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Life-size Games

when ordering the life-sized set
I had a minor typo
The queen, the knights were little sweat
The elephant was hypo

but as it turns, there was an error
in how we spelled the "rook"
and we discovered it, in terror
when the whole building shook

the game of course did not proceed
the queen threw out some cake
the pawns made haste, with every speed
the king escaped, the rake

as for the bishops, should I say
they didn't do too well
although the rocs that came to play
said that the meal was swell

Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2785628-Heroic-Fantasy-201

[ Do not let liars claim that night is day ]

Do not let liars claim that night is day
Quiet acquiescence banishes the light
Rage as they might, the truth will find a way

Wise men and fools shall both attempt to sway
Resist, remember might does not make right
Do not let liars claim that night is day

Good men will twist and spin, a fine ballet
Insisting that your obstinance is spite
Rage as they might, the truth will find a way

Wild men will holler, leading you astray
No rescuers among them, no white knight
Do not let liars claim that night is day

Grave men, near death, will supplicate and pray
Be skeptical of those with second sight
Rage as they might, the truth will find a way

And you, my friend -- it is for you to weigh
The arguments, no prejudice or fright
Do not let liars claim that night is day
Rage as they might, the truth will find a way

Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2786218-Villanelle-or-Pantoum-form-poems

Revised Endings

some say the world will end in fire
some say in ice
while they fulfill every desire
and separate, higher and higher
for you -- no effort will suffice
they'll pat you on the back: "oh, great
but please do better, that'd be nice
and do not hate
that is a vice"

Author notes: wc 52 The prompt is the saying itself -- Winter Is Coming -- as well as the name of the series, The Song of Ice and Fire -- fitting right into Robert Frost's poem https://allpoetry.com/contest/2785850--Winter-is-Coming----Quotes-from-Game-of-Th and with apologies to Robert Frost https://allpoetry.com/poem/8469255-Fire-And-Ice-by-Robert-Frost

Auditions

Henceforth there shall be no auditions
So noted The Bremen Musicians
Our Muse shall be free
Engage her with glee
Performing without preconditions

But wait – said the jackass at last
He was – quite frankly – aghast
I must be the voice
You leave me no choice
I cannot perform with this cast

Woof, Woof, I agree, said the dog
This won’t go with our catalog
My bark and my bite
Is not in this fight
No Bremen for me, and no Prague

The cock crowed: I shall have my say!
A sad and tumultuous day!
I can’t be the one
Who welcomes this sun!
And therefore, I also can’t stay

No problem, the cat answered back
I’ll have them repurpose the plaque
While you’re in cahoots
I shall get my boots
My pussies will pick up the slack

Author notes: wc 137 Image from Pinterest https://allpoetry.com/contest/2786072-Fantasy-1043