Tears flow in torrents, I shiver and gulp, weeping loudly by the window at my dead cousin’s fleeting ghostly figure.
Date posted : January 16th 2021
Contest : 20 Words Max - Do It With Feeling Poetry Contest
Sponsor : Line Gauthier
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I wish I spoke in fancy English tone,
And not this southern-bred American;
So more politely I could pick a bone,
When snooty judgments come from Isle of Man;
I wish existed ways to turn back time,
To teach a special friend about a war,
Where young colonies won their right to rhyme,
And be subjected cruelly nevermore.
It seems my sonnets, jealous limericks,
Of twenty words that often speak of poo,
For stones too weak decide instead on sticks,
To beat much better lines to residue.
Of course, I’m kidding, Jan, I hope that’s CLEAR,
It’s not your fault you write in foreign AIR.
**That'll learn her for placing my brilliant poem
about passing gas in public 39th out of 40 entries.
Oh me! Oh my!
How time does fly,
Like a jet through the sky.
It makes me want to cry.
written by Kim Merryman 2/25/12
for David Williams Twenty words/Twenty syllable contest
Twenty, twenty's hard to do
Just one long line and you are through
With no words left for your review
mike dailey
for the 20/20 contest
Though contests may pique you,
Judges critique you.
Challenges push you;
Naysayers shush you.
Rhythms confine you;
Poems define you.
Ilene Bauer
for David Williams' Twenty-Twenty Contest
I sit on my own,
a cat on my knee,
and wait for the 'phone
- in case it's for me.
~
For David Williams 'Twenty (words)/Twenty (syllables)' Contest by Charles Clive.
Twenty words from Mama
I find easy to ignore.
One word from my daddy
And he need say no more!
By Joyce Johnson for contest "Twenty/Twenty" lWon 7th
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