For NaPoWriMo, they want us to write a poem that copies the style of a favorite song or type of music. I chose Jazz.music
NaPoWriMo Day 15: Jazz Riff
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Why Do Some British People Dislike Donald Trump?
Remember when Donald Trump kept the Queen waiting for tea?
Why Do Some British People Dislike Donald Trump?
Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote this magnificent response:
https://bergensia.com/someone-asked-why-do-some-british-people-not-like-donald-trump/
Poetic Inspiration: NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 14
Poetic Inspiration
I do not seek to emulate great poets of the past,
for if they were any good, their poems are bound to last.
Why do they need an imitator? Better we’re original.
Modern times do not demand a message aboriginal.
Chaucer’s fine for Chaucer and he was an inspiration,
but Middle English has long passed its date of expiration.
Shakespeare is ubiquitous. No need for one Will more.
Leave Love’s Labor’s Lost to him–and Lady Macbeth’s Gore.
Let Frost mend all the fences. Leave Ozymandius to Shelley.
Nineteenth century topics are best left to film or telly.
What’s left to modern poets? Where can they get their start?
Leave imitation on the shelf and merely write your heart.
We were to write a poem dealing with poets who have influenced us..positively or negatively. For NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 14
Travel Wisdom
Travel Wisdom
A fearless warrior one must be to navigate the world,
for in foreign climes you’ll find vast challenges unfurled.
When you start your journey you may count yourself a tourist,
yet in the end if you don’t fold, you’ll end up an endurist.
You’ll find out it is ludicrous to think bans will be lifted
and for you that ancient laws and mores will be shifted.
You leave the life you knew before back in your former quarters.
Your world does not go with you when stray across your borders.
Prompt words for today are ban, warrior, ludicrous, navigate and tourist.
Moss Rose: FOTD Apr 14, 2020
For Cee’s FOTD.
Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting
So what happens when all the bans are lifted? Have we learned anything at all from this unprecedented event which has affected the entire world? Read on for some provoctive thoughts on the matter.
go HERE to read the rest of the article.
The News
My friends Jesus and Jesus Eduardo who are spending their isolation time by helping to make my house more beautiful. Project still in process.
The News
I swore I would not write about our narcissistic president
or any other White House or Washington D. C. resident.
I’d avoid mention of the Dow and boycott themes ubiquitous,
stuffing down objections to tweets famously obliquitous.
I thought it was a piece of cake I’d slice off with a knife
to avoid this elephant that dominates my life,
but then the daily prompts came in and blew my plans away.
Could it be more obvious what they want me to say???
And so here is another diatribe against the present
truths that dominate our lives and make them less than pleasant.
To compensate I’d like to try to give an antidote,
so go down to the link below and share an anecdote
of something someone’s done that’s helped to make your life worth living.
Something non-self-serving that was heartfelt, loving, giving.
The world is not made up of only villains in the news.
News is only life and we can live it as we choose.
Go HERE and tell us about something wonderful someone has done for you or those around you in this time of forced isolation. And while you are there, see the good news others have shared.
Prompt words today are cake, boycott, knife, astray and president. See? They made me do it!!!!
Yes, we are keeping our distance. They are outside. I am inside. They live in the same house, so no problem with their being in close contact.
Wheeler-Dealer
Wheeler-Dealer
I am not sorry
for the hours I have stolen
away from your busy life.
You should have given them freely.
I was trying to teach you that.
You were such a poor student,
professing love, then
rushing off hither and yon.
Early morning flea markets
spawned caches—
rental garages stuffed with treasures
that didn’t fit into a house
already filled with me
years before you moved in.
You picked things up
in driveways
and on curbsides,
widows in the seat next to you
on bargain flights alone to Mexico.
You snatched me
from that singles party
before I even got my coat off.
Eye trained at the door,
you knew lonely
when you saw it.
Commandeering
my Ford Econoline camper van,
you drove me off to most of California,
then to Mexico,
while I tried to teach you how to be
where you were. Pouring salt on your tail,
trying to hold your gaze.
And I am not sorry— either for what I asked of you
or for throwing away the rest of you—
that busy bee, buzzing from bloom to bloom
to see what it could find.
For NaNoWriMo 2020, day 13, we are to write an apology for something we’ve stolen.
The State of Pistachios in My Solitary World
A few weeks ago, I published a photo of my pistachio tree in bloom. I’m sure you’re all on the edge of your seats wondering how those nuts are doing and if the birds have eaten them all, so snapped this photo from the hammock yesterday. Now, what other minute detail of my life would you like to know about?
All News is not Bad News
All News is Not Bad News
Would each person who reads this please post one kindness that one of your neighbors or even a stranger has done for you in this time of great national and world pain and link it to comments on this post? I have had three neighbors call me and say that they were going to Costco and Walmart and offer to shop for me. My housekeeper’s son came at 9 o’clock at night after getting off work to replace the battery in my car and then called the next day to see if there was anything else he could do. Next, please. Let’s show each other that we are not our president and that we are keeping caring and decency alive in the world by our actions.
