THE CLUB #3

7.) nature

Moths twinkle
in the porch light
miniature stars
come to flutter
around the night.

8.) double forms

Dogs have sweet slobber
and soft, snoozy, sniffing snouts
eating poo outside

they will lick your face
you will have no idea
that they just ate poo.

1.) me

You see yourself
reflected in the dogs eyes,
not literally,
but in that same loving, needy way
someone,
please hug me.

2.) pnqer

Jane is a woman
with a plan.
Whether she knows it or not
she's a star.

3.) war

She was walking
down the road when
veggies rained from the sky
exploding into intolerable salads
at her feet.
She was allergic
to vegetables.
Jeeze, Britt.

4. Money/Sport

Money is just paper
with our greed printed
on the corners

5. Wild card

I stare at the water boiler,
already feeling the scent of coffee
in my lungs

6. one colour/one shape

What now? 
The green land is dead
and our hearts are shapeless.
Have some mercy.

7. Nature

Trees are lovely
when they're not going up
in flames

Double acrostics

alas, we only have a few hours
before this
big marathon ends and
you might say we're way behind but

really, it has just started and
only a few hours are enough to prove and
convince you that we're the winners
kicking butt with our serious writing
skills right from the beginning

1. Must write a poem to yourself, or about yourself

I'm the ennui,
the insomnia, the fear
creeping into his heart

2. Must mention a member's username on this site (active, or inactive) yes, you can use your own.

Strange to think once I
fashioned you a weathered willow,
but my roots grew deeper;
my branches stretched out.
You-
you remained a stunted shrub.
It took a few years to forgive myself
for blocking out the sun.

3. War

War is a man's game,
and man is a woman's.
Neither want to play,
but neither can resist.

4. Poem must mention money, or a type of sport

Money is a funny thing.
I often switch between thinking
having it
or not having it
is the enemy.

5. Wild card

Lady Mary hoped
for love she was unsure, but
wanted all the same.

6. must include at least one colour, AND one shape

Flowered, bright red head atop
a long, viscous stem.
Inhalation makes me drunk.
Not a rose, but
a beer bong.

7. Category : nature

Some love the city jungle
and catch nature in glimpses
here or there,
but I love what lives and breathes
without need for poetry.
The green of trees
the green of grass
the green of a healthy earth.

8. Double Form ( either double of the same form, i.e 2 haikus, or, 2 different forms joined, i.e a Tanka followed by a haiku.)

Sometimes I wonder
if you see me in pictures
more than in real life

I'm with you, always
but something blocks the distance
and it's a smartphone

1. Must write a poem to yourself, or about yourself.

Dear future me,

Yes, I'm sure I made poor choices
in August of 2014.
Choices that undoubtedly changed
everything, but
you know who to blame.

2. PnQ member

This poem
this tiny little poem
will be for nobody on this site
because it's cold and empty and
dark, it's no secret
and I love you all
enough to keep you out
of it

3. War

You know the expression,
and I don't know much about
making war but surely it ain't
anywhere near as good as
making love.

4. Poem must mention money, or a type of sport

I don't mean to brag
but this is as sporty
as poetry gets and
I do believe I invented it.
I did mean to brag.

5. Wild

The work day is over,
and it's hilarious to call
the battle between Britt
and Narph any kind
of work.

6. colour and shape

Let's stick with the theme
of my red cone of a skirt,
and wonder whether those
askew legs underneath
were smooth or hairy.

7. nature

My full bladder
is nature's way
of telling me to
leave this screen
and remember
the rest of my life.

8. double form

a double haiku:
a completely new poem
form written for you.

Nooooooooooooooooooooootttt. That's a long word
for only one syllable
doncha think, buster?

1. you

Here's the thing:
I'm going on a plane
tonight to a territory
unexplored, but at
this point, I'd rather
stay with my Clubbies,
our eyes glowing in
the darkness of our cave.

2. Must mention a member's username on this site (active, or inactive) yes, you can use your own.

I'm not sure I know what
a baby rainbow is but I'm
pretty sure she will never
read how crap this particular
poem is and this is the only
time in my whole lifeI will
ever write baby rainbow in a
sentence, twice.

3. War

War comes in dead shades
of black, white, and grays between.
Sometimes a grim scene is brought to life with
bold, red strokes,
and we gasp at the statement.

4. Poem must mention money, or a type of sport

Pennies are like people.
Useless without numbers.
Over 100?
The lower class might care.
Over 1000?
The middle class might care.
Over 10000000?
The upper class might care.
1?

5. Wild card

I get excited when I see "wild" written
almost anywhere,
but excitement is tempered when I realize
no rules means
nothing to break free from.

6. must include at least one colour, AND one shape

The invisible line between FOP and TC
burns red in backs of my eyes,
but it's growing thinner,
and soon it'll disappear.

7. Category : nature

Sometimes I worry
our children will not know it-
they'll ask, "what's nature?"

8. Double Form ( either double of the same form, i.e 2 haikus, or, 2 different forms joined, i.e a Tanka followed by a haiku.)

This might not be
What you're wanting, but I doubt
One member on here will bother to care!

Acrostics were once my most
Cherished type of poem, but
Really, there's not much to them.
Once in a while,
Something stands out, but
That's not going to be this time.
I haven't put effort in, and it feels like
Cheating.
Still, it'll do the job.

1. Must write a poem to yourself, or about yourself.

If you lived in a future version of yourself,
you probably wouldn't eat so much,
or drink so much,
or think so much about future versions of yourself.

2. Must mention a member's username on this site (active, or inactive) yes, you can use your own.

Nourayasmine is perhaps the sun
blazing in a distant galaxy-
terrible in her beauty,
blinding in her radiance...
Gentle, always, while she
warms unseeable worlds
with golden, flickering fingertips.

3. War

War is not watching
your people die without being
able to do anything 
about it.
It's when they refuse to
let you rescue them.

4. Money/Sport

My pocket is empty
and all we have is
tuna sandwitch for
lunch.

5. Wild card

I hate dictionaries
they explain everything
so easily

6. one colour/one shape

I have this oval pillow
it's pink and fluffy and comfy
and I don't
like it
because once I rest my head on it
I can't raise it up in hours