Challenge: The perfect ten.

[Guest]

quid pro quo
do me first
then
you're next

 

[eagleyez]

winter
snows
dream of the river
inevitable
the melted
prediction.

 

[Guest]

River flowing
under ice
south
to where
the warmth is.

 

[Guest]

Take the yellow brick road
for hearts, minds
and courage.

 

[minsue]

Friendly neighborhood thread lurker here...

Take the yellow brick road
for hearts, minds
and courage.

I like most of the poems on this thread, but that I love!

- Mindy, back to lurking...

 

[Guest]

This old man remembers
all the babies'
names
and
birthdays.

Life on a DVD
Compact and neat.
Look again, please.

He gave me permission
to cry,
so I refused to.

 

[Liar]

now and then
then and now
come again
collide somehow

 

[eagleyez]

boys

deepish voice and
jabbering sqeeky brother
home after a week.

 

[Angeline]

three of you
three of us
think of
the fuss

car for six
big table too
small once
then grew

and my poor
baby girl
surrounded
by others--
three brothers

how many bathrooms?
there's no hope
think of
the scope

 

[Guest]

Killiing Ants

I hate to
bait them.
knowing they die
at home.


soldiering on
even as their numbers
diminish -
until they're gone.

 

[Guest]

Pert or perky?

I prefer
a mouthful
of either.

 

[Guest]

The patter of little feet ~
wet feet,
it's just raining.

Fog makes the world die
softly.
Wrapped in a shroud.

A wet dog smells
worse than
a wet cat.
Why?

A walk in the rain
with leaking shoes -
Not recommended.

 

[eagleyez]

snowsky,
white grey
glimmer,
the sun like the moon
waiting.

 

[Angeline]

icefloe
breaks
into
smaller
pieces

winter
recedes
shortly
down
stream

***

six weeks
years, lifetimes?
it's all the same
to me.

 

[Guest]

N o t h i n g
to say or do

b o r e d
entertain me

Apathy again

 

[Guest]

twiddling thumbs
tapping foot
twirling hair
gazing out at life

 

[Icingsugar]

bubblegum girl
glares
hotwheels boy
into
history repeating

 

[Angeline]

lavender
lace
loosed

love
listen
lifting

later
linger
lightly

lulled

 

[eagleyez]

bathtub
still sending
waves
from end to end

towel minute.

 

[Guest]

Small faces pressed
to watery glass.
Belugas smile back
quizically.


Balletic twists and turns
singing, they dance
a command performance.


What strange creature- this
that lurks in another
dark pool.

 

[OT]

junctures pass
turn right
before nothing is left

 

[darkmaas]

sometimes
I
smile
hard
on
the thought
stretches
skin
tight

 

[Angeline]

smile curves
easily wrinkled
grinny smirk
on seeing friend unlurk.

 

[eagleyez]

lap steel
train wheels
a ton of steel
real deal.

(toot goes the whistle, clang goes the bell)

 

[Liar]

I'm
an
it
posessing previously priviliged positions
in
an
at