LTFR BATTLE THREAD

4-9. Must include a time or date

July 25th, 2010,
was the day I married
the other half of my soul.
we fused together like
a midsummer's
blissful dream.

Our magical union
blossom's each year
as our eye's say good morning
upon this very day~

4 -10 Rhyme at least once

Armpits are the Rodney Dangerfield
of the human physical anatomy
but if you are embarrassed by having one
just suffer through an axilliatomy.

Poem 40

5 -1. Formed

Andrea (Acrostic)

Anyone who thinks they know a person
needs to understand this lady fey;
doesn't take guff from a single person
rides a broom to social gatherings
eats wholesomely and yet is a sucker for
any cute kitten crawling into a box

5-2. 26-28 syllables

Words float upon my tongue
like a billowy fluff of cotton candy,
the taste is sweet,
glittery specs of sugar~

5-3. Include "a bridge(s)" or "a kiss(es)" either by the words, or through metaphor.

I crossed a bridge
that burned long ago,
while a shadowy memory
choked me in a slumbering
sleep.

5-4. Use a song title for the poem's title.

Born To Be Wild

She told me her name
and looked me and smiled
as she said I'm not tame,
shy, or seen as mild
I don't feel any shame
that I's born to be wild

5-5. Category must be nature

Haiku
natures fine beauty
reflected by everything here
is for eyes to see

5-6. Free choice of any poem at all

Tryst of Fancy

The sidewalk
is laced with dandelions
and seedlings, urging
to breathe upon a
hot day in July,
when restless
grasshoppers
nibble at their leaves.

I admire the tryst
with a fancy for nature
and the simple life.

5-7. 8-10 lines

My husband plays video games,
Larry likes them as well,
stuck in the eighties
of video game
extravaganza!

I adore pac man
and a long trip
across the dungeons
of Dragons, for I am
a Drow elf of beauty.

5-8. Must include a body part in your poem/title

Finger of Fate

Finger of fate points at me
the future is mine to see
look my way lend me your ears
I've spoken truth through the years
shaking the dust off my feet
a purpose in life would defeat
so I will just sit here and type
a destiny is only hype

5-9. Must include a time or date

Happy Birthday Danny

Oh Danny boy you were born the 26th of July
in sixty two I remember well I won't deny
I've missed your parties in many a year
but our family still holds you close dear

5-10. This poem must rhyme at least once throughout.

Spaghetti

Noodles are oodles of fun
gliding across my tongue
slippery, wiggly, jiggly yum
it's food that warms my tum!

6-1. A formed poem

Summer Heat (Rictameter)

Summer
breezes melt my
feverish lips with cold,
frozen ice cubes of perfection
leaving me floating upon a cloud of blue
for the sky is my soft playground
when I've quenched my thirsty
desire's of
Summer

6-2

Writers Block

If I wrote around the clock
Guess I would get writers block
Poems as weak as a kitten
not the best that have written

6-3
Include "a bridge(s)" or "a kiss(es)" either by the words, or through metaphor.

Building Bridges

Building bridges
over ridges
is togetherness
next to godliness

6-4. Use a song title for the poem's title.

Good Golly Miss Molly

She's a raging lunatic,
adorning mascara as deep
as the oceanic wide, draped
in leopard print leggings,
while prancing along the
streets of Mafia town,
cackling on her cell phone.

She's a typical Ghetto babe,
her name is Molly-
Good Golly.

6-5. Category must be nature

Silent Blue Jay

Her wings were a velvety blue,
pale hush of tears lie deep
upon the river bank
where she rests her dying
feathers.

A fallen Blue Jay
has sung her last song,
melodies become
polluted, for the lazy
fisherman carelessly
trashed another birds
chance at life.

It's just a bird he sighs,
as the forest goes silent.

They have all passed on.

