Short Octameter Poems

post a poem
get scolded
there just waiting
pondering
on his next monometer
thoughts racing for a mimic
on his eight foot octameter
once again pondering
if he'll jolt it for yet another mimic...

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My morning coffee wakes me up for day

my morning coffee
wakes me up for day
as a drink my brew
thinking of my life 
and my dreams came true
ever since met my wife 
that day back in the day
when she came to life

38 years ago
she walked into life
drinking my hot brew 
she made my life go 
I fell into love  
it is all I know 
that day began life
she became my wife 


writing. com octameter poem...

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A Bittersweet Celebration

His wife had died and how he wept
The world he knew had tumbled down 
He recalled what she used to say
Enjoy this day for it will end
They lived as if each one would stop
and not another day shall rise
And happiness was theirs to hold
And now he lived to seize each day
A Carpe Diem he could share
In memory of his poignant loss
A celebration bitter sweet 

Trochaic octameter form
©Ralph Sergi  July 12, 2017...

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A bright today, love came my way, and now we play in life’s array.
We dance away in hope’s ballet, as love’s bouquet is here to stay.
But then I say, I must delay; she might betray, a price to pay.
Will love decay and my love stray, then go away to my dismay?
Or will she stay till we are grey, and then death’s slay take her away?
But either way I rue the day she goes away, and here I stay.



October 6, 2018

Contest: Rhyme Battle XI
Sponsor: Juli-Michelle...

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