Short Paean Poems

Passion ponders
painful predicament

of paean plaudits

plagiarising purity's promise...

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A paean
for all seasons
memories 
of a summer song
to autumn's
golden boughs
through winter's
drifts of snow
and spring's
call of renewal
we are reborn....

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Disguised as a horse,
Walked the rim of the track
Stepping onto the hippodrome
There was no turning back
Zeus, piqued by this folly
Turned proud steed into donkey
At the wire annoyed spectators
Might think him an ass?...

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She writes of the stuff in the loo,
amused by the odour of poo -
she has me in fits
describing her sh.ts
(though others believe it's taboo...)

written 19th March about Jan Allison for Margarita's Paean on Poets contest...

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You certainly know where she stands
She's placed her whole life in God's hands
Whatever the form
Her faith is the norm
She builds on the rock not the sands.

23.03.22

Paean On Poets Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Margarita Lillico...

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Now, at last, I finally understand:
I can never be complete within myself...
without You, my emotions betray me, 
my mind counteracts itself,
hope will flee me, despair will eat me, 
unless I reach out for Your love
with a child's open arms.......

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My lim’ricks, though racy and lewd,
compared to Jan’s gems I have viewed,
are really quite tame.
Her lines are not lame.
Those fun poems, I've never booed.


March 11, 2022
entered in the Paean on Poets Poetry /contest
Sponsor: Margarita Lillico...

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Stanzas of cyanide, her words come laced
Silky smooth ink, self destructs into space 
Still her head unlocks 
Unlike comments box
One hundred instant hits, a maze in grace 


Paean On Poets Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Margarita Lillico 
03/30/22...

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in soup poems space
Vijay helps to clear the place
Why birds fly south wing? 
It's easier than walking! 
rose-buds swaying to thrush pace 

Written: March 16, 2022

Paean On Poets Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Margarita Lillico...

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Laura, fondly known as Lu Loo, 
Your art needs a shout out, woohoo! 
A versatile poet, 
Your poems, they show it, 
Sending hugs and blessings to you! 



14th April 2022


8.8.6.6.8 syllables

For Margarita Lillico's "Paean on poets" contest...

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A. B. C. D. Constance La France
Contests helps poets skills to enhance.
Clever with form and theme,
She's the " Alphabet Queen! "
Anger... Bears... Candles... and Dance.


Written 9th March 2022
For the "Paean On Poets Poetry Contest"
Sponsor: Margarita Lillico...

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I know a creative soul named Jan
She births laughter - it’s surely her plan
Giggles must shadow her
Her wit creates a stir
She’s funnier than most any man






Paean On Poets Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Margarita Lillico
March 26, 2022
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 Our genial Jewish friend, Gershon

Pursues poetry for a diversion  

For Russia, he has much disdain

A wolf defending Ukraine

His poems are marked by precision 

March. 14.2022
Paean on Poets Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Margarita Lillico...

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The new poems list I must scour
For poetry by Ilene Bauer
The flow of each line
Is simply divine
Her witty words I just devour

N B To the British ear the Name Ilene Bauer uses 4 syllables I-Lene Bau-er

Paean On Poets Poetry Contest

Sponsored by Margarita Lillico

03/22/22...

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A fun friend and poet is Caycay.

I'd go see her, but she's far away.

I've missed as of late

her poems so great.

Where's your muse, Caycay? Come out and play!


March 12, 2022
For Margarita Lillico's Paean On Poets Poetry Contest

Dedicated to Caycay Jennings who has been MIA since last month at this time...

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Listen to poem:

that sweet paean 
where you and I began
the soft concern 
from those lips I yearn
was gently, quickly
coldly abandoned
tossed into a river 
to drown at the muddy bottom

I know, I know
I shall plot my rebuttal
for feelings have no place 
in your tribunal

I must be swift
so swift of heart and mind
when your demons 
come to call...

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I’m a clever guy, all being told 
Greying nicely, not growing old 
Have a good heart, stone cold 
Speak my own truth, little bold 

Really bad attitude, I never fold
Worth my weight, in fools gold 
Your credit card, I’ll always hold 
What’s that I hear, a cent, Sold!

Paean on poets, for myself 
Not for Margaritas contest

By
David Kavanagh...

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Her poems are simple, their rhythm is grand,
out of bland ordinary they all stand.
Dexterous in neat word art, 
her muse unfurls buds of heart,
flowers bloom in verses of Heidi Sands. 

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April 6, 2022
Syllable count : 10/10/7/7/10 (HMS)
Rhyme checked on rhymezone.com
Contest : Paean On Poets
Sponsored by : Margarita Lillico...

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As Sappho climbed the mountainside,
She knew the Muses waited there,
And she was welcomed by all nine
And given Laurels for her hair. 

She wandered gaily through the wood,
Until she found Apollo’s cave,
And then she dived into the spring -
She’d seen the place where poets bathe.

As nymphs were dancing round the fire,
She played a paean on her lyre....

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Obsequies final taste; within this secession from a lamentatives covenant....

I took this pomegranate tree and I crushed it to, make myself a natives chalice of wine

Still, it remained bitter upon my tongue so, I spit it into the turning paean sea!?

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....“Terrestrial Journals” *...

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Oh, you daughters and sons of Man,
Latent heralds of truth,

Oh, you pioneers of hope, peace and mercy,
Sleeping apostles of compassion,

Wake up and join our ever-expanding ranks of love, 
You, solemn knights of light,

For it is time that darkness sounds retreat,
Beyond the boundaries of earth!




   © Demetrios Trifiatis
      24 NOVEMBER 2012...

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If you clicked on this poem
And expected to see
A paean devoted to passion,
You can stop reading now
‘Cause that’s not what this is – 
I can’t even say “after a fashion.”

It’s instead a complaint
To my husband the chef,
‘Cause he constantly peppers the food.
Though I’m grateful he cooks
My poor lips pay the price
For they burn hours after I’ve chewed!...

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Draw back the curtains at your wake
To welcome in October
And heartily libation take
Lest the old crows find you sober

Invite your fond familiars in
Each cat and rat and magpie
Ignite your jack-o’-lantern grin
And kiss the moon at midnight

Fling far and wide your festive gold
Let no leaf go unvarnished
Stoke hearth and heart against the cold
Lest silver linings tarnish....

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What due is this, O feline fierce,
for what affront thus penalized
with calibrated nips that pierce
for soft caress unauthorized?

T’was you with brazen move unasked
who burnished coat upon my limb.
What dire affect iconoclast
did stir your feral feline whim?

The cat is oft like womankind
beyond man's feeble intellect,
a primal spirit state of mind,
requiring manners circumspect....

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He inspires with rippling poetic zest
inviting folks to showcase their muse-best* 
such is Brian’s blest brand
along grand workshop strand…
offered proactively by his contest.

Numbers 18:12 All the best … of them which they shall offer unto the LORD… 

April 8, 2022
2nd place, "Paean On Poets" Limerick Poem Writing Contest
Sponsored by Margarita Lillico; judged on 4/17/2022....

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