The Girl (Terza Rima)

She is beautiful, such a youthful face
She is beautiful, so becoming
She is beautiful, with poise and grace

What a mystery, I heard her singing
What a mystery, I've watched her stroll
What a mystery, then she went missing

How I miss her, that untouched angel soul
How I miss her, of temptation's sultry
How I miss her, by wolves, spiders, and all

And I dream, perhaps serendipity
And I dream, we would meet by destiny

Tallest Tall (Childrens)

There once was a tall man here
Whose chin stuck high as the clouds
And feet low beneath the sea

His skin was light as snow
And hair which glossed in gold
Would shine above them all

Of whom he would not know
For they weren't found at all
As he was the tallest tall

Treble: The Button Quail (Childrens)

Treble the bird was a tiny bird
As tiny as a needle pin
Short by a poppy of three
Or below half a stem from two

Treble the bird was a fuzzy bird
Soft as a pillow and pedal
A crown of feathers to brush
And wings that whisper and hush

Treble the bird was the loudest bird
Crowed like a rooster in barns
Cawed like a raven would caw
Sharp as a whistle and more

Treble the bird was unlike many
For hatchlings grew from tiny eggs
Soon calling chicks to chickens
But not Treble, for he was neither

Treble the bird is a button quail
All grown up fitting your hand
Runs like rain and just as quiet
But be careful, he talks back

Yes, Treble talks back, but not like us
For after all he is a bird
Yet unlike other birds
You can understand Treble

So if ever you understand a quail
Listen to what he has to say
And talk back, because he might just be
Treble the bird

NOTE: Children's poetry typically follows a tetrameter.

The Snake Won't Bite, I Hope... (Curtal Sonnet)

There is no room for unopened green eyes
When legitimate sparkles shine for me
Those snakes will coil my day 'til their sun rise
Adjourning mine own with my tears as prize
Leeching from neck to brain, I will not see
As pride may trench upon my guise
Instead, I say, open my eyes- perhaps
To mend the heart's cynicism, and yours
Pending discouragements, dividing gaps
From which the good will birth within hours
To hope truce, perhaps...

Theatre (Cinquain)

Theatre
Staged Life
It complicates everything
But conjures one's wit
Farce

That Glimpse of You (Quatrains)

Oh Spanish eyes how I would love to meet
Upon a moment between steps tonight
In silence from those thin sweet lips you touched
Breathing within the minute we match sight

Hoping do I wish while present for you
Catching that blur cascading luminous
Around yourself, like halos before saints
Something divine, something like you, and thus

I fall short from you as you are to me
Though you may not know yet, as we have yet
To be... Your admirer am I today
As fate had me find you just to forget

I would demand another chance for us
But you passed right through me without a hint
Cursing me with this whif of bliss forgone
And you with your day, without a hint

Did you see me at all or did you try--
To forget me too?

Tickling (Cinquain)

Tickling
Flagrant fingers
Makes one laugh
Smiling heals my heart
Playfully

Three Years Enduring (Epigram)

Loligaging my time for his chance to live
Milks his ways on me when there's nothing to give

to: Kim-Yen (Senryu)

The Sunset's qualm
They argue, then I arg---
Shh, who will listen?

Acceptance (Tanka)

They want someone else
I try, but it's not enough
I just want to be
I question worth beyond them
And wish to live - accepted...

to: p0isonphotography (Senryu)

You're screwed royally
There's a bat near the wall
You know where he lives

Time (Cinquain)

Time
Punctual Machine
It ticks daily
Recurring pressure to count
Clocks

The Tortoise (Mirror Cinquain)

Walking
To stroll
Stepping across after
Toning muscles encourages more
Exercise
Move forth
Rapidly changing current pace
To go faster than fast
Better than good
To win

[Cinquain + Reverse Cinquain]

The Golden Rule (Split Couplet)

I killed a hand for good misdeeds undone
So now it's gone
He stole the food for us to feed the rest
...wish him the best

[Iambic Pentameter, Iambic Dimeter]

Typing (Couplet)

On so on did my digits press
Typing the words in thought regress

[Tetrameter]