his human partners awed by him
the trainers are so proud
the waltz or bossa nova rhythm
his dances wow the crowd
but then the training hit a snag
with no further ado
he told them that to zig and zag
the tango, it takes two
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2785173-Dancing-the-Tango---Brevity
my name is Grey
my mission is to spread intelligent life
throughout the universe
take me to your breeder
Author notes: wc 20 https://allpoetry.com/contest/2785240-For-Aliens-Only
young and old
they sit at the slot machines
oblivious to the equation
that runs the place
useless to warn them
tell them that they're getting the shaft
not for them
the conventional truth
that the house always wins
convinced that the passage of time
will bring about the opposite result
they behave like rats on cocaine
pulling that lever again and again
with small breaks for coffee
and steakhouse bacon
at the buffet
it's all you can eat
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784868-Word-Bank--5- word bank prompt: behave, passage, young, opposite, bacon, warn, overall, equation, slot, conventional, shaft, truth
Tomorrow is a different me
I see, but cannot touch
He looks at me, so wistfully
I want to say so much
How did it happen, we had dreams
Had hopes we thought would last
The future, along common themes
Is rooted in the past
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784721-Fields--meadows-and-nature-prompts 3. Across the fields of yesterday, He sometimes comes to me A little lad just back from play— The boy I used to be. He looks at me so wistfully When once he’s crept within;3. It is as if he hoped to see The man I might have been. James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge
we sure have an inspiring motto
amazing quote from days long gone
as I play Powerball, the lotto
I sure do hope to be the one
it's hard to be funny on purpose
and more so if you have to stand
it helps if there's somehow a surplus
of jokes that they do understand
I've struggled with these very questions
how best to present my own wit
the answer -- for my comic sessions
turns out, pretty simple -- I sit
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2785182-Punchline-
no shot, the chamber does rotate
the Colt recoiling in my hand
but doesn't pause or hesitate
the gun, it seems to understand
what's riding on this sucker's bet
its favorite, Russian Roulette
and now your turn, my fearless foe
a gentleman must honor bets
do squeeze that trigger, Death's old claw
too late, too late for your regrets
squeeze, for your honor is at stake
can someone help him? his hands shake
another click, another miss
we both avoid that deadly kiss
and now, it's my hands turn to shake
mine to remember what's at stake
Author notes: image from Wikipedia https://allpoetry.com/contest/2785257-Guns
Someone told me that I look like Fester
Though it was a disgruntled investor
And some unkind and miserly scrooges
Said I’m Larry, from the Three of Stooges
Pretty sure Dustin Hoffman’s a cousin
Though in this business, they’re by the dozen
In short, mostly I look like an actor
Hollywood is not my benefactor
Author notes: wc 56 https://allpoetry.com/contest/2785281-Describe-What-You-Look-Like
thirty six attempts
at Mt. Fuji's splendor
practice makes perfect
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2785287-8th-Month-Haiku---sketches image from Japan Objects
two thousand years
of relentless propaganda
and yet we persist
writing operas
about sympathy for the devil
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2785098-The-Rolling-Stones---In-5-lines for those interested, the Stones wrote this classic after reading Bulgakov's book -- which is itself a variation of the Faust story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_and_Margarita
they call me Rhymosaurus
I freestyle and I rap
I don't need a thesaurus
to make you clap, clap, clap
love wearing my old headphones
and rapping to my beat
I feel it in my bones, bones
and that is pretty neat
Author notes: wc 42 image from Pinterest https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784176-Jazzy-Dinosaur-
Blockbuster managers
search for meaning