MOONLIGHT MUSES' POEMS AND SCORES #3

Lap 22
ROUND 6 WILD CARD

How often do you get to see
the citrus beams of the morning
floating in your coffee cup
and take the time to notice
the puffy marshmallows in the sky
creating a funny image
for you to giggle at?

LLap 22
Round 7
Insect

I used to think I was nuts,
lived stressed out..
and when It all got,
too frustrating..

they paid thousands for
a psychiatrist.

but I,
just got the plastic hand..
and started killing flies

Lap 22
Round 8
Acrostic

For days I've been decieving myself, living
Under patriotic flag, perceiving
Challenge, and bending to the wind of chaos.
Kindly nodding my head to the
Persistant poetic uprising from fellow clubs,
Obstructed from my homework, weekend, but I say
Enough already. This droning list of prompts
Must see contest's end... If
Someone else doesn't put a stop to this, I will.

Lap 22
Round 9
Movie Star

Puss in Boots

He's quite the frisky cat
yet a fighter at heart,
for he's always armed
with his sword,
dressed in a cape
and black buckled boots -
he'll soften your heart
for he's cute as a button.

Lap 22
Round 10
Cooking

Add some water
a dash of salt,
pepper to add some zip
cut the celery nice and
small, the carrots nice
and thick.

Six tomotaoes diced
real neat, then give
a gentle stir
Add some pasta, oh!
not too much or a
boil-over will occur

Cut your onions,
add some spices, one
dash at a time
give a taste ...
ummm so good

Homemade soup
for supper time

Lap 22
Round 11
Nature

I wish I was a river,
a powerful one
that takes with
it everything-

to have such strength
and be a sight to see,

I just wish
I was anything,
anything but human..

although,
we are part of nature too..

Lap 22
Round 12
7 lines

Traffic
bumper to bumper,
the worst kind, and were stuck in it
living our current life in the slow lane
And what do you know,
once were able to drive
our fresh, large drinks fall over.

Lap 22
Round 13
Magic

She placed red rose petals
upon her windowsill, watching
as they glistened in the moonlight
under the spell of Venus -
for she was of love and romance
and it was said she'd guide
them together.

Lap 23
Round 1
Grandmothers

I once asked the history
behind your pearls and you
fiddled with your 20 cent sized
daffodil earing's before
perching me upon your lap and
story telling about
pirate ship days.

You always were the
definition of lovely -

tongue trailing from English
to Maltese as you'd stuff olives
with ricotta with spinach.

I still remember your
eyebrows drawn in zig-zagging
arches, lips painted with
crayons and your gray hair
begging me to dye it.

Even in sickness; hands shaking,
her face would be smudged with a smile.

Lap 23
Round 2
17 syllables

His tongue is -
a riot of silver blades
and sharp swords

slicing his dreams

Lap 23
Round 3
aabba Rhyme

This is what I get,for cheating on my chick
in my room there is guy and he is playing with his dick
quite a sight to see I must say
The way it wiggles away
I am disgusted.

Lap 23
Round 4
Free

Bittersweet,
the way you crawled
along my bathroom window,
a gecko whos every breath
could be monitored by the
rise and fall of his chest.

I saw you move like a
ninja, a black belt
'gainst your prey, swallowing
an antique moth before
scurrying down the drain pipe
and being lost within the rain.

Lap 23
Round 5
Include the word "squirrel"

I found you -
dying like the fallen
leaves of fall.

Your body curving
and swaying back and forth
in a groundless scurry.
The latest victim
of sharp claws and pointed
teeth.

Oh pretty squirrel -
why did you stuff your mouth so full
you couldn't run

Lap 23
Round 6
wildcard
(free)

you held me inside
your womb,
for nine whole months
I kicked your ribs from the inside

then I went to karate,
I tried judo and
soccer too,

and after eighteen years
of kicking,

I still feels
like I haven't kicked my way
into,
your heart.

Lap 24
Round 7
Insect

Every time I collect my mail
I am greeted by green ants,
The bury within' skin like
an echidna to the earth
and sting as though
thousands of bees are
defending honey. I swear I
once saw their eyes bulge
with vengeance as they
nipped at my neck,
it's war I tell you.

Lap 23
Round 8
Acrostic

Moonlight Muses

Marvelous people
Opening their heart
Over internet lines
Never a dull moment as
Laughter and conversation
Inside these walls
Glides like silver rainbows as
Hearts beautifully connect
To create lasting friendships

Many times I felt alone
Unloved and broken, yet
Someone was always there to
Ease my mind and comfort me with
Sweet words and gentle ~hugs~

Lap 23
Round 9
Super hero/moviestar

she is beautiful,
a dazzling lady made
so carefully

the curves,
the lips

oh,
those dimples

Cheryl Cole,
is perfection.

Lap 23
Round 10
Cooking

I always imagine you -
flour dusted 'pon your cheek and
chocolate drizzling down your wrists,
your recipes sprawled 'cross the
counter and Jason lingering behind you.

Lap 23
Round 11
Nature

Autumn life bleeding
red and orange
as the golden branches
swing and sway beneath
crisp winds.

Each leaf like
the palm of a hand,
with unique lines
feathering to the
left and right

And with a quick
swoosh Mother Nature
beckons her children home
to nestle to the root
to sleep

Lap 23
Round 12

7 lines

boy will be boys.
forever will they remain pigs,
I often wondered what they'd do if
we were pussy-less
but then I realized we needed them
for vibrators..
couldn't buy us drinks.

Lap 23
Round 13
Magic

I'd watch him conjure affection
from a hat, a white rabbit
with a ribbon 'round its paw.
He'd fumble cards in sweaty palms,
a nervous magician -
the way he'd stutter spells but
charming all the same.

Lap 24
Round 1
Grandmothers

Hand in hand we walked,
her sharing memories of
the styles of the 1920s
and me chattering about
the new skipping rope
I got at Easter.

She held on to every
word I said, like a dainty
tea cup. Examining my
face as though it were a
fine piece of china
you place up high, too
precious to break.

At lunch we would sit
sipping her homemade
chicken soup from glass bowls
with pretty flower decals.

-My mom always made me use plastic-

My grandmother paved the road
of my life with happiness
and cheerful smiles,
a road that lead me to where
I am now.

- an independent woman -