~lit lonely insect
flutters mist the air it creeps
eight legs has its feet
creepy crawler waits,
mystery bug that sweeps wait
one millipede please~
6/24/21
CONTEST PLACEMENT: HONORABLE MENTION
For Bite Size Poem no.9 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier
Poem Syllable Counter Results
Syllables Per Line: 5 7 5 0 5 7 5
Total # Syllables: 34
Total # Lines: 7 (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: N/A
Total # Words: 25
Categories:
millipede, analogy, funny, insect,
Form: Haiku
Millie millipede needed some new shoes
for her summer holiday fun Disney cruise
Her old shoes were tight making Millie hop
so she went with mommy to the shoe shop
Millie hobbled through the door and began to wail
the poor shop assistant’s face turned quite pale
because Millie millipede had got forty tiny feet
so she sat Millie down on a comfortable seat
The shop assistant summoned a little elf
to fetch some shoe boxes from a high shelf
and when Millie tried some shiny red boots
she said, "These are wonderful substitutes"
The boots were leather and had a thick heel
for walking round Disneyland they’d be ideal
With so many feet Millie needed twenty pairs
so the elf assistant dashed up and down stairs
Mom was given a discount when the bill was paid
so they stopped at a café for sweet lemonade
Millie wore her shiny boots all the way home
stopping off to show them to her pal Ted gnome.
Nursery Rhyme 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Eve Roper
03/12/21
Categories:
millipede, fun,
Form: Rhyme
She's a black cigar
when i touch her crawling body
she curls, like my fist
Categories:
millipede, animals,
Form: Haiku
Just moving about on its two rows of countless legs
looks to me a most complicated
and complex concern of the
millipede.
I wonder how its motor nerves ensure synchronization
of a milli-leg motion so that not a single
leg may ever accidentally
impede
the smooth movement of the rest of its legs, avoiding
errors that might cause either limb
entanglements or a weird
stampede,
a blunder the millipede would rather keep to itself
and guard against being gossiped
about by creepers like cousin
centipede!
Categories:
millipede, animals
Form: Tail-rhyme