Short Terzanelle Poems
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A warning to all Jacks and Jills,
"The world is full of manmade ills
that can't be cured by manmade pills."
Won 6th place
MY CHILD
I watch my child at night
Before I turn off the light
To me, there's no greater sight
Contest – Triplet
By: Dr. Ram Mehta
come, my child, let me hold you tight,
so I can keep you warm tonight.
I pray God ends our homeless plight.
Dr. Ram's triplet contest
I strive to become great and not to be poor,
so when the needy comes I would open my door,
and bring corrupt and covetous fellows to the floor.
Sang's riddle
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When does a man both rise and fall?
How can one resist yet heed the call?
Who is the destitute yet possessor of all?
A chance of a job, set of fire
The boss of our nation, a liar
The rioters reasons expire
Jodie Williams for
Dr.Ram's Triplet contest
12 Aug 2011
Whenever he reeks of alcohol
I know he’s been on an angry crawl
To flush away heartache’s waterfall
8/14/11
Received 3rd place in "Triplet" contest
How does a mom feed her triplets?
By getting some kinda griplet
allocating teat to liplet...
….I guess. Seems the math
suggests that this path's
more suited to bats.
Honey
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A lady sweet and tender, I can't help but care
This beauty so kind and true, it's real and very rare
She's a blissful waking dream beyond any compare.
Crap smells really bad no matter the shape or the color
Maybe black, brown, white, yellow, a woman or a feller
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover when you are the smeller
Perhaps there’s life on Mars,
With boats, TV and bars:
A world the same as ours.
With the possibility of underground lakes, could there be life on the red planet, after all?
Nightmares, ghost of dusk in tight sleep bedtime
Death humming lyrical requiem rhyme
Incubuses of my past, Flash-backed - CRIME.
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TRIPLET contest sponsored by Dr. Ram Mehta
At Sea World whales kissed
Animal love, what a twist
Is there something most humans missed?
We are the only mammals who kill
Simply for the thrill
Is mankind short on good will?
*Entry for Dr. Ram's Contest
A love that has lasted so long
Magnetic attraction this strong
Is a love that cannot go wrong
Your hot breath caresses my neck
Stimulation not kept in check
The outcome a disheveled wreck
The only true love of my life
Through happiness, heartache, and strife
My soul mate, my partner, my wife
An Un-red Apple
Color is what color is not
It doesn't exist, can't be caught
What color is a polka dot?
An apple reflects red light
Taking in all but red in sight
So an apple is not red, right?
Its every color but red
You don't get what I just said
Me either, its hurting my head.
The Sensual Side of Passion
Knows:
steamy
sensations
mind-tingling
luscious vibrations, romancing, dancing…
Eagerness excites hope as longings swell.
fantasy lives
reason dies
and love
wins.
© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 17, 2010
Poetic form: Tetractys
Per request by Ravindra K Kapoor
I will eat liver periodically despite doc's kvetch
When I cease to function, upon my cold granite stone you may etch:
"Too much cholesterol clogged the veins of this unfortunate wretch!"
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved
Tied for No. 5 in Dr. Ram's "Triplet" Contest - August 2011
With a smile she finally put it in to bake
Knowing in her heart it was more than just a cake
Birthday memories for her children she would make
The party came and went that perfect summer day
Nothing left but crumbs and remnants of fun and play
But deep in the heart such precious moments will stay
Triplets five, one quatrain,
Together, nineteen lines,
twined interweavingly,
thus repeating lines; rhymed
tactfully, precisely,
The rhyme scheme's like a chain;
Tough to compose, but fun.
01.20.2022
syllables checked with howmanysyllables.com
For Joseph May's "Write about a Form" contest
A carcass lies upon the ground
On close inspection life is found
From death to life new cells conform
A single lost life, provides a feast
To feed the stong and very least
Nature is nourished no reason to mourn
Thought I was writing a Terzanelle on hope and ended up with a Tail Rhyme instead.
Being it is my only tail Rhyme I guess it is my favorite.
Favorite Tail Rhyme Contest
Fell asleep and woke up screaming,
You were there beside me dreaming
While we lay with reality streaming
On either side of the bed.
Phantoms through my psyche streaking,
You held me close to still the shrieking
The weight of it set your bones to creaking
And started pounding in my head.
We know our senses are deceiving
The only truth is in believing
That victory is achieving
Indifference to the dead.
In life, I know that everybody cries.
But I’ve never seen a tear from her eyes
Since her first breathed breathe, till the last breath dies.
Her small story was long and left unclear.
I won’t tell, from the rumors I had hear,
Not sad but surely made me shed a tear.
I learned from this story filled with reddish blue
That she did cry, even more than most of you.
But tears aren’t visible, till you look her through.
Like an aerial butterfly flutter
The same your lips are caressing my face
And so my mind is lost in a clutter.
As a storm produced by butterfly grace
On environment acts out of control
So the sweet contact of lips can efface
My brain completely as a Champagne bowl.
A miracle is which makes me nutter
But it is love which just enters my soul.
As an aerial butterfly flutter
Renders my mind as lost in a clutter.
Let few dangling words be unsaid
Let them remain unspoken
For if all is said what will remain?..
Let few painful feelings be unexpressed
Let then remain in the heart
For if all is expressed what will remain?..
Let few bitter tears be unshed
Let then remain in the eyes..
For if all is shed what will remain?..
Let few awesome mysteries be unveiled..
Let them remain in our life..
For if all is revealed what will remain?..
A warm and gentle wind once in my life
Whispering told me that it was the day
I met by destiny my future wife.
A warm and gentle wind also today
Is soft whispering with a steady blow
To tell me that its whispering can pay.
A warm and gentle wind which made me grow
Whispering to predict a joyful wife
Is even warmer now with its kind flow.
A warm and gentle wind sure in my life
Helps to overcome any future strife.