Culinary Erotica
Her silken robes sway gently to the oscillating fan.
She is in her element when around any man.
They are what makes life savory, the salt to any dish.
The doorknob slowly turning denotes her fondest wish.
There’s not a single male faction that would not agree
that when it comes to men, she is the sugar in their tea.
Prompts for today are silk, element, oscillating, faction, sugar and doorknob.
Pollyanna’s Creed
Why so wan and petulant, so sober and contrary?
Concede that negativity that you sometimes carry.
Concentrate on cheerful things. Begin a new beginning.
Convert all your losses from losing into winning.
Remove the somber funeral veil from your mournful head
and buy a vivid orange hat to wear on it instead.
Life’s too short for sadness that you carry like a weight.
Every time you smile, you’ll feel it dissipate.
That cloud above your head will lift and light will filter in
and you’ll feel a happier time of life begin.
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Prompt words today are orange, sober, concede, petulant, beginning and concentrate.
Raucous Recipe #1
My flashback to a nifty dish of pears and peas and beans
is tastier if one can add olives and nectarines.
The problem is that when these five are ingested enmasse,
they cause indigestion and, I fear, a lot of gas.
So for the interim, until science solves the puzzle,
keep these five ingredients separate when you guzzle.
Prompt words today are flashback, gas, nifty, dish and pear.
Precious Things
When lucky heirs received the shipment of their auntie’s things,
full of photos, pots and pans, old hats and silver rings,
mismatched shoes, a wash tub and an armchair that was armless,
a flintlock rifle that was jammed, ammunition-less and harmless,
they fondly combed the contents of her varied life—
her times as daughter, student, lover, wanderer and wife.
Her time spent in the orchestra, the years that she just wandered,
gypsy skirts and cowboys boots and bride’s dress that she laundered
years ago, then paper-wrapped and carefully put away
high up in a cupboard, just in case one day
one of her sister’s children was in much duress
searching for a favorite vintage wedding dress.
Boxes full of letters, old toys and souvenirs—
all of life’s remainders collected through the years.
What are they to do with these reminders of her living—
memorabilia of her life she took such joy in giving?
Call the second hand store to pick up the armless chair,
the tables and and sofas and all the kitchenware.
Pack away the photos and the eyeless teddybear
and put them in the storage space beneath the lowest stair
along with all their own stuff that they can’t throw away
so they can pass it on to their own kids some future day.
Prompts today are lucky, shipment, orchestra, heir and harmless.
This lovely flower was on my niece Julie’s birthday card. I have the equipment to make cards using this technique.
Here is a closeup:
As soon as I get my ducks in a row, I’ll try making one or more of these Scrolled flowers..
For Cee’s FOTD
Kids’ Fashion
Ribbons and laces
and scrubbed shiny faces
are often conducive
to acts most abusive
by children who gad
in areas bad
that create messes
of fancy new dresses,
for puddles in paths
and gooey mud baths
wreak havoc, at best
on kids fancily dressed.
Prompts for today are children, fancy, gad, ribbon and conducive.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 