Imagination Numbers Poems

Not a professional contest-enterer, because I am not paid, but whee…
I have entered a bunch of contests, -actually six thousand and three.
This is a numbers...

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zillions-
amounts beyond
our imagination
like the depth of infinity-
worthless

zillions-
open-ended
eluding summation
endless quantities revealing
nothing


May 13, 2023

Writing Challenge - 'Z' Words Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Constance La France
Word Chosen: Zillions No. 5
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The Clock

dial bright-white
imposed with
bold-black numbers

scored sounding
repetitive

like 1-2, 1-2, 1-2
or
tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock

dial colors
contrasted

tick-tock sounds
perfect precision.

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
August 16, 2018 (Imagism)...

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When I was young, I noticed
Many adults stopped aging at 39.
Had something to do with Jack Benny
And trying to hold back time.
 
Then I noticed something...

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Remember Paint-by-Numbers?
I loved them as a kid.
You filled in all the numbered spaces
Marked out on the grid.

You had your plastic pots of paint,
Each one a...

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Ever since I have stepped into modernization, I have been pinched with values of the ancestors,
I cannot believe that the inside does not reflect the...

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The number seven carries me away
Where imagination and numerology have a stay.
Dreams live celebrating each new day
Free from realities and evil’s prey.

Seven years of praying...

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Black ice in Snowtown
Sleet and hail bash the Snowman
Wee Snowgirl just born.


Sun burst in Snowtown
White on white - the valley peeps 
Dazzling winter bride.


All's hushed...

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I like my hobbies and crafts
Keeps me busy when I'm not
One of the weirdest things,
That I ever got....
Was a "Paint By Numbers" set,
But fun it...

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