Asks a moon mate
if I still feel that subtle
flame beneath my heart
when she seeks to reach for me
I smile at her fleeting warmth
and move ahead
I sing yet no response.
It's lonely out here in the wild.
Resolved to find my mate.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Meet me at the tournament,
Nothing words that goes to my consent.
Yeah, I know that a woman like you should include.
But I already did for you as I conclude.
Every move you make,
are pieces you took that hardly for me to take.
For might not be a careless mistake.
But my defeat made my heartache.
Then we meet again
Place is the same, moves that my game went pain.
Surely as I made your rank rise but I fall for you down.
Then you take my place and place your crown.
Now my Mallory that we been together,
Hope today not sooner we matched, as I defeat.
Though you are my mate, but die in check.
I no longer take it back but to resign and retreat.
— Love, Your Knight,
Nolan Sawyer.
(This poem is inspiration from the book of Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood)
.They think they've got us neatly fooled,By global maps and globes in school.But look outside, it's plain to see,The ground is flat as it can be.If we were spinning out in space,We’d all be flying off the place.The water would just spill right out,Of every lake and water spout.And don't get started on the moon,Or NASA’s giant space balloon.They hide the ice wall at the edge,With penguins guarding on the ledge.It’s just a giant dinner plate,No spinning core or heavy weight.So drop the math and look outside,There is no curve for them to hide.
Tuxiwoo
and Cheriboo
kissed pink noses
amid the posies
of magic dreams
cast by moonbeams.
On the prowl
for guinea fowl
stalked a mate
matted and late.
His name was Mouser
a Bond cat Scouser.
when I play
against myself
and we both win.
I am writing words
in columns
while sitting on
a trampoline
and the train
is going by
three miles south
of me (I’m guessing).
I scared away
a morning dove
that was pecking
at the ground
below an empty feeder
that I’m too tired to
to fill tonight.
I will try
to teach tomorrow.
The Carolina wrens
are more persistent,
and braver when it comes
to picking seeds
at the feeder.
I have to be outdoors
once a day
to feel completely
alive and part of something
bigger and better
than me.
There isn’t room
in life
for redundancy.
I listened to
a white-throated sparrow,
a northern flicker,
and a northern cardinal.
A house finch joined
the chorus.
I am in North Carolina,
which is only north
depending on where
you are.
Me ol mucker Rodney is getting some pukka succour...tipple & tucker in Vienna.."prost" mate
Austrian foodie fold can’t break the mould caught in a fraught brasher sort of sport
Fought as thought who bought flasher Sacher torte that gets gold does hold court
Overwrought at seriously stodgy onslaught podgy tort sausages deliriously cavort
Or wish to toast an old dish flattered mattered most plattered crumbed & battered
Viennese tease keener gnashers sold on a leaner schnitzel wiener winning wheeze
Grinning will be a breeze hazy days on skis back slaps lazy naps and dodgy knees
Pleas beer on taps dread steer clear fear sinning head spinning schnapps traps.. please
I once had a mate called Jock
Who used to swim in the loch
But his trunks got messy
When he bumped into Nessie
The poor bugger really got quite a shock.
What can i ad.? But ya know I won't find enough room..I'll just say formed in Australia.? People he'd bridge the void
Black as doom, give him some applause,
Thats what i'll do' or maybe help some
Children? To grow up ( real true blues')
Life together so far has been great,
I am your helpmeet, you are my mate!
In passion fierce, two years have gone by,
How much, on each other, we rely!
Life's challenges we've faced with God's grace,
In joy and tears, memories we trace!
May God help us our love song to hum,
Our bond to strengthen in years to come!!
red robin
chirps a joyous song ~
courting call
Science in discovery
Creating Frankenstein’s mate
Companion support
Considered Monsters at large
Electricity reaction
Experiment during a lightning storm
Romance rushed the air
Frankenstein and his sweet mate standing together
A sudden embrace
Husband and Wife
Neither will be alone
No fanfare Wedding
Just plain and simple
Comparison with care
Perfection in creation
Face to Face attraction
Masterpiece sensation
Love found its component
No one would have ever imagined
Love found its spot
Frankenstein acquainted with his sweet
Their love can’t be beat
The sundown forming a shape of a heart
Love on and continued bliss
BEES
social
arthropods
each with its own task
most of them are workers
drones mate the queen to lay eggs
"a union discord can't discard"
There's a light
I do not know it
But I feel it
All the more
There's no light
But it burns
And I feel it
Despite snuffing out
The glow before
Make not hate your mate;
Don't go with it on a date.
It’s indeed a very bad trait!
Allow it not to kill your discretion;
It badly injures your impression.
Doubt not, it halts your progression!
Sow not this deadly seed in your mind;
In each and every one, faults it does find.
And imports headaches of every kind!
It’s against all good instruction;
Its ill effects need no introduction.
Its result is nothing but destruction!
The wars of the past, we have as samples!
The ongoing wars are its live examples!!
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