Lira Options

[JustDaniel]

What is a nightmarish worm?
Is it created when you're on LSD?
Is the illusion long-term?
Was the worm an amputee
who regenerated and turned into three?

[Larry]

Regenerate into three?
Depending on how many times you cut them;
there’s the possibility,
although it is very slim,
you’ll wind up with lots of bait if it’s a him.

[JustDaniel]

A worm is debateable
since you can always take it off of the hook;
it can be reliable
to keep your place in a book
if you don't mind others thinking you're a kook.

[Larry]

A kook minds what others think
even if they don’t verbalize what that is
but they’re always on the brink
of knowing that hers or his
answers are needed when he’s taking life’s quiz.

[JustDaniel]

That's why you can't take a whiz --
your old prostate has swollen out of control;
doctor will give you the biz
so don't think that he's a troll
because your oncologist speaks español.

[Larry]

Spaniel speaks on colleges
which surprises me because they’re not that smart.
Fields in which his knowledge is
must include pointing to start
and he concludes where it’s best to whiz and fart.

[JustDaniel]

A Slight Correction ^{(not a slight!)}

The quizzers have concluded
that the rhyme scheme of your last lira does not
fit on what you've extruded;
I'm afraid that you've been caught
but I know that doing it right's what you've sought.

[Larry]

I sought to be enlightened
with some new and wondrous forms I could explore;
my rhyme scheme should be tightened
so slight me a little more.
A bee and a B.B. will both make you sore.



Thanks for the heads-up. I corrected it slightly.

[JustDaniel]

Two Old Farts

What will be will be for sure:
I knew you'd easily fix the previous
so that your farts could endure
without making too much fuss;
it's certainly now worthy of both of us.

[Larry]

Two Lucky Old Farts

We’re both worthy for certain
with our constant posts and the inane banter
kept bringing down the curtain
by our Miss Lori Kanter
that would have left us out in the cold hurtin’

[JustDaniel]

Two Old *Bench-Warmers

With us in the cold, hurtin'
would Luce's friends have had a place to gather?
Inane or not, our spurtin'
with all our foolish blather
kept the lights on with our place-holding smather.

_*Farts

[Larry]

Our light-holding won’t matter
if the influx of new poets don’t critique;
there will just be some chatter
and that is not what we seek
if we want to keep the mosaic unique.

[JustDaniel]

A Mosaic of Poets

The Mosaic is unique
in its openness to new and old writers;
you'll see if you take a peek
in the forums -- no blighters;
fine observations without being biters.

[Larry]

With biting observations
sites drive away new writers just beginning,
giving themselves ovations
while not letting those take wing
who may be able to teach the world to sing

[JustDaniel]

Mentor by Appreciation

We can teach the world to sing
by encouraging them to share their voices
and develop what they bring
showing that there are choices
to become symphonies and not just noises.

[Larry]

Notable Differences

Noises when symphonies start
are the orchestra tuning up to begin
on the proper key. Their part
will mesh and that former din
becomes an opus that makes you say Amen.

[JustDaniel]

The Bald Truth About Ron

Opie made you say, Amen!
when you saw some things that he did with Andy.
He grew up as peer to men
(back when his hair was sandy)
who directed him; Ron's now more than handy.

[Larry]

lisps of faith

Ron is handy at his trade
because of excellent direction when young
and all the roles which he played
that captured our hearts. Among
them, the Music Man and Happy Days were strung.

[JustDaniel]

Put a Sock in it?

Was the music man strung out
when he came to your town and recruited you? dew
Personally, I don't doubt
he must have been a little more than askew....
Can't carry tunes in your shoe!

[Larry]

Ooh-Gaws!

You can carry tunes in shoes
if you’re in the circus but are not the star
and here is some more good news,
no one will know who you are
when you play music and sound like an old car.