Look Closely
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Written: May 21, 2024, For Edward Ibeh Contest
“If you look closely you can see that they are all interconnected, symbolic of a never-ending circle in which it is simply impossibl...
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Categories:
sappiness, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Harbinger of Time
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Written: March 4th 2024
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Whilst waiting patience is a probity,
swifter straddling startled savvy scare
strong for people enduring anguish
tro...
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Categories:
sappiness, analogy, time,
Form: Free verse
Ella Fells A Fella
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Ella peripherals the scene,
instantly onboard. (A ship of fool.)
An onlooker, a poor dead-wood, looks, to be
particle_lurely bored.
Then another quip came to her
a...
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Categories:
sappiness, art,
Form: Narrative
Smitten Alligator Falls In Love
...He is too smitten, totally gaga said the African lioness queen.
I have tried to dissuade him, but I am not the kind to be mean.
Why is he in love with you? Asked her brother, male Lion.
Not sure, ...
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Categories:
sappiness, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Azure Sky Divine Stroke
...Written: September 30, 2023
Sponsored by: Silent One Pick a Colour Contest
"There is my body, in it an ocean formed of his glory, all the creation, all the uni...
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Categories:
sappiness, analogy, appreciation, beauty, color,
Form: Rhyme
Unveiling the True Meaning of Love
...Written: September 21, 2023
True Love Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori
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In a world wher...
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Categories:
sappiness, analogy, appreciation, beauty, inspirational
Form: Rhyme
A Winged Messenger of Joy
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Today, a small yellow butterfly brought me joy,
and the delightful fluttering . . . I did enjoy:
symbolizing an angel blessing from above,
like the kisses of heavenly angels of love...
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Categories:
sappiness, joy,
Form: Couplet
Convince Me
...Convince me I am wrong to assume
You only mean for me the best,
For I am prone to believe your words
In them your intentions seem manifest.
Holding feelings very close to my chest
Your complim...
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Categories:
sappiness, how i feel, spoken
Form: Quatrain
Unsappy Happy Talk
...I said to my son,
He said back to me,
To be honest with us,
I'm worried
We want to be happy
while bypassing disciplines of left-brain healthy
is not too right-brain cooperatively sappy.
Bu...
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Categories:
sappiness, analogy, caregiving, happiness, health,
Form: Political Verse
Trust Me Baby This Is Love
...At dusk, his eyes, dark brown. At once I melt.
Again, and yet again, with each sweet kiss.
Bright stars! He’s asked to marry me. He knelt,
With “trust me baby this is love,” in this
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Categories:
sappiness, proposal,
Form: Sonnet
Sappiness Like Syrup
...SAPPINESS LIKE SYRUP
fire and ice do battle in our nation
politicking in a clash of thought
droughts of desperation
keep our havens burning
shoulder blizzards frozen white,
wh...
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Categories:
sappiness, america, fire, snow,
Form: Free verse
Friends Or More
...I have so many keys,
But the only one I want is the one to your heart.
I would swim the seven seas,
So we'd never have to be apart.
I no longer need the sun,
Because your smile lights up my ...
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Categories:
sappiness, best friend, happiness, heart,
Form: Prose Poetry
As We Met
...As We Met
A glimpse of you in a wonderful day
Brought storm and I was swept away
Crept and crawled in depth of your gaze
Devastated,...
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Categories:
sappiness, beautiful, cute love, emotions,
Form: Abecedarian
Burnt
...Scorched, alone, I stand ensconced, waiting for a sign,
watching moonlight’s flight at night, looking for what’s mine,
I’ll scour stars for paths to take, and slake my thirst for fun,
resentment stai...
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Categories:
sappiness, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
A Friendship
...You made me smile and knew my thoughts
Words need not to be spoken for they were caught.
We listened to each other very carefully
We hung on each and every thought prayerfully.
We shared laug...
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Categories:
sappiness, best friend, betrayal, change,
Form: Classicism
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