apart by miles
separated by time
neither makes a move to change it
both happy to be free of their annoying sibling
Mandarina duck was bragging a teensy bit
Blue jay heard of it, and threw a giant fit
She was speaking of her crest as if it was unique
I have a crest also, Bart the blue jay did speak
Mandarina duck preened, showing off her black and white trim.
I have that too, Bart pointed out to a cardinal named Jim.
Jim flew off, not wanting to get into this turmoil
Mandarina duck made fun of the jay; his anger now on boil
I am the most colorful with my browns, rusts, and copper colors.
Bart the blue jay was told of this bragging by his mischievous brothers.
Mandarina duck has the ugliest beak, it is such a dull blah red.
These enemies held on to this grudge until both were dead.
They might have been friends, if they had tried even a bit.
But she was such an opinionated duck, and he was a bit of a chit.
Jealousy!
The path to every evil,
destruction, insecurity.
A powerful feeling,
common among youth.
Leading to rivalry and enmity.
Causing spies at work.
Deafening sound of actions.
Leading to broken home,
and shattered hearts.
Jealousy!
proves it gravity with depression.
Suppresses boldness and confidence.
An enemy to progression.
Making one suffer a great loss.
once a char maid Cinderella
had hard time finding a fella
she crashed a party
thought herself smarty
outplayed Anastasia and Drizella
Rivalry
innocuous dispute
through the spaces between
the cat and the mouse...
As ignorant men
fight for money
and dogs for garbage...
Oklahoma, Texas Rivalry
Miracle Man
6/17/2022
I reside in a town that has a small lake,
growing up, with this lake I formed a bond.
Once, a visiting Texas friend gave me his take,
he said that in Texas it’d be considered a pond.
another day
another squabble
between kids siblings
trying to be a first
for everything.
who gets to hug mommy goodbye.
who gets to sit on daddy's lap.
who gets to brush their pearly whites early morn'
who gets to play with the teddy bear.
who should get a bigger slice of whatever pie.
who gets what gift from Santa,
etc., etc.
mom and dad simultaneously
referee and pull their hairs out
in frustration.
Date written: 12/24/2021
Next Fight
How easy is it for countries who are friends
To become enemies and go to war?
Like Britain and Argentina in the 80s
Argentina bought British warships
Their crews trained here in 81
But in 82 they invaded the Falklands
We were at war and we won that war
But hundreds on both sides were killed
This is one example of conflict
It can and will happen again
Who will we fight next?
from LIZARD SNAIL 124K
Nick Armbrister and other writers
The rivalry
disputes spaces and fights as
landowner and landless
cat and mouse ...!
Ignorant men
fight over money
equal to dogs for garbage ...
Beastly Betty badly breaks her brother’s
Buttocks with a bat upon his butt.
Broken, beaten brother barely bothers
Bellowing at bawdy Betty. But
Because bad blood between both babe and bro
Builds baleful bias brought by Betty's bane,
Beleaguered Bob bestows a bitter blow.
By blasting boiling bile on Betty's brain.
,
The child was getting tired of being teased
Words flowed from her brother's mouth unfiltered
Had he more vocabulary he'd spew.
She didn't care on that morning if she pleased
She went to the icebox unbewildered
milk threw
We all stood in shock, except her brother
Drenched to the degree of being drowned, whew!
But equal to his cruel out of kilter
words. He's thinking there's ways other to
stir stew
Here in the south sometimes we say of a person that they are stirrer of trouble and we used some different terminology(vocabulary) sometimes.
I used icebox instead because refrigerator would not fit, so going back to my youth when some people still had an icebox.
My understanding of this form is 11 lines. Ten syllables per line except for the 6th line and the 11th line which are suppose to be two one syllable words or a one two syllable word which both syllables are pronounced equally. Really don't understand stressed and unstressed. LOL
Rhyme scheme is : a,b,c,a,b,c d,c,b,d,c
Sicilia, a beautiful island
With a very bloody plan
A few families at war
Murder, corruption and more
Vincento was a street soldier
Marie was a hitmans daughter
With their hearts full of lust
A secret romance is a must
As they belong to warring families
With no trust and rivalries
They couldn't keep their love apart
As they tried so very hard
Marie always in Vincento's arms
Defenceless to his charms
The families learned of the romance
Threatening murder at first glance
So Vincento and Marie ran away
Boarding a ship, destination USA
they wed in secret under different names
Vincento and Marie James,
After the towns priest
Who fought for Sicilian peace
Settled down to start a new family
Travelling in shadows constantly
Just waiting for the time they're caught red faced
In mafia wars love has no place
Always looking over their shoulder
But love strengthens as they get older
Hiding in a town that no Sicilian goes
Will they live forever? No one knows
There are many things to gain when we share,
Jealous rivalry arrives after we will compare;
Become bitter,
Then quitter;
In the end, presence has become hard to bare.
Jim Horn
For this has men ceased not to tell
Why plead heaven to stop earth's hell
Is it to end their daily struggle
And make their world a paradise resemble
Or forsake their responsibility
With a higher sense of vanity
Are men tired to suck the earth
Bringing upon untimely death
Men's heart shall forever fickle
Attending to a more profiting tickle
Each to another a hating Judas
Awaiting another man's downfall alas
They wear mantles of endless deception
Like the deadly act of a snake's conception
What started at breakfast they finished at supper
Oblivious to the rumbles of tomorrow's hunger
More of sinners and less repenters
They define friendship with tongues of banters
What better use is language to men
But to profess friendship forever not
dear
Every man a stranger in a crowd of strangers
Trading dignitaries for a better chance of survival
For this shall men lack words to tell
Why plead heaven to stop Earth's hell
Jealious Rivalry
To preserve a Politician's personal survival
Realize they may be jealous of another rival;
When challenged by
Much harder must try.
And do expose all without having a deprival.
Jim Horn
Horn Political Poem Series.
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