Titling a poem
or naming a child
Which process harder
the future beguiled
“A Rose Is A Rose ...”
till maybe it’s not
Called do they answer
— once dubbed and begot
(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)
Categories:
titling, myth,
Form: Rhyme
He tightly sermonized on Harmony,
Neatly anchoring it in More Money:
How none of it unleashes Acrimony
And could crush A Holy Matrimony.
Soon, he alighted on Ceremony
But still built it on More Money:
The Humorless it clothes with The Funny,
A fiesta sweetening like Honey…
A public preacher, then, on More Money,
Now, his listeners fooling with Harmony
Next The Thing titling Ceremony.
More Money Man’s Doubly Assured Harmony,
Even the seeds from Strangled Matrimony,
Keeps tending with Authorized Alimony.
Categories:
titling, adventure, evil, money, women,
Form: Rhyme
Polish
by Michael R. Burch
Your fingers end in talons—
the ones you trim to hide
the predator inside.
Ten thousand creatures sacrificed;
but really, what's the loss?
Apply a splash of gloss.
You picked the perfect color
to mirror nature's law:
red, like tooth and claw.
I thought about titling or subtitling this one “A mini-ode to manicure” but thought better of it. Please note that this poem is not about female predators or lipstick and nail polish, per se, but the way the human race “glosses over” its predatory nature. We may appear to be “civilized” with our constant grooming and high fashion, but what are we doing to the planet and its other inhabitants? I suspect many animals facing climate change/global warming and possible extinction would prefer less "civilization."
Categories:
titling, animal, culture, earth, environment,
Form: Free verse
God this boy, I remember when
He’d giggle and kiss me
And ask “Hey are we
good?” in the dark after soccer
and he’d keep five promposals right next to his locker.
Even though he said not to ask,
I’d found it the most enjoyable task.
God, this boy, he’s ruined me for other men.
Categories:
titling, boy, boyfriend,
Form: ABC
*wow.Auric essence? Is it a beansprout? Is it a? A what? no title.SORRY people who like titling
Flotation
Realisation
Notification
Obviously the whirl of a society is far too compelling
Pretty much like escaping air from an orifice
but not an office
That is too official
And to be fair the tantalising style of a manicured lawn is rising and visiting a nightclub
oh yes
opulence of deuce
but no juice
Well not now anyway
And the minefield of self explosion is to be ratified by the temperament of a metre wide turtle who is tut tut tut
at the sights
and sounds
and scenes
but not seances
of the crescent moon beach for crescent moon beaches are to be stood on and danced upon round and round on the ground. wow
whoosh isn't it exciting?
And the fried fish is not a time to be wild
Okay
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Untitled and NOT a tin of PEAS!!!! X
Categories:
titling, adventure,
Form: I do not know?
it's a shame
because it can be very good
though I might not be as good at titling
as at writing
and so can anyone be
Categories:
titling, poems, poetess, poetry, poets,
Form: Lyric