The Battlefield of Vanities
In Rhymtic, where the public of pride
Beats loud in opposition to the quiet side,
Egos soar like corner Kings, Queens,
Talkin' validity with heavy swings.
Steel-tongued verses bash the air,
Lines cut deep like a group came prepared.
Shadows arch, but the valorous don't yield-
Every word a weapon, the vanity Battlefield.
May Mjölnir's might strengthen you.
May your thoughts flow from Runic streams.
May your chosen path feel miraculous,
And may the northern winds uplift you,
So that Yggdrasil fills you with kindness!
May Frigg ignite your divine visions!
May Freyja summon fertile dreams.
May Magical Mead pour freely from above,
Letting your courage lead to valorous action!
Walk the forest's path, where unique trees and flora thrive.
Listen to the wildlife 'round the trees.
Meet your inspirational animals,
And live boldly as one who ventures forth with courage,
Allowing the vines and flowers to entice you---
That they may be your good companions.
Courage calls for bravery amidst calamity
Overcoming fear toward peace-optimization
Upholding truth upon valorous uprightness
Reinforcing hope against distress-resurgence
Asserting goodness to prevail despite adversity
Governed by love for all with gracious glow
Empowered through faith in divine enablement.
Courage strengthens Captain America with certainty
Offering chances to help along blessed opportunities
Uplifting those who are desperate in their need urgency
Restoring, refreshing, rejuvenating, rehabilitating
Affirming their hearts along hope’s assurance
Guiding and gearing toward attitude of gratitude
Expressing joy of triumphant fulfillment, everyday.
November 8, 2025
Contest Name: The Ideals of Captain America
Sponsor: Robert James Liguori
Thunderous their names,
I recite with pride and fervor—
Glory cast in gold.
Spirit in their veins,
Ready to die or deal death,
Roaring throats march on.
Conches pierce the sky,
Like lightning they strike the ears,
Enemies in awe.
Brave never perish,
Even in the hearts of foes,
Daring spirits soar.
Sounds of victory,
Trumpeting valorous hearts,
The fear of foes fades.
Brave are the bravest,
Till the axe of fate descends,
Judgment looms ahead.
Elixir of win,
Baffling the covetous mind,
A mirage in sand.
Win is in the air,
Lord, his servitor resides,
In soul’s chariot.
Narrow wedge of hope,
In raging Sea of sorrow,
Destiny smiling.
On a phone call from Mr. Mouse
Went to a spooky haunted house
and ventured to peep and enter
as carpenter in severe winter
to fix broken latch but Mrs.Hen tried to catch
me to snatch my tools and sat on egg to hatch.
From roof of asbestos crawled down Octopus.
Swooped vulture valorous, horrifying notorious.
Eight eyes of black widow sparkled through wide window
Moon cast ghostly shadow on feral bushes in meadow.
Violent viper always hyper, shedding tears,
‘I love you’ to whisper close to my ears.
Champion jumper vampire came to inspire
gifting me a shiny sapphire, me about to expire.
For forty furious years the battle raged on
With fiercest grit and gut ever conceived;
The valorous victor at first the loser was
Till he at last the coveted crown received.
Such indelible scars sustained he
Over the tenure of this bellum sore;
And so shall the victor scabby bruises
Bear to monumentalize this fierce war.
And may every kindly soul shed a tear
In memory of those four decades gone,
When the valorous victor defeated was
Via no careless deficiencies of his own.
Kindling lamps more now on path
I wish to rejoice not to mourn.
If none speaks, I talk on my own.
I am always energetic and in mirth.
Generous heart , intelligent jovial kind liberal
even on blind road travels dynamic restless-
whirling in storm while dusts flown.
Darkness prevails, soul glows on.
Restless solivagant traveller ultimate valorous wanderer !
Seeds of struggle are always sown.
Plants with leaves of action are grown.
Fruits of success left unknown, basically aimless.
As born carefree delighted enthusiastic freely grown
Comfortable in each zone.
Life runs in challenging tone.
I am walking , walking all alone.
Far from city in haunted house
lived Macro mouse and Micro mouse.
Macro fond of Micro : His spouse.
Also stayed with them little louse.
From roof crawling down octopus.
Swooping the vulture valorous.
Horrifying notorious.
Me at nook frightened, oblivious.
Wicked weird witch is cunning most,
sitting with her friend scary ghost.
relishing rotten mutton roast
and charcoal burnt hard butter toast.
Shedding tears violent viper.
turning hysteric and hyper.
Suddenly jumped champion jumper :
Owner of the house : large vampire.
Realisation sprouting
from intangible intuition
twined with
cognitive impulsion
igniting consciousness.
Conflagrating
confluence of confusion
leads to
path of righteousness
breaking contour
of pervasive perversion
converging
to consciousness.
