April PAD Challenge 2015 Day 22

Day 22
Prompt: nature poem
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World’s Song

the world is beautiful. again
and it sings as I wake
the music welcomes new day when
it’s about to break

the sea could sweep away the town
yet it rolls with a yawn
the clouds, cute as they’re now
are indelibly strong

the wind could tear me apart
but it lulls through my hair
the sun… where do I even start?
dances out of its lair

I walk the ground like all men
feel it moan and ache
and I’m reminded again
all it takes is a shake

April PAD Challenge 2015 Day 21

Day 21

Prompt: Write a “what you are” poem, or…    

Write a “what you are not” poem.

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Waxing and Waning

two candles I saw once in church

one melted around its black wick

the other untouched, a proud stick

and people always chose the scorched

I took the orphan, kindled it

I don’t even know why I did

the two were alike, both without flame

yet candle put out isn’t the same

as candle forever unlit

April PAD Challenge 2015 Day 20

Day 20
Prompt: My (blank), the (blank),.. .
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Senility

my God, the world has grown old!
mountains fall, the strongest fall apart
rivers go dry, all memories dry out
new saplings come, young offsprings come about
where years end, a time lapse gives a start
so few grew wise, the rest grew fast and bold
the story goes on untold

April PAD Challenge 2015 Day 19

Day 19
Prompt: an authority poem.
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Authority

(poetic form:Interlocking Rubaiyat)



the perfect buzzing of a hive
where labor and submission thrive,
and procreation is the aim;
a perfect allegory of life.

there's no love, there's no shame;
the endless circle of a game;
no winners, prizes or applause:
some lose it all, no one to blame.

each fighting for a common cause,
each needing purpose, seeking laws.
along the blade of someone's knife
each walking straight without pause.

why acting up? why start a strife?
when instinct is the only drive,
a beehive never comes to war;
a measly allegory of life.

April PAD Challenge 2015 Day 18

Day 18
Prompt: pick 2 vowels and write a poem using words that only contain one or both of those vowels. For instance, write a poem with words that only have a “u” and “o.” Also, the letter “y” is wild–so the words “my” and “gypsy” are freebies.
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Wanderers

(vowels 'e' and 'a')

the aged embraces felt that all
we waded rage where rage was safe
we kept remembrances ephemeral
between three walls and seven chafes
we slaved and wandered, waxed and waned
caressed the beasts and let them free
whatever came, we faced the bane
relentless jetsam, heart and me

April PAD Challenge 2015 Day 17

Day 17
Prompt: swing poem
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Changing Seasons

the strings of early autumn rain
stream through my veins and I often
dream that I´m falling leaves, I ride
the swings and slides of wasted time
that sling me higher and apart
I lose the roots of long reaped past
my youth is waltzing to its dusk
with the relentlessness of age
withering pieces of my heart
refuse to settle on the ground

On the edge of the sylvan woodland a dryad calls down the autumn leaves. My homage to the beautiful colours of autumn and dedicated to the memory of "The Emporer", Britain's largest stag taken down during the rutting season by a poacher this autumn.
Painted entirely in Corel Painter using one acrylic brush and one blender.

by  Martin Eager

http://www.digital-art-gallery.com/picture/9121

April PAD Challenge 2015 Day 16

Day 16
Prompt: science poem
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Impasse 

the scientists have always
been very keen on seeking truth
they like to put the world to use
to see life through a moon phase
to measure pain in cold days
and calculate affection rate
they register reflexes
by testing Ys and Xs 
to see if X and Y can mate
when love is pictured in a graph
I'm asking the revered staff
without BUT or MAYBE
can X and Y be happy
if X and Y don't know math?