the chicken, feeling a bit leaner
but having heard that grass is greener
and greener grass means fatter worms
(what chickens eat will make you squirm)
did try to check out the said grass
in trying so, she did, alas
have to cross over a big road
she did not reach her new abode
no, there she lies, sadly she's stricken
the road, you see, does not play chicken
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2798013-Why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road
verily, but I shall write a poem
poetry predates the oldest bible
Solomon was great, but Rehoboam
wasn't, and the consequence was tribal
David wrote of beautiful still waters
pastures that are green and greener meadows
this one begat that one, but no daughters
their names staying mostly in the shadows
Samson, did he write one for Delilah
channeled by Tom Jones in his old classic
you can topple temples, cannot BUY love
whether its trochaic or thoracic
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2797890-Any-subject--but-using-trochaic-meter-throu
the machine
has long ago
figured out
how to bottle
and channel
your rage
you think you range against it
but you do its bidding
Author notes: album cover art from Pinterest
I wanted to be like a man
not all went according to plan
I am plenty real
but must watch my zeal
or parts of me tend to expand
I wish I could be understood
Geppetto raised me to be good
though some joke -- like: TIMBER!
I'm trending on Tinder
can't beat a reliable wood
Author notes: image from Flickr https://allpoetry.com/contest/2796974-Double-Limerick-to-Pic
one issue with chocolate
rhyming it -- don't tackle it
is a bit too difficult
(no involving thee, occult)
chocolate cake, it's syllables
'cording to my syllabus
only three so ha--ee--kuus
easier in pluribus
too late for a limerick
cannot come up with a trick
the cake looks delicious, though
try a slice -- see told you so
judge the cover by the book
go ahead, give it a look
open up on any page
it's the only way to gauge
now you know if that "superb!"
was for real, or just a blurb
got my pennies in a bunch
bought some vowels on a hunch
got the phrase, it was "sea urchin"
but this ain't no Wheel of Fortune
hangman tightens his own noose
gander caught up to the goose
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2797613-A-penny-for-your-poetry-thoughts.
she asked me for some pillow talk
so confident, I quoted Keats
though I had no intent to mock
that night was fraught between the sheets
so on the next day, I tried Byron
let me just say, my lovely siren
turned out to be a fan of Poe
and so I quote him, evermore
Author notes: 2. You should have a softer pillow than my heart. Lord Byron 3. And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head. John Keats https://allpoetry.com/contest/2797612-Pillow-quotes- prompts 2 and 3
sun singed treetops welcome morning
kettle whistles happy warning
smell of coffee in the air
she sits in her favorite chair
long hair falling on her shoulders
in the eye of the beholder
nothing is more beautiful
do sit down before you drool
she says, eyes lit with a smile
think I'll do that, for a while
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2797553-Love
blue jays, cardinals and sparrows
pierce the air like hungry arrows
hunt for morsels on the go
and below, a field of snow
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2797511-Brevity-to-image---30-words-or-less
the man on the moon grabbed the sun by her waist
and kissed her face, right on the lips
he then started to swoon, overcome by her taste
not quite hugging, but hands on her hips
not a moment too soon, 'as the lady, quite chaste
scorched his fingers while singeing their tips
but he did it, the loon, it's the sun he embraced!
a brief moment, but he did eclipse
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2797207-Eclipse
said the lady: 'that a gun?
or you're here to have some fun?
and I answered: search my pocket
though I may be from Nantucket
if it's my turn for a trick
it won't be a limerick
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2797556-Fun