John made the boxes then cut the holes
For Lisa's beanbag toss game
She painted one pink and one lime green
But really their the same

You stand several yards from the hole
Then try to toss the bag in
Whoever gets the most in that target
Is happily going to win

The boys and girls played the game
The girls won, by far
Matt began to wipe his eyes
He thought he would be the star


My dd, Lisa liked this poem but Matt & his freind probably wont. They played it last night.

>tag< hands

He took her by the hand,

As they walked along the beach.

Never did they see people

Depart from the oar to

Shore!!!!!!!!!!!




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nancy

TAG...... HOME

Home

Home is your hiding place,
Your escape from it all,
Home is your saving grace,
Not answering their call.
Home is your warm embrace,
Snuggled up in your bed,
Home is your comfort space,
Relieving the pain in your head…

:o

Next Tag - Travelling

I’ve never been one to wander and roam,
Much more at ease within few miles of home.
Day trips are more of my cup of tea–
No tickets on the space shuttle for me!
I counted them up, the states where I’ve been,
And it’s so pathetic–there’s not even ten!
New England? I think I’ve been to them all,
Sorry, Rhode Island, I just can’t recall.
On our way to Ohio, we went through PA,
But it was at night, and I slept all the way.
New York on the same trip, just passing through,
Once to the City, and to Frontier Town, too.
Sometimes I think a road trip might be cool,
If I take out a mortgage to pay for the fuel.



Next tag: language

>TAG< habit

Of cozying up to strangers
I’m just not in the habit,
But with you, if there’s a moment
I might just have to grab it.







Next tag - fabric

I see some new tag players :) Hi lori and Blessing glad ya all tagged up. good job and good poems. :cool: nice to meet you both :grouphug:.
Blessing tagged Fabric hummmm here goes...
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Fabric Sky-BMW
A dark sequined coat,
Of night changes to,
Fabric of morning,
Orange velvet sunrise,
Over silky smooth clouds.
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Perfect Fit-BMW-
The fabric of me ,
Is pretty baggy.
Stretched and worn,
Been ripped and torn.
The fabric of me,
Like silly putty.
Big stretchy grin,
From always smiling.
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TAG--- THE DRUMS

>TAG< Monkeys

When I was little
They said a certain man
Had a monkey on his back;
I thought they meant a real monkey.
I didn’t know
How that monkey got on his back;
I wondered if it scratched and bit
And reached to grab his food.
I wondered if it squawked and chattered,
And why no one plucked it off his back.
I was so relieved to learn
The monkey wasn’t real.

I knew that man;
He never got to be as old as I am now.
I think he must have wished
To trade for a real monkey.
It might have bit and scratched,
But it wouldn’t have killed him.




Next tag - funeral flowers

Wonderful insight B2Y but I think funeral flowers has already been done. I am relatively sure since I did them. :o

Maybe that's why it came to me! :D

How about - chickadees?

Well Actually it was Flowers but I did it about a funeral. did you know that a TAG is supposed to be only one word?? If you make it two, it makes it too specific and more difficult to come up with something. Took me a while to figure that out but it's true. ;)

>TAG< chickadee

one word? news to me I've done tag poems on intergalactic express , tribal warfare, first kiss, spring flowers, the whole idea of tag is to get the brain juices flowing and creativeness flowing, thats the purpose of tag, force you to be creative, originally it was a chat room game I played for years on aol, sometimes tag subjects may duplicate that happens, I say we all could write a poem on same subject at same time and I bet all of them would be different, from perspective and from direction the poem goes, I always enjoyed when we would sit in the chat room and we all added one sentence to a poem, we as a group came up with some wild and some dang good ones, it sort of like that story line thread, in the games sectiobn, just add 5 words and keep the story line going, I am not trying to step on any toes, just wanted to express the idea is to create and use the noggin, I got MS and do everything i can to keep my brain sharper than a spoon



chickadees so sweet is their song
hearing it on a path i walk along
they dart to and fro, fast as a nuthatch
flitting from branch to branch and through the thatch
so small so frail, their markings so pretty to see
one of my favorite birds in a chickadee


tag subject

summer storms

Yes you are Frank. That's Exactly what you are doing. I too have played this game on many different sites and the One Word Tag has always been the rule. See how much MORE restricted you are with "Summer Storms" than if you said Either "Summer" or "Storms" ? You won't admit it but it's true. I am not trying to step on any toes either. :p

ok you two. Got one for you,. I not stepping on anyones toes i hope? :p

BLUE OCTOBER


Now blue October, smokey in the sun,

Must end the long sweet summer of the heart.

The last brief visit of the birds is done,

They sing an auntumn song before they part.


Listen, how lovely, there is the thrush we heard

When June was filled with roses.

And the bending blossoms covered branches

To shelter nests, holding music of the birds.


Give me your hand, once more before the night,

See how the meadows darken with the frost.

How fades the green that was the summer light,

Beauty is only altered, never lost!!!!!!


nancy


hope that was ok Wiix, and weegot5kiz????????

TAG ................ FISH

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Fish are slippery
with gills and tails
They're slimy and icky
with lots of scales

Some people clean them
they fry them and eat
But they smell icky
like sweaty feet




TAG> clock

I will turn my back
To the face of the clock
And my face to flowing river,
Where there's no Wednesday
And no bedtime
And no taxes due
And no growing older.
I will turn away from time
And for a time
It will not exist.



