LIKE THE FLOWING RIVER'S POEMS AND SCORES #2

* IF YOUR NAME ISN'T ON THE LIST BELOW, PLEASE DO NOT POST HERE. THE ONLY POSTS ALLOWED ARE POEMS FROM LTFR'S TEAM LIST. THIS LIST CANNOT BE CHANGED. ANY COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO THE "MARATHON" THREAD.

* CONTEST STARTS 00:00 3 OCT PNQ TIME

* MODERATORS: If this thread goes beyond 100, please don't lock it, but I will try to make new ones on time if need be. Also, please delete any posts here that aren't poems (unless they're from me!).

LTFR'S TEAM LIST AND SCORES: 1454 (includes 136 bonus points from HH)
Michael D Nalley: 7+9+8+8+8+8+9+9+8+8+9+8
Elizabeth 7+7+9
annika xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mathew Scutt: 8+7+7+8+7+7+7+8+7+8+7
believeinlove (Holly): 2 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Alone (hassan): 6+6+7+7+6+7+6+8+7+8
Larry: 8+9+8+10+7+10+8+8+10+8+8+8+8+7+8+8+8+
9+0+8+10+8+8+0+9+8+8+8+8+8+7
Rabea: 9+7+7+7+6+7+8+8+7+7+8
Sarah (pinkyprinces): 7+7+6+8+7+8+6+6+7+8+7+7+8+6+8+7+6+7+7
+8+8+7+8+8
Girl (Meeme): 8+6+7+8+7+7+6+6+7+7+7+9+7+9+8+7+9+8+7
+7+8+7+6+7+7
Jon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
sumit khanduri xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Innocent Fairy (Kristian): 7+6+6+6+8+7+6+7+6+7+7+8+8+7+7+7+6+6
Freeze Tyler xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Natalie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ms Sunshine: 8+9+8+8+7+7+0+8+8
Lebanese Phoenix: 7+8+7+8+6+7+7+9+7+6+8+8+7+0+7+7+7+8+6
+9+8+8+8+7+7

THE THEMES FOR EACH ROUND
1. 21 syllables
2. Tanka
3. Water
4. Free verse
5. Include the word "microscope"
6. Wild card (pick any theme from this list)
7. Cats
8. aabab rhyme scheme
9. PnQ member
10. Alliterative verse
11. Five lines
12. Halloween
13. Toilet
Once all 13 rounds are completed by your team, go back to Round 1 again to start a new lap!

THE POINT SYSTEM
* Each submitted poem, if it complies with the theme of the round, will earn an easy 5 points straight away for your team, regardless of quality.
* Poems will also be roughly judged for quality- a maximum of 5 points can be earned for a high quality poem (giving a maximum total of 10).

HOW TO RACE
* The Great Marathon starts on 00:00 3 October, PnQ time.
* Anyone can start the race by submitting a poem for the first round in this thread.
* Another team member then completes the second round, and so on.
* A person who has submitted a poem MAY NOT submit another entry until SIX further rounds have been completed by other members of the team.
* All poems MUST be new and submitted here by the authors themselves.
* You may plot your team strategy within your club. CLUB LEADERS, it is up to you to do all you can to get your team's entries racing along. Bribe, threaten, shame, PM, blackmail...but get those rounds completed!
* With each entry, PLEASE LIST the Lap #, Round #, and the theme with your title.
* If all 13 rounds have been completed, the team can start from the Round 1 theme again to earn more points in further laps. These laps are unlimited.
* The team with the most points wins. Individual team members who gain the most points will also be recognised.
* It all ends on 00:00 9 October, PnQ time.

GOOD LUCK!!

Lap 8 Round 3

Water

Water that quenches thirst
Clears the dust from eyes
That weep when clouds burst
With rain from the skies
That were mostly blue
Waiting there for you

Lap #8, Round #4

Free verse
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You wave me into different directions,
drowning me in a sea of endless thoughts.
You hug me so tight that I can easily lose
my breath, but then you release me for that
last grasp of air. Then you whisper in my
ears "Thats how love speaks in the language
of life".

Lap 8 Round 5. Include the word "microscope"

What does Abby do as a scientist?
Judging from the way she rates your
stuff when put in stressful situations,
she must study human nature.

How she gets us to dance and post
sublime and ridiculous works
should be subject to overview
to be certain no abuse lurks.

Still it's hard to put intention
underneath a microscope
but I'd like to say she has made
most of us give up all hope.

