Quatrain Corner

[Turtle]

one hundred and forty

three thousand from more,

just forty more gets it

nailed stone to the door.

:Glasses:

[sman]

Function junction or assumption

Cloistered bedrock lies

Line or limit - gall or gumption

Over every rise.

[labelwench]

'Neath a matte grey sky

the red mare waits,

For her morning feed,

by the paddock gate.

[Guest MacPhee]

What manned rockets rise today

From the once-proud USA?

Americans can only orbit

If they pay the Russians for it.

[labelwench]

What manned rockets rise today

From the once-proud USA?

Americans can only orbit

If they pay the Russians for it.

 

Good one, lol....

 

Puts me in mind of.....

 

Star light, star bright,

First star I see tonight,

I wish I may, I wish I might...

Forget it....'twas a satellite.

[Turtle]

ahh the sees and sighs and says,

wafting past these eyes these days,

prompts some prose some poems to raise,

lets loose lashes lets loose praise.

:Glasses:

[labelwench]

'More or less'

is a phrase I treasure

as the ultimate

correct imprecise measure.

Edited April 27, 2012 by Under the Rose

[Guest MacPhee]

O subtle hint! In rhyme sublime

A shelly saviour offers time

In which to breathe, and spy the hope

Of 'scaping yet that dangling rope.

[Turtle]

from a hanging

by george orwell

 

"Pulling at his legs!"

exclaimed a Burmese magistrate

suddenly, and burst

into a loud chuckling.

[labelwench]

All matters default unto chaos,

Making order the natural foe,

The conflict as yet undecided

And ever it shall remain so.

[labelwench]

Hubby works in the kitchen, our breakfast to make,

Warm cinnamon wafts on the air,

Melted butter and syrup combine in a lake

A sumptuous delight that we share.

[Turtle]

they fell from the bottom of a nearby cloud,

not too fast and not too loud;

but drizzly mizzly driplets rained,

and brightly lightly sun restrained.

:Glasses:

[Tarantism]

hold on tight

I am not exactly sure what's going to happen

faster, faster...if we don't pick up enough speed then we'll never get through

hold on everybody...here it comes!!!

[Guest MacPhee]

We see a rainbow in the sky

So beautiful! We wonder why

The Lord Above sends such a sight -

To overawe us with His Might?

 

Relax! It's really not that way.

But only that each solar ray,

Must spread itself in colours gay,

We do not need to kneel and pray!

 

'Cos natural action of refraction

When light goes through rain-water,

Will prism-like, split white-light up

As Newton showed it oughter.

[freeztar]

I came

I saw

I left

I'm back!

[Turtle]

in from left succinctly strode,

what lost but right now found;

a cheer burst up as was the code,

the hale to gather 'round.

:Glasses:

[Turtle]

but then from fortune miss or met,

the row was turned about;

and chorus mourned upon the net,

as fates far cast their doubt.

:Glasses: