I see right through you,
you can play dumb all you want
~ if that's your winning strategy
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
It's criminal what women'll do
to keep a man down on the farm
shed false tears strategy I fear
pull the wool turn on the charm
smiling all the while
trap him wrap him twist him
round her little finger
and insist it seems
should he linger longer than
appropriate she deems
for him to appreciate
'til he's tongue-tied up in knots
with all those forget-me-nots
keeping her the centre of his attention
not to mention the apple of his eye
starting with Eve it's now a far cry
from his ambition ever coming to fruition
should he cave in and comply
I-guana
M-aintains
I-ts
E-legant
P-oses,
A-s
C-ats
A-im
T-o
A-pprehend,
N-ature
G-rants
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Monocrostic (Birthday of Imie E. Pacatang)
She smiled like sin in silk—
slow, sweet, and sharp beneath.
He kissed her anyway.
Called it love.
She called it
strategy.
Like a storm in a teacup, You turned nothing
into something blown up, from a small thing.
Everywhere's your ground to pick up a fight.
You should know war is not won by might
But by great strategy and clear planning
not just by being pretty and enchanting.
Stop just being a mere trouble maker.
Rather, try being an active parttaker
Who is ready for a positive change.
Even when done in ways strange.
Your real worth still no way lost.
Nothing much will be the cost,
Still, no day pass you don't doubt yourself.
Yet you've all it takes, there on your shelf.
my alter ego
I neither deny nor hide
I let it loose abundantly
4:3:2 letter diminished tristich & integral one word title - Brian Strand
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STRATEGY
plan
won
us
Waste your energy
Lose the game
Save your energy
The game is yours
When you pull
And try to hold immediately
Another one who is constantly holding
Gets an advantage in that small moment
Cause while you try to hold
You also try to balance your body
And strength for the holding phase
Hold preserves center of gravity
So you don't topple forward or backward
While Slow Pulls gives you an advantage
Since you're moving backwards
But risks toppling backwards
Since the center of gravity moves as the body moves
Humans walk on two legs without tails
Making them unstable
Furthermore, tug of war
Is a game of strength and stamina
Slow pulls makes you exert energy more than Hold.
Life is convoluted
Coming across happiness and sorrow
Love and betrayal
Hunger and riches
Steering through the opposites
Consistency with the confrontations
Saps the solace
Tired and broken, no longer thoughtful
One counters the events
The wise ones see similarity in all
Allow the things to happen
Spontaneity breeds many paths
One continues to walk, brightness unfolds
Calm waters greet, spring returns
Past is past, oblivion overwhelms
Smiles, zest and thrill embrace
Bad is gone, good overtakes
Life is a game, reconciliation is the key
Mind enticed to rhyme-
poetry had challenged me,
" Checkmate. " Said Haiku.
My life is a mystery,
I want to create a history;
But it may be a tragedy,
So I want to find a strategy.
for his majesty
had sorted out strategy
became tragedy
Lament to cruise control..
Once in a while you see the natural
not a thief taking a spot to mental morph
their workboots into bare feet.
Transparency in their statutes,no strategies to tie their beliefs to thoughts and actions mimicking make believe.
the truth they feel they need
Constructing fences and walls to hide a plunder of lazy conspiracies
Everyday Everyday hiding everyday buckets of shrunking heads
A giant of warfare bullying, Freedom's a monster
who directs their belief into this is how you should be, but you cant look at me
because I hide behind the white walls of ice formed cement,my torn Jean's lament
Broken fears ,whispered ears
will never find a place to celebrate
Broken hearts, broken pockets
City conspiring no way to win
searching the dead for souls to win over
A giant, a good death,a soul trap
Theres just off and on
Before I even put it to drive
I saw you in the future
As if my heart couldnt believe my eyes
The Spring day lovers
Conquest of summers sunsets
My heart explodes
Minutes of our loving days
embers glow
Our limits bound
Silience has a new sound
It punishes you for falling victim
I saw it coming the end at the start
She wins,she wins I fall
Knowing her thought
But not the true path of her heart
Indsguise a fluffy polar bear
Ripped out your eyes
By fault of lust
By fault of love
I could not ask for better treatment
I could not question how or why
Theres never ever been a lie ever
Because it is said
How I want to hear it
By fault of love
Stricter measures by most families, have to be taken,
In essence with cycling, we might have to reckon,
We must most certainly cut down on our bacon.
To price hikes of food, medical costs and fuel awaken,
Don’t let tomorrow become a financial frustration,
Think of the future, don’t let life become desperation,
For you will not survive, been most gravely mistaken.
Live within your means, never owe money to none, hun,
You have your home, your family and God, make life fun.
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