Poems for years 4, 5 and 6 of the Promptly Poetry Challenge. |
A year's worth of poems, every week for 52 weeks, spanning 2023 and 2024, plus the years following, from August 2024 to August 2025, 2025 to 2026 (provided I live that long, of course). |
Tortilla! A wonderful thing the tortilla, no matter what the filler - tacos, burritos, quesadillas, others if you are bolder, all depends on how you fold her. Line count: 5 Rhymed aaabb, 25 words For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 51 Prompt: Write a poem that is no more than 25 words long. |
Mystery Novelist A locked door that was free before, a hidden key lost in eternity. A secret kept from all who slept, a veiled answer and necromancer. A map in code shows the fabled road, and thus the way the mystery pays. Line count: 12 Rhymed aabb For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 50 Prompt: A locked door. |
Okay, I’ll Choose One Opera I do not love, opera I learned to hate; it seemed to me a trifle rough and on my nerves did grate. By chance I came upon, in YouTube session former, a song of songs, a wondrous song - I discovered Nessun Dorma. It’s opera I hear you say and I would not deny, but beauty lives in several ways and this song touches sky. Line count: 12 Rhymed abab For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 49 Prompt: Write about a song you love. |
Seven Seven syllables per line, not essential that they rhyme, and seven lines to finish, your chances won’t diminish. Just keep counting that’s the way, so I’ll be the last to say, versifying’s done today. Line count: 7 Rhymed aabbccc For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 48 Prompt: Seven syllables, seven lines. |
Table Picasso and Braque Cubists extraordinaire Paint celebration Geometric profusion Rectangles and squares Circles and frosting ovate. The flat board of delight Cupcakes of pastel Triangles flagging Flowers of still life Refreshing the lemons Presenting the cubes. Line count: 12 Free verse For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 47 Prompt: As per illustration. |