hummingbird surprised
butterfly's on his turf
~ arrived first
AP: Honorable Mention 2026, Honorable Mention 2026
Can Jesus be surprised
If we give our gifts unguised
Give in His name
He likewise will proclaim
You did for Me as you did for My prized
It shouldn't be a surprise___
Set your feelings aside and open your eyes
Forget the name, title, or years you share
Sometimes the truth hurts, so be prudent and coat your heart with care___
Cain did the unthinkable to Abel
It's in the 'good book' for a reason, a poignant parable
Joseph with his 'coat of many colors '
Who could fathom such hatred from his own brothers?
But it happened then and it happens today
So don't be dismayed if or when it comes your way
Please, please never be surprised
Just make sure to realize and see with real eyes
the parrot was an amazing surprise in the middle of our trip
He dove down from some trees, his head did a major whip
He stared through us with those beady black eyes
His mate swooped to join him, an extra surprise.
Last Friday’s date with Miss Information
Turned out to be wonderful,
She was not what I expected.
Her name is Sophie
And she’s never been woke
Somehow making it all the way through school
Without contracting the post-modernist contagion.
Bright, beautiful, well bred and read
She goes by Ms. not Miss
And if dreams come true
One day will be my Mrs.
(9/24/25)
the blue haired girl has a heart for chickens said the owl.
His wife came out and said “her name is Mrs. McDowell.”
Surprised, Mrs. McDowell looked up from her chicken herd.
But the owls were silent now, refusing to say one more word.
Sitting on the sofa just isn't going to get it done
Chasing your dreams may just turn out to be a whole lot of fun
Your inner thoughts might just hold the keys to your future success
A person needs to get the very best life has to offer and accept nothing less
Dreams can be a foreshadowing of what your future might hold
Listen carefully to what secrets they have, they might be about to unfold
Anything is possible if you just channel your inner desires into reality
The fear of failure should not be an option, just become what you want to be
What do you want your life journey remembered for when the curtain comes down bringing it to a close
Sometimes what we are looking for can be right under our nose
Follow your dreams wherever they may take you
You just might be pleasantly surprised that they might just come true
When close camaraderie is no more,
accepting what is as is, we move on,
forgiving, forgetting, keeping no score,
each breath we take, ushering a new dawn,
thus detached from moments that are bygone.
To live in the now needs complete release,
having no demons we need to appease,
so poised in the void, we’re not by fears toyed,
nonchalant to outcomes, flowing with ease,
light of Christ consciousness in heart deployed.
Why am I surprised
that I can still be surprised;
for there is nothing new under the sun.
Watching life from the safety of my living room
television screen~
Turn it off!
Let reliance
on common sense
erase the voices
of modern hysteria.
Why am I surprised
that I can still be surprised;
friends turn out to be backstabbers,
without remorse for the evil they've done;
the nuclear option is "on the table."
Its mushroom cloud
will envelope the world
in Mutual Assured Destruction,
and surprisingly,
I won't be surprised!
I don’t remember why, but the boy who lived in the house we gathered in front of
Got his BB gun from the garage, took aim, and shot me in the arm.
We were friends.
I think it surprised us both.
Original Poem BB Gun: A Poem in Three Parts
Excerpt submitted 11/14/21
My Beautiful One
Someday
in your heart,
in case you have similiar feelings
about me
to what I feel about you,
and come back to me,
Remember
I have left the door of my heart wide open
with lights on
sparkling like the stars during the night
in my own sky
so that you can easily find the way
to get in and say a new "Hi!"
But don't get surprised
when you have heard me say
"Nice seeing you. Goodbye"
since you have given me the right
to pay back what you said to me
sitting in a park, on the bench
with the earliest currency, revenge
By the way,
the door wide open and sparkling lights over that
are not for you
but for other butterflies that
flapped their wings through my heart
Mrs Potato Head
Mrs Potato Head's image surprised
That can't be me it's someone else I see
I still feel young in my heart and pint-sized
The mirror tells lies, it’s true believe me.
That can't be me it's someone else I see
She'd an idea that'd get weight shifted
The mirror tells lies, it’s true believe me
Then cut herself to a chip, weight lifted.
She'd an idea that'd get weight shifted
I still feel young in my heart and pint-sized
Then cut herself to a chip, weight lifted
Mrs Potato Head's image surprised.
18th July 2021
Pantoum Rhyme 1 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Eve Roper
Image no. 3
turned quick nose to nose
comfort felt in knowing kiss
lovely your surprise
Although Man very well knows
death is common to us all
seems surprised when the time comes
to witness his mortal fall!*
© Demetrios Trifiatis
24 March 2020
* No-one of us will fall victim to coronavirus
without putting up a gallant fight!
We shall be victorious for God is on our side!
A happy go lucky guy was he,
until the "thread" of bad health set in.
As the many years passed by, there would be times our "silence" would abound.
We would always say I Love You on the phone,
we wanted our "fathomless" love to be heard.
The day the phone call came in was a surprise,
the "breathless" words said your brother is not doing well.
I can still remember the silver "hair" shaping his face,
his deep "dark" "green" eyes looking out into space.
In life some thing’s cannot be fixed,
my "heart" has been broken into a million pieces over this.
He is in the "beautiful" place they call heaven, singing with all the "birds" and angels together.
2/21/2020
(He passed away Nov 2019.)
1 Place Writing Prompt - Ten Words Contest Judged: 3/10/2020 Sponsored by: Dear Heart
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