Lap #8 Round #6

Wild Card (Free Verse)

I'm falling in love, that's what they say
and to declare their words I fix
a smile on my pleased face, then
grant my cheeks some red shades
that disappoint the audience,
who just like me, never thought
I would fall in love, again.

Lap 8, Round 7

Cats
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2 a.m. Where do I begin?
The neighbours garbage can?
Or the poor mouse on the backyard?

Oh Tom, you have never caught your
Jerry, so why don't you give up and
let our eyes surrender to sleep?

Lap 8, Round 8

Aabab

Hello Mr. Moon, how are you
I love the new look, shade of blue
Tell me, what would you do without the sun
I bet you would feel dark too
I must ask, would your life be done?

Lap 8 round 9 pnq member

Those sweet memories in early days!
Always PNQ members were there
Some people left me alone here
Still someone is around me for care

Who knew I would get inside a lot
All things happened as I thought
My ideas and writing was not broad
I had to learn where to put a single dot

Now Staying hear without any scare
I am not going anywhere
Deleting every inner fear
I am here, I will be here!

Lap 8 Round 10

Poetic Poop

Abby's abracadabra and Abed's abs
abide like a beer and a bomber,
a belly and a button,
a bra and a breast,
Britney and Beyonce
but not like a bitter butter and a big
whiskey bottle,
see how it's super tough to write
a funky form of an alliterative verse?
Surprisingly, I see I should stop
before I spam all my
big bottles of bitter poetic poop.

Lap 8 Round 11

5 Lines
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Sitting quietly on the bus,
pretending to read a book,
staring at the erudite words,
attempting to read but my vision
is distorted and I'm blinded by life.

Lap #8 Round 12 (Halloween)

Chocolate, carmal, crunch
Which way do I go?
with so much to chose
I'm losing my mind,
Laffy taffy, sour worms,
gummy eye balls.
So much candy, so much
to chose from !
I think i'll take all!
Trick O' Treat
give me something good to eat

Lap#8 Round 13

Stranded

Stranded ! Stranded on the toilet bowl
What do you do when your stranded
And you haven't got a roll?
Would it prove you're a man
To wipe it with your hand?
What do you do when your stranded
And you haven't got a roll?

Lap 9 Round 1. 21 syllables

Rosaura
tells me the truth
even though
long past my youth
I may be
somewhat uncouth.

Lap 9 Round 2

Tanka

You might be the one
Perhaps the one meant for me
Or not the meant one,
but I choose to trust in you
as none did what you have done

Lap 9 Round 3

Water
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Tap water? bottled water?
I think I will pass, just need the
forecast, to run out my back door
open my mouth to the sky, and have
the true taste of fresh
-Water.

Lap 9 round 4 free verse
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Sleeping next to me at the tube station
Keeping the head on my shoulder
Makes me remember our lovely days
You are the one for who I live happy
Nothings happens wrong when u with me
I thank God to have you in this life
Those all moments are still inside me
Where we first meet on train station
i knew you would be my first love
All happiness are at one side that I know
rain or sunshine, summer or winter
Your love is my passion

Lap #9 ,Round #5

Include the word "microscope"
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Don't judge people after
meeting them for one time,
Don't be like a telescope
judging based on appearances,
but try to be like a microscope,
look deep into their soul, and
understand their anatomy.

Lap #9 Round 6. Wild card(five lines)
"loves surprise"

Loves surprise
and true loves first kiss
a rising sun is bliss
and I have fallen hard
to loves surprise

Lap #9 Round #7

Cats
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We started arguing
just like cats and dogs.
He barked and growled at me
while I screeched and meowed.
He frightened me with his fury
so my reflex was to scratch him.
We couldn't come to a solution,
even when we let our paws down.
How could this ever work when
we were created to be enemies?

Lap 9 Round 8. aabab rhyme scheme

The trouble with inspiration
is it needs much perspiration.
Would it not be better for all
if it were easy as respiration
and words like sweat could fall?

Lap 9 - Round 9

The Godfather

His screen-name speaks
on behalf of him.
A dedicated moderator
and a perfect Godfather
for every member
in need of guidance...
Larry Chamberlin,
an immortal P&Q idol...

Lap #9, Round #10

This Contest is Torture

Nana nested a nasty idea that no one
can negotiate with her. Nagging not knowing
she can nail it so nicely, nothing now can nourish
the needs she nibbles on, and nurture.

