sonnet bref, [ my designation ] in less than iambic tetrameter Options

[JustDaniel]

novice joker

struggle
with balls;
juggle
in halls

climb up
on rope
close up
with hope

paint smile
on face
argyle
and lace

poor clown
falls down

[Larry]

bad guns linger

false town’s
a lot
where rounds
are shot

to make
a film;
your break
is slim

to be
a star
no fee
so far

bad luck
you suck

[JustDaniel]

hopeless

you suck
your thumb,
a schmuck
become

because
you can't
de-fuzz
the scant

hair on
your face;
come-on,
embrace

pure fact:
you're jacked

[Larry]

e i e i eohippus

your jack’s
an ass
but facts
surpass

mere schools
which taught
that mules
have caught

the gene
for size,
they’re mean
but wise

and bite
for spite

[JustDaniel]

e i e i oops!

for spite
I said
I'd bite
your head

but you
had heard
askew
each word

to light
your bed
not quite
I'd said

I pecked
your neck

[Larry]

weighty thoughts

your neck
is strong,
a speck
too long

but head’s
on tights.
My dreads,
it might

become
a weight
to some.
I’d hate

to bring
a sling.

[JustDaniel]

A Giant Tale

a sling
aweigh;
one zing
to slay

Golai
who was
big guy
above

King Saul's
army;
he falls
alee.

So long,
head-strong.

[Larry]

parsed farce

head strong
in thought
but wrong
and ought

to say
it’s so,
delay
and know

the zeal
of those
who will
expose

that fact;
redact.

[JustDaniel]

Red to Red

Red acts
to dye
the flax
you buy

to make
covers
to wake
lovers.

After
long night's
laughter
and fights

they're dead
in bed.

[Larry]

mountin’ ken

inbred,
their line
is said
benign

but bro
and sis
now know
a kiss

may lead
to some
strange deed,
become

fore-warned…
four armed?

[JustDaniel]

from forearm to calf

forearm
inside
won't harm
her hide

the cow
will know
somehow
she'll grow

the calf...
for her
behalf
will stir

come forth
henceforth

[Larry]

a loud action

for sense
to reign
convince
your brain

that thought,
not deed,
means naught.
Proceed

to act
not think;
in fact
distinct

don’t stew
just do.

[JustDaniel]

Mined in a Ditch?

do just
as much
as lust
can touch

but don't
do wrong;
it won't
be long

before
you see
'amour'
can be

a bitch
to ditch

[Larry]

gold-brick her

to ditch
a girl
just twitch
and curl

your lip
to feign
lost grip,
insane

if that
don’t work
grow fat
and shirk

no dough
she’ll go.

[JustDaniel]

Reconsider?

She'd go
with you
although
she'd chew

you out
for sure
about
impure

comments
you make
not meant
to break

her heart.
Why start?

[Larry]

religious pair a tease

Why start
with one
be smart
and shun

monog-
amy;
a blog
I see

says two
or more
will do
to score.

Mormon
for fun.

[JustDaniel]

caught on your cot?

for fun
you cheat
but done
so neat

you hy-
phenate
so I
debate

legit-
imate?
is it
a mutt?

methinks
it stinks

[Larry]

emu late

It stank
but you
now rank
it poo

or worse
a cur,
too terse
and stir

your bile
and yet
my style
was met

two times
in rhymes.

[JustDaniel]

un-gumming

in rhymes
it's true
betimes
our poo

is forced
if we
have horsed
to free

that muse
inside
whose clues
have died

outcome:
down-thumb

[Larry]

daze gone by

thumb down
a ride
to town
beside

a road
or street
the mode
replete

with fates
these days
creates
that phrase

wrong guy
you die