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June 9, 2023 at 3:35pm
June 9, 2023 at 3:35pm
#1050862
Not From Kilkenny

I asked my old friend, Lenny,
if he’d ever seen a blenny.
He replied, “Ever so many,
but they’re not worth a penny.”

Then up pipes Bad News Benny,
who calls his wife Poor Jenny,
“I have to tell you, Denny,
I also haven’t any.”



Line count: 8
Rhymed aaaa aaaa
For Express It In Eight, 06.09.23
Prompt: Benny, Lenny.

June 8, 2023 at 9:29am
June 8, 2023 at 9:29am
#1050790
A lone figure leaves the city at night.


Fugitive

Snow in the soaring city,
cold in the neon light,
path flowing like lava,
away, always away,
far from the frozen heights,
solitary, the single soul
flees from the frantic frenzy,
seeking the solace of silence.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 06.08.23
Prompt: As per illustration.

June 7, 2023 at 7:45am
June 7, 2023 at 7:45am
#1050729
Options

It’s possible
but that don’t mean it’s so
it’s nice there
but you don’t have to go
they all think this
but you may think it’s wrong
yes, it’s easy
but will it make you strong?



Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 06.07.23
Prompt: It’s possible.

June 6, 2023 at 3:11pm
June 6, 2023 at 3:11pm
#1050701
Icy

Midnight in Moscow
and the moon riding high,
dark as pitch the vault of heaven,
frosted breath upon the stars,
the crackle of ice underfoot,
pinging of the shrinking house,
the bedroom cold.
Turn on the heat?



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 06.06.23
Prompt: Write an ice-cold poem.

June 5, 2023 at 6:12am
June 5, 2023 at 6:12am
#1050590
Soup

Pea soup, thick as magma,
solid and warm in the belly,
tomato soup, smooth pouring,
turning my legs to jelly,
onion soup, white or brown,
silky soft or brandy clear,
chunky beef or granny’s chicken
all the world is present here.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abcb
For Express It In Eight, 06.05.23
Prompt: Write a poem about soup.

June 4, 2023 at 7:46am
June 4, 2023 at 7:46am
#1050558
CAUTION

Do not feed this ditty,
it may look awful pretty,
but its bite is much, much worse,
so bad it’ll make you curse.

Its poison makes you heartsick,
and then there’s other tricks
it uses to ensnare -
but read it if you dare!



Line count: 8
Rhymed couplets
For Express It In Eight, 06.04.23
Prompt: Write a dangerous poem.

June 3, 2023 at 11:46am
June 3, 2023 at 11:46am
#1050494
Inimical

I didn’t say you hated,
or even intimated
a notable dislike,
when you said to take a hike.

Just the inference was there
and I felt it in the air,
as you had to take a stand
and declare yourself no fan.



Line count: 8
Rhymed couplets
For Express It In Eight, 06.03.23
Prompt: Inimical.

June 2, 2023 at 5:58am
June 2, 2023 at 5:58am
#1050402
Blue and pink butterflies on a tree trunk.


Objection

Said the leader of the Pinks
unto the errant ref,
“I think this really stinks.
Unless my name is Jeff,
the Blues have far too many,
and their team’s much too big.
The rules say under twenty,
or don’t you care a fig?”



Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Express It In Eight, 06.02.23
Prompt: As per illustration.


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