evenfall
clad in dark green.
sable,
outflanking she.
gray wispy clouds flee;
moonglow slight.
the wolf,
silently
present.
present, his
aroused eyes
shushing irises
long hair, leaves on canvas
howl.
dark brush brightens moon.
5/7/2020
Pick-A-Title, Vol 17 - Yalto - Poetry Contest
Yalto Form: 3,4,2,4,5,3,2,3,2,3,3,5, 6,1,5 syllables.
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
Categories:
outflanking, dark,
Form: Verse
Winter walks away
through spring mud
and melting snow,
face weighted in frown,
Napoleon fists unclenched
in humiliating retreat,
his Grande Armee of cold,
ice and wind
dying on their feet
utterly depleted
never to fully recover
in truth,
Winter was once
Emperor,
outflanking Autumn,
outsmarting snowplows,
outraging motorists,
and quite possibly
overestimating himself
Categories:
outflanking, winter,
Form: Free verse
Love is a deep desire, a longing ache,
and a passion, oft tethered to a wish.
And like a decadent chocolate cake,
so delicious you want to lick the dish.
Love is a bond that never gets broken,
outflanking logic; it assumes control.
And stronger than any promise spoken,
born in the heart, it migrates to the soul.
Love is a highly addictive feeling;
once you have felt it, nothing else will do.
And that feeling can leave your heart reeling;
when you realize its effects on you.
Love's candle burns an ethereal flame;
within its light, there is no shame or blame.
Categories:
outflanking, 10th grade, beautiful, emotions,
Form: Sonnet
Expectation's misdemeanors
outflanking volition
infringed upon experience's
self-imposed options,
griping on about whirlwind's
imposing velocity to
which atmospheric pressure
has naught resolving power
whence high tide pressure rises
persuading tendencies,
universe hardly questions 'why'
to phenomenons' meddle,
psychobabble' s deliberations
deluding prospective trespasses,
conclusive interpretation hence life
is but a crapshoot game of chance
Categories:
outflanking, allegory, hyperbole, philosophy,
Form: Carpe Diem