Swingers
Romance is better on the swings
for it’s true Cupid has wings
and if he inspires a kiss,
it’s clear that you don’t want to miss
that moment on your mutual ride
where your lips might coincide,
and on the teeter-totter or slide
it’s harder to go side-by-side.
For the Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Side-by-Side
Image by Brandon Couch on Unsplash.
What Goes Around Comes Around
The facts at your disposal are ones you should review,
because truth may vitiate the strength of what you choose to spew.
Your toxic comments are perhaps ones that you may rue,
for like a brick thrown in a whirlwind, they may come back at you.
Prompt words today are whirlwind, brick, disposal, vitiate and toxic. Image from Unsplash.
Sheridan, Wyoming at the Powder Horn Clubhouse, July 17, 2021. Click on images to enlarge.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day prompt
Drop-ins Not Advised
“Don’t be a stranger” said the pair
when I met them at an affair.
Nobody knew this introduction
would give rise to such a ruction.
When I strolled into their borough,
inquiries were swift and thorough.
Was I peddling pot or meth?
How did I say shibboleth?
I passed the pat-down, said the word,
then joined the swirling passing herd.
Clearly, it is not a lark
to try to enter Borough Park!
Prompt words today are Shibboleth, thorough, nobody, ruction and introduction.
Two of the prompt words today were a bit tricky, giving rise to this strange little poem.
If you, don’t know what “Shibboleth” means (as I didn’t) HERE is a link to its explanation.
Borough Park is a largely Orthodox Jewish section of New York City and a ruction is a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
Although this view might warrant the term, my least favorite word is “awesome.” HERE is a link to an explanation of why this is so.
For Stream of Consciousness Saturday: What is your least favorite word?
Playing with Fire
In the circles she lives in, she’s queen of the realm.
Wherever she goes, she must be at the helm.
They call her the Admiral, head of the fleet.
She’ll hear no debate and she’ll bear no defeat.
When she is challenged, she’s ready to fight.
Incadescent with anger, she’ll insist that she’s right.
Once her rage is incited, she could drive you to drink.
Your role is to follow. Her role is to think.
When you rub her together with one of her kind,
they’re bound to express a difference of mind,
and since neither can bear an opposing notion,
it’s bound to lead to explosive emotion.
Rub them together and they’re sure to fight.
Like sulphur on sandpaper, they will ignite.
So keep them apart, these glorious dames,
or one or the other will go up in flames.
Prompts today are in the circle, realm, incadescent, fleet and drink.
Image by Olga Bast on Unsplash.
Photo by Sharon Wheat. Photos of other felted creatures may be viewed by clicking on link below.
My friend Sharon is an absolutely fabulous artist in every genre she tackles: mixed media sculpture, photography, jewelry, food art, fabric art and stitchery and now in these incredible felted figures. Check them out at: https://sharonwheat.zenfolio.com/p994516379
This flower from a bush in my friend Patty’s front yard is still beautiful in its decline.
For Cee’s FOTD
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 