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> 'Short Rondeau', (Corrected) ~ Thanks, Merlin!
Larry
post Oct 31 17, 23:22
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Friendship

“Too much to show?”, it doesn’t take
but moments to discover how
a whisper soothes the soulful ache
of friends in need and will endow
them with a smile where laughter wraps
their heart and loosens sadness’ clutch
to fall like dreams. Is this, perhaps,
too much?





Daniel, I combined the answer to your short rondeau with the X10 Oct 31 challenge.


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post Nov 1 17, 14:51
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snow big deal

To fall like dreams, a snowflake drifts
on high amid opposing streams
of air that bring the autumn's gifts
and spread them 'til the landscape gleams.

A glimpse of winter after heat
that's baffled all our football teams,
the crystal-white blows 'neath their cleats
to fall like dreams.


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post Nov 4 17, 22:33
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salty advice

The crystal white beneath the snow
is melted and refrozen ice
that’s covered up and you don’t know
so you may slip and pay the price
of ambulance and doctor bills.
Mind every step or face your plight
if you don’t use the salt that spills;
the crystal white.


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post Nov 9 17, 13:35
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Ready to Eat

The salt that spills beneath your feet
prevents your falling on your arse
or slipping on the ice and sleet.
Be sure the spreading isn't sparse.
The weather's gotten cold and wet
Dress warm so you won't get the chills
then lay before your luncheonette
the salt that spills.


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post Nov 10 17, 19:16
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diss 'em in ate

Before your luncheonette you lay
a menu out upon the walk
and glue it there so it will stay
with arrows drawn in colored chalk
which may attract folks to your place
but offer Wi-Fi while they munch
to bring them down from outer space
before your lunch


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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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post Nov 14 17, 13:06
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Time to Eat Crow

To bring them down to dinner, you
must tell them that it's supper-time.
Communication is askew
when you don't face the daily grime.
When you act like you're better than
your guests, like you have great renown,
you must become a humble man
to bring them down.


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post Nov 15 17, 14:16
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effort less

You must become a better man
to be successful in your life
and not a simple also-ran;
if not for you then for your wife.
Be purposeful and do your best
for second place eats lots of dust.
Try to be better than the rest;
you must.


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post Nov 16 17, 23:17
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A Wood-be Brute

A two-by-four's among the best
offensive weapons you could use
to club someone with joy and zest
and mutilate with blood and bruise...
if you're a brutal man, of course.
Since you'd not have your friend so sore,
you probably would not endorse
a two-by-four.


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post Nov 18 17, 15:13
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dance card

You probably would not endorse
a game of cards in some back room
or off-track bet placed on a horse
unless you were friends with the groom
because they’re all a game of chance
and lady luck can’t hear your plea
so folks don’t take her to that dance.
You? Probably!


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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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post Nov 19 17, 13:49
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You Think I'm Kind?

I'm not that kind who'd do the dance
in some casino, at the track.
I seldom play a game of chance
and never bet; I've not the knack
for taking money in the fray.
But someone hits, I'll hit 'em back.
I'm not that kind!


P.S. I really am kind; I don't hit back


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post Nov 20 17, 23:12
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good sport

I’ll hit them back if they land in
the singles court. Those bouncing balls
will be returned with lots of spin
regardless of the linesman’s calls.
I hope you’ll hit them back in turn,
but only if you have the knack
to play the game and you will learn
I’ll hit them back.


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John Fitzgerald Kennedy



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post Feb 1 18, 12:32
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the game

To play the game, one practices
each move it takes to have success
and as time passes you’re a whiz;
at least you’ll stop making a mess
but if you think you’ve no more need
for repetitions in your fame
the rust will show. You won’t succeed
to play the game.


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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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post Mar 9 18, 15:50
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To play the game of short rondeau
one must be quick of hand and mind
in your retort. The poem’s flow
should be the tetrameter kind
with alternating witty rhyme.
Pen thought within its tiny frame
that doesn’t have to be sublime
to play the game.



L6 did read: thoughts within a brief essay


Thanks Daniel!


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post Apr 28 18, 10:02
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One doesn't have to follow on
with all the words to make a verse;
the whole thing's one extended con
and sometimes we all end up worse
than when we started on the trek.
What you must do is somewhere halve
line number one then cash the check
one doesn't have.


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post Apr 29 18, 22:26
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Gent-ly

One doesn’t have to be told twice
of a mistake made in a form
so your reminder was quite nice
in nudging me back to the norm.
Both short and sweet, no cuts or jabs
that needed antiseptic salve
and didn’t leave slow healing scabs
one doesn’t have.


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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy



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post Jun 14 18, 18:47
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Your fragile thong will never burst
for front and back are near the same
unless you put it on reversed
then something might hang out. For shame
that it should look like you are nude
but look once more; they’ll find they’re wrong
and it was not what they construed…
your fragile thong.



Couldn't help myself!


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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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post Jun 15 18, 05:48
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I think I'm missing something here, Larry. I don't think I get it!

always sLightly dull, Daniel


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post Jun 15 18, 22:46
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Hi Daniel,

If you will remember, in the “Ode to a Lily” string in Karnak, I said something about your quip of refraining from comment because it would burst your “fragile thong” and I wrote back a note about the start of a short rondeau. I posted the same thing in that string as well as in this “Short Rondeau” string. I tried my best to not step on the posting standard’s toes with a slightly bawdy post.
Sorry for the confusion.


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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy



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