Mister Milligan Funk
A Dad and a Deacon
Went on a massive drunk
Relatively speaking
He staggered to and fro
From bar to bar he went
But soon he had to go
With all his money spent
Talk about unlucky
As he was heading home
Passed out in Kentucky
But woke up drunk in Gnome
Categories:
stirred, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
such fragile flowers
bloom in a garden bower ~
purple passion stirred
Categories:
stirred, passion,
Form: Haiku
when God could create
was caught riding a fast freight
which had been of date
according to latest scope
God said in pool was much poop
which threw us for a loop
when all my duties are done
God let me have fun in the sun
until sun tan has been done
when God would made ocean wide
on a surfboard wave did ride
slipped and sandpaper applied
when God was on the prowl
He would shoot a wise old owl
on face found a scowl
when God put on coat
He said you should vote in Shallotte
while we rocked the boat
Categories:
stirred, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
when moving the herd
much trouble up had stirred
when each one was spurred
Categories:
stirred, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Easier to run the risk of death
than ridicule damned
Easier to face an army of men
than a single man
Easier to write a thousand lines
than only one
Easier to quote the wisest sage
—than self become
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)
Categories:
stirred, self,
Form: Rhyme
Soup Creek Toasts
Marmite cocktails are delicious I've heard
They are the hippest cocktails being served
So to raise a toast
Tell Jenna the host
Mayor Tom's sure to be shaken and stirred.
6th September 2022
Categories:
stirred, drink, fun,
Form: Limerick
The last days and the bright sunshine setting
You can see the stars in fading sunlight.
When the sun fades, moonlight lever shining.
Not as mates, more as buddies we're waiting.
Not just cautious buddies or close friends sight.
The last days and the bright sunshine setting
Wildlife takes time and quaint is quieting.
Birds nest in treetops as cascade the night.
When the sun fades, moonlight lever shining.
Don't miss this time; on my shoulder leaning.
Autumn leaves turn auburn and frost soon bright.
Ending day and glaring sun are setting.
Stick together like a blade storm darling.
When the moon moves, the sunlight remains white.
When the sun fades, moonlight lever shining.
Laugh when you write about river bending.
You and I in each other's eyes peering.
The last days and the bright sunshine setting.
When the sun fades, moonlight lever shining.
Written: July 11, 2022
Categories:
stirred, analogy, appreciation, beauty, moon,
Form: Villanelle
My feelings a blend of the best berries,
But leaving me all alone to spoil,
Just means it’s your own fault
For making me the most sour I can be.
My mind a source of essential nutrients,
But leaving me all alone in the ark,
Just means you’ll have lost someone
Who once nurtured you better than others.
Categories:
stirred, extended metaphor, food, fruit,
Form: Free verse
I read Your Word
my soul is stirred
Father God, I present this plea
how can mere words have such impact?
The light comes on and that’s a fact
which puts men’s thoughts to inquiry.
How can mere words have such impact?
You formed the world with “Let there be…”
Christ spoke to winds and calmed the sea
The light comes on and that’s a fact.
I read Your Word
How can mere words have such impact?
unless your Spirit speaks to me
The light comes on and that’s a fact.
my soul is stirred
my soul is stirred
I read Your Word
(Meditative Ballad)
November 24, 2021
contest: Meditative Ballad
sponsor: Emile Pinet
checked RhymeZone for rhymes, How Many Syllables for syllables
Categories:
stirred, 11th grade, god, spiritual,
Form: Ballad
unfathomable
all contact lost
beyond reach of umami
petulance 'tis impenetrable
sonar blips blubbed, unopened as dead mail
pings re-echoed dispelled, quashed
peripheral smiles cast-off in scows
shipwrecked eyes lashed with umbilical sighs
all at sea, adrift hand-paddling
willy nilly circling in coracle cradle corral
round and round the driftwood dry-rot
spins in whirlpool hole, nebula black
awaken not stirred the cast-away
alights from sleep alone, prone and dripping wet
self-marooned, ring-fenced on atoll beach
in cuckoo's nest
Categories:
stirred, lost, relationship, sleep,
Form: Free verse
here is what we heard
up much trouble Trump had stired
to hell was transferred
Categories:
stirred, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
We heard a song
Two hearts, stirred words
It was a bird.
06.12.2020
Bauk-Than.
Categories:
stirred, emotions, love,
Form: Than-Bauk
sounds stirred from your whisper
a flickering glimmer in your eyes
wistful the blush of your smile
desperate for any trace of you
Extract from THOUGH TEARS MAY FALL
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
Posted on November 29, 2020
Categories:
stirred, death, heartbroken, loneliness, longing,
Form: Free verse
When I stole a ball
from the corner store
Who are you
A voice stirred from within
When I told my best friend
a bold-faced lie
Who are you
A voice tugged from within
As I raised a hand
to strike my child
Who are you
A voice cried from within
As my good wife let me know
she'd reached the end of her rope
That voice lay stock still
~ I'd not done God's will
Categories:
stirred, identity, truth, voice,
Form: Free verse
Spirit stirred-up*…be revived for faith-propelled acts, glorifying God.
*2Timothy 1:6 ...Stir up the gift of God, which is in thee...
April 14, 2019
Categories:
stirred, christian, dedication, faith, god,
Form: Monoku
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