LIKE THE FLOWING RIVER'S POEMS AND SCORES #3

Lap 22 - Round #2(17 syllables)
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When she finger-pick
her harp,
I could feel music
penetrate my heart.

Lap 22 Round 3

3.AABBA rhyme

one,two,three
i am for free,
give me a ring,
for we are bewedding,
time dose not freeze,blink one,two,three

Lap 22
round 4

Before you end your life
Need I remind you of your strife?
Of every hour you spent resisting
Not giving up for the sake of existing
To avenge the love you had for your murdered wife.

Lap 22 # 5

When a squirrel buries acorns
to dig back up in winter
he only remembers ninety-one
the rest go to the renter.

Lap 22, Round #6 (Wild Card)
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(acrostic)

Science, languages and extracurricular activities,
caring teachers and flawless tutors,
how genuine it is to nest lifetime experiences in us,
only that you show us a diversity of paths
on what suits the best for everyone

Lap 22 Round 7 INSECT

lady bugs,
fireflies,
butterflies,
all flying in the sky.

Lap 22 Round 8

Acrostic
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O ver the mountain
C an you hear my echo?
T ake me by the hand
O n this beautiful day
B ring me what I need
E ach moment spent with you is
R eally special, just like an October's eve.

Lap 22 # 9

Heros are sometimes surprising
like the kid who catches his sister
falling from a tree
but Superman is no surprise:
he always comes through
when the dam has burst on thee.

Lap 22 Round 10
10. Cooking

cooking
and baking
with flour,eggs,milk,
i make cake,
cooking,
is my making.

Lap 22 - Round #11 (Nature)

I envy those ducklings
upon calm waters,
those pigeons above fluffy clouds,
those nosy squirrels amongst trees...
Do they think of what's bound to come
like us humans?

Lap 22 Round 12

Seven Lines
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Engulfed in water,
can't breathe or see,
fighting the currents,
in this whirlwind tornado.
My head is spinning,
losing my consciousness,
but I will not succumb to this pain.

Lap 23 #13. Magic

Let me work magic
on your heart
we will not have
cause to part.

Lap 23 Round 1(Grandmothers)

Oh grammy i love you
all too much you see,
for when you are mean,
you can also be funny.

You may be an alcoholic,
slowly diying,
you may have favorites
but i know deep down you care,
you can be stupid
and drink you're life away,
it's so sad i wanna cry.

oh granny i love you too much
you see
for i know you will never change
and i hope you will make it to heaven
one day, it pains me to say you are not great,
you're not always there,
it kills me to see you this way.

oh granny please change

but i will always love you the same
for only alcohol is to blame
and stole you're life away.

Lap 23 - round #2 (17 syllables)
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She sways like
butterflies
when she belly dances
in oriental nights.

Lap 23 Round 3

aabba rhyme scheme
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I have lost all of my saved hope
In this situation, I can barely cope.
My heart is losing its blood,
I'm slowly drowning in this flood.
I'm barely hanging on this rope.

Lap 23 Round 4 Free

A day is come, for which I waited
The shinning day in a marriage hall
She was standing in bridal dress
I was with wedding suit next to her
smiling, Smoothly holding her hand
Prior to the audience appreciation
Gently, softly I kissed her.

Lap 23 #5 Include the word "squirrel"

Two squirrels ran onto the road
one ran under my car untimely dead
the other made it out the other side
just in the nick of time.

Looking back I watched the survivor
come back to the comrade's body
think he grieved, not a bit
he peed on the carcass & ran away

Lap 23 round 6

There she is, standing right next to me
And here I am, not knowing what to do
Here is my heart, about to stop beating
And there is hers, beating so smooth

Destiny, what is your game this time
Taking away all that was mine
Oh Time please tell me
Will you be in favor of my fantasies

Hope, are you still there?
Or have you abanded me again
Faith, where were hidden
When all I wanted was for her to care

Now I call on you Love
Do you even exist to be lost ?

Lap 23 Round 7

Insect
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You can't contain something
that wasn't meant to be jailed.
You have to set it free,
and let it live in its natural habitat.

Butterflies come in various shapes,
and they can blind eyes with their colors.
They flutter their wings beautifully,
and show the beauty of freedom.

Fly and live life to the fullest,
oh beautiful butterfly -
since you only have
two more weeks to live.

Lap 23 Round 8 Acrostic
SUNSHINE

Sunshine
Unify
Never cry
Sunshine
His loving eye
Intese
Now
Each time we kiss

Lap 23 #9 Superhero OR mythological being OR movie star

On the Birth of Venus

Imagine walking down the beach
in mid-summer afternoon
with wildlife all around, birds singing
and far out to sea you can just detect
an object floating toward the land
a woman on the half shell.