LTFR declares Happy Hour # 2 (Deal 2, 1/2 the wait period. New wait period is now 3 for one hour from this posting)

Lap #9, Round #11

Five lines
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Designer shoes, fancy dress
Dior bag, a spray of Givenchy
I curl my hair, put on my mascara
A touch of hot pink rouge on my lips
Where am I going? I still don't know

Lap 9, Round 12

Halloween

Ghosts and goblins, bears and fairies
All going out to get some candy
Mom and dad run around
Trying to keep with Andy

Little boy walks up to the door
Rings the cold doorbell
A man comes out in a costume
The little boy backs up and fell

He was scared out of his mind
So he ran back to the car
Mommy, lets go home
That man's eyes were stars

As he gets home, he can't be done
His mom tucks him into bed
He gets back up with his costume on
Out the window he goes, has a new plan instead

Lap 9 Round 13. Toilet

Johnny boy you see more of me
than used to be when I was young;
"for all else there's metamucil"
but how I wish for something strong.

I crave the fix that would let me
never worry about overstaying
my time on the toilet
when I could be out playing.

Lap #10 Round #1
21 Syllables
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When I think about you
my eyes glitter with gratitude
and my heart succumbs to you.

Lap #10 Round #2

Tanka
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A cup of green tea
is all a person needs to
start up fresh on a
gloomy cold day, refreshing
your heartbeats, for a new start.

Lap # 10 Round 3 (water)

Liquid youth
in a fountain of truth,
it's sightings blooming,
sprouting and flowing,
through trees, spreading
everlasting life.
Through form of water
liquid crystals,
liquid youth
in a fountain of truth.

Lap #10, Round #4 (free verse)

How Banal

How banal of you
to inflame my inborn manhood
with your glossy lips,
murmuring our sentimental ballads
of summertime -
how banal of you to finger pick
my heart strings
auto tuning my fretted soul
into a mellower, melodious
euphony...

Lap 10 Round 5. Include the word "microscope"

What does Abby do as a scientist?
Judging from the way she rates your
stuff when put in stressful situations,
she must study human nature.

How she gets us to dance and post
sublime and ridiculous works
should be subject to overview
to be certain no abuse lurks.

Still it's hard to put intention
underneath a microscope
but I'd like to say she has made
most of us give up all hope.

Lap # 10, Round #6

Wild card (21 Syllables)
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This half eaten
apple has made
all the difference
in my life. So thank
you Steve Jobs.

Lap #10 Round #7
Cats

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They're fury and playful
such great companions.
I love petting their fur
and throwing them yarn.
I loved my cat Bella
and wanted to raise her
until I found out I'm allergic.

Lap #10 - Round #8 (aabab rhyme scheme)

Overdue

I think I'll write you a song
to tell you I was wrong
when I ridiculously left you,
but I'm afraid you'd think I can't get along
with this torment - it's really overdue.

Lap 10 Round 9. PnQ member

Flowing river, take me along
to float along your flowered banks;
no better way to enjoy a sleepless night
than be with them as you'd give thanks.

Lap#10 Round 10
#10 (Alliterative verse)

Inside

Neon lights lit my nights
of loneliness,
and whiskey shots
with lumens of lemon
would let go of my little
longings to let her inside..

Lap 10 Round 11 Five lines

I sit here and think tonight
And you run across my mind
Wondering if you are thinking of me
Wishing that we could be
Because you are one of a kind

Lap #10 Round #12
Halloween

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The leaves are turning colors
the weather is getting colder,
and the air smells like gold.
It's the beautiful season of fall.

Decorations are displayed,
and the monsters are free,
it's a time to wear a costume
be whoever we want to be.

It may only be for a night
but the spirit starts now
everything is frightening
as Friday the 13th approaches.

Lap #10, Round #13 (toilet)

Inspirations

I can't get inspired with a toilet prompt
though I'm now between the laps of one,
listening to a modern Rhiannon cover
and answering the urgent call of nature.
Perhaps I need to push them more, my inspirations,
so that these ravishing odors
can trigger my imagination further,
before they get flushed, these inspirations.

Lap #11 Round #1
21 Syllables

Jessica always
interrupts me
just when I'm right
in the middle
of raising her

Lap 11 Round 2 Tanka

The Bee Queen

Queen of P and Q,
able to keep this site on,
like a bee kingdom,
Abby, I will fail this year,
if I stay nailed to the web.