Books and Poetry
You and I generations apart;
Sharing music, motion and art.
Bringing out the child in me;
Teaching you resiliency.
We must appear quite the odd couple;
Tween and “older” team double trouble.
I dread the day our connection ends;
As your focus shifts toward your friends.
I only hope I’ll still be here;
When once again you’ll find me dear.
Prompted by dVerse Host Laura Bloomsbury: MTB: When ‘We’ writes poetry
Used for my meat, milk, and fur;
Thousands of years domestication;
I’m now quite the entrepreneur;
Deserving of my elevation.
Vying for human-made kibble;
I embrace a rare opportunity;
You know how I love to nibble;
And they love my ingenuity.
You must gather I’m rather intelligent;
And an avid climber too;
My rudeness is irrelevant;
As I do what I must do.
So on the back of a cow I ride;
For the ample food that’s supplied.
W3 Prompt #58: Wea’ve Written Weekly’s poet of the week, Braden, prompts us to “Write: A) a sonnet, OR: B) a villanelle on the theme of: an animal, plant, or object,describing its qualities or what can be learned from it.”
I have chosen a Shakespearean (English) sonnet – three quatrains and a couplet with rhyming pattern abab cdcd efef gg.
Linking to RDP Tuesday! Goat! hosted by Martha.
Shhhh…
A moment of peace;
I take in the smell of the brackish water;
A little taste of mud and salt upon my lips.
I see you looking;
Eyes - shades of blue, green, brown, violet, and amber;
Contentedly rooted at the river’s shoreline.
Kindred water souls;
Born of purity and in seek of wisdom.
Taking some time to reflect upon the water.
Becoming fluid.
Here - acceptance flows along with the current,
And judgment swiftly vaporizes into mist.
Prompted by #TankaTuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 323, 6/6/2023 and Twiglet #328.
Ubiquitous hush
As blue water laps the shore
Pure tranquility
All around is dirt and dust,
Crumbled buildings, rot and rust.
But high above dawns bright and new;
A blazing sun in a sky of blue.
All around is dark and dank;
Oppressive, stifling, spoiled, rank.
But in the sky the stars shine bright,
And the moon is in full glory tonight.
Reposting this poem and feature photo from 2021 in response to Weekend Sky #103 – June 3rd.
She was squirreled away on a chartered boat;
Shepherded into his private cabin.
Tears spilling - makeup beginning to raccoon around her eyes;
She had earwigged his phone conversation and knew of his intentions.
Trying to outfox him;
She snaked her way out of the bathroom window;
But he was waiting, perched atop the deck.
Yanking her up, he bulldogged her to the yacht’s railing;
Badgering her for information she would not provide.
She swallowed hard to tamp down her fear,
And then hawked a wad of phlegm into his eyes.
Urgently fishing the knife from her pocket;
She parroted his threats back to him.
Chickening out - he threw himself overboard;
Floundering to stay afloat in the undulating water.
She beelined to the emergency raft;
Time for her to bug-out!
dVerse host Sarah prompts us to write a poem using animal verbs and/or animal verb phrases.
Birthday celebrations Remiss from afar Oh, how I wish To tease you in person How old you now are... yet Ever my beloved "little" brother Rad to the bone.
Native perennials;
Treasure their home in the garden of life.
Thriving -
Their roots tucked into soil
in harmonious glory with the earth.
Revealing their joy through sprouted heads;
Communing with critters
that gather in celebration;
Sharing bits of themselves,
as honeybees pepper their blooms.
dVerse host Punam challenges us to “write a verse of exact 44 words (excluding the title) using pepper or any form of the word like peppering, peppered or peppermint.” Quadrille:Pass the pepper please!
Useless piercing thoughts –
harmless, yet painful;
An interminable side stitch.
Prompted by Weekend Writing Prompt #313 – Stitch
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