Fauxku Choo Choo (the play's the thing)

[Magpie]

a statue on dock's end
long neck quick swoop
a silver dinner

silver statue
for the quick footed
Argentinian

[wasellajam]

silver statue
for the quick footed
Argentinian

quick search engine
even for fauxku
Messi? straighten up

[Magpie]

quick search engine
even for fauxku
Messi? straighten up

Messi? Maradona?
could be either -
Argentina = Land of Silver

[wasellajam]

Messi? Maradona?
could be either -
Argentina = Land of Silver

messy silver hood-hair
Rain and tiny hail
beats snow

[ilovewomenandbeer]

Messi? Maradona?
could be either -
Argentina = Land of Silver

messy silver hood-hair
Rain and tiny hail
beats snow

the goal—
the hand of god?
against all silver
hope spins into strings

[Magpie]

the goal—
the hand of god?
against all silver
hope spins into strings

the silver vagabond
dances elegantly
towards the goal

[wasellajam]

the silver vagabond
dances elegantly
towards the goal

words dance aimlessly
you can't blame them when the goal's
so closely guarded

[Magpie]

words dance aimlessly
you can't blame them when the goal's
so closely guarded

I tried to guard them -
they'll blame me now it's all gone
to 5-7-5

[wasellajam]

I tried to guard them -
they'll blame me now it's all gone
to 5-7-5

sometimes words just claim
their spots, I'm not to blame
but now rhyme screws this lovely thread
forgive me but I've lost my head

[Magpie]

sometimes words just claim
their spots, I'm not to blame
but now rhyme screws this lovely thread
forgive me but I've lost my head

the rhyme is fine but I do fear
that if we carry on this way
it won't be long before it's clear
we'll have to write a rondelet

[brynmawr1]

the rhyme is fine but I do fear
that if we carry on this way
it won't be long before it's clear
we'll have to write a rondelet

There is much fear I know
the way words can carry on
beyond the rhyme, find the soul
and just keep going

PS  This has been an excellent exchange. Mine doesn't do it justice.

[wasellajam]

There is much fear I know
the way words can carry on
beyond the rhyme, find the soul
and just keep going

early spring winds
giants fall
going going gone

[Magpie]

early spring winds
giants fall
going going gone

moss covers
a huge staircase -
the giants have gone

[wasellajam]

moss covers
a huge staircase -
the giants have gone

asphalt patches
bigfoot footprints
filled

[Magpie]

asphalt patches
bigfoot footprints
filled

amid garbage
strewn asphalt -
a poppy

[wasellajam]

amid garbage
strewn asphalt -
a poppy

poppies won't grow
dockside
climate or arsenic?

[Magpie]

poppies won't grow
dockside
climate or arsenic?

sitting on the dock
beneath an arsenic sky
watching boats capsize

[Magpie]

sitting on the dock
beneath an arsenic sky
watching boats capsize

i used to walk
in the dockyards -
under ships

[wasellajam]

i used to walk
in the dockyards -
under ships

looking up
wide planked ceilings
deep skies

[Magpie]

looking up
wide planked ceilings
deep skies

looking up
deep in the behemoth -
i see a patch of azure