masqueraded as you like it
most cleverly wooed under a suitor's guise
played up most compelling disguise
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Do respect women my friend
Because you're a consumable to them.
They are not a means to an end
Nor a self aggrandisement item.
A woman gets born into the world.
She has to see to her own future.
She does things to get fulfilled,
Including the approval of a suitor!
Steel is good because it's hard
When a hard material is needed.
But that's not the only standard.
Flower petals too must be heeded!
Yes, you have a mind my friend,
Also you have your desires
And a responsibility to defend
These our sisters, daughters and mothers!
Desired in the courtyard
And required in the graveyard,
Planted with a shovel
And transplanted with a trowel;
Enriching the glamour of lawns
And concealing a grave that yawns;
A frightening coffin making touchable
And unacceptable dead women lovable…
A noticeable presence in vaults,
Still to be fingered, it’s faults.
The proof of a lover’s affection
And clue to a suitor’s intention,
A boost to the Bride’s courage;
The very one she needs during marriage;
Truly a woman makes what she is
And a man yearn to kiss.
Now, frequently enclosed in a letter:
An understanding of how this is better;
The pleasant heartbeat it drums in the receiver,
How it makes the sender, no Deceiver.
Flower parades a stubborn variety
Worth everybody’s time and sincerity;
Often treasured in every color
The reason for their unending honor;
To burn any flower is cruel,
To bring close to it, fuel;
Its leaf one could place in a locket,
Rose’s I’d stick in my pocket
I didn’t see a flower last week and took ill
If I don’t this week, Hospital bill!
Suddenly she is all grown up
Time to declare I am over the hill
as I hurtle down, filled with
gratitude; a spring in my step
I am a suitor again;a paternity suitor
filled with thanksgiving and joy
The providence of God delights me
on the birthday of my daughter,Tanya
So oft' he used to pass my way, and
merrily nod and pass the time of day
with a polite lift of his tall bola-hat
then he'd wander off again
His stature was somewhat portly
yet his nature charming just the same
I knew him to be a gentleman
with hat and gloves and cane.
One day he stopped and bowed so low
twas' not an empty gesture
for he became a suitor and I his wife
and he passes by no longer.
suitor sperm stops tired
sheds tears for days princess dead
he melts in red river
© rajat kanti chakrabarty
I know this form as *Monotetra*!!
*One-Night Suitor*
How can I ever love again?
How can I ever trust again?
I am good, she's full of regret!
My mind is set, my mind is set
Will past demons haunt my future?
Will I lose my sense of humor
And become that one night suitor?
The heart-breaker, the heart breaker
How can I ever trust again?
How can I ever love again?
Lone wolf with beneficial friends
I will transcend, I will transcend
Can my heart find satisfaction?
I don't like to read in caption,
Dreadful silence causes friction
Interaction, interaction!
How can I ever love again?
How can I ever trust again?
open my heart without restrain,
Or fear of pain. or fear of pain!
Jared Pickett
3/20/2014
Asavvy1
He came to her home with one goal in mind.
Today he would ask for his true loves hand.
He wore his best to make an impression.
Carrying himself with a certain pride.
Today he would ask for his true loves hand.
Her father, a stern and powerful man.
Carrying himself with a certain pride.
The young man so nervous began to shake.
Her father a stern and powerful man.
He listened as his daughter's suitor spoke.
The young man so nervous began to shake.
His heart felt like it was about to burst.
He listened as his daughter's suitor spoke.
A great anger brewed from down deep inside.
His heart felt like it was about to burst.
His body tensed he wanted to attack!
A great anger brewed from down deep inside.
His lovely wife stepped in and held him back.
His body tensed he wanted to attack!
The young man stood firm, he held his resolve.
His lovely wife stepped in and held him back.
While his daughter looked the other way.
The young man stood firm he held his resolve.
In the end true love and courage prevailed.
He wore his best to make an impression.
Yet it was his spirit that won the day.
In the end true love and courage prevailed.
He came to her home with one goal in mind.
damsel in distress
her love, waiting to confess
with the right caress
This gentleman one day I shall wed,
Then I shall find him wrong in the head!
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