With no regret do i believe
I will hope that all will stand
In one voice we show our strength
In one moment we could heal the land
They'll have us believe
in our desires and wants
They try to conceive
A birth of their own vaunts
As long as truth remains
As long as hope is in our sights
We'll never bow to conformity
And press forward with the people's might
Categories:
vaunts, inspirational, political,
Form: Qasida
The heart always knows what it wants,
The head often gets in the way.
A fantasy teases and taunts…
The heart always knows what it wants…
That fantasy's virtues it vaunts.
People in love are wont to say
The heart always knows what it wants,
The head often gets in the way.
Categories:
vaunts, philosophy,
Form: Triolet
alliterisen
Righteous refuge, our Father's planned pledge,
"Hope has endless safe sanctuary in Me."
Heaven's hope, eternal Eden.
Perdition's plot is the devil's delight;
Satan sets no strict standards.
Many mad, pompous pooh-bahs may find
vanity vaunts a venal vista.
November 5, 2021
contest: Alliterisen - 7 Lines Poetry Contest
sponsor: Joseph May
Categories:
vaunts, 11th grade, heaven, pride,
Form: Verse
S A N C T U A R Y
S Sadly for all pompous pooh-bahs S
A arrogance vaunts a venal vista, A
N no hope for an infinite heaven. N
C Can contempt claim one’s logic? C
T Tyrants are blind to afterthought T
U Undoubtedly, Satan is their guru; U
A alas, ageless abyss, his “utopia." A
R Refuge is promised from our Father, R
Y "You have in God, a safe sanctuary." Y
S A N C T U A R Y
November 5, 2021
Categories:
vaunts, 11th grade, endurance, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
October trees, they sway in the wind
A tangerine tango that taunts the tinges
October leaves, they swirl in the breeze
A vermilion whirligig that vaunts the whispers
October hues, they swagger the mind
A rubicund rollicking that haunts the shadows
October scenes, they sweep the heart
A garnet gambol that daunts the artists
October skies, they swarm the soul
A titian twinkle that flaunts God’s blessings
09.30.2021
For Regina McIntosh's "October" contest
Categories:
vaunts, autumn, october,
Form: Free verse
*Image of Harvest Mouse by KK News.
In Naught Out Wins Love
Prime blooms tryst dawns dew
midst steel spires vaunts vaults blue
save roots points of view
wrought grounds too firm to gauge through
yields sound replete for that shrew
2021 September 04
Categories:
vaunts, animal, conflict, extended metaphor,
Form: Tanka
Contest rules, only one, enter whatever you like.
No prompts or specs, some would call that lazy.
A dictatorship, just a bit like the third reich
disabling comments on both sides, first strike.
Winners chosen by whatever the sponsor wants.
Room for skims, scans, and glances – it’s crazy.
What of reading, deliberation and careful response?
Control via nonchalance, strike two he vaunts.
Roughly, thirty-five “reads” that is, on a good day;
participation is always good, fill-ups are fast.
"Judging's" even faster, if you notice, by the way
it’s a Monopoly craps game, many of us choose to play.
I cannot speak for others, but here's my view
nothing ventured; nothing lost; nothing gained.
A poem's well-being does not rest with one "Yahoo!"
or if you please, on the other hand, with one DQ.
April 13, 2020
contest: Kai Michael Neuman's Monopoly Poetry Contest
Categories:
vaunts, 11th grade, angst, crazy,
Form: Rhyme
V vaunts verbiage vociferously.
Visage viewed very vacuous
Vacillates varyingly,
Venting valentine versus violence
Vast, versatile, variant,
Vehement vituperations volunteered:
Voices voice virtuously
Voices voice vulgarly
V very veracious,
Versal vortices visualized,
Versal volages visualized,
V’s valedictory.
Categories:
vaunts, freedom,
Form: Quintilla
How can such a mere mortal
Afford that contagious smile?
A smile of love and innocence
Smile of a man sans grudge
A smile that unites mankind
A haloed smile of great man
Whom the world deserves
A smile bringing hope to life
A smile of peace and tolerance
Treasured smile of an icon
Building bridges for humanity
A man who leads by love
Heroic smile of a unique man
Who forgives all aggressors
And vaunts the downtrodden
A smile frozen in bold history
Yet invaluable gift for the future
Rippling smile of inert humility
Of he God bestowed the world
To cherish and to emulate
To trace and trail smile of peace
Evocative of the immortal
Love of He who created man!
A song for Nelson Mandela who is in hospital.
Categories:
vaunts,
Form: Ode