Vogon Poetry Contest
...Mea Culpa, but I Plead not Guilty.
Safe at home,
it was an ordinary day.
I was on PoetrySoup,
reading poems, page by page.
And then, the house shook,
I ran outside,
and to my surprise a ligh...
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Categories:
riz, abuse, adventure, fantasy, horror,
Form: Vogon Poetry
A Loss
...Fear usually gripped my nerves
I dreaded broken bottles my heart perchance be served
To a wetland I could lose you
Little I thought of the deadwood
Ready I to send to the urn any jostler
Alas ...
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Categories:
riz, anxiety, break up, death,
Form: Lyric
lovebirds
...(Inspired by ‘paranoir’ by Riz Mack)
Reckless Jack and fair Jill, youthful hearts aroused,
did scale that hill, less for water, than illicit thrills.
Atop that perilous height, they began a lo...
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Categories:
riz, fairy, humor, image, scary,
Form: Rhyme
Wonder Where the Boidies Is
...Spring has sprung, the grass has riz
Wonder where the boidies is
Up in de sky
So very high
Or up in de trees making boidies kids...
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Categories:
riz, fun,
Form: Limerick
Words Spelled Correct Versus Phonetic Second the Latter Spelling
...w?rdz sp?ld k?'r?kt 'v?rs?s f?'n?t?k 'sp?l??
Ð?s na? b?'g?nz 'fib?l ?'t?mpt
tu 'r?nd?r ra?m f?r no? 'riz?n
?'p?nd?d w?ð f?'n?t?k træn'zle???n
'me?nli æz 'ple?f?l tiz z?n
s?'n?n?m?s ?'mæ??n?? '...
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Categories:
riz, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Wonder Where the Boidies Is
...Spring has sprung, the grass has riz
Wonder where the boidies is
Up in de sky
So very high
Or up in de tree making boidie kids
© Jack Ellison 2015...
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Categories:
riz, fun,
Form: Limerick
Redneck Santa
...T'were the night after Christmas, 'n' the house was all dark.
Not much money for 'lectric in the ol' trailer park.
Ma waitin' tables at the club on the base,
jist me and my sisters alone in the pl...
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Categories:
riz, christmas, parody,
Form: Rhyme
An Elephant's Toe
...It's early spring and what do you know
The corn is as low as an elephant's toe
The grass has riz no sign of rain
Boidies are singing a happy refrain
Feel like jumping and clicking my heels
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Categories:
riz, fantasy, spring,
Form: Couplet
French
...La capitale est Dakar. deux millions de gens habitent en Dakar. Dakar est su pour musuems.
Il est su aussi pour faire les courses.
St. Louis est à la bouche de la Rivière de Sénégal. Ceci est un...
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Categories:
riz, work,
Form: Alliteration
T.G.I. F!
...Can I see him now…
Today is Friday, have you forgotten it?
Can I see her now…
Today is Friday, have you forgotten it?
I won’t take no as an answer,
Today is Friday, have you forgotten it?
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Categories:
riz, family, husband, life, lost
Form: Free verse
O God, the Rat Has a Phobia!
...The rat tiptoed to the house, picks up a thread
While the soft spoken black cat is, still, in bed
Sleepy, but, she is to battle it, to win, for today
To gain her breath, in solitude, for another d...
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Categories:
riz, caregiving, childhood, family, life,
Form: Narrative