we recognize our parents in our kids
and resonate with heroes in our books
we gossip about neighbors and our friends
and know that politicians are all crooks
it may be hard to say in rhyme,
this simple truth remains sublime
we're all in the same water all the time
Author notes: wc 50 https://allpoetry.com/contest/2790607-Philosophy-in-Poetic-Miniature---Heraclitus
dressed in desire
love returned to the ocean
swims at her own risk
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2790333-MAX-6-lines---PHOTO-is-prompt
in yearning to say
something truly profound
I struggle and pray
for right words to be found
irrelevance is
what I fear -- no, I dread!
enough with that tease…
I just need to be read
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2790626-Your-Fears
the rhymosaurus went extinct
it just ran out of time
it couldn’t bear to be succinct
enjoyed primordial slime
when they unearthed its hollow bones
some said it was a bird
and other experts of the stones
said don’t you be absurd
it strikes me that the ancient beast
just might have been forlorn
and I suspect, though its deceased
it liked to tout its horn
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2790633-8-spots-on-a-triceratops-wing
just how many moons
do you need for a haiku?
man on the moon knows
I'm driven by a strong desire
to say things
that haven't been said before
with variant degrees of success
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2790636-6k---4-line-creative-poem-on-why-you-write-
I met a billionaire once
and asked him for some dough
not not a handout, an advance
my ducks were in a row
I barely heard myself converse
my face and ears aglow
and all I got was a blank verse --
turns out it's who you know
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2790644-Starstruck
Old Solomon's son, Rehoboam
attempted to rule via poem
his meter and rhyming
had no sense of timing
The Israelites overthrow him
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2790491-Legitimate--Literate-Limericks
the chords strike true, a star is born
a cosmic blue will now adorn
this place and time, seen from afar
where God sat down, with his guitar
In truth I would prefer a simple hat.
The old wolf head's malodorous and foul,
but one must keep appearances, and that
is paramount, besides, they like my howl.
My warriors, oh how they loved my dad.
The old man led us true, through thick and thin,
but now it is my turn, and I am glad.
Who cares, for this I'll wear some ancient skin.
The battle axe? Now that's a different thing.
Who doesn't like to smash a helpless shield?
I live for war, the glory it will bring.
No, not for me the farming of a field
As winter's snow is covering the grass,
I hope the day is ours, if Freya grants,
and then I shall get drunk, not just one glass.
And next time, I shall surely wear some pants.
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2790510-Heroic-Fantasy-208
stunned by the full moon
waves overcome their shyness
tide is coming in
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2790548-Go-For-A-Walk-In-Nature---Haiku
When I first saw you there,
all I could do is stare.
Your eyes beyond compare,
a dream so pure, so rare.
Now I'm beneath a star
catching light in a jar.
Floating above cloud nine
ever since you are mine.
When I first said there is no there, there,
all they could do is look at me and stare.
Your charts, they said, are gold, beyond compare,
a dream of clarity, insightful, that's so rare.
Now I'm the CEOs assistant, I'm a star
catching that lightning, lightning in a jar.
Floating on this here private jet, above cloud nine
ever since getting what is rightfully mine.
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