Crafted from angel’s tears
Calorie rich, who cares
Cholesterol? Plenty
Comfort food for many
Call me Captain Cheddar
Come hither, dearest cheese
Caress my taste buds, please
I’ve never climbed a mountain
Or gone up in a balloon
And if I never scuba dive,
Well, that will be too soon.
I’ve never rafted rapids,
Para-sailed or water-skied
And as for jumping off a cliff,
I just don’t see the need.
I’ve not trekked in the arctic
Or safaried with a guide
And if I said I wasn’t scared
Of all these things, I lied.
I marvel at adventurers;
They’re made of stronger stuff.
To read about or watch their exploits
Is, to me, enough.
Ten boats rafted together,
Wine time, no mowing the lawn,
Twenty fast friends forever,
Ready for challenges of next dawn!
March 29, 2022
Contest: Lind30 Rhyme
Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke
I walked along the Mississippi shoreline at midnight
Listening to distant barges groaning in the dark
And thinking about Mark Twain
Drifting down the river on a lazy summer day.
It's the same old Mississippi he rafted on,
The same course, just different water.
Those lovers heard the barges groaning, too, I think
Their inner ears occupied, duly registering
The lapping against a solid-steel plate
Restless walks the Mississippi after midnight.
While early barges growl toward another steamy
Summer day, a hint of Twain drifts through
The trees like the subtle perfume the maiden wears
They tell me you can buy anything
Along the Mississippi at midnight.
FIRST PLACE WINNER
C-omposer
H-as
R-ightfully
I-nked
S-ublime
T-heme
E-mploying
L-ovely
L-ine's
E-xcellently
C-rafted
E-xpression
B-y
R-emarkably
E-ndorsing
I-mpressive
R-hyme
O-f
S-weetness
Topic: Birthday of Christelle Cebreiros (November 23)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-essage
A-bout
R-egards
I-s
A-wesomely
C-rafted
E-mploying
C-reativity
I-n
L-ovely
L-ines
A-s
S-cribe
A-pplies
R-eader's
E-xcellent
T-hinking
Topic: Birthday of Maria Cecilla O. Saret (November 25)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
D-ivine
E-xpression
C-rafted
I-n
B-eautiful
A-crostic
L-ets
I-t
N-icely
G-ive
I-nspiring
T-hought
Topic: Birthday of Deci M. Balingit (December 01)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-arvelous
A-uthor
D-elights
E-vent's
L-ady
E-mploying
I-nspiring
N-ote's
E-xcellent
C-onnotation
O-nce
N-oble
C-omposer
E-xecutes
P-oem
C-rafted
I-n
O-ne
N-ame
Topic: Birthday of Madeleine Concepcion (December 03)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
G-ladly
I-nterpret
O-ne
V-erse
A-ppreciating
N-ifty
N-ote's
I-nspiration
B-ecause
O-f
C-omforting
C-omposition
A-s
C-rafted
C-onnotation
I-mplements
O-ptimism
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
G-reetings
A-re
R-ightfully
C-rafted
I-n
A-crostic
A-s
R-eader
E-njoys
L-iterary
L-ines
A-t
N-atal
O-ccasion
Topic: Birthday of Garcia Arellano (December 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-essage
A-bout
R-egards
I-n
C-omposition
A-pplies
R-apturous
D-edication
A-s
N-atal
T-heme
I-s
C-rafted
Topic: Birthday of Maricar Dantic (February 12)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
V-erse
I-s
C-rafted
K-eeping
Y-our
O-ne
B-right
L-ife
I-n
G-lee
A-s
C-omposer
I-mplements
O-utstanding
N-ote
Topic: Birthday of Vicky F. Obligacion (January 24)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-ead
E-very
B-eautiful
E-xpression
C-reatively
C-rafted
A-s
N-oble
A-uthor's
V-erse
A-mazingly
R-elieves
R-uined
E-motion
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-essage
I-s
C-rafted
H-appily
A-nd
E-xcellent
L-ine's
R-ighteous
E-xpression
N-icely
E-mploys
G-reatness
A-s
T-ruth
M-akes
I-t
N-oble
Topic: Birthday of Michael Rene Gatmin (August 26)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
A-n
I-nspiring
C-omposition
O-n
B-irthday
I-s
C-rafted
U-niquely
A-gain
Topic: Birthday of Aico Bicua (July 15)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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