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 |  Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present . |
| The number of poems enforces the use of blog format with ten poems per page. |
| Seasonal Advice Autumn is in the air, the herald of winter proceeding from his lair, frost about to splinter. Now is the fabled time to trumpet deeds to all, to let our voices climb, pride comes before the Fall. Line count: 8 Rhymed ababcdcd For Express It In Eight, 09.15.21 Prompt: Pride. |
| Astronomy Scale the wall of separation from infinity to gaze into the eye of God; you can look but never touch those dancing spheres and fiery orbs, their bright performance in the eternal dark, the shadowed distance, is for entertainment only, a gift from His undying love. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 09.14.21 Prompt: Illustration of man looking over a wall at the universe. |
| Fortune Cookie A fragile thing, the fortune cookie, too brittle to be easily opened, they’ll brook no premature lookie, not even for reasons jocund. The paper’s rolled and sealed inside, its message unknown, unlooked, but if you ask me to decide, I’d say the books are cooked! Line count: 8 Rhymed ababcdcd For Express It In Eight, 09.13.21 Prompt: Fortune Cookie Day. |
| Challenge On some high and distant hill stands Johnny the commander, so masterful of strength and will, the terror of lowlanders. He frowns down on his minions and shouts out his dominion, “I’m the king of the castle and you’re the dirty rascal!” Line count: 8 Seven syllables per line, rhymed ababccdd For Express It In Eight, 09.10.21 Prompts: Commander, distant. |
| Linguistics Oh to be a polyglot, so many ways to say thank you and thanks a lot, danke shoen and that’s okay, merci beaucoup, grazie, gracias and dankie something else in Farsi; I sound like a sneeze in hankie. Line count: 8 Rhymed ababcdcd For Express It In Eight, 09.08.21 Prompt: Polyglot. |
| Never Exaggerate A collection of miscellany was owned by Mamselle Annie; some dubious as felony some sweet as frangipani But everything did conjugate, by likeness somehow aggregate, the whole collection, at any rate, together would amalgamate. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab cdcd For Express It In Eight, 09.07.21 Prompts: Miscellany and Conjugate. Note: Terribly sorry to the Americans but, for the purposes of this poem, I use the British pronunciation of the word “miscellany.” It rhymes with “felony.” |
| Dreamer Butterfly mind, not to be unkind, yet you cannot settle ever, since you slipped your wormlike tether, random thoughts your mind is spilling, with sweet reward your world is filling, free to roam and flutter by, since you are a butterfly. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabbccdd For Express It In Eight, 09.05.21 Prompt: Illustration of butterflies from the mind. |
| The Crocodile’s Tear Come my friend, be not alarmed the day is young, the river charmed, make time to swim and cool your fear in water bright, my home is near. The wonders of the stream I’ll show as down into the deep we go, so be assured, for you I’ll weep, and guard you well while you’re asleep. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabbccdd For Express It In Eight, 09.04.21 Prompt: Illustration of a crocodile’s eye. |
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