Short Rubai Poems
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The mosquito is an anomaly
Its brief life spent in ferocity
Buzzes, stings, draws our blood
~ Revels in tortuosity
Discriminating palates
garnish salads with shallots
But when eating croquettes
avoid mallets
Frittering their lives away
at work, at home, at play
When the good times finally died
~ they'd nothing left to say
Intrinsically dull
he tried to raise hell...
In the card game of life
invariably shelled
#10: GLIMPSES
Query quaint quest
Bright blossoms best
~~~~~~~~~
Leon Enriquez
01 October 2017
Singapore
Are exacerbated
and exasperated related
I’m not really sure ~
though they always leave me deflated
Following the conclusion
of my foresight illusion.
Wait! Where was I headed?
My cogwheel brain’s in seclusion.
9/5/2021
The bows pull our strings
The pipe grants us wings
The conductor waves his baton
~ Our hearts fairly sing
Thank God for folks around me
friends and family
It's their love that sees me through
life's calamities
Bronny James’ game
came up lame
demoted to the 'G-League'
~ fawning media's shame
I hear it from everyone
Time stops for no one
Though it slows to a crawl
'neath a mean desert sun
Some say I too easily dismiss
the joy of smoking cannabis
Still though my druthers say
they prefer a long-lasting kiss
Dancing the words to lance the boil
With grace and style but no toil
Watering the soul’s thirsty soil
Poetry sings the mortal coil
Morning hoofs a trail of smoke,
Horsepower for modern folk,
With eyes slightly open for pay.
Watch others dive in, do backstroke.
A song is a way to pray
a way to start your day
with a tune on your lips
~ something to say
Go ahead. Change your genders, you two
- Don't mind if we do...
But never! Oh, never!
~ dare get tattooed!
Were it a fair world for all to win
People would wear a natural grin
Over would be this doleful din
Over the dreams dumped in the bin
Pardon me
But I fail to see
Any beauty in the nuptials of
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
O, to be a Cossack
to be always on the attack
Slice ‘em up, carve ‘em up
Never look back
Pennies, nickels and dimes
no longer take up our time
Even a quarter's value falls shorter
~ no longer buys cheap valentines
The milk of life is love and care
Without which we die in despair
Live and let live or else you rot
Like those who were but never were!
i live a simple life in my own way
saving love treasures everyday
hoping having my share of heaven
after when finally comes my doomsday
Ah, the innocence of youth
to recapture it, forsooth
Pursue new kinds of pleasures
~ ditch the gin with vermouth
With powers vying to have us ruled
The lull of liberty has us fooled
The rich and mighty sweep it all
And callused hands are rarely jewelled
The color of love at first sight
needs be night to preserve it aright
Day's searing view obscures its hue
augments a blemish ever so slight