Haikus on the Run

rosy autumn dawn

casts a cotton candy hue

foretells hopefulness

Limerick au Feline

Susan

There once was a cat named Susan

Who found herself a-cruisin'

on the hood of our car;

though, she didn't get far

before she felt the bruisin'

Bianca

Have you heard of Bianca the martyr.

How they use her as a starter-

pet for their Mia

who can't seem to see-a

that kittens can't be thrown so hard-er.

Francisco

Francisco, the kitten from Doha

is small as the heart of an outlaw. 

He has big black eyes

in his head of no size

But too sweet to deserve a declaw.

Pop Sonnet by Ms. Ashley

War Sonnet #1

Because we're strong and no one tells us wrong
for searching hearts so long--we always know
that love's a battlefield. Your begging song
persuades my stay. Why do you hurt me so? 
It'd help me set, before I go away,
Am I the best you've met? Or just a fad
to pass the time? But as you start to say,
let me replay that love's a battle-had.
Believe, believe-- my love, I can't tell why 
Wo! Still, I'm trapped by war and chained t'your side.
Believe, believe-- today, no way this'll die!
But wait! If your heart gives, you'll need to hide.
Well, we are young, so heartache to heartache we'll stand.
No promise, demand, 'cause love is a battle-land.


Inspired by Pat Benatar's Love is a Battlefield

"Pop Sonnets" by Erik Didriksen