Ever-curious
eccentric
ebullient explorer
traveling terraqueous
guided by
retrospective and introspective
sensuousness ,
simultaneous
to reach
ecstatic consciousness.
Sailor soul
on aimless
valorous voyage
on reverie
meeting
seamless sea
of enlightenment
to touch
summit of consciousness.
MY BELOVED
Accomplished affirmative aggressive all along ambitious.
Bright brilliant blooming bubbling.
Courageous competent courteous classy
Dedicated devoted dulcet dreamer drinking desires
Elegant efficient enthusiastic.
Frolic fair fairy.
Graceful glamorous generous.
Humble hearty honest.
Intelligent Ingenious Innovative.
Jubilant joyful.
Kind-hearted knowledgeable.
Lovely lively liberal lady.
Majestic mirthful modest.
Nice noble.
Officious optimist, open-minded.
Pleasant pristine persona.
Quiet quaint quirky.
Reckless righteous responsible.
Soft sober simple selfless.
Truthful tactful transparent.
Upbeat undismayed upright.
Valorous vigorous vibrant.
Wisely whimsical witty.
Youthful.
Zealous.
LIFE IS A SONG
Life is beautiful, life is precious.
Make life lovable and marvelous.
Meet challenge of life being righteous.
Every step of life must be gracious.
Optimistic zeal to run gorgeous.
Devotion on action ! Oblivious.
Love and compassion to make life glorious.
To fight for justice simultaneous.
Be prompt to lend your hand to sufferers.
Your help and service sure to get bonus.
Self confidence is pivot ! Obvious.
Not you and me ! We are for all of us.
Propel dynamic life : Be valorous.
Self sacrifice not superfluous.
Life is a song to sing mellifluous
on note of truth tuning melodious.
Lyrics of song to show petals of lotus.
Song of life not solo ! Sing in chorus.
Water filled each cleft and crevice; unease within you grew.
Though physically brave, I couldn't withstand the strong wave.
I felt, yet, in the end, contentment with saving a few
No lifebuoys left; am I pushed to the brink of my grave?
This sea, though I'm within her waves now, isn't my stranger.
Hadn't I spent my mammoth life on her thrill-bubbling shores?
Won't she, at these troubled times, save me from every danger?
Though once she smashed my sand forts, will she wreck my heart's cores?
Isn't my death, yet, shifting from one shore to another?
Isn't plunging into the whirlpools part of this process?
Though those whose hands I held to save their own lives don't bother
Towards a valorous voyage, may my sound soul progress.
Farewell, O Titanic; you'd been sheltering me for long.
Leave me now; that I reach the divine shrines where I belong.
The echo of a dreadful night cannot contain a valorous heart
The searing blood in a warrior's veins does not succumb to a vanquished heart
The clashing of swords, gory and raw do not sway the mighty "outlaw"
She charges deep into the dawning war with strands of darkness glistening under the waning star
Thoughts of her faith she finds futile
For who can make the brave abide
Her heart that streaks with mutiny and rebellion
seeks only for a fellow Sneer
A renegade at birth, she wanders on
Finding peace she suspects will slip through her claws
The brown of her parched skin glistens as the dark embraces her flaws
She flourishes under the night's indifferent maze
and comes alive under the moon's sliver gaze
She longs for an invitation to a land far-off
with water that soothes her war ridden heart
A traitor, rebel and a renegade to her own
she wishes to be a lover in a warrior's home town
To at last find the peace that her heart longs
And satisfy the cravings of a heart that's been reeking of betrayal all along
She whispers her yearnings to the Full Moon
and hopes her prayer will come through soon.
VAMPIRE
Vampire is mythical.
Violent to attack.
Valorous to suck blood.
Vindictive attitude.
Vicious activity.
Ventures to bite, sip blood.
Vampire bats are leaf- nosed..
THE OCEAN
Alluring Amazing Ocean
Boundless Charming, Dynamic
Endless Energy in Free Frolic Foamy Flow.
Gorgeous, Loud Lovely, Marvellous, Musterious.
Noble or Outrageous.
Pearly, Pristine : Quite or Rowdy.
Unique: Vibrant, Valorous.
Wide, Wonderful with Youthful Vigorous
in zest and zeal.
Ocean flows thrashing waves beyond breakers,
sometimes turbulent, sometimes calm tranquil.
Liners, Vessels, Ships on voyage.
Passenger sinking in dreams of vastness.
Millions of sea creature struggling to survive,
floating, swimming, clinging to seaweeds,
crawling or settling in the abyss.
Preys and Predators thriving simultaneous.
Coral displaying floral garden spectacular beyond human vision.
Icebergs huge or small to float showing one portion,
nine times being submerged deceiving onlookers.
Aquanauts to venture expeditions under the ocean.
Ocean carrying immense treasures without any measure.
Ocean flows calling land dwellers to explore.
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