The hullabaloo
in the breakfast queue
just had to do
with those picky few
who walked the beam
on the gymnastic team
who declared the waffle
was simply awful!
Who, at the most,
could slug down the toast!
For Esther’s “Can You tell a story in. . . . ” Challenge, the challenge was:
Can you tell a story in 38 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story:
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MAGA
Nose to nose,
we meet as one.
Our cause?
To hide
the smoking gun.
We have not even
half begun!
WISH
If I were more than
a toothless crone,
I’d gnaw our summer
down to the bone.
THE DEATH OF JUSTICE
Attempts to name it
were of no use.
Its means were silenced
by a swinging noose.
Justice arose
and is swinging loose.
Its long neck stretched
by long abuse.
On Track
Those nearest to us
cannot remove
that sure belief
in our mutual groove.
National Anthem
We crow its verses
to try to see
if they’ll renew
our liberty,
Lone Rider
We can’t assume
what we once knew.
Our van’s life passengers
(that sum of two)
no longer number
both me and you.
Buried Wisdom
We hide awareness
in deep dark caves.
The sea obscures them
in rushing waves.
The cream of sea foam
roars and paves
a ceiling over
truth’s buried raves.
The prompt for dVerse poets was to write a poem using one or all of the lines of words below, in the order in which they appear. I composed a different poem for each set.
nose – one – cause – even
were – crone – our – summer
name – use – means – arose
near – can – remove – sure
crow – verse – see – renew
assume – once- van – sum
aware – caves – sea – cream
To read other poems written to this prompt, go HERE.
I think this huge mural of blooming cacti by Bruno Mariscol deserves a place in Cee’s FOTD, don’t you?
For Cee’s FOTDhttps://ceenphotography.com/2025/01/27/fotd-january-27-2025/
Do not fail to read this blog by Forgottenman!!!
https://okcforgottenman.wordpress.com/2025/01/28/to-cross-the-rubicon/
What does one do when they wake up at 5 AM after 4 1/2 hours of sleep and can’t get back to sleep again? Too lazy to go out and do more exercises in my pool, I decided to clear off my computer desktop which has once again become completely covered. In doing so, I found these favorite photos which over the past few weeks I have discovered in other places and put on the desktop in case I need them. Here they are, given a purpose, so I can again stash them away.
If you have questions about the photos, ask, and If you decide to do the same, send me a link!!!
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This beautiful display is a closeup of part of the display in front of the Jardin Restaurant in the Ajijic Plaza. Here is another full view:
For Cee’s FOTD
Scrabble Quibbles
I move the tiles back and forth but still I cannot lick
the secret to which words may be made from my weird pick.
I cannot spell “memorial” without another “m,”
so instead I settle and simply spell out “rim.”
Before too long I find another perfect word to make,
but, alas, I do not have the “u” to spell out quake.
I spy the final “u” when my opponent shifts her rack,
and so I skip my turn to return some letters back.
And this segment of the story will prove I was to blame
when my sister drew the “q” and spelled out “quick” to win the game!
Note: the photo of the Scrabble board is of a real game, although not the one described in the poem. The reason I took the photo is because of the very unlikely occurrence of the word “urinate” showing up twice on the same board. What are the chances of not only having the right tiles to spell the same 7 letter word twice but also finding a place to play them?
The prompt for RDP Monday is Quibble
Welcome to “The Numbers Game #58” Today’s number is 179. To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Here are my contributions to the album.
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