Lap 23 round 10

As I come home
from school everyday
my mind ventures
into an endless journey

of what I'm about to
eat when I get home
I think of tomatoes,
onion and spices

The sight of
freshly cut potatoes
come into mind
and brings a smile

but, Snap
I should have learned
how to cook,and this is
where Fast food comes handy.

Lap 23 Round 11

Nature
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Sitting by the lake,
reminiscing the memories
spent here every summer
for the last sixteen years.

I recall the sound of the birds
chirping from a distance.
I remember jumping
into the dirty mud.

The enormous rocks that we climbed
didn't move from the same place.
I still have scars from the cuts,
all from playing in this valley.

The flowers still bloom
and smell like candy.
I still pick one and
and place it behind my ear.

Everything was so simple then,
back when we were children.

Lap 23 Round 12 seven lines

Now that my sunshine fades
and the colors make my day
I miss you and the days
you held me in you're embrace
I loved you and
you threw me away
and now you tourture me with goodbye

Lap 23 # 13 Magic

Risen from the grave
the zombie staggered
into the cane fields
seeking the voodoo
master who wakened him.

He found her in the midst
of sunken spirits
laid low by her tyranny,
and laid himself before her
croaked, "what next, Ms. Abby?"

Lap 24 Round 1

Grandmothers
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I watched my grandmother cry
she spoke in her sleep
she described her dreams
and awoke randomly every night

I asked her if there's anything I can do
but she just cries and says I'm too young
to understand that losing the one you love
is the hardest thing you can face

I try to put a smile on her face
by being a man just like my grandfather

Lap 24 Round 2

17 syllables
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Frozen in time,
we savoured the moment;
it was like a fairytale.

Lap 24 Round 3 AABBA rhyme

In a dark night
cast a vision of light,
a spirit guiding
left me deciding,
in a dark night.

Lap 24 # 4 Free

Freedom is my mistress
open fields and streams
that take me far away
no worries, living dreams.

Lap #24 Round 5
Include the word squirrel

She walked into a room,
and all eyes were on her.
She had the confidence
of a powerful queen.

She wore an expensive coat
made of grey, squirrel fur.
She was spectacular,
an indescribable woman.

Lap 24 Round 6
Wild Card - cooking

It was a night to indulge
and flourish the senses.
Everyone knows - the best way
to a man's heart is through his stomach.

I cooked the best meal I know,
bought the best ingredients
and followed the right recipe.
Everything was perfect.

He smelled the lavish meal
and felt his stomach growl.
He was ready to commence,
and licked his lips in excitement.

We tasted paradise and couldn't stop,
our senses created this unique type of love.

Lap 24 Round 7 Insect

creepy insects
crawling in my bed
infesting my house
and crawling under my skin.
Spiders in their webs
feeding with delight
and now big enough
to feast on the whole town.

Lap 24 # 8. Acrostic

Reliance

Rare is the case
either you can't
lose or can't win
if you have to depend on
another to do it for you,
nor should you seek that
crutch to lean on when
everything is in your grasp

Lap # 24 Round 9
Mythological Creature
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How can they call themselves people
when they have cold black heart?
they hunt people like animals
torture and kill them
just for the fun of it.
they feast on humans
and increase their population
Can't others see?
that they look like humans
but are secretly zombies.

Lap 24 Round 10

Cooking
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You gave me the ingredients
and I followed the recipe
yet the cake still burned,
with the rest of my dignity.

I followed the rules
but still failed helplessly.
I hoped to make it right
but you can't fix a burnt heart,
just like the result of my cake.

Lap 24 Round 11 Nature

In the forest
i wonder
lost in a foggy wear,
a wolf howls
and i become scared.
In a forest
the trees are scarce
but a forest
with a foggy wear.

Lap24 # 12. Seven lines

We started as members
with chat room backgrounds
and poetic revelations;
Abby threw us under the bus
and we came together
as screaming loving family.
Like The Flowing River rules!

Lap 24 round 13

Magic

Magical mystical wizard of Oz
Wonderfully you stepped up to a cause
Though not giving anything not already acquired
Your symbols are forever there to be admired
A heart, a home ,courage and a brain
It seems are never far from any domain

Lap # 24 Round 1

Grandmothers
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Wisdom is something
she acquired from age
and hope is defined
by her existence

Love oozes from
her heart to
Define our way
through our Resistance.

Faith is something
that was passed
down to us by her
persistence.

Lap 25 Round 2
17 Syllables
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The blue waves rippled
into the ocean and
danced along the music.