M-ay
Y-our
R-ighteous
A-im
R-emarkably
E-levate
Y-our
N-ame
A-s
L-ife
D-efeats
O-bstacles
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Monocrostic (Birthday of Myra Reynaldo)
Mythical Myra lived in my mind
She was my bestie – lovely and kind
A terrific listener when I had to unwind
Giving me honest suggestions, not easy to find
A wonderful secret, enjoyable to keep
She usually conversed during deep sleep
In my dream, drove a classy Barbie-like jeep
The kind never found in a junkyard heap
Mythical Myra lived in my mind
She was my bestie – lovely and kind
A terrific listener when I had to unwind
Giving me honest suggestions, not easy to find
A wonderful secret, enjoyable to keep
She usually conversed during deep sleep
In my dream, drove a classy Barbie-like jeep
The kind never found in a junkyard heap
Alluring, bewitching, captivating, Myra the maid
Engaging, entrancing, enchanting, to the young blade
Her mannerisms and behaviors are most delightful
Words of charming advice, empathetic, and insightful
He brought her home to meet his overbearing mama
She slipped out a side door and rode home on a llama
Confident she could do better than this
A glorious woman who remained forever a miss
All of her life pursued by eager suiters day and night
Never settling, retaining herself, they could not extinguish her light
Have some birthday cake Ellie said to her cousin Myra.
He asked what it tasted like.
This was 1931, it was a worldwide depression.
We did not often have cake.
Especially cake with frosting.
Come here, she said.
Giving him a taste of the icing with her finger.
His brown eyes lit up as if it was a magical day.
Maybe the world was not sad after all.
They exchanged huge smiles.
M-orbid mystery implements
Y-ucky spread and contagion;
R-abid risk and vicious virus
A-pply invisible infection.
M-orbid mystery employs
O-nerous outbreak and menace;
S-ilent snowball uses
T-errible threat of sickness.
O-bliterate the lethal
L-ink of jeopardy;
E-liminate the dreaded danger,
S-top the morbid mystery.
Topic: Birthday of Myra N. Mostoles (June 16)
M-y
Y-early
R-emembrance
A-re
M-aking
I-ndividual
R-eader
A-nd
N-atal
D-ay
A-mazing
Topic: Birthday of Myra B. Miranda (November 12)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
D-evotion
A-pplies
N-uptial
T-houghts
E-mploying
&
M-atrimony's
Y-early
R-emembrance
A-s
C-ouple
I-s
L-etting
L-ove
A-ssure
N-ice
O-ccasion
Topic: Anniversary of Dante & Myra Cillano (April 27)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-y
Y-early
R-egards
A-nd
R-emembrance
E-ndorse
Y-our
N-iceness
A-s
L-ovely
D-ay
O-pens
Topic: Birthday of Myra Reynaldo (April 23)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-itigate
Y-ucky
R-aunch
A-s
M-ystery
O-f
R-isk
A-pplies
L-ethally
E-pidemic
S-pread
Topic: Birthday of Myra E. Morales (April 19)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-user's
Y-early
R-egards
A-re
G-ladly
A-pplied
B-y
I-mplementing
S-tatement
A-bout
N-ame
Topic: Birthday of Myra R. Gabisan (December 06)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-ay
Y-ou
R-ead
A-wesome
V-erse
I-n
L-ovely
L-ine's
A-crostic
Topic: Birthday of Myra Villa (August 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Truth be told
I no longer want deaths and wars
Come part the horizon, Jesus
Christ come now to receive us
If there were a Santa I want only just to know his true origin
What I want for Christmas, love and freedom
Twas just a mist, history insist
The Legend of St. Nicholas
Give me thoughts of prayers
To pray for my fellow humans
If there were a Santa I want only just to know his true origin
What I want for Christmas, is for Jesus to come down
Lo O’ fourth-century bishop
Monk named St. Nicholas
Born sometime around 280 A.D.
In Patara, near Myra in modern-day Turkey
If there were a Santa I want only just to know his true origin
What I want for Christmas is for Saint Nicholas to pray with me
Admired for his piety and kindness,
Of many legends called also Father Christmas
You can meet Santa Claus cross the magical Arctic Circle
In Rovaniemi in Lapland, Finland official
You see if there be a Santa, all I want from him
Is to pray for me, for Christ to grant me longevity of life…
Now what do you want for Christmas in this life
12/7/19
What You Want For Christmas Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Gregory Paul
Myra mouse made Micah mad
Spun old Micah turning sad
He runs away to find a bite
For two at Luigi’s diner
Along his way, the red hawk gliding
Overflight above Luigi’s
Quickly spots a dapper mouse
Hawk dumpster dives for dinner
Micah never thought to fly
But in his sadness faced the sky
To plead the spirits justify
His point on Myra’s issue
In a flash, old Micah saw
Foreboding hawk descending fast
Swiftly judgement straight from god
His seasons darting ending
Solid dumpster many gallons
Steel protects him from the talons
The wary hawk then losing sight
His fine-dressed dinner taken flight
Such a scare, the quick decision
Micah swears he’d met his fate
By mercy spared to operate
Forgiveness Micah’s only mission
Finding pizza crust with cheese today
Micah running back the shortest way
Home to share his change of heart
With Myra swiftly dining
Since that day without delay
Old Micah knows the better
Recalls the hawk that fateful day
Turns grace in every manner
M-ay
Y-our
R-ighteous
A-im
R-each
E-normous
Y-ield
N-icely
A-chieving
L-ife's
D-ivine
O-bjective
Topic: Birthday of Myra Reynaldo (April 23)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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