A Koi Fish

A bright koi fish swims
In crystal clear blue water
He swims with his friends


A haiku

Vietnam

The murky water

Glows a dull unpleasant green

A pink lotus blooms

In the pond in Vietnam where

Ba' saw the Emperor cry.

A tanka

The Tent

I saw a bright colored tent

I recall it was once for rent

The man inside was a kind gent

And there was a dent

On the table in which he lent

To me.


Freeverse

Rhyming

A stanza, a rhyme

Oh dear, what is the time?

Is it time for a story?

About the revolutionary rebels

Or the loyal Tories?

Four stanzas or more

Equal Shel Silverstein

Who wrote his first poem

When he was less than a teen.

A rhyme must be written

After four o' clock

After the very last

Tick or tock

Does it matter at this point

Whether written at 8:57

Or 10:11?

I've rhymed more than Shel

Or any man

I just rhyme as much as I can.

Freeverse

A Knight

Under the new moon late at night
A guard has been named a knight
A protector and friend of the King and Queen
It just so happens that knight is me.


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The Crocodile

The crocodile waits under
Murky water full of useless plunder
A fish swims unaware
Of the predator waiting there
Its jaws wide open
For the fish to swim in.


The jaws snap shut
The fish no more
But a set of bones in the reptile's core.


Freeverse

Violet

The iris blooms in violet
Under the suns rays of ultraviolet
An airplane flies and its pilot
Sees the iris so violet


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