Thanks to Sarah of Weejars on MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie for hosting Saturday Mix. Here theme as ben homophones and this week’s homephones are: straight – not crooked, strait – narrow waterway, and discussed – talked about, and disgust – sickening. I’m combining Sarah’s Prompt with Lillian from #dVerse Poet’s Pub birthstone Prompt. My birthstone or a ruby from July.
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Roads aren’t all straight,
They’ve crooked places.
Thin trails where water travels,
Areas you trip, fall.
Afraid to be mauled,
Waterways fast cause rabble.
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Trapped at a strait,
Sharp-toothed bears await,
For you to give in and cry;
Say, “Life isn’t fair,
And you weren’t aware,
Of suffering,” safety’s lie.
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Waters bring life, save,
They can also enslave.
Us within straits to suffering,
You’ll drink fresh water,
You’ll can drown, falter.
But often, whirlpool’s they bluff.
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Your mind discusses,
Escapes; swim through roughs.
Don’t permit whirlpool’s giant waves —
Their narrow streams ire.
Hard days don’t linger,
Swim for your life, you’ll escape.
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Many times we see,
What we think, believe —
Is an end, ’cause beginnings —
They disguise themselves,
Self disgust us tells.
We’ve not an ending, so swim.
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We can fight despite,
Life’s times of great spite.
We are survivors living,
To see another year.
Monthly birthstone here —
Once more; rubies mark swimming —
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Through, surviving dark.
Bright vivid lights hark.
Another year not unfulfilled.
A year we that we thrived,
Sadness subsiding.
With Ruby’s energy, strong will.
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Tres on through life’s thin,
Narrow straits to swim,
In glorious lakes and oceans.
In heat of hot springs.
As life always brings —
Light; healing not to bemoan.
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“The Alouette, created by Jan Turner, consists of two or more stanzas of 6 lines each, with the following set rules: Meter: 5, 5, 7, 5, 5, 7 and Rhyme Scheme: a, a, b, c, c, b.”
See Shadow Poetry for more details.
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