6. Free choice of any poem at all

I've always been proud of my sex,
You know they even named me Rex .
I really thought all of me was mine to keep,
but the vet gave me a shot to put me to sleep.
When I woke up at the crack of dawn,
My precious little Jewels were gone.
I no longer have what I once had.
Damn, that sure makes me awfully mad.
It just is not that fair or right
That I could not put up a fight.
They have took the very best part of me.
You can bet where I am going to pee.
On the one that allowed this disaster.
I do not care if he is my master

6-7. 8-10 lines
Love me

Look beyond my walls
See that I'm a child at heart

Live to make me smile
When I've fallen apart

Cry with me even when it's dumb
It's your support that counts

Hear me breathe deep at night
Because only you will hold me tight

6-8. Must include a body part in your poem/title

Cotton Dreams

I held her bundled frame
across my bosom,
feeding her at early dawn
as we sang with the birds.

I remember when she was little
and the moment I fell in love
with my baby girl.

6-9. Must include a time or date

It is eight twenty eight
and it's getting late
in the month of July
Almost time to say bye

6-10

Nursed Rhymes
Some say I sound rehearsed,
that my rhymes are nursed.
Don't want their bubble to burst
so I will write at my worst
when the reason comes first
the author is well versed
not that I am that cursed.

Poem 60

7-1. A formed poem

Tango Kiss (Senryu)

One kiss, enchanted
evening for two lover's
tango in the night.

7-2. 26-28 syllables

Disagree

Jim and I, we disagree
upon the words scribed
and unscribed, rhyming
becomes a metaphoric
scramble....

7 - 3. bridge / kiss

There is no bridge that is so long
that will take you back to innocence
nor can a kiss once withheld restore
the memory of mere friendship.

7 -4 Song Title
My Little Runaway

Do I ever wonder where you've gone?
No way, I'm glad you left my home;
you've quit your crapping on my lawn
so please continue on your roam.

7-5-nature

Countless children are born
everyday
From different types of mothers
From single to married
Inside their wombs they clearly
made a miracle grow
Upon hearing the baby first roar
They cry knowing everything
Is all right now

7-6

When it comes to quantity
we are often number one
in minor league a pee wee
we should try to #2 for fun

7 - 7. 8-10 lines

Ireland land of the welcomes
scattered the Flying Geese;
they fought in many battles
marched under many flags
save one alone: the harp of Eire.
In '25 'twas said the Collins
was joined by all the clans
including some who silently
strode beside him proud
from over a hundred years past.

7-8. Must include a body part in your poem/title

Knees of Nobby

I lock my knees
in nervousness
as I await his reply,
the pressure is mounting
right down to my toes.

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7-9

I had such a bang
on the 4th of july
the liberty rang
while bombs boomed in the sky

7-10 This poem must rhyme at least once throughout.

Never again will I call someone a FOP
since I had my writing hand smacked
by a whole club of FOPs who did mop
the floor with us and left me jacked

8-1. A formed poem

Deadly Passion (Acrostic)

Narcissus flowers
Adorn the
Trees
Underneath the
River where I
Engulfed myself in beauty.

8-2. 26 - 28 syllables

Madcap poetry writing
is exlax for your brain:
gets the crap out
that would otherwise
ferment in secret.

8 - 3. Bridge

Under the Walnut Street Bridge
we missed the boat - it sailed
in music and dance on river surge
with merriment and left us on the bank;
She was so sad, our first date,
ran all the way from her job
at the hamburger joint
next to my theater.
It was the spot of our first kiss.

8-4-Use a song title for the poem's title.

Do me a favor

Leave your ego at the dotted line
It will only take your self-restraint
Breathe in and out you'll just die bleeding

Heart full of regrets
That is what happens to sinners
When they meet Death
In all his glory

Live life slowly
Enjoy it with care
Because it's a gift
Do me a favor live &love

8-5. Category must be nature

Coyote hunts with
cunning desperation
living on the edge
of eternal starvation.

8 - 6 free choice
Fuji

Without you I climbed
alone in the dark
to this center of the world
from which I see all -
yet it is empty of you.

Climb with me
from this point on
I promise to show you
sunrise over cosmic
Nodes of creation.

8-7. 8-10 lines

Magic Eight Ball

Give the ball a shake
what have you to lose,
what is there at stake
accurate as an oracle
as general as they come
don't expect a miracle
that would just be awful dumb
when the question is awesome

8. Must include a body part in your poem/title

Ears and other orifices

If I stuck my elbow in my ear
I would be double jointed
or if could no longer hear
how would I be disappointed?
When a lost my mind I remembered
nothing stranger than being dismembered