Halloween Tales
Halloween love stories are not so very thrillin,’
for it’s not romantic to hook up with a villain.
Monsters, ogres, ghosts and goblins don’t excel at lovin’.
Nor do witches have much use for it within their coven.
And so you’ll find that Halloween tells a different story
still filled with thrills that are more gruesome and more gory.
Prompts for the Three Things Challenge are: Monster, Ogre and Villain
Advice to Folks in High Places
Of course, coarse words might prove a curse,
but words that weave a lie are worse.
So don’t use utterances truthless
as terrifying as they’re ruthless.
The Three Things Challenge asked us to include three words: COURSE COARSE CURSE
Word Choice
Poetry’s got metaphors, similes and rhyme,
and a bit of meter to make it sound sublime.
But prose has plot and conflict, and compared to verse
is of course much longer whereas poetry’s more terse.
But either genre that you choose, for sure you can’t go wrong.
A book of prose or poems is really good to have along
in waiting rooms or buses, on airplanes or on trains.
They fill in time for shut-ins in times of snow or rains.
In fact, to entertain you or to cancel out your woes
there is nothing better than poetry or prose!
For the Three Things Challenge, the prompt words are: Poetry, Prose and Verse
Coup d’état
Build up all your borders. Put truth behind a scrim.
Remove all your immigrants. Trim and trim and trim.
Box up all your freedoms and lock them safe away.
Amend the 10 Commandments to “Ye shall not be gay.”
Dumb down all our children to increase control
so you can assure that you’ll retain control.
Tear apart two hundred fifty years of “free”
to put into your control what once was liberty.
Subjugate your citizens and say it is God’s will.
Then provide the Kool-Aid to see if they will swill.
Prompt words for the Three Things Challenge are: BORDER, TRIM, BOX
30 Decibels
An upbeat singer has this choice
to bellow or to curb his voice.
Lower decibels are favored
so the music may be savored
The words for the Three Things Challenge are: UPBEAT LOWER BELLOW
Fool me once
Deceive me once, and be assured,
the likelihood is thin
that you’ll ever have the chance
to lie to me again!
For the Three Things Challenge, the words are: ASSURE,
LIE, DECEIVE Image from Unsplash.
Ode to a Rotund Robin
You alight, to peck and swallow.
In my bird feeder, you wallow—
driving other birds away
to gorge yourself both night and day.
Now as you struggle to arise,
spreading your wings up to the skies,
watching your labored ascent,
I raise the question of your descent.
Have you reckoned on your girth
in planning for your fall to earth?
For the Three Things Challenge the prompt words are : Alight, descent, raise. Image thanks to Unsplash.
Adventures in Walking
Wobbling in on three-inch heels,
I cringed and swayed and wobbled.
They were the strangest sort of shoes
that cobblers ever cobbled!
When they brought in a second pair,
I couldn’t help but shudder.
I couldn’t walk in the first pair.
Why would I want anudder?
For the Three Things Challenge, the words are: Cringe, Shudder, Wobble
We found all sorts of hidey holes in the front yard.
Is Mom watching? Oops. I’ll just hide again.
Truth of the Matter
Shy Creeps,
Sly Lurks
Shy, Creep and Lurk were the words for the Three Things Challenge today.
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