This was one of the first poems I wrote when new at Poetry Soup.com five years ago and I received a wonderful welcome from the lovely poetess Connie Marcum Wong.
White daisy's in a wicker basket
graced the tiny metal casket
where his lifeless body now lay..
Family and friends wrought with grief
shook their heads in disbelief,
as he was only ten years to the day..
His story made the news with it's
familiar tragic hues and the politicians
had their say..
People gathered on that street, lighting
candles, placing wreaths in remembrance
of where he was slayed..
The sun still shines on this space, his spilt
blood cleansed to not a trace but what a price
his community has paid..
What kind of world have we created
when young lives can be negated falling'
victim to gun violence every day..
It is amazing how you can write poems
centered on a particular subject. Here
goes.
Horn COVID Haiku
were educated
COVID can be negated
then we celebrated
a raker of dough
about COVID always know
away we should throw
we will need some gas
have found COVID in the grass
found by some big brass
when we took a poll
use COVID for birth control
on us takes a toll
times were looking bleak
COVID caused dead bodies to wreak
shots must try to seek
what if we will croak
COVID caused us to be broke
no joke had a stroke
went on the double
COVID had caused much trouble
had to burst his bubble
was perfectly clear
we will not want COVID here
God made it disappear
should have unloaded
was COVID that exploded
always avoided
what had been exact
COVID trouble does attract
so we should subtract
prayed to God above
COVID did kill a poor dove
out window we should shove
time we are biding
COVID destroyed by Biden
now have glad tiding
in church we cherish
prayed for COVID to perish
had been night mareish
we must be up front
COVER here never will want
a Trump stupid stunt
E-pidemic
S-pread's
T-errible
R-isk
E-mploys
L-ethal
L-ink's
I-nfection
T-o
A-ttack
A-s
S-ilent
U-nknown's
N-asty
C-ontagion
I-s
O-utrightly
N-egated
Topic: Birthday of Estrellita D. Asuncion (June 16)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
G-rime
I-s
N-egated
A-s
C-oronavirus
A-pplies
R-espiratory
I-llness
N-astily
A-tracking
N-ose
Topic: Birthday of Gina Carinan (April 29)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
L-ife
A-bates
V-iral
I-nfection
N-icely
I-mplementing
A-lcohol
A-s
G-rimes
A-re
N-egated
Topic: Birthday of Lavinia Agan (April 28)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
F-ine
L-ight
O-bliterates
R-ainy
E-vening
J-ust
E-rasing
A-nother
N-ight
M-ist
E-ven
D-ark
I-s
N-egated
A-new
Topic: Birthday of Flore Jean D. Medina (October 01)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic