life
prizes
for the young
observed by old
health youth and vigor
joy and talent
excitement
hopeful
life
Categories:
prizes, age,
Form: Ninette
The other day I got a flyer
Because I am a frequent flier
And, as you have already guessed
It said I was an 'honoured guest'
In fact, the 'most important one'
And a 'special prize' I had won
I gasped out loud, my breath did bate
And of course, I took the bait
Must be a diamond! (at least a carat)
So l ate the dangled carrot
Newsletters and ads I signed up for
Promotional emails, at least four
Well! I laughed myself completely hoarse
It seems I'd won a bloody horse!
I fell down in shock upon my humerus
The situation no longer humorous
My heart sank low weighed down like lead...
It seems it's up the creek I've been led
Categories:
prizes, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Today I have prizes for them
Because they have been horrible
During my lunch duty
I am going to reward them today
They can choose their own prize
If they get the answers right
I will be very careful
To not call on those who have been exceptionally rude
Wouldn’t you?
Categories:
prizes, school,
Form: Free verse
what the question was
contemplator put on pause
shifting instead into trance reverie
postulating consequences of asymmetry
ballet thus enacted in perfection of delight
treat for the soul yet we are contrite
because what the question was
was by artist put on pause
18-March-2021
Categories:
prizes, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
We prize so much of the physical
which is really just pure vanity
thinking they'll satisfy your every need
but actually, it all questions your sanity
Our greatest gift is our health
what are we without being well
appreciate God's wondrous gift
look after yourself, protect your shell
Our greatest wealth is our contentment
just to know the peace of heart and mind
to be still knowing such a deep calm
this is a real treasure, who indeed can find
Our best relationship is faithfulness
what price can you put on such a thing?
great to know one that sticks close to the end
a faithful friend always through thick and thin
These three prizes are so very great
appreciate them for your own gain
you may lose them if not careful
wrap them around you out of the rain
(Quote:
Health is the greatest gift,
contentment the greatest wealth,
faithfulness the best relationship - Anon. )
Categories:
prizes, faith, health, peace,
Form: Rhyme
I take another lotto chance, a whirl,
Lady Lotto, powers of a girl,
A woman's touch,
I don't ask much,
Lotto can well afford all this,
Winning a prize would be the blip,
Do I have a lucky hunch?
Taking a ticket after lunch,
Do any of us have psychic abilities?
Lady Lotto, please smile on me!
Categories:
prizes, dream, encouraging, hilarious,
Form: Free verse
Ever wonder what difference it might make
To relinquish a trophy for someone else's sake
Who needs a win in their life right then
When you have a history of getting the win?
Ever wonder what difference it might make
To give up what would be easy to take
To realize the other fellow needs to score
While you only crave one laurel more?
Ever wonder what difference it might make
To pass up that honor without being fake
By genuinely setting your own need aside
Helping someone else to crest the tide?
Ever wonder what difference it might make
To learn the value of being opaque?
While seeing another enjoy the limelight
You might gain for yourself a valuable insight.
Categories:
prizes, appreciation, encouraging, giving, perspective,
Form: Quatrain
The media told us for years Brexit was a crisis
Covid came along and mankind aint seen nothing like this
Showing us the media are talk spit ill advisors
dramatizing story lines to reap financial prizes
Categories:
prizes, perspective, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Villanelle : Merchants of the Word make Writers write for Prizes
Merchants of the Word make writers write for prizes
Does not the failed writer pose as house editor
Great treasures of the past were weaned without judges
Prized-writers in our midst make all kinds of noises
Matters little so long as till fills publisher
Merchants of the Word make writers write for prizes
Lope de Vega scorned long-suff'ring Cervantes
His plight mattered only to French Ambassador
Great treasures of the past were weaned without judges
Prized-writers need not fear e'en wise connaisseurs
Don't they write with flourish cocking-eye on reader
Merchants of the Word make writers write for prizes
Does the Nobel go to some who serve lost causes
Or to some who serve publishers like the Booker
Great treasures of the past were weaned without judges
True, ancient poets sang under patronages
Yet those we love most lived life under the jailor
Merchants of the Word make writers write for prizes
Great treasures of the past were weaned without judges
© T. Wignesan - Paris, May 4, 2018
Categories:
prizes, business, literature, poets, words,
Form: Villanelle