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 |  Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present . |
| The number of poems enforces the use of blog format with ten poems per page. |
| Everest Just a minor point and so we understand, Sir Edmund was no Brit, he hailed from Newsy Land. Another thing to note no matter how we thirst both he and Sherpa Tenzing never said who was the first. Line count: 8 Rhymed abcb For Express It In Eight, 08.20.23 Prompt: One of the most monumental achievements from the 1950s was the first human ascent to the summit of the tallest mountain on Earth, 29,000 ft. Mount Everest, located between Nepal and Tibet. It was made on 29 May 1953 by Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and British explorer Sir Edmund Hillary. |
 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Stage Stand up, stand up, comedian, it’s funnier that way, expound upon the facts of life and make us laugh today, retell your tales, let us forget our cares and woes extreme, deflate the pompous, make us smile, let all be lost in humour’s stream. Line count: 8 Rhymed abcb For Express It In Eight, 08.19.23 Prompt: As per illustration. |
| Under the Greenwood Tree The sun shines daily on the forest leaves, while we walk below in shadowed eaves, a cathedral of great towering trunks, and hopefully no sign of skunks, this woody paradise of filtered light, you’ll remember if you’ve seen the sight, good Robin’s onetime cheerful abode - I’ve finished now so must hit the road. Line count: 8 Rhymed couplets For Express It In Eight, 08.18.23 Prompt: Celebrate National Bad Poetry Day. |
| Lament for a Tattered Poem Oh dear, there’s a hole in my stanza, it wasn’t there yesterday, but I loaned it to Sancho Panza, his donkey eats anything, they say, or maybe the washing machine tore it (I’m sure that first verse should be red) - it could be that when I last wore it the brambles left it hanging in shreds. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab For Express It In Eight, 08.17.23 Prompt: Write a tattered poem. |
| Harmony hello, hello, hello, hello Barbershop Quartet Lead tenor sings the tune Second tenor way up high Baritone a bit below Bass rumbles way down there So ThE vOiCeS jOiN aNd bLeNd in perfect harmony. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 08.16.23 Prompt: Write a harmonic poem. |
| Answer This oftentime’s a trick of mine so what is mine becomes not thine, when answer is required of me, I’ll design it so that none can see, with words that do not satisfy the how and what and who and why, and so I make you not annoyed with how I dodge, obscure, avoid. Line count: 8 Rhyming couplets For Express It In Eight, 08.15.23 Prompt: Avoid. Note: For example, see my answer to Lilli’s Question of the Day today. |
| Shadow Man With dandelions for eyes, the shadow man sees, but does he see as me, or only spreading skies? Lying so flat on land, his gaze is cast above, and in his ear pours love for depths of soil and sand. Line count: 8 Rhymed abba For Express It In Eight, 08.13.23 Prompt: As per illustration. |
| Not All That Glitters We’re all sitting in the shade of civilisation, dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, and it’s not the trend provides the motivation, it’s tradition makes us all compliant. So here’s to Mr Moneybags Buffet, the trees of the forest got there alone - not all plantations get to tough it, lets be grateful we didn’t plant stones. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab For Express It In eight, 08.12.23 Prompt: “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” - Warren Buffett |
| Spurned Advice You know I would, I would do that, without a thought, I’d stop it flat, take my time, listen to reason, all my excitement I’m gladly easin’ but remember please I’m not that rich, I own no mansion, that’s the hitch, my cards are low and so I fold ‘em, I have no horses and so can’t hold ‘em. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb For Express It In Eight, 08.10.23 Prompt: Hold your horses. |
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