Is it forbidden?
How far will I go to love?
Africa is home
I Said How Can We
Imagine How Any End
So Deserved Only
Claimed By Ordinary
Subset Extra-Ordinary
Can Be Unwillingly Spoke,
Folks?
All The Buried Deeper Bones,
And The Callous Acclaim
Should Lessen The Blow
With Decayed Sensitivity,
The Best Acclaim
AccliMATEd!!!
Winner! WINNER!!!
DING-A-LING-ADING-DING!
STAND if you can... and blah blah blah...
-Gray Squirrel
03-19-2026
I was debating with myself whether
to go for a walk,
You know, one of those silly kinda
talk,
At first, my mind said yes and then no,
My feet, though they were aching,
said, “No excuses, let’s go”.
Cautiously, I walked through the
tree-lined country lane,
The cobblestone pathway was
full of bends and curves,
Going out just after it had rained,
probably wasn’t sane,
I murmured, Walking cheers you up
and might help my arthritic pain,
hoping to calm my nerves.
Slow and steady was my pace,
too afraid to chance a brisk,
The fresh scent left by the rain was
crisp and refreshing,
The touch of a gentle breeze played
with my hair,
Oh, that passing autumn breeze
was a mischievous tease.
As I sat sipping my cup of warm
ginger tea,
I recalled the sounds of the birds' tweeting and the sadness from
seeing the russet, orange and yellow leaves falling from the trees, a
reminder of autumn’s harshness,
Yes, the wet leafy surface was risky,
But with less pain in my feet now,
that Autumn walk was a worthy
risk.
By Zyrool
I braced my heart
The moment I found you
Too risky, perhaps
But what’s riskier still
Than never daring at all?
Thankful, that an earthquake hadn't struck
on another nervous day of luck,
I sat, and from my coffee cup, I supped,
hoping a volcano wouldn't interrupt,
not knowing that in the heavens, sped
an asteroid pointed at my head.
Tiny and trembling,
the ant on its leaf-raft,
each ripples a new world....
The rush of the current,
and the stillness of the leaf,
are not the same...
The panic of separation,
and that haunting feeling,
of a colony left behind...
The vastness of the river,
and unknown horizons?
And home so distant now....
The quiver of antennae,
sensing unfamiliar scents,
carried on the breeze...
That fleeting security,
six legs gripping tight,
on this fragile green island...
Whatever the journey's end,
uncertainty reigns supreme,
and the weight of insignificance,
may often overwhelm,
in this unplanned adventure...
Survival is also sometimes,
a silent prayer,
that the universe might hear.
Our lives were always at high risk in that small town of loonies.
Ironically, we still take calculated risks in cities;
Where we found our true selves, no longer need each other's pities.
Love is a risky business,
It demands a level head.
You must choose a partner wisely,
Or you might wish that you were dead.
If you trust your intuition,
It should help you lead the way.
If you go into it blindly,
You can bet you'll rue the day.
But if you meet someone special,
Don't hold back the way you feel.
When your heart is fully open,
Then they'll know your love is real.
Take it from me, for this I know,
Don't turn your heart to stone.
The path will be a bitter end,
And you'll wind up all alone.
It was a risky proposition.
yet they held no inhibition.
Then formed a coalition.
obtained the disposition.
And it became a mission.
to make the acquisition
Ancient gold exhibition.
Had the right condition.
with all inside position.
Ran Into opposition.
Hadn't figured on sedition.
Stan the finger in suspicion
put through the iquisition.
Couldn't explain his transition.
One slug the ammunition
He's a ghostly apparition.
In moldy decomposition.
It was a risky proposition.
Skiing steep sloped slaloms one snowy week,
Knowing my courses from every stark peak.
In whiteouts of bitter blizzards bleak
Which lacked hazards to frighten me to freak.
Nothing was too risky to stop my streak,
Getting ski heroes poled into a creek.
R-abid
E-pidemic
C-ontagiously
A-pplies
C-oronavirus
U-sing
B-rutal
E-nemy's
R-isky
O-nerousness
Topic: Birthday of Reca Cubero (May 23)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-isky
A-ilment
M-akes
E-pidemic's
E-eriness
Z-one
A-s
N-asty
A-ttack
S-ilently
I-nfects
M-ankind
Topic: Birthday of poetess Rameeza Nasim (May 10)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
A-void
R-abid
A-ilment
B-y
E-vading
L-ethal
L-ink
A-bout
N-asty
I-nfection's
E-pidemic
A-s
B-etter
A-lcohol
N-eatly
E-rases
R-isky
O-utbreak
Topic: Birthday of Arabella Nie Abanero (April 28)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
D elusional
A pathetic
N arcissistic
G randiose
E gotistical
R isky
J-ust
A-void
I-nfection
N-icely
E-vading
B-rutality
A-s
R-isky
C-ontact
E-ventually
L-ets
L-ungs
A-cquire
N-asty
O-utbreak
Topic: Birthday of Jaine Barcellano (April 19)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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