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The Day Is Blue!

Ah! The day is blue!
   Guess what I'm going to do?
Slap a saddle on my Mon Ami
   And ride into eternity!

A. Green
© Amy Green  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme


The Raindrop

Fell on my cheek today hiding my tear. Thankyou raindrop for falling in the right place to 
hide the sadness on my face.
sad
Form:

Fable Eyes of the Sun

History
Leaving her
Footprints in
The sand
Casting the
Rise and fall
Of mankind
Towards the
Fable eyes of the sun

The Writers Soul

Writing is the only thing that puts my mind at ease, it’s almost like my soul, a soul 
everyone can understand and feel.
Form:

In the Desert

In the desert
My soul withers not
Her love is my hope
Blues lose the war for my heart
I stand tall against the flames
Form: Tanka


The Street Prays

The street prays 
The wind howls for blood
The bed prays for sex
The tree prays for love to win 
In the next election
Form: Tanka

Castrate the King

Take away his crown
Take away his jewels 
Kill his knights
Burn down his castle but

Without his Queen he is nothing
© Bobby May  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Landay the Couplet Form

may I introduce a novel verse
with just two lines I must inevitably be terse

 9 syllables line 1
13 syllables line 2
Form: Couplet

Premium Member In the Tunnel

in the tunnel with apprehension strange pitch hole in the universe - unknown species
Form: Senryu

Tasting the Past

The rusting of years,
the flavor of time

Calling you back
—patina unrhymed

(Ronald McDonald House: January, 2020)
Form: Rhyme

And the Old Man Walked On

snow on his head
fire in his bottom
hot potato in his mouth
thorns in his feet
preparing for marathon
with teenagers

Premium Member Rhetoric the Form

a question that needs no answer  this example after Shelley's 'Wind'

O mist
If Autumn comes can Winter be far behind?
Form: Didactic

The Written Words

Anida Mann could dance Can-Can
And bare it all behind a fan
She never wed
But took to bed
Harry Potter and Peter Pan!
Form: Limerick

All the Hearts of Good Men

oh
lord
almighty
let
all the hearts of good men
bend their swords towards
the arc of peace
forever and ever 
amen

The Emerald Creeper

Belle
Jade Vines
Ravishing
Mint green, Turquoise
Among the forests
With striking hue
Wins our heart
Forever
Belle
Form: Ninette

The Quiet Roar

Deafening thunder,
cries from down under

Voices of silence
—lost in the wind

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2020)

Premium Member Show Me the Paperwork

    They say great leaders are not born, but made ~

      With no manufacturer’s warranty, who drinks the lemonade
Form: Couplet

Premium Member The Point of It All



Screw perfection; concentrate on...
                       getting the job done right the first time!

Form: Monoku

UNDER THE MOONLIGHT




            Lighter night, silence ...
      Under the bright of moonlight!
           blessing tears and fears
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Thought of the day

if the question
presupposes the answer
prompted by eons of conditioning 
why then are we dismayed
if delusion deepens

In the Ocean

B-aptize
E-very
N-ewcomer
I-n
T-he
O-cean

Topic: Birthday of Benito Gumaro (April 6) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Form: Acrostic

As the Sun Rises

C-hill
H-as gone
A-s the sun
R-ises in the
M-orn.

Topic: Birthday of Charm Baui (May 12) 
Form: Acrostic Lanterne
Form: Lanterne

Premium Member In the Park Beautiful Flowers--

a walk in the park
spy many pretty flowers
sweet orchid blossoms

8/15/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018
Form: Haiku

The Lovecats

A calico kitten ran by,
Alert and rather spry.
Home she went,
Now she’s spent.
From running into my room just to lie.
© A. P.  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Flash of the 1970's

The Seventies

                                 The Me Generation

                                  Best of my Heart
Form: Haiku

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