 Limerick, Poetic Form Exercise |
  |
 Mar 11 12, 02:36
Post
#341
|
|
 Laureate Legionnaire  Posts: 3,446 Joined: 16-October 06 From: UK Member No.: 298 Real Name: Alan McAlpine Douglas Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori/Eisa/loads of old friends  |
KEEP POLITICS OUT OF POETRY !
The senator who's too old to run is missing far too much of the fun he must be Dem-o-crat not knowing where it's at for helping himself to all that mon- Alan ·······  ······· |
  
|
|
|
Mar 11 12, 02:39
Post
#342
|
|
 Ornate Oracle Posts: 20,005 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
In compote, I am too old to run,
but it never was really much fun. Yet I eat it sometimes, but it won't ring my chimes... though with whipped cream it can't be outdone. ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
MM Award Winner        |
|
|
|
|
Mar 11 12, 02:46
Post
#343
|
|
|
Ornate Oracle Posts: 20,005 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
Oops! Alan himself just wrote one
while I watched SNL! I'm undone! So I'll try it again ere he gets out his pen... but I'm sure he'll still hit a home run. ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
MM Award Winner |
|
|
|
|
Mar 11 12, 05:29
Post
#344
|
|
|
Laureate Legionnaire Posts: 3,446 Joined: 16-October 06 From: UK Member No.: 298 Real Name: Alan McAlpine Douglas Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori/Eisa/loads of old friends |
"I am sure he will hit a home run" whatever that is - I am undone being rather frugal I checked it on google oh boy, this is what you guys call fun ? Alan ······· ······· |
|
|
|
|
Mar 11 12, 06:31
Post
#345
|
|
|
Ornate Oracle Posts: 20,005 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
To a boy, baseball's what he calls fun
in the US in summer; the sun has a pleasant effect as his playmates connect with the kid when he hits a home run. "Hit a home run" can be metaphor for accomplishing something -- outscore your opponent, or play higher hand, or some way do outstandingly well. It ain't war! ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
MM Award Winner |
|
|
|
|
Mar 11 12, 08:34
Post
#346
|
|
|
Laureate Legionnaire Posts: 3,446 Joined: 16-October 06 From: UK Member No.: 298 Real Name: Alan McAlpine Douglas Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori/Eisa/loads of old friends |
Do outstandingly well in a war
and then soon enough, you get what-for you'd think winning is wrong lefties banging their gong for without us, they would be no more .... Alan ······· ······· |
|
|
|
|
Mar 11 12, 08:55
Post
#347
|
|
 Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,732 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
To be outstanding in certain fields
it takes luck or some specialized skills. To succeed where most fail is like war. To excell, you accept what your effort reveals. ······· ·······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 Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner     |
|
|
|
|
Mar 11 12, 13:13
Post
#348
|
|
|
Ornate Oracle Posts: 20,005 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
All except what our effort reveals
may be grace that our bias conceals; there's so much that we do that's beyond me and you we can't see it 'til blinders He peals. ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
MM Award Winner |
|
|
|
|
Mar 11 12, 17:16
Post
#349
|
|
|
Laureate Legionnaire Posts: 3,446 Joined: 16-October 06 From: UK Member No.: 298 Real Name: Alan McAlpine Douglas Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori/Eisa/loads of old friends |
BLINDER
We can't see when onions are pealed through tears' blur so little is revealed you would think that today GM farmers would say here's an onion with magnetic field Alan ······· ······· |
|
|
|
|
Mar 12 12, 00:19
Post
#350
|
|
|
Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,732 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
Onions having a magnetic field
may spin out of control when they're peeled. We must chop them real fine 'till their atoms align when they're sauteed, stir-fried or they're grilled. ······· ·······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 Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner |
|
|
|
|
Mar 12 12, 01:45
Post
#351
|
|
|
Laureate Legionnaire Posts: 3,446 Joined: 16-October 06 From: UK Member No.: 298 Real Name: Alan McAlpine Douglas Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori/Eisa/loads of old friends |
NOSE-IN-THE-AIR COOKING AROMAS
You eat sauteed, stir-fried, or they're grilled whatever, you will be highly billed to such high class bistro you shoudn't ever go best pretend that to tip you are thrilled Alan ······· ······· |
|
|
|
|
Mar 12 12, 09:25
Post
#352
|
|
|
Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,732 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
I eat grilled, sauteed, blackened and broiled;
not in bistros or cafes. I'm spoiled by my wife, if you please, who has HomeEc degrees in food science, et al, she employed. ······· ·······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 Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner |
|
|
|
|
Mar 12 12, 10:38
Post
#353
|
|
|
Ornate Oracle Posts: 20,005 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
no food science, but still she's employed
cooking food for our gang, that's deployed out in various places in jeans and in laces; but home-links are hardly destroyed! ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
MM Award Winner |
|
|
|
|
Mar 12 12, 23:58
Post
#354
|
|
|
Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,732 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
My home life, when quiet young, was destroyed
as my father to war was deployed for the Korean war. Life in that abattoir stained his soul and left his mind a void. ······· ·······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 Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner |
|
|
|
|
Mar 13 12, 11:54
Post
#355
|
|
|
Ornate Oracle Posts: 20,005 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
Grandchild #6; Grandson #5
Well, today my mind's also a blur but I'm now wide awake, that's for sure. 4:15 arrived Reese; daughter's pains now have ceased. All is well, as my wife will concur. ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
MM Award Winner |
|
|
|
|
Mar 13 12, 12:04
Post
#356
|
|
|
Laureate Legionnaire Posts: 3,446 Joined: 16-October 06 From: UK Member No.: 298 Real Name: Alan McAlpine Douglas Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori/Eisa/loads of old friends |
DOMESTIC BLISS
All's not well, as most wives will concur, hubbs are remiss, as dish washer, chauffeur and in all other ways except drinking and brays we hubbs take thise slur, without demur Alan ······· ······· |
|
|
|
|
Mar 14 12, 08:10
Post
#357
|
|
|
Ornate Oracle Posts: 20,005 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
Don't project all your stuff upon me
or I'll turn you right over my knee; just because you don't help doesn't make me a whelp; I participate well; that's the key. ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
MM Award Winner |
|
|
|
|
Mar 14 12, 14:37
Post
#358
|
|
|
Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,732 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
If men knew all the trouble they cause
when the wife asks for help, there's the pause just before he replies with excuses and lies then wakes up needing bandage and gauze. ······· ·······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 Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner |
|
|
|
|
Mar 15 12, 03:29
Post
#359
|
|
|
Laureate Legionnaire Posts: 3,446 Joined: 16-October 06 From: UK Member No.: 298 Real Name: Alan McAlpine Douglas Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori/Eisa/loads of old friends |
ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINT
Oh to look out to sea, and to gaze at horizon, enough of it to phase an agrophobic - enough to make him sick from beginning to end of his days Alan ······· ······· |
|
|
|
|
Mar 16 12, 13:53
Post
#360
|
|
|
Laureate Legionnaire Posts: 3,446 Joined: 16-October 06 From: UK Member No.: 298 Real Name: Alan McAlpine Douglas Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori/Eisa/loads of old friends |
my dad
from beginning to end of his days he affected me in so many ways for he had no pretense, just total absence and a rather neat turn of fine phrase Alan ······· ······· |
|
|
|
8 User(s) are reading this topic (8 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
|
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 2nd August 2025 - 01:19 |
Read our FLYERS - click below
|
| more Quotes |
| ||
|
|
|
|
