Does it not the sight repel
Trying to others compel
Against their wish on a thing
And their ‘’No!’’ did loudly ring?
It can’t to Heaven propel
Deeds that could students expel;
For which phoned cops could one swing;
And one starts flaps of a wing!
Or can one the claim dispel
That mischief maker impels?
God knows that the best defense
Against every felt offence
Is that you’d sat on the fence
Not the counter you offer
Nor the hard blows you prefer.
The spoon appears shallower in a drink
The river appears shallower than it really is
Logics and facts are to be discovered
And man with his intelligence
Will repel
The many refractions of fallacies
Beteern man and science
Between man and man
In our lives
R-epel
M-orbid
S-pread's
H-orrible
A-ilment
N-egating
M-ystery's
U-nknown
G-rime
A-s
M-enacing
C-ontagion
H-as
E-mployed
T-errible
T-hreat
I-n
A-larming
R-isk
Topic: Birthday of poet Rm Shanmugam Chettiar (June 15)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
J-ust
A-bate
V-icious
V-irus'
Y-ucky
R-isk
O-nce
Y-ou
R-epel
O-nerous
S-pread's
E-erie
N-astiness
D-uring
O-utbreak
Topic: Birthday of Bro. Javvy Roy Rosendo (June 12)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-epel
U-nknown
T-hreat's
C-ontagious
H-orror
E-rasing
L-ethal
L-ink's
E-erie
N-astiness
O-nce
V-iral
I-nfection's
C-ontact
I-s
O-bliterated
Topic: Birthday of Rutchelle S. Novicio (June 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Before exploration, encounter ran its course
She wanted simplicity, he tended to soul search
Vixen and Mr. Marriage sprung from alternate reason
Ship containing contradiction was destined to lurch
Pledge of sledge hammer sex initially extended
Revoked by omnipresent insecurity
Prowling for night of abandon, unquenched lust driven
Met his wall built by fear, founded in obscurity
Decay of a dream, mismatched to hers, devoid of care
Love to a morphed charicature, - what motivation?
Superfluous term of submissive whimsy's windblown
Self worth held no place for emotional temptation
Rusted hinges swung between satisfied and longing
Chance to be susceptible to tenderness, renounced
By transient track spanning decades, independent
Her resilience rode solo strengths in endless amounts
21st September 2020
Written for Contest : Decay
Sponsor: Constance La France
13 syllables per line
R-epel
I-nvisible
C-oronavirus
H-aving
Y-our
A-natomy
P-roperly
D-efended
I-n
E-nemy
Z-one
Topic: Birthday of Rich Yap Diez (April 04)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
attract attention
attract and repel
repel the invader
repel mosquitoes
mosquitoes carry malaria
mosquitoes bite
bite the bullet
bite the hand that feeds
feeds on animosity
feeds on carrion
carry on your luggage
carrion eater
eater of flesh
eater of words
words to live by
words of wisdom
wisdom teeth
wisdom comes with age
age of aquarius
age before beauty
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
beauty is only skin deep
deep sea diving
deep six
six hundred threescore and six
six gun
gun collector
gun control
control yourself
control freak
freak out
freak show
show no emotion
show and tell
tell no tales
tell the truth
truth or consequences
truth or dare
dare to be dumb
dare to keep kids off drugs
drugs and drinking
drugs, sex and rock 'n roll
roll out the barrel
roll over beethoven
beethoven ludwig van
beethoven's fifth
fifth amendment
fifth of whiskey
whiskey
amendment
Flip the switch
To prevent the twitch
Before the words propel
The dark side you must repel
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