Tribute. Poems

Best of both worlds

you're my yin and yang
you're strong when you need to be
you're gentle when it counts



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Sinatra

Leaning towards the pride of Hoboken,
I learned to listen with both ears —
And my wandering soul—
Whose cellar harbours old kegs of sweet
Songs that warm the spirits and embolden one
With just one hum of that pleasantly unique voice,
So frank and euphonious
That I crave love.

The Funeral of Dogs - Dedicated to Roald Amundsen and His 52 Dogs

I hate to chortle at the sound of broken laughter,
Just like I refrain from weeping when dancing smoke fills my eyes . . .
But when dogs mourn alone,
I chafe my hands with the cold of tears of solitude.
Monuments and cairns I crave among the icy
Terrains, where dogs’ paws leave eternal marks —
The print-marks of an

Kaali's Disciple

A demonness turned disciple of a goddess,
Born in a form to show my true prowess
As well as learning to embrace my darkness.
I too am evolving into a cosmic enchantress.

Tribute to Mom and Dad

You've walked a long walk
It's now time to sit back
The journey was tough;
Thorns and thistles laid bare,
Your foot bleed and crack;
Scorned on all sides
But you heed them no more.
Sorrows, heartache etched
Within you, broken and shattered 
Are your hearts but you've built
A home; of love and wisdom for us.

Yesterday, you moulded us,
Shedding your tears in the

PEN

P-owerful tool wielded by writers and poets
E-choing inner emotions and thoughts in silken words
N-estling amiably between deft fingers

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LITERALLY LANTERNES

A lanterne is a five line quintain verse shaped like a Japanese lantern with a syllabic pattern of one, two, three, four, one.Each line able to stand on its own, and the poem may or may not have a title which sometimes forms an integral part as a 6th line


#1
Black,
yellow,
brown, or white--
partitions skin
deep.

#2 WATER MEADOWS

rush
and

watermelon wet

.

                  yes i did
   mine eyne follow'd that drip
                down hern
          

TETRACTYS TRIBUTE

The tetractys poetic form was devised by the late Ray Stebbing as a grammatical 20 syllable verse of 5 lines.Syllable sequence 1,2,3,4 & 10.Each line to stand on its own,as in my example Ichthys below.The challenge is to express a complete thought,profound or comic,witty or wise within the 20 syllables.The tetractys can be doubled or

The Real Uncle Larry

Uncle Larry has been in a grumpy mood since he returned from Nam
Wears a perpetual permanent scowl on his face
his lips are always in a sarcastic style pout
He does this to keep people away

I hate people he says, which is not him at all
We nephews and nieces know better
this tough exterior with the leather jacket

Back Then

In those days they were not in a hurry to vacate the planet,
My ancestors and their global friends
Life was to them a health monument in granite
And they lived on and on and on with welds.

Night Nurse

Her eyes are laden with drunken sleep, 
Silhouetted by lank, tired hair flimsier
Than the spine of an elderly, broken night.
Tattered, it buries the horrors of night;
Braided, it creases the rows of black corn,
Sweeping swiftly south and downwards;
Ponytail ties the umbilical linking life
And skyline light.
Lissome, she traipses with no lamp, 
Even when darkness confidently pitches its

A Senryu Quintet Tribute To Black Patti, 1868-1933, And Sula Baye, 08,25,1943

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, my blessed little Sister!
When we were young, Papa always called
You “Black Patti”!  Now we know why:


A Senryu Quintet Tribute To “Black Patti (1868-1933): **
        For My Sister, Sula “Black Patti” Baye (08/25/1943)

Water gives rivers life
I swanee, “Black Patti” gave
Life to the songs she sang:-

“Black Patti”

Robin Hood

Hats off to Robin Hood
for the poor always doing good
Maid Marian all but stole his heart
which did upset the apple cart

Tribute To Ariana Grande

Lyrics not by AI but by JT Curtis

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