cuckoo bystander
hippies hound
desecrate passing
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wake european
spirits enlisting
the globally
fortuitousness by
reading rhythmic
confrontation dutifully
fluster fission
spat and
unite your
sourness unlearned
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • September 7–13, 2026)
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When the whole world speaks with one voice
though I'm true when they say I'm wrong
When I'm left with a narrow choice
Who is with me to make me strong?
Do you think that they're always right,
When the whole world speaks with one voice
When they take delight in their might
Should I be sad? Should I rejoice?
In their hearts and minds they're bourgeois.
But they say they live for the poor.
When the whole world speaks with one voice
Are they truthful in their heart's core?
They have killed Lincoln and Gandhi.
How they shrewdly maintain their poise!
Tell me, should I take things blindly,
When the whole world speaks with one voice
(Inspired by Silent One's limerick, "Queen Of Her Stage" )
There once was a canary full of rage.
Who shrewdly trapped a sly cat in her cage.
without a feather ruffled
Kittie's meows he muffled,
she now ruled the roost as queen of her stage!
There was a time when Kittie was nasty
oh that little one could be quite feisty
but now she eats truffles
without any cuddles
she sits behind bars eating nothing tasty
There once was a cat who ruffled Tweet's feather
a Kittie from hell who could never tether
sometimes they did fight
who was wrong who was right
the only one who knew was dear old Heather !
There once was a canary full of rage.
Who shrewdly trapped a sly cat in her cage.
Without a feather ruffled
and Kittie's meows muffled,
she now ruled the roost, as queen of her stage!
Through thickened woods and thorny brush
I chased the elf in silenced hush
Around intoxicating pines
And mossy-covered hanging vines
Taking care to mark the way
With petals dropped from rose bouquet
My distance safe from prying eyes
And forest creatures’ wilding cries
I stalked the fairy to his lair
With visions of the gold we’d share
I’d lie in wait and pounce at will
And marvel at my stealthy skill
Finally, his hideaway
Nestled deep in green decay
Nothing left to do but wait
And dream about my wealthy fate
The leprechaun began his work
Upon his face, the strangest smirk
But still he toiled with tools and nails
Evoking lovely olden tales
He cut and stitched a dozen shoes
The crafty work, a clever ruse
For soon his suit of green did fade
Together with his sly charade
The tap, tap, tap, a lullaby
Beneath the starry moonlit sky
My dreams of fortune quickly gone
Replaced by sunny rays of dawn
The cagey man was smart and swift
And left me with a parting gift
A pair of shoes so shrewdly soled
With dazzling heels of gleaming gold
The coldness of your methodical emptiness
shrewdly poisoned me with a darkness
Unavoidable.
I'll make it, some how.
You tainted me with rugged blood,
I saw it splatter over the spacious past unto
The nihilistic future of all saints and devils.
But, why?
There's something to your non verbal speech
I'd love to find out.
We listen to your silence
The very thing that permeates our surroundings.
And find utter nothingness.
You committed suicide,
We won't make it if you are sleeping on the job.
Somehow, we believe you rose from hellfire,
Yet still flagrantly asleep in a world where you
Never existed.
Explain this corruption now breathing in our veins?
And if it's all the same to non-existent you,
It's killing us just the same.
Why do these guys quit before seventy?
After achievements Life on Earth empty!
There was to be a Macgregor Laird:
Before sixty-one years to rest laid...
For my avid interest in History,
I could not but alight on his story
With its private message from Greatness
"No, Mystery, no Magic: Eagerness!"
What had he shrewdly done: John Beecroft?
In their Britain left behind a voice soft
To in far-off lands hold her goals aloft
While him Portugal, Spain and, sure, France scoffed;
In West Africa's Fernando Po
Seeing that The Non British did lines toe:
In Nigeria's captured Bight of Benin
Ensuring that his men got their Quinine;
I reckon in the close Bight of Biafra
Giving out British bags not of raffia!
I could have for John Beecroft my hat doffed,
Just that when I last tried a patriot coughed.
The alligators will not stay in the water,
they head for strip malls, for chicken noodle joints
or sports bars for fish taco or spicy wings.
They get their nails done in a Korean salon
paying in Spanish gold.
The two legged;
the cranes, herons, and humans
edge around the gators.
Occasionally, rowdy boys bounce stones off
their scaly hides.
The unflappable crocodilians slyly grin
for they are ecologically moving-in.
Shrewdly, the reptiles are styling
alligator belts and boots, or sell gator skin handbags
from wayside stalls and booths.
The Floridians have become inured
to these green interlopers. Some seeing opportunity,
rent them housings with few tenancy rules
and ‘must have’ pools.
Sadly many furry pets keep going missing;
and not just the Cypress trees are stumped.
It’s a new era, one to be nearer together.
Undocumented or free-range, no longer estranged.
but one shared love for chicken, be it raw, fried
or grill flamed.
Spend your time with great joy
All available skill, you deploy
Reveal to the World your mind
Where solutions, let them find
Never worry, instead feel happy
Regard life as a lovely trophy
Follow contentment always
Take to the Lord your case
Move with the World wisely
Tell them your goal precisely
Waver not dear in your action
Let your act bring satisfaction
Supply to the World happiness
By sanctioning peace in surplus
Love all and guide all shrewdly
Tell them soothing words loudly
Trust humanity without vanity
Strive for development of unity
Degrade not anyone for error
An Angel in all you discover
Extend support by being a friend
Lead a perfect life till life's end
God will come and give solace
He will heal in inscrutable ways.
Evert poet follows a different style
Writing excellently showing a variety
We must appreciate their individuality
As wonderful news they finely mail
Poets must vary in all the ways widely
Then only classic poems will emerge
In deep ecstasy we all can submerge
May poets of this World muse shrewdly
Never criticize poets blaming their write
As that may spoil wholly their originality
We must always encourage creativity
As every poet, we must with love knight
Poetry is open to all to be wisely used
It is not at all a private affair of a group
Any person in poetry writing can top
In case he has with great talent mused
Please write poetry and actively participate
Express your heart through a broad mind
Everything peaceful, make this World find
A superlative poem, from you I anticipate.
The Almighty will take care of us
We must pray by being only true
Our job, we must properly render
We must take efficient steps
We can never blame God at any time
As that is not the correct procedure
God is there to give us safety cover
And supply the best for us shrewdly
God must not be by us misunderstood
We cannot do bad things via prayer
As that is impossible and insensible
We must have a highly noble intention
Praying is a way of giving representation
Taking action is also our incumbent duty
But, obliging our prayer is God’s job
We cannot force or eagerly anticipate
When a prayer is done, matter is conveyed
After that we must proceed to concentrate
If results warm our heart, we stand to win
Or else, we must console our mind wisely.
God will carefully study the happenings
And shrewdly monitor played innings
He will deeply muse to arrive at the truth
And tackle strongly that which is uncouth
He will bless the good and curse the bad
And save those if nobility is by them had
He will treat with kindness magnanimity
And punishes those following enmity
He cares not for the riches possessed
But, by love, all are by Him assessed
God's goal is to maintain pure happiness
That is why God is enjoying uniqueness
God and His Angels protect all the souls
Who are in pursuit of highly merciful goals
Those who depend upon Him with love
Are rescued by Him with a strong vow
Always God's intention is to do a favor
His heart is like the soft petal of a flower
God and His Divinity are ever trustworthy
They will provide ever the needed sympathy
Go to God and offer a prayer touching His feet
He will greet with a benign act to kindly treat.
Be kind and considerate without getting anger
Use soft words, but be firm in your decision
Due to your calmness, you turn then stronger
This helps you surely excel in your mission
Because of your manners, you lose no longer
Success and money come to your possession
Choose words wisely and deliver them properly
Use not words that show that you are disorderly
Produce for all peace by behaving not poorly
He who avoids a fight ever has the upper hand
As he insults none, but drives clearly the point
Feelings of others, he does kindly understand
As a result none he will in life badly disappoint
On troubles, he will never at all just wrongly land
As wit and wisdom, he does very shrewdly appoint.
Whatever you may hear
Is not now final my dear
One can cheat your ear
Truth may hide very near
Never believe in what is said
Let musing happen in head
Just by saying "daily bread"
Stomach cannot be fed
By skillfully concocting a rumor
Into your ears one may murmur
It may be provided with glamor
Here comes reasoning grammar
Your ears, never close at all
Grasp whatever others disclose
Please exhibit an innocent pose
Valuable news, all will expose
Analyze the received message
Scan every possible advantage
Let no news cause any damage
Your life you shrewdly manage.
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