you make your wish
i'll make my wish
we're leaving it to chance
to see what happens
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Categories:
wishbone, relationship,
Form: Free verse
The turkey this year was so great,
the wishbone lay there on the plate.
I won the big part
and wished from my heart;
“Please, grandad, don’t start a debate!”
He didn’t hear me, I am guessing;
said, “is it stuffing or dressing?”
We fed him with wine,
which made him supine;
that, was our Thanksgiving blessing!
Categories:
wishbone, thanksgiving,
Form: Limerick
we used to love it when we reached the end of the turkey
we kids were allowed to compete in the wishbone challenge
my brother Larry Joe and I competed every Thanksgiving
what I would give to have one more wishbone challenge with him
Categories:
wishbone, 5th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Blank verse
Christmas is coming
And I myself once upon a time
Much like the goose was getting fat
I am now sadly not
For I am currently now getting
thinner than
The leftover wishbone from this
year's thanksgiving's turkey
I managed to scavenge from my
next door neighbors bins
After they we're obviously finished
and done with so therefore eventually
threw the remaining scraps out
Who if they knew or I was willing
to admit the dire state of the situation
I find find myself mired in
Would surely then have offered to
take me in and provide me with
whatsoever help they could
But sadly my own self pride ego
and wanting to keep pace and up
with the Joneses
Will and has left me again sadly
with nothing more
Than hunger pains and grumbling
noise in the pit of my stomach
And a perfectly stripped chewed down
to the bone , wishbone
And hopefully 1 wish still remaining
in tow
So here goes
How I wish it was only them suffering
this unholy indignation as apposed
to me
Or I had taken just a single moment
of my precious time
To be a better neighbor give a damn
or care about anything or anyone
Other than me myself and only i
Categories:
wishbone, caregiving,
Form: Free verse
My eyes fell closed as I watched a dark night sky
A chance wasted of hopes pinned on stars falling
Candlewick atop my cake, flame did defy
I feel the fates to my dreams are stonewalling
I plucked an eyelash with a deep breath inhaled
But the breeze beat my breath, another wish failed
A last chance hinging on thanksgiving alone
Alas, there’s no wish, on a broken wishbone
September 29, 2022
Pick-A-Title, Vol 32 - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
Categories:
wishbone, thanksgiving,
Form: Rispetto
Sometimes, we make our wishes on a chance
that folklore or traditions seem to work
and take that gamble using one of them
will make the longed-for wish for us come true.
We hold one side of the dried wishbone tight;
the other held by someone, wishing too.
Then silently express the wish in mind;
with intense hope, pray for the favored break.
And in a flash, that break decides our fate!
The shorter side tells us the wish is dead;
the side with, joint attached, brings utter joy-
the wish assigned to that will soon come true.
How old traditions seem to somehow last-
especially, a simple one like that!
From Roman times to Plymouth Rock, still now-
the larger piece of wishbones holds good luck!
September 10, 2022
~3rd Place~
Contest: Pick-A-Title, Vol 32
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
Theme 4.) Broken Wishbone
Judged: 10/13/2022
Categories:
wishbone, history,
Form: Blank verse
I like the wishbone. The frailty of it
and the way it breaks, its whiteness.
I especially like the way we can earn
wishes out of it if we snap it correctly.
I almost always win the wishbone snap.
Some of the wishes which have pranced
my way are:
a faerie wand, a rainbow unicorn,
a purple dragon with orange eyes,
a generous leprechaun.
Wishbone snapping lessons? Sure.
I could teach you if I trusted humans,
but since that is impossible, I will now
fade back into the treetops, and you
must pretend we have never had this
conversation.
You do not want lithium do you?
Categories:
wishbone, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Two parties with a fifty-fifty chance
Of getting the longer half, but in this game
Of sheer luck, one gets the wish fulfillment
One literally comes up short
When the wishbone splits in two
How sad to end up with the shorter half?
Close, but no cigar. An unlucky break
Then lady luck smiles and disappears
In a split second. Isn't it tantamount to a scale
Tipping the balance to the wrong end?
At one fell swoop, one who holds
The shorter half is out of favor, a gambler
With a snake eyes dice. A wish so
Tantalizingly close, hynotized
Into deep sleep
But there's a technique to improving
The odds of ending up with the longer half
You simply pull instead of attempt to break it off
Glory could be yours, If you grab the upper part
Of the wishbone, instead of the tail-end
Date written and posted: 11/02/2018
Categories:
wishbone, 11th grade, games, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
break a wishbone
you end up with the small half of the split
it's suppose to be fifty - fifty odds
still we all know a very few of the people
a teeny weeny portion of the population
own the lion share of all the wealth
like bats without radar
we fly blind
spend our days
dreaming
of the larger piece
of the wishbone
here's the rub
the turkey's already been skinned clean
Mar. 2 2016
armand
Categories:
wishbone, money,
Form: Free verse
thoughts of wishbone soup
overshadows all that starves
mind heartily set
Categories:
wishbone, inspiration,
Form: Haiku
i wanna be alone tonight
i wanna be an accidental victim streetlight darkness
i wanna be the only one in the world that i create
i wanna be the yellow light sitting indian style in the middle of planet red
i wanna be my only company serving only to myself
i wanna be the only audience for the quietly whispering wind
i wanna be totally lost in thought in the gentle beating heart of blankness
i wanna be the star in a dimply lit deserted spotlight
i wanna be the only sound that i hear period end of story
i wanna be the only vision i see in all its unaccompanied glory
i wanna be the only recipient of open space's delight
yes, i wanna be alone tonight....
Categories:
wishbone, how i feel, planet,
Form: Free verse