Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
Large Gift
A gift for you
A large one too
Won’t fit in my car
And the walk is too far
A dilemma for sure
But I found a cure
A jostle and squeeze
A few begs and pleads
The bus shall arrive
With your gift tucked inside
Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #256
For the visually challenged writer, the image depicts the back of a French autobus on the street. It is filled with people. We also see the back of a man who is dressed in a suit. He is pushing a rather large female cow through an entrance to the bus.
Outhouse
In a previous life
I must have sinned greatly
The universe
Really does hate me
As here I stand
Along a dirt road
Another tourist
Unburdening their load
Some dare complain
Of the horrible smell
Though my caregiver
Cleans me up well
The rare welcome visitor
Praises they sing
“Hallelujah!” “Amen!”
For the service I bring
W3 Prompt #95: Wea’ve Written Weekly’s poet of the week, Heather, prompts us to: “Employ personification to write a poem from the point of view of an object.”
Dan’s Thursday Doors
Everglades Playground
The snowbird I am
Flees from the lingering cold
Everglades playground
Black and white warbler
Leaves behind the crisp weather
Subtropical play
Colleen’s 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 22, 2/20/24
I. J. ‘s Birds of the Week Invitation LII
Lone Wanderer
A lone trek
Befitting the wanderer
Silence a welcome partner
Echoes of uncertainty take hold
Niggling, mind-plaguing doubts
Carry-on lone wanderer
Evening approaches
Sadje’s What do you see # 226
RDP Monday: ABSENCE by sgeoil
Awww, Gosling
Spatterdock (Yellow Pond-Lily)
This pond-lily doesn’t open to reveal large flowers like many other water-lilies. I love the pod that is left after blooming:
Green Heron
Cascade of Change
Restless stagnation
Calm moments undervalued
Changes materialize
Chaos ensues
Stillness is sought
Cumbersome daily routines
Unfulfilling activities
Running in circles
Movement without direction
Restless stagnation
Distractedly stumbling through time
Focused on doing, doing, doing…
Fretting about what comes next
A missed opportunity for self-reflection
Calm moments undervalued
Life’s inevitable curve ball
A variable tossed in the mix
Manifesting a precarious undertaking
The mundane upended
Changes materialize
Progressing at an unconstrained pace
Grasping for a foothold
Goals become obscured
Satisfaction remains elusive
Chaos ensues
Trapped in a superfluous cascade
Falling, falling, falling…
Landing on solid rock
Grateful for the calm
Stillness is sought
MTB: Cascading in Fives by dVerse Host Laura Bloomsbury
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #317 – Change
Image generated by Bing
Curious Dragon
Curious dragon
Peeks from top the shrubbery
Head bobs in greeting
Haiku invitation by Mark S – Week 06: Year of the Dragon
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