Work Pantoum Poems

A newly shaped poem is composed
Of themes both rare and common.
The poet’s thoughts, it is supposed
Will flow to paper without caution.

Of themes both rare and...

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They started out as acquaintances at work
There was a tiny inkling that she had
She was a waitress, he was the soda jerk
He kind of reminded...

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What of quirks and a flaw or two?
No good but a work of art
I think that is my main draw for you
You may drift away,...

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PANTOUM ON WRITING POETRY
Sponsor's name: L MILTON HANKINS
Date Pantoum was written: December 4th 2022


When the world gets dark and cold,
Your love feels like the warmth...

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This was my entry for Milt's last contest, sadly he passed away before he could judge it.

My lines of romantic Sonnets open a window to...

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We pray for world peace to reign with kindness
midst blest freedom of liberty function
while exercising love and graciousness
affirming brotherly interaction.

Midst blest freedom of liberty function
let’s...

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I think you are a writer par excellence
Your prose and poetry are simply divine
With ebb and flow your phrases make sense,
With remarkable meter and exquisite...

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"Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which 
the grass of indecisiveness does not grow."
~ words of Khalil Gibran


Musings of this poet often run wild
with...

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I wish the best for the Earth's residents
To have peace and freedom restoration
While conquering chaotic incidents
Toward blest genuine liberty function.

To have peace and freedom restoration
True...

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Sadness filled me as I had, upon hearing of his death,
Thoughts of what could have been.
He was my unicorn,
But I married my lobster.

Thoughts of what...

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Christmas Day reminds us of our Savior’s birth,
All in my family know about God’s son, our King.
Glorious days ahead fill us with happy mirth,
Familiar carols...

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ON MUSHROOM HILL (THE WOODCUTTER)

Everyone is so happy, up there on Mushroom Hill
A place of peace and tranquility, and full of cheer
The woodcutter goes about...

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Every morning I go to work
Sever days a week
Ten hours a day
It seems like I hardly get to sleep

Seven days a week
The same old stuff...

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We co-operate or quarrel more?
Sometimes not this, and sometimes not that.
Lockdown, each faces this question sore.
Is there any option in the hat?
Sometimes not this, and...

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At the end of the long and tiresome day,
before I hit the sack for the dreamful night,
after I finish all my work without much delay,
I...

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