Quatrain Corner

[Boerseun]

Ode to a Fart:
A fart is a pleasant thing
it gives the belly ease
It warms the bed in winter
and suffocates the fleas.

[Turtle]

in rasped the gasps,
as ass out gassed,
then round the room,
the blame got passed.

[orbsycli]

Flap a butt cheek
whip past the night
of the light
s the way

[Turtle]

clicking ice in my glass dings,
sudden bang and in door flings,
quicking colt again peace brings,
horsy nickers, cowboy sings.

[Turtle]

oh to go beyond a line,
to cross a fence, to risk a fine,
to self-see from another's tracts,
the roots of their beclouded facts.

[Loricybin]

i'm floating,
ever so gently-
the light,
it grows heavier.

[Turtle]

lo the dulcet floating goes,
cacophonous din in overthrows,
dipping paddle dripping rows,
gliding light-struck past the woes.

[Turtle]

if Spring
is a promise made
then Fall
is a promise kept

[Turtle]

keats' hope reprise

past leaving your crowded yard you run,
or loving oratory release your mind from glee,
afore all nightmares trace your voice alight,
or the lush forest shunning death hides all seed.

[Pyrotex]

A Quatrain of Self-Aware Quatrains
Nelson Thompson

This quatrain would like to express its appreciation for
The second line points out that there isn't enough room in a
Third line; pointless; this is the wrong format in which
The fourth line apologizes for the futility of even trying to

Why does this second quatrain even care if its core message
Is read and appreciated by curious and discerning readers?
Could it be that these last two lines must carry the burden
Of explaining ... alas, but they have predictably run out of

This, the first line of the third quatrain, has the idea
That if it and the second line explain the message very rapidly
The third line wishes to inform the first two lines that they
Unfortunately, the fourth line must sadly point out that

This quatrain wishes to complain vehemently about the
Stupid choice of the quatrain form in which to elucidate
The third line will now attempt to complete that thought by
Even if this, the fourth line, attempts to assist, failure will be