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 The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight." |
| As usual these days, I choose blog format because it offers more space for the work. |
| August 2025 Now we’re in the month of August comes on time just like a podcast it’s the fire creates the embers Sept and Oct and Nov, December. Now the mind with thoughts of autumn wind and rain and cold that brought ‘em wrings the last from desperation dregs of summer’s abdication. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb, 8 syllables per line For Express It In Eight, 08.10.25 Prompt: None. |
| A Powder Blue Suit Most of my life I wanted a powder blue suit; I s’pose I shouldn’t have been daunted but I really don’t give a hoot. When it’s nearly time to head in, with all arguments seemingly moot, I hope I wouldn’t be seen dead in a powder blue suit. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab For Express It In Eight, 08.07.25 Prompt: None, but my desire for a powder blue suit was sparked by the photo on the cover of the Yardbirds first album. In it, Eric Clapton was wearing a powder blue suit. At the time, it seemed very cool. |
| Versifying Is it rhyming or timing that makes a good verse? Must it be free, radically, does that make it worse? Sit down with me, hum it and see. Line count: 8 Rhymed aab ccb cc For Express It In Eight, 08.01.25 Prompt: None. |
| Forever England Sumer is icumen in whose blazing sun doth beat upon the mead and lea in swelter. Sing cuckoo the cuckoo’s song from hillside wood the mighty oaks in splendour. Still full the English soul in brighter day carole. Line count: 8 Free (ish) verse For Express It In Eight, 07.28.25 Prompt: None. |
| The Sign of Eight This sign of eight is a little late it was on my plate but alas my fate did not abate on every date to stop and wait not abdicate. Line count: 8 Rhymed aaaaaaaa For Express It In Eight, 07.27.25 Prompt: None. |
| Rosies Ring-a-ring o' roses, I don’t want one of thoses - they bring me lots of sneezes instead of scented breezes. And yes, they are so thornéd, as bad as rhino’s hornéd, for though they are so pretty, they’re best kept in this ditty! Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb For Express It In Eight, 07.21.25 Prompt: None. |
| Questions If curiosity killed the cat, did devilment destroy the dog, envy elevate the elephant, leave lions lying on a log? I only ask because these questions haunt my brain and leave me searching for what reasons might remain. Line count: 8 Rhymed abcb For Express It In Eight, 07.20.25 Prompt: Curiosity. |
| Beetle Here’s to the tiny beetle in all positions but foetal for then it might be dead curled like a croissant instead. This little bug is alive indeed it would seem to thrive fresh from my poem of old in which its story is told. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb For Express It In Eight, 07.14.25 Prompt: None. |
| Diatomaceous Earth Diatomaceous earth bug killer of great worth sharp as a knife it ends their life makes them regret their birth. This may seem a strange idea but that’s no reason to fear if bugs ruin your life or frighten your wife this stuff will soon become dear. Line count: 10 Rhymed aabba For Express It In Eight, 07.13.25 Prompt: None. |
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