I feel as if I ought to send A warning out to one and all: Beyond the bend's a cliff, a fall, A tragedy, a blur, a blend Into a gorgeous, awful end. And then inconsequentially What would become of you and me? Ah! Let it come here anyway. Yes, Come tomorrow. Come today! Embrace the opportunity.
Linked to Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge where the challenge is to use “blend” as a rhyming word in the A lines. The poem has ten lines with rhyme pattern ABBAACCDDC.
Look up. Look down. Reflecting water shows The sky as all around. Morning sunshine grows.
Linked to Cosmic Photo Challenge where Dale offers the theme of “look to the skies”.
Also linked to Trent P. McDonald’s The Weekly Smile. It’s midnight. Soon it will be Monday morning. I can’t think of a good reason (that I haven’t already reported) why I’ve been smiling this past week. Being able to calmly watch the sun rise over the pond below is a blessing that reinforces the default smile. Although the August wildflowers are past their peak in the Forest Preserve, the forest and trails are still there and sometimes I am as well.
Blue on blue with patient blue Caressing me and also you. But should you say it’s red instead Insisting that I bumped my head, Perhaps you’re right. Perhaps that’s true, But I still see a pretty blue.
Linked to Sue Vincent’s Thursday Photo Prompt. She provided the photo below for the prompt.
“No need to worry. You look good. You’re healthier than most I’ve seen.” His diet’s simple, conscience clean - Except when doing what what he would Instead of what he knew he should. Some end will come. Although he'd pay, No doctor then could make him stay. Perhaps today the ground will tip. On what’s unknown, his feet shall slip And then, like dust, he'd blow away.
Linked to Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge where the rhyme word is “tip” which should appear in a D line where the rhyme scheme is ABBAACCDDC.
Gerald said the only problem with Tim’s life was that it had no twist to it.
This surprised him. He owned a multi-trillion-dollar company that gave the Moon a sustainable atmosphere allowing mass colonization. His manipulated philanthropic foundations kept the world rational during the Second Propaganda War. As he saw it, twist or no twist, someone should give him a medal (and many had).
Gerald admitted he couldn’t pin down precisely what bothered him about Tim except to say, “The only twist I see in your life, Tim, is that you were born, but that should have been just the beginning.”
Linked to Six Sentence Stores where Denise offers the prompt word of “twist”.
Even pigeons have a view When looking out on me and you.
Linked to the Cosmic Photo Challenge where Dale offers the theme of “an interesting perspective”. I chose what might be called the “pigeon perspective” assuming the pigeon is walking on the ground.
Also linked to Trent P. McDonald’s The Weekly Smile. Another week went by. From some perspectives that may seem inconsequential, but the thought that we were all given the privilege to live it made me smile.
Endless whining - what a bore, Unforgiven - evermore, Not one whit better than before, Grumbling, grumbling - such a chore.
Linked to Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt. The challenge this week is to use some form of the word “endless” and exactly 18 words.
It’s over there If you would see, If you’re not scared Of mystery. Unlock your mind, Walk out and find Reality.
Linked to Sue Vincent’s Thursday Photo Prompt. The photo above was provided by Sue Vincent for this prompt.
The poem’s form is called a Ha’sonnet, assuming I did it right.
In summer-spring when flowers bloom We know what's pretty soon will be Allowed to drop indifferently. For autumn's seeds we made this room. We danced around the bride and groom. They faced each other with a smile Rejoicing, talking, thinking while The feast was laid out fresh with food. Recall that early springtime mood When brides walked down the wedding aisle.
Linked to Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge where the rhyme word “smile” must appear in a c line where the rhyme scheme is abbaaccddc.
Linked to Cosmic Photo Challenge where Dale offers the theme of “choose your masks”. I interpreted this as what shows on the surface. That could be trees masking the morning sun or flowers masking the fertile ground.
Also linked to Trent P. McDonald’s The Weekly Smile. The corona virus hasn’t got me yet and so I’m still smiling. Besides that, one of my poems, “Stronger”, appeared in The Lyric and a copy arrived a few days ago. This week I’ll be reading the other poems in the issue and hopefully come up with something else to submit.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 