To waltz through ready for a change

   

                                                             Author: 'Sincerely media' at Unsplash

Image: The Power of Three (here)

11 of 12 given Wordle words:

wafer waltz ready feign rant dried

ridge manic winch ring widow

Her