’s already here
Fillin’ us with hope and cheer
You feel it in your fingers and toes
Strangers smiling and sayin’ hello
 
To many it’s a sweet surprise a crazy high it’s almost like
A long lost friend they've been waitin’ to see
But for me the feelin’ never fades the magic never goes away
It’s always Christmas to me
 
No matter what the day may be
Santa’s got a trick up his sleeve
The bells are ringin’ in my ear
Lights are shinin’ love is near
 
Whether snow is touchin’ down the sun is heatin’ up the ground
Frosty’s gettin’ jolly or the elves are asleep
The holly’s in my hopeful heart long before December starts
It’s always Christmas to me

I don’t have to see it to believe it no no no
It’s wonderfully magical so fantastical why would I let that go

To many it’s a sweet surprise a crazy high it’s almost like
A long lost friend they've been waitin’ to see
But for me the feelin’ never fades the magic never goes away
It’s always Christmas to me
Form: Lyric

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