*Image of Pelosi Leaves Taipei by BBC.
Terra Incognita
Diurnal moments margin in my head,
As metamorphosis pirouettes hands,
Nightmarish recall exit none be said,
An armistice mosey in of spilt sands.
Logjam beliefs wane gains, prosperity,
Erring hand fingered an island nation,
Right foresees windfall, voters clarity,
Left wins Red China, lost the election.
Past oversights also recent letdowns,
Amiss twentieth, twenty-first embed,
Ruse an angle nefarious look rounds,
Dame be a torpedo full speed ahead!
It is a jigsaw board, a puzzling face,
An instance period to bygone years,
A world in awe as one alters a pace,
A nation benign oddity brew peers.
2022 August 25
*2nd Place*
This or That, Vol 13
~~Edward Ibeh: Judged 2022 September 04
Terra Incognita
Categories:
oversights, betrayal, bullying, history, power,
Form: Quatrain
1.Corrosion
Consisting
Of
Red
Rusting
Old
Steel
Iron
Oxidizing
Naturally
2.Signature
Singing
Involving
Guarantying
Noting
Approval
Though
Using
Required
Etching
3.Seal
Something
Etched
Approving a
Letter
4.Confused
Crisscrossing
Original
Notion
Frustrating
Using
Sounds
Equally
Disturbing
5.Cuddle
Continuous
Unity
Divine
Declaration of
Love
Evolving
6.Subconscious
Sealed
Under the
Brain
Continuing
Over
Numerous
Sections
Causing
Internal
Oversights
Using our
Subconscious
7.Attach
Adhering
Together
Two
Agreeably
Clutching
Harmonious
8.Surprise
Shocking
Us
Repeatedly
Possessing
Radical
Internal
Scary
Events
9.Contort
Causing
Our thought’s
Now
Turning
Over
Repeatedly
Twisting them
10. Align
Angles
Lined
In a
Goal
Naturally
Contest: 10 Word Challenge 1
Sponsored By: Kai Michael Neumann
Date Created: 08/31/2019
N/A Winners were not Chosen
Categories:
oversights, words,
Form: Acrostic
It must be tough to edit,
Searching calmly for mistakes,
Whether spelling or grammatical,
That every author makes.
Still, it bothers me when reading
And some errors have slipped by,
Causing me to wonder, how much
Did this edit-person try?
First an idiom I noticed –
“Chock it up” instead of “chalk.”
Just to clarify, I Googled;
I was justified to balk.
Next, a character is asked,
At someone’s house, to shed his shoes.
Yet, upon a piano’s pedals,
Those same sneakers he does use.
You might think it’s nits I’m picking
But such errors hit a nerve
For the oversights of editors
We readers don’t deserve.
Categories:
oversights, writing,
Form: Rhyme
“Each new day is ‘Day One’ for the rest of your life!”
When you say it like that, does your future seem dire?
Just how bad was it really (the fight with your wife)?
Tempers burn through the night! Is tomorrow on fire?
‘Day One’ sounds so hopeful, it feels like fresh start,
Tomorrow’s enigma, a cloud on horizon,
Could grow or just dissipate, future is art!
We're all wandless wizards and human; we wizen.
‘Day One’ says to my heart that forgiveness is mine,
Which authority thank then for making this real?
Who's the source of this spark? Does your cleverness shine?
Can it ever be yours, mon amour, if you steal?
‘Day One’ simplifies life (for all records burn,)
All oversights vanish with debts others owe us
(Most gifts that we welcome we give in return),
All people who live there now thrive on forgiveness.
‘Day One’ is a seed that mocks ‘Paradise Lost,’
That everyone plants to serve Love in their garden
In loving yourself, you serve life at no cost!
I nurture forgiveness for Grace is my pardon!
Long Tooth
July 19, 2017
Categories:
oversights, happiness, life,
Form: Quatrain
Love each day,together living
Mistakes,oversights,forgiving;
Love adores and hold dear
Open,honest and sincere;
Love is lifelong lasting
Every moment tender tasting;
Love to savour and to relish,
Each to uphold and cherish.
Categories:
oversights, love,
Form: Romanticism
Warm apricot jam is this life.
Jam melted running into corners is
where lessons are learned; a
little hard or real hard ones in succession.
Ideas, ideals that we dream of
become those valuable hard lessons.
In time we see they are which
produce character, these are a must.
Mistakes, oversights, wrongs must be
lived over and lived over and lived
again until we learn the lessons to
life, which will forever be
ingrained into our being, then understood
End line: A quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson
A Finish
A bright clear light of the rising sun
Reveals the dark corners are now clean
The Apricot Jam has changed into clear light
All the lessons are melded into one fine character
Inspired by HGarvey Daniel Esquire's contest
Categories:
oversights, introspection,
Form: Free verse
PHRASIS STREAMS part 5
Inwardly afraid,perfunctory &peripheral
the how&what of our choosing,these
whispered sounds of tender lasting
moments,ever seeking a rationale.
Waiting&wondering to pursue that
inner voice or proven better way.
Such a blinkered view so innocently
implored,innate but creative,these sounds
of words around a theme of venial
mistakes and oversights which knows
no bounds.Now to reason out & uncipher
or turnabout and startover.A chrysalis
changed & completely new,ready for the
fray,never to succumb.Uppermost in
the heart,a life of a different hue each
day a new surprise,soothing selfless&
sincere a challenge ,too sublime.
from my Streams of Consciousness 2003
Listen to me recite this part phrasis on youtube under my pen name ichthys chiro
Categories:
oversights, poems, poetry,
Form: Verse
Dangling; from the ledge of impervious fate
Blindfolded; step beyond the intangible gate
Blunders; veer around deceptive curves
Pull up those bootstraps; then tighten those spurs
Rely on the inevitable; oh, fools beware
Oversights and cover ups; but who will care
You thought you'd taken all your hits
Indiscretion; missed purpose just by an inch
And the cliffhanger still awaits
10/17/2013
Categories:
oversights, image, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Dane
Short, sensitive, long-suffering, loving
Sister of: Ray and Charme, who are strong, precious, and amazing.
Lover of: Right Choices, Loyal friendships, and my soul mate, Ingrid.
Who feels peaceful, loved by many, and ecstatic in nature’s embrace,
Who fears unintentional hurt, oversights, and misunderstandings!
Who would like to see: world peace, family together, and more poetry
Resident of Live Oak, Florida
Smith-Johnsen
January 31, 2011
If you are a member of my facebook Poet group, please post your Bio there, too. It is the morning
challenge. I want to know you better. Thanks for your friendship...everyone! Lovingly, Dane Ann
Categories:
oversights, brother, family, introspection, love,
Form: Bio
< Pallets profusely pulsating
Over organic originals
Emotions enormously emerge
Through trident times
Relic rejoice recant
Yes yearn yourself
Solid structure's sanction
Open optional opinions
Understudy understand unity's
Poetry's passionate's pulse
Because beauty bestows
Over oversights objection
Widespread whispers wanted
Leaving lasting longevity
Entry For
Adeleke Adeite's
Acrostic
Poetic Picture Of Poetry Soup
G.L. All
Categories:
oversights, adventure, dedication, education, fantasy,
Form: Acrostic
Love each day,together living
Mistakes,oversights,forgiving;
Love adores and hold dear
Open,honest and sincere;
Love is lifelong lasting
Every moment tender tasting;
Love to savour and to relish,
Each to uphold and cherish.
Categories:
oversights, inspirational, love,
Form: Romanticism