Short Gainst Poems

Fingernails gainst the chalkboard grate
Eat your veggies and clean your plate...

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hammering ‘gainst wood
not that pesky woodpecker ~
spinning nemesis

1/23/2023...

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P  A  I  N




P   anic

A   gainst  

I    nsensational

N   agging



Travis “Ceijaeh” Klein...

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O-ne
R-ound
L-oss
A-gainst
N-o
D-efeat
O-pponent

Topic: Poet (Orlando Belo) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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      no Oak looked
             finer 
     with Hern naked
         'gainst it's
              bold


...

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   'gainst mine bedroom
               paint
      Just as the sun's
              Beam
          hern naked
               she...

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time races onward
                              race 'gainst fatigueless moments
                                      time wins every time...

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K-ing
R-edeemer
I-s
S-howing
M-ight
A-gainst
E-vil

Topic: Birthday of Krismae Ann Mangrubang (March 30) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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stripped maple branches
shivering 'gainst gusts of wind
~ fall first snowflakes



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on July 14, 2021...

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G-et
I-nto
N-eat
A-tmosphere

B-y
U-sing
H-ygiene
A-gainst
T-hreat

Topic: Birthday of Gina T. Buhat (June 02) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Imagination's bluebirds sweetly sing
  lilting melodies, bluebells spring
    to life, adorn verdant hills
a breeze whispers warm ~ 'gainst winter's will...

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J-ust
H-ope
A-gainst
O-pportunity

B-y
U-sing
E-xecuted
N-otable
O-ath

Topic: Birthday of Jhao M. Bueno (January 28)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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M-irth 
I-n 
M-ind 
I-s 

G-oing 
A-gainst 
M-ire 
B-ecause 
O-f 
L-aughter 

Topic: Birthday of Mimi Gambol (July 15) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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R-oad 
O-f 
S-alvation 
E-ndorses 

V-erity 
A-gainst 
L-ies 
D-enying 
E-vil 
Z-one 

Topic: Birthday of Rose Valdez (May 10) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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J-ust
E-mploy
L-ove
L-etting
Y-our

M-ind
E-njoy
D-espite
R-age
A-gainst
N-oble
O-bjective

Topic: Birthday of Jelly Medrano (July 26) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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love your offspring,                                                                                                 
for soon, off they will spring like frogs gainst morning dew...

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Dark you glow 'gainst the
shade of my lightness.

In ya go, outcha go
no doubt about it.

Butterflies, lullabies
much way around it.

Do I care? Do you care?
Let's think about it....

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    I heard her whisper
            “james”
            “james”

   And my eyes closed
         as my head
      in slow motion
           pressed
    'gainst the down...

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D-o
H-ope
A-bout
Y-our

D-ream
E-xpecting
G-ain
U-ntil
Z-enith
M-ave s
A-gainst
N-egativity

Topic: Birthday of Dhay Deguzman (February 07) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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H-ands
E-vade
N-asty
R-aunch's
Y-ucky

K-ind
E-mploying
N-otable
D-efense
A-gainst
L-ethal
L-ink

Topic: Birthday of poet Henry Kendall (April 18)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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R-egards
O-f
N-oble
A-uthor
L-et
D-ay
O-f

C-elebrant
A-pply
N-atal
L-ockdown
A-gainst
S-ickness

Topic: Birthday of Bro. Ronaldo Canlas (March 31) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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J-ust 
U-se 
L-uck 
I-n 
E-xcellence 
T-o 

F-ight 
A-gainst 
J-inx 
A-s 
R-adiant 
D-awn 
O-pens 

Topic: Birthday of Juliet Fajardo (December 30) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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G-lobal
W-ar's
E-nhanced
N-ation

H-ygiene
A-gainst
R-ecent
W-uhan
O-utbreak
O-bliterates
D-isease

Topic: Birthday of poetess Gwen Harwood (June 08) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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F-ight
A-gainst
T-he devil
I-s ordered by 
M-aker of the world, 
A-s the chosen

M-angles lies
A-t the
E-nd.

Topic: Birthday of Fatima Mae Velasquez (May 13) 
Form: Acrostic Ninette...

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L-uminosity
O-f
R-adiance
A-t
D-awn
E-mits
L-oveliness

A-s
N-ewness
U-ses
L-ight
A-gainst
O-bscurity

Topic: Birthday of Loradel E. Anulao (December 29)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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