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Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/2316158-Eight-line-Poems-2
Rated: 13+ · Book · Writing · #2316158
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.
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November 4, 2024 at 7:29am
November 4, 2024 at 7:29am
#1079482
Common Sense

Common sense tells us all that is known -
or, at least, what once was obvious.
But now it seems that reason has flown,
a thing of which most are oblivious.

For all that is up, we’re told is now down,
and ugliness become the new beauty.
I’m tired of a world that does nothing but frown,
and needs nought but a kick up its booty.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 11.04.24
Prompt: Write a poem that begins with these words: “Common sense tells us…”
November 2, 2024 at 5:41am
November 2, 2024 at 5:41am
#1079379
Maybe, But He Was Mad

I suppose I should get annoyed by the dearth of meaning in this piece.
And no, I’m not holding a horse - I’m reading this damn poem.
You see, there is little point in writing if you’re not going to make sense.
And even those few words by Mervyn Peake contain more wisdom than yours.

Oh Anzhelina, you get closest to the truth when speaking of a diary
for you read like a record of events on separate days, none connected
by anything even resembling causation, a jumble of momentary experiences.
Yet it’s true that each line has interest, if only to spark curiosity.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 11.02.24
Prompt: “A Few Words About Van Gogh” by Anzhelina Polonskaya - use a few words from the poem.
November 1, 2024 at 6:06am
November 1, 2024 at 6:06am
#1079287
Cinnamon

The thing about cinnamon,
it comes from the bark of a tree -
it feeds my inner mom,
and makes me happy to be.

The thing that is even stranger,
though probably not to blame,
a dog’s bark will warn of danger,
and is certainly not the same.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 11.01.24
Prompt: Write a poem about cinnamon or other spice(s) generally used in fall cooking.
October 31, 2024 at 7:03am
October 31, 2024 at 7:03am
#1079219
Pumpkin Complaint

It’s not that I object about
being disturbed in my slumber,
but heartlessly you tear from me
my children without number,
carve others’ horrid faces on
my ravaged, trepanned head,
and leave me on your cursèd porch,
empty, soulless, dead.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abcb
For Express It In Eight, 10.31.24
Prompt: Write a poem about a pumpkin with attitude.
October 30, 2024 at 6:54am
October 30, 2024 at 6:54am
#1079153
Jovial

Jovial Sir John Falstaff,
rotund and jolly fellow,
made many a ribald gaffe
in reverberating bellow.

Good friend of bold Prince Hal,
he entertained with jokes.
Though sometimes he was mal,
yet John remained a bloke.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 10.30.24
Prompt: Write a jovial poem.
Notes: Say “jovial” to me and I think immediately of Falstaff. The word “mal” is South African slang for a crazy man and is the only rhyme for Hal, I think. Henry V was known in his younger days as Prince Hal.
October 29, 2024 at 7:49am
October 29, 2024 at 7:49am
#1079104
Foggy Day

The fog hangs motionless
the world softened by its touch
and grey the only palette
as secret we swim in the swirls.

A wan sun glows in the gloom
and speaks to the pallid air
of mystery and peace
strange mixture of comfort.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 10.29.24
Prompt: Write a pale poem.
October 28, 2024 at 6:50am
October 28, 2024 at 6:50am
#1079044
Wheels

High in the clear blue atmosphere,
beyond the cares of earth,
the falcon rides the wind.

Up where the air is thin,
he wheels and turns in wait
for fate to choose his time.

He stoops to conquer,
his prey decided.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 10.28.24
Prompt: Wheels.
October 27, 2024 at 6:14am
October 27, 2024 at 6:14am
#1079004
Doppelganger

The opposite of me
so carefree would be,
talented and arty,
the life of the party,

a great public speaker,
publicity seeker;
but, in reality,
I’d rather be me.



Line count: 8
Rhymed aabb
For Express It In Eight, 10.27.24
Prompt: Write a poem about opposites.
October 26, 2024 at 6:45am
October 26, 2024 at 6:45am
#1078951
Mattress

This cheap old mattress has to go,
its tired faults too well I know;
its lumpy landscape hurts my back,
as though it wants to be a rack.

At night it makes me toss and turn,
for softer places I do yearn;
it leaves me raggèd and dark eyed,
the chilly morn sleepless to bide.



Line count: 8
Rhymed aabb
For Express It In Eight, 10.26.24
Prompt: Write a lumpy poem.
October 25, 2024 at 6:14am
October 25, 2024 at 6:14am
#1078895
Atacama

The Atacama Desert
where rain has never fallen
and life depends on dew
from the nightly sea fog.

Typical desert caused by
a cold current offshore
land warmed by the sun
no clouds today.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 10.25.24
Prompt: Write a poem about a natural phenomenon.

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