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Eumolpus Nov 23, 2019

Starting from Scratch (Sonnet contest)

When was the world not total madness,
When did everybody start complaining?
The meat is overcooked or it’s raining.
The emperor is married to a hag, so sad!

It’s time for boys to test skills in battle,
It’s time for girls to breast feed babies.
The old ones die of sadness or disease
While the bells of madness rattle.

The hours pass in phases of the moon
And days in slow-moving seasons.
There’s never a moment’s peace or reason
From the commotion that living consumes.

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lovedly Nov 23, 2019

Time and Again

Yesterday was a day
tomorrow a may
but
only real is a today

a great guy hath said
yesterday has no
O
yet
tomorrow has
three
today has one only
but
as tomorrow may
may not come your way
use it as a today
and
use the today's
O
as an opportunity
as yesterday sleeps
tomorrow dangles
in the air
so of today
take due care
all Neopoets

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Geezer Nov 21, 2019

Snow Date... November Sonnet Contest

Shall we prepare love, for a winter's day?
A snow filled sally to a sloping hill
You have a car sir and I have a sleigh
We have warm clothes love, please do say you will

A fire to warm us, we can be alone
A picnic basket, filled up with delights
Won't say where we go, and turn off the phone
We will stay for hours, mayhap until night

A sonnet for you, kisses for my face
Wine with the cheeses chocolate candy
Come with me darling, down hill we will race
It will be such fun, it will be dandy

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zanieike Nov 21, 2019

For the greater good

Our views are skewed,
Dreams shattered into bits
We only saw the bigger picture
Which beclouded our judgment
What have we become?

We were saints who
Champion the cause,
Darkness allures us and
We lost our human empathy. The chasm
Between good or bad became void

Our sins are like ice shards
Beautiful but deadly,
The decision is made already,
A Machiavellian method,
All done for the greater good.

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Eumolpus Nov 21, 2019

listen

the world is sick of love
it’s abundant on the carnival of streets
everybody says they love everybody
jesus loves you god loves you
salami and baloney sandwiches love you
amazon prime loves you
your facebook friends send hearts and kisses
your dog loves you
you even say you love yourself sometimes

but of compassion
tres peux
poquito

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Tonya Nov 20, 2019

excuse me

It was a cold day in hell
Fire had flickered and sputtered
Ultimatums uttered
On angry ears words fell

Disbelieving
Arrogantly perceiving
Astounded
Simplicity compounded

No timid docile flower here
I stand proudly on my ground,
My message glaring, blatantly clear
A frozen hell is all that's found!

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Alice Ember Nov 20, 2019

Shower

The shower has become a lover
How it’s warm touch caress skin
Like she used to do
And it washes away the pain that she has caused
I’d like to give the water a name
But I can barley speak in its presence
Choking back tears I refuse to acknowledge
Pretending to forget a live I had built
Now forsaken
How it holds me close
And fends of the reality beyond the curtain
A world without a soulmate
A live where love no longer exists
Where forever means months
And never means tomorrow
Where promises made

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infinite_dwarf Nov 19, 2019

Too much Hookah - November Contest (Humor)

Said the night wind to the little lamb
"Do you see what I see?"
The huge friggin' gargoyle
It stands sentry at the opening of the Frigidaire
Well aware of my nocturnal sneaking

You don't?!

What about the lizard in the shower?
It's iridescent blue... purple.. no - PINK!
It listens in on my morning song
And washes my back
Very helpful is he

Scoff you?!
Better watch it - the basilik in the attic will get you

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Edna Sweetlove Nov 19, 2019

Onward Zionist Soldiers! (Part One)

I
Onward, Zionist soldiers,
marching as to war,
With the star of David
going on before!

US, their wealthy Master,
has sent you lots of dough;
Whizzing through the night sky,
watch your missiles go!

Refrain:
Onward, Zionist soldiers,
marching as to war,
With the star of David
mopping up the gore.

II
At the sound of battle
Zion’s host doth flee;
On then, Hizbullah heroes,
on to Vic-tor-ree.