Tag: light

I see the light,
In the distance it’s there,
Maybe it’s fading,
It doesn’t seem fair.
I see the light,
But it’s not very clear,
Maybe it’s blocked,
By the shadow of fear.
I see the light,
But it’s so far away,
Maybe I’ll reach it,
But it won’t be today…

:o
~Jaime~

Tag - Night/s

NIGHT VISION-BMW-
I hear the dark coming,
I feel it smothering,
Slowly ending daytime,
And morphing to night.
I look searching infinitely,
For a ray of light to appear.
Waiting to find that,
My darkness is sprinkled,
With many pin point rays,
Beaming from a zillion,
Light years away.
To comfort me,
Guide me and behoove my
Total issolatation in darkness.
I see the new moon smiling
Down upon me in approval.
The stars moving slowly,
In motion as earth spins
Wildly in a crazed routine,
I hang on and smile at the ride.
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Tag is Eskimo

Tropic air–
It isn’t fair!
It’s not what I want!
I live in Vermont.








Next tag: Shells

>TAG< end

I knew it was the end
When you started smiling so much,
Laughing too loud at my stupid jokes,
Being extra kind and helpful.

I knew it was the end
When you didn’t tease me anymore,
When you became super-polite.
I was confused at first,
Kept trying to put the pieces together,
Until I realized we were putting together
Different jigsaw puzzles.
Mine was a peaceful domestic scene,
Yours was a kind way out the door.

When I tripped
And broke your father’s bamboo fishing rod,
You stiffened, then smiled.
You smiled!
You said, That’s okay, you didn’t mean to.
And I knew that it was the end.





Next tag: Running

>TAG< nugget

She started the new one
then soon came to me
Each had a turn
to satisfy the others
I got my utinsels
making enough
Hoping no one would be hurt
By the luscious nuggets
I put in the cookies
That she took to school

>tag< tea

I sip the steaming tea
From my grandfather’s cereal bowl,
Elbows on the windowsill,
Watching the rain pour down,
Heavy noisy drops pressuring my tomato plants
To give up, lie down, and die.

I don’t like tea,
But I’m drinking it anyway
To spite myself,
Sucking the bitter stuff still too hot,
My revenge against the pressure
To give up, lie down and die.




Tag -- more

>TAG< Munchies

Better to sit down to a meal
When I would get the munchies
Then to eat 3000 calories
On several little lunchies.






Tag: Granite

>TAG< Affection

Dear friend, my love for you,

My thoughts so unexpresses,

Could never stoop to vain misgiving

Or words of unkindliness,

I`ve journeyed far, the tears have marred

My features for awhile,

but through my prayers GOD answes me

For you alone, I`ll smile.


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need a tag topic ? or did i miss it nana
well then it be my luck to get a free tag and be able to just post anything :p
I will post my next poetry assignmanet for this month. each got 2 number one number had A place the other number had abstract thing.i.e. living room and then profanity. or mountain then compassion. So yup I pick 5 and 55 and got a funny mix. Was fun tho.



The Living Room Of Profanity -BMW-
A coffee table stained almost black
with a fresh coating of swears and curses
gave a sheen glimmer in the dim light.
Over sized couch and love seat, wrapped
in veils of velvety ***** talk were,
fitted with vulgar soaked cushions.
The rocking chair bucked back n forth,
from crude insults to raunchy verbal rhymes.
Alone I was engaged in chosen assaults by
the high tech, audio obscene video machine.


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TAG - POOL

>TAG< Wallop

I love this photo. Do i dare aske were you got it from???

I have been running around trying to get things done before this weather came in. wanted to get that tag in. but here is a short poem.


What do you do when life seems hopeless,

When you`re disappointed, in despair,

When you~ve lost something that held

meaning to you, when tomorrow is uncertain?

You keep trying, hoping, and dreaming anyways,

taking one day, one problem at a time,

knowing that bad luck doesn`t last forever, that

tomorrow your life could turn around. All is not lost.

All is never hopeless. Despair doesn`t last forever, and later we

often find that even our disappointments turned out to be blessings.

Please Don`t Ever Lose HOPE!!!!!


nancy

WALLOP-BMW-
He wouldnt listen
or give me permisson
so I got tired
My mood got fired
I explained my needs
but his caring receeds
then he reached back
and gave me a smack
a wallop to my head
caused my love to go dead.
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TAG IS SLIDE

They were quite restless
on that sunny July day
So the children went out
they wanted to play

Bill threw the ball
Jim swung the bat
Sue stood on first
starring at Matt

She was older now
didn't like that game
Still she liked the boys
but it wasn't the same

"Lets go for a swim
there's a pool at Todd's"
But really she wanted
to see the boys' bods

The boys jumped in
Sue simply sighed
She wanted them to watch
As she climbed up the slide

(lol)


tag>> cake

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...nkBdayCake.jpg
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Sweet Cake-BMW-
Oh what fate is there for a cake?
For piece after piece I take,
Till the last crumb stands,
From finger to lips it lands.
The cake is doomed,
Before it is groomed,
In its shiny frosting coat.
I lick my fingers and gloat.
Yummmy that was delicious
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I did the above one before so its old but next one is fresh new for you :)
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Fate of The Cake-BMW
My appetite craves for sweetness ,
my stomach growls for completeness .
I am a helpless sugar slave,
To the cup cakes I so crave.
Sometimes I make a big giant cake,
So my family can par take.
Other times in small cup size,
That sticks to my butt and fattens my thighs!
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Tag is Jelly

The tag is Jelly?
Hmmmm, all I could think of was this...:D

I can’t see my feet,
All because of my belly,
And it doesn’t look good,
When I sit and watch the telly.
Self-consciously,
I try to hide my belly,
But it’s quite difficult,
When it wobbles just like jelly!

:o
~Jaime~

Next tag - fruit

Fruit's good for you,
It's better than cake
It won't make your belly,
wiggle & shake

Have an apple,
Or eat a peach
Put on that suit,
And go to the beach

tag >> suit

I just did a search for Enchanted Pools and this was on the page.