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Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present .
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December 31, 2023 at 7:50am
December 31, 2023 at 7:50am
#1061628
Alphabet Minuet

Mind over matter, I’ve heard it said,
Never will happen until we are dead,
Over the ages we seek magic power,
Proposing to build a new Babel tower,
Quick and predicted our subsequent fall,
Rapid and ruinous, down will come all,
Such are the wages of rampant ambition,
The dreams of us mortals in final collision.



Line count: 8
Rhymed aabb
For Express It In Eight, 12.31.23
Prompt: Write a poem with lines that begin with consecutive letters in the alphabet.

December 30, 2023 at 6:27am
December 30, 2023 at 6:27am
#1061581
Made with WHAT?

The lesson here,
to the mind that’s freer,
is that it doesn’t matter
if assumptions shatter;
what makes the thing
has got no sting
if the result is art -
the important part.



Line count: 8
Rhymed couplets
For Express It In Eight, 12.30.23
Prompt: Video about Tom Deininger making sculptures from garbage.

December 29, 2023 at 7:26am
December 29, 2023 at 7:26am
#1061542
Painting of a man holding a representation of atoms.


Alfred

Alfred, stop playing with my pearls!
You’ll break the string.
They were given to me by my mother,
an inheritance sort of a thing.
And don’t think I don’t know what you’re doing,
your intentions to me are apparent -
you’re just trying to get me going.
Oh Alfred, you’re really transparent.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abcb
For Express It In Eight, 12.29.23
Prompt: As per illustration.

December 27, 2023 at 8:29am
December 27, 2023 at 8:29am
#1061466
A Solitary Thought

If we should get our just deserts
for dryness to the rafter,
rather it should be desserts
as punishment comes after.

And if dessert is sweet reward
for eating all our greens,
we’re all agreed and of accord
with justice done and seen.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express IT In Eight, 12.27.23
Prompt: Take time to be alone.
Note: The thought came to me when I was alone.

December 26, 2023 at 7:08am
December 26, 2023 at 7:08am
#1061419
A family walking in a winter park.


Nocturne 2

Winter walk at evening,
fam’ly in the snow,
couple, child, and happy dog,
through the park they go.

Up upon the hillside,
the houses twinkle bright,
golden glow in gloaming,
preparing for the night.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abcb
For Express It In Eight, 12.26.23
Prompt: As per illustration.

December 25, 2023 at 10:40am
December 25, 2023 at 10:40am
#1061392
For He Who Would A-Wooing Go

Stars and moonlight serenade,
peach and cherry lemonade,
chocolate squares and peppermint,
a classic book that’s out of print,
orchid sprays and roses too,
gallant deeds and derring-do,
which of these will win her heart?
Best find out before you start.



Line count: 8
Rhymed aabb
For Express It In Eight, 12.25.23
Prompt: Moonlight Serenade.

December 24, 2023 at 7:18am
December 24, 2023 at 7:18am
#1061354
Christmas

Alcohol and candy,
turkey, sprouts, and brandy
reindeer antler headgear,
snow and prices dear,
choc-o-late and gifts,
cards and fam’ly tiffs,
Santa down the chimney,
the meaning grasped, but dimly.



Line count: 8
Rhymed aabb
For Express It In Eight, 12.24.23
Prompt: Write a poem that includes two or all three of these words: reindeer, cashmere, headgear.

December 23, 2023 at 10:33am
December 23, 2023 at 10:33am
#1061333
Prisons

Papillon the Butterfly,
if held in Alcatraz,
would never flutter to the sky,
or Sing Sing all that jazz.

Never held in Leavenworth,
Capone he could not fly,
and Attica would be the fourth
of prisons we could try.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 12.23.23
Prompt: Alcatraz.

December 22, 2023 at 7:09am
December 22, 2023 at 7:09am
#1061297
An old Yale-type lock on weathered surface.


The Lock

The lock presents itself,
like an eye weeping
bitter, midnight tears,
streaming down a mottled skin
bloodstained with defence,
and offers, enigmatic,
in archèd brow,
a choice of gee or zee.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 12.22.23
Prompt: As per illustration.

December 21, 2023 at 10:48am
December 21, 2023 at 10:48am
#1061266
Prediction

Had a look into the future
seemed it had a need of suture
it was so very broken.

If you would see what has to be
be certain it’s not caused by me
and truer words aren’t spoken.

Sometimes tomorrow
means only sorrow.



Line count: 8
Rhymed aab ccb dd
For Express It In Eight, 12.21.23
Prompt: Prediction.


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