Monthly Archives: February 2023

Passages, for Wordle 593

Passages

Stalks of elderberries throw arms up to the sky
and thistles sheet my pants cuffs as I go wandering by.
A lonely crow deserts his branch to crest the sheltering trees,
wings laboring to make use of the essence of a breeze.

Its loss sets up a wispy tremor in the depths below
as it lifts above the branch that wavers to and fro.
The world thus marks the passage of every living thing.
What will we leave or will we take when our souls take wing?

 

For Sunday Whirl Wordle 593  the prompts nearly write the poem itself: sheet elder thistle throw stalks loss crow tremor crest wispy depths sky

Pro or Con?

Pro or Con?

Sternutation means to sneeze—
(to create a noisy breeze)
but no one knows what perturbation
might be set off by a  sternation.
Could it be the sternum’s action
when it raises in reaction
caused by the excessive sneezing,
coughing, sputtering and wheezing
brought on by the summer gusts
that stir up pollen, raise up dust?

At the height of of last year’s forum
where we barely drew a quorum,
we discussed the summer pollen
that had lately daily fallen.
Prodigals returning home
bemoaned the flower bits and loam
raised into the gusty air
that stripped the flowers and pathways bare.

It’s true folks stare when you are sneezing,
but perhaps you find this pleasing.
If raised sternums cause sternation,
causing your lungs full dilation,
perhaps it is good for you
to rid your lungs of dust and goo.
So tell me, when you’re on vacation,
Are you pro or consternation?

Prompt words today are forum, height, stare, prodigal, summer and consternation.

Jade Vines: FOTD Feb 19, 2023

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(Click on photos for a better view.)

This is an entirely different jade plant than I have ever seen before and no relative, as it is not a succulent, but rather a vine that has these strangely-colored large plastic-looking turquoise-colored chandeliers hanging down from it. They are, however, a real flower!!! Sighted at the Garden of Dreams Boutique Hotel in Ajijic. I had a hard time capturing their true color with my camera, but they are a consistent opaque flat turquoise color. They were over a foot in length.

For Cee’s FOTD

Flipped

Flipped

Do you feel a bit off-kilter,
like your life has lost its filter,
friends are either crass or boring,
same old stories leave you snoring,
news from north, east, west and south
has you foaming at the mouth?

What politicians have to say
more like folklore every day?
The world more than you can abide
now that our heroes all have died?
How do you sift the lies from fact—
determine how you should react?

Ladies and gents, I have to say
that I do not know the way
to save a world that’s in a pickle.
Best that we just toss a nickel
and see what way the flipped coin goes.
Heads are yesses, tails are noes!!!!

Prompt words today are filter, boring, foaming, react, folklore and lady. Image from Unsplash.

Pop Ups: FOTD Feb 18, 2023

 

 

For Cee’s FOTD

What Next?

What Next?

When mankind makes its toodle-oo,
thus closing down this human zoo,
I’m sure that there will be a sequel
that is more than mankind’s equal,
for in evolution’s quest,
nature goes from least to best.
Each form of life has not receded
from what form of life preceded.
When some great calculator reacts
to what’s been lost through human acts,
what difference will it make for gain
that will surpass the human brain?
And . . .
will music, poetry and art
vanish in that great restart?

 

 

 

The prompt words for today are quest, equal, toodle-oo, react,precede and calculator.

Musical Arrangement: FOTD, Feb 17, 2023

 

For Cee’s FOTD

Captured Prey: Bird of Paradise, FOTD Feb 16, 2023

This bird of paradise flower looks like a real bird with an exotic sea creature clasped in its beak.  The ugly chicken wire is to keep the dogs from jumping up and through the gate bars. Hope to remedy this soon.

For Cee’s FOTD

Surprise Ending

Surprise Ending

When friendship flares to romance with a speed that is flammiferous,,
what’s thought to be just kinship might turn out to be splendiferous.

. . . . and you must find it ironic
that regard you thought platonic
(more a brother or a cousin)
now brings roses by the dozen
as a symbol of affection
that somehow escaped detection
all those years you were “just” friends,
and that is how your story ends.

Loves that come about from friendings
are the happiest of endings!!!

 

Prompts today are ironic, symbol, romance, kinship, dozen, flammiferous. Image by Nick Karvounis on Unsplash.

Leftovers: Assorted Facts from Memory

 

Assorted Facts of Memory

My childhood phone number was Mohawk 9-2206.
Objects once considered worthless have acquired value through time.
Romance adds flavor to any adventure.
Kinship is the glue of life.
My first freedom was a tan Hiawatha bike with maroon racing stripes.

 

Prompt words today are: mohawk, worthless, romance, kinship, bike.