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 The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight." |
| As usual these days, I choose blog format because it offers more space for the work. |
| Rhyme Time was when I made no rhyme Prime instead was meter Rhyme the stuff of nursery jingles Mime would be a better thing. Crime it may well have been Climb did I from my pit Chime the bell of my repentance I’m now a rhymer with the rest. Line count: 8 Rhymed first word of each line For Express It In Eight, 11.05.25 Prompt: Write a poem rhyming the first word of each line. |
| A New Plan Planning’s not a thing I do - it’s not that I resent the thought that’s needed for the brew, I’ve enough to do in the present. Just to talk of new and wonderful plans is far and way beyond me, so totally out of my hands - I’ll drift with the wind quite fondly. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab For Express It In Eight, 11.04.25 Prompt: Write a poem about a new plan. |
| The Wind Chill Song Wind chill made me ill caught a cold and I am old. So I snuffle with coat all ruffled snow’s bad enough wind makes it rough. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb For Express It In Eight, 11.03.25 Prompt: Write a chill wind poem. |
| Loner Yes you’ll not know me the quiet one who shuns the crowd watching with haunted eyes as the mass pursues its fancy drunk on the emptiness of fashion loud in camaraderie shored up with mutual intent. I am always the other. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 11.02.25 Prompt: Write a poem about a solitary, lonely person. |
| On Cheese No matter your opinion of cheese, delight or loathing or tease, you’ll smile whenever you say it - it’s law and you must obey it. This curious affliction we suffer whether weak or even much tougher is for convenience of the snapper happy faces making photos more dapper. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb For Express It In Eight, 11.01.25 Prompt: Write a cheese poem. |
| Halloween Witchy witchy woo, ogre howl and ghosts go boo, scattered in the dark, monsters looking for a lark. Knocking at the door, little faces peering so, taking up the chant, on candy hunt they go. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab For Express It In Eight, 10.31.25 Prompt: Write a poem about the sights you may see on Halloween. |
| Trust of the Motorist The road goes ever ever on, “Or does it?” the Joker said, “Every blind corner is a test of faith in your heart and head that the road workers kept to task, paving the way for your drive; bridging the bottomless pit, and so keeping yourself alive.” Line count: 8 Rhymed abcb For Express It In Eight, 10.30.25 Prompt: Write a poem about something you take for granted. |
| Stan Stan the Robot Man Man and machine, machine and man, especially this, my servant Stan - artificial intelligence is his pride, incompetence is his talent wide. Oh, he does the work, I’ll not deny, but useless on the reasons why the sky is blue or cows go moo - a conversationalist he will not do. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb For Express It In Eight, 10.29.25 Prompt: Write a poem about your new, disobeying robot. |
| Unfamiliar Territory Out there in the wilds where the trees and the grass hold sway the midnight trail shines ghostly in the light of the vagrant moon. Hasten on your way homeward, traveller, for out here the spirits are ancient creatures of the open sky without thought of house and home. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 10.28.25 Prompt: Write a poem about walking a spooky rural road around midnight. |
| Danvers Rail Trail The rails are long gone now and the track tamed as nature trail a secret path where houses turn their backs while dogs walk their owners and joggers chat breathlessly. The ground no longer trembles in the darkest moonless nights when the ghost train’s lonesome whistle sounds. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 10.27.25 Prompt: Write an urban legend poem. |
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