Short Quat Poems

Rebuilding from the pieces
That you left strewn and broken
Ready to risk life and grow
Taller once again.

17.11.2020
Quat-Ro Contest....

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The cute way your cheeks turn red

when I catch you watching me;

the rush when we barely touch.

There’s nothing hotter.


Quat-Ro Your Four Line Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Brian Strand...

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Here lies the body shot to hell
Of the gunslinger Tim McGraw
Quick on the trigger, all can tell
He was awful slow on the draw


11-16-20
Contest: Quat-Ro your Four Line
Sponsor: Brian Strand...

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ringed with marbled dreams
passions are subdued
in the soul of time
be still - listen


live
a smile, a tear
at this hour of dawn
by you lies my heart



quat sequ 2 or more quatrains in sequence...

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the artist put paint on a blank sheet, 
  a deep crimson red was so concrete.
  which flowed out, a grim work of art,
  can be compared to my bleeding heart.











Contest:QUAT-RO 
Sponsor:Brian Strand
11/17/2020...

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President John F Kennedy,
made America space ready,
shot when in the prime of his life,
he died next to his loving wife!


1st placement
written 17/11/2020
Brian Strand

QUAT-RO 4 line contest

8 syllables each line AABB RHYME...

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Let their nighttime mating calls send echoes to our souls 
amid the reeds and grassy marsh that round them all enfolds. 
As we move among them, let us honor their surrounds 
and cherish with a listening ear, the beauty of the sounds.

1/15/20

'QUAT-RO your four line ' 

Brian Strand, Sponsor...

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I’ve turned the corner, finally gone around the bend 
  Was a long learning curve, brought me here to no end
  And now looking back I see, a spiral staircase descend 
 Followed blindly into a hell, where this poem was penned 

By
David Kavanagh 


QUAT-RO your four line Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian strand 19/11/2020
No placement...

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Sometimes, although we are not always sure, the prescription is questionable.
Sometimes, we are certain that the medicine is worst than the sickness.
Most times, if not always, where there is smoke, there's also fire.
At all times, the bottom line is, "Who or what do we really trust?"

111620PSCtest, Quat-Ro Your Four Line, Brain Strand. NA...

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Such riches I have known beyond compare
Which neither gold nor sapphire could outshine; 
The scent of honeysuckle in the air
Or velvet touch of newborn skin on mine.

14.09.19

'Arbitrium Divisa 4 Poetry Contest' sponsored by Gregory Barden

Excerpt taken from my poem 'Life's riches'

'Quat-Ro Your Four Line Poetry Contest' sponsored by Brian Strand...

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The seamless sky called life glowed in serene beauty 
In time’s drifting waft flitted a butterfly free 
On its wings I painted lattice of my essence 
Flowers in my garden bloomed all seasons for me.

November 18, 2020
Rhyme scheme used : A B C B
Syllable count : 12 each line
checked on howmanysyllables.com
Contest : Quat-Ro Your Four Line
Sponsor : Brian Strand...

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The late, great legendary American crooner, Frank Sinatra
  did things "My Way." His signature song was also his mantra

  Such a fine actor he was, too; even won an Academy Award!
Lovingly nicknamed "Ol' Blue Eyes" and "Chairman of The Board"


QUAT-RO your four line contest (Winner: 1st Place)
Sponsored by Brian Strand
Date written: 06/15/2020...

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AMAZING AUTUMN
          
                    Leaves leave deciduous trees.
                    Maple leaves showing fire-glow.
                    Auburn Autumn to glaze, blaze
                    in charming luster.
    
  10/02/20
                                                                 Second Place
  'Writing Challenge-Dodoitsu.' Contest by Constance La France


  'QUAT-RO your Four Line' Contest by Brian Strand...

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That muffled sound you hear is Susie.
She’s still talking. What a doozie!
At her appointed time to die, 
her mouth refused, and that’s no lie.


September 13, 2018, entered in Jesse Rowe's Funny Epitaph Contest


November 16, 2020 
entered in Brian Strand's Quat-ro Your Four Line Poetry Contest   Placed 1st

August 23, 2021
entered in the Your Best Four-Line Light verse No 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: L. Milton Hankins                   Placed 1st...

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