Short Red Letter Day Poems

pendants bunch of dates 
in standout mother palm tree
a red-letter day...

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cherry blossoms float
on fair winds they sail tonight
red letter day dawns...

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I'm coming clean
In my own f*cking mess
No Red dresses worn
All Scarlet Letter's on my Red sweater day
It's all so nice and worthless
Takes a bitter pill to swallow
To make a bigger pitcher
Pourn out all over the ground...

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Brexit!
The dreaded word,
haunts us once again,
Oh!Visions of doom, burst and gloom!
lies and false promises spun in looms,
In Houses of Parliament rooms,
To craft election win,
And enforce,
Brexit!





A red- letter day Rictameter poetry Contest...

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Winter -
the shortest day
begins the coldest time
of this earth's well defined seasons,
and hibernation settles where needed
until the sun returns again
to mark a new season
and warm away
winter


12-11-19
Contest: A Red-Letter Day Rictameter
Sponsor: William Kekaula...

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Happy
to know that soon
I will hold in my arms
my three fair faraway daughters,
who are heading home this Xmas season.
My house so quiet without them,
the floorboards creek night tears.
It too will be
happy.



04/12/2019
For  William Kekaula's contest
A Red-Letter Day Rictameter....

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Katrin
the cat that laughs
I mean mews all the day
and reshuffles his plan ten times
of his marriage with Mrs. Katrina Gray
but the crux of the argument
that nobody marries
'ere yearend but
Katrin



A Red-Letter Day Rictameter Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: William Kekaula
21 DEC, 2019...

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Ursids
radiant lights
December meteors
in their ecstatic nighttime flight;
a waning moon will not halt their travel
comet Tuttle left them behind
their annual flight’s bright;
Ursa Minor’s
Ursids.


12-8-19
A Red-Letter Day Rictameter Poetry Contest
William Kekaula...

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Grandeur
And sovereignty
Poetic splendor wide
Lofty red canyon craters locked
Deep inside the ledges realm your eyes drop
Through colored portals steep to hide
The grace of this treasure
Timeless in its
Grandeur



December 2, 2019
A Red-Letter Day Rictameter Poetry Contest
Sponsored by William Kekaula...

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Some birthdays come and go,
then there are those which arrive slow,
anticipation for gifts galore,
can make one want more,
feeling a year older does not mean wise,
it is a situation in which you have earned a prize,
for being a great birthday person which you deserve,
a special red-letter day which is on reserve....

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I  know
The pink last page
Of my year book you'll like
For cool sunshine has promised me
It will draw a portrait of the year spent
With its blue and golden crayons
Upon which you and I
Will kiss new year
I know



November 27, 2019

A Red-Letter Day Rictameter Poetry Contest

Sponsored by: William Kekaula...

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Christmas.
Holly, ivy,
Fur tree and candy canes.
Lashings of gravy, turkey crown,
Baked sticky pudding, helpings of mince pies.
Crackers, charades, family fun,
Candlelit mass, carols.
Joyful smiles this…
Christmas.

Contest: A Red-Letter Day Rictameter Contest
Sponsor: William Kekaula
Date: 23/12/2019...

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Eighteen
Beautiful day
May 1970
My high school graduation day
I could be a nurse mother or teacher
Our caps and gowns were red and gold
Small town Iowa kids
So excited
Eighteen


Written: 11-28-2019
Contest: Red-Letter Day Rictameter
Sponsor: William Kekaula
Syllables checked with: Howmanysyllables.com  2,4,6,8,10,8,6,4,2...

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London at its best
Is on a cold rain day
Shrouded around grey
Sat on board a red double Decker bus
In search of the roads paved with gold
As Charles Dickens foretold
Great Expectations
In human relations
Are the elixir of life
But far more often truth be told
Reality is cold
Small comfort on a cold rainy day
But Hey
It cant rain all the time...

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Bedtime,
whether bed or
rocking recliner laid
in the upright position spread
yawn!, so relax can’t keep my eyes open
and I am so very tired boy
Guess I’ll just get up, go
To bed cause it’s,
bedtime.

A Red-Letter Day Rictameter Poetry Contest
Rictameter poetry form only..
Sponsored by: William Kekaula 
howmanysyllables
2,4,6,8,10,8,6,4,2...

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The colour of my party's flag 
that flutters in the wind. 
The colour of my cheeks,listening to Owen on the radio.
And to see Owen on the tele, like a red rag to a bull.

What we need is Corbyn, oh what a red letter day !
We would lay out the red carpet
make it a red letter day.
your always better off, red than dead, with a jeremy in your day ! ....

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Birthday
of my wife comes
with December sunshine
through the mist of winter in life,
brings hope of colors in our old garden,
finds in my heart flowers abloom,
I make a bouquet to
celebrate her
birthday.
 

December 6, 2019
Syllable count : 2/4/6/8/10/8/6/4/2
Checked on howmanysyllables.com
Contest : A Red-letter Day Rictameter
Sponsor : William Kekaula...

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they're here!
the saucers I've waited for...
It's hard to believe...
we've waited so long!

with a sense of wonder,
and a sense of joy...
at their arrival....
oh boy!...oh boy!...

yes, this seems to be
a red-letter day..
I'm left with only...
one more thing to say...

when, just when, 
will we wait,
till kittens turn to pups,?
do you think I might expect...
to get the matching cups!...
....

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Surely there is a way
Please search honestly
God watches when you pray
And will help you definitely
Hope for the red-letter day
For your name to stay infinitely
Try very hard before you die
Sky likes not when you cry
Dry hearts get not God's reply
Always love,never at all hate
And extend a helping hand
When you wisely contemplate
Troubles, you can withstand
Via hard-work, overcome fate
Pray to make God understand!...

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Contest
I wrack my brains
trying to please William
and gain a coveted trophy
but when I read all the other entries
I know that my paltry effort
just has not got a chance ...
Should I enter
Contest?

A Red-Letter Day Rictameter Poetry Contest
William Kekaula


Checked with soup counter and How many syllables - William counted as 2 syllables has per the counters (but to my ear it is three)

12/28/19...

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silent
daydreams drift off-
soon a day of grieving
shall turn into a day of joy,
for her kind heart shall be celebrated;
myriad of teary eyes dried,
woe no longer embraced-
quiescent hearts…
silent

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Date - 12.16.19
A Red-Letter Day Rictameter Poetry Contest
Sponsor -  William Kekaula...

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It was a sad day 
a day darker than the dead of a night 
a day of confusion 
feet denied the adorning protection 
what was meant for the feet became the burden of the hand 
it was a race were baton can't be changed 
the vulture having it's day 
the pullet denied shelter 
it was the survival of the fittest 
souls crying to be saved 
aftermath of death and agony 
indelible it stuck on the walls 
like wild gum on tree trunks 
negligent of the kinsmen....

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9/11, so long ago now.
The towers forever falling,
yet we the young
play beach volley ball
on the Jersey shore
and have no history to trouble us.

This calendar red-letter day
slips by us mostly unnoticed.
Our parents mention it
over breakfast coffee.
Old people just can’t let go of the past.

They keep seeing the planes
the falling bodies, the flames,
the terrible mouth clogging ash.

We think they should get out more,
play a little beach volley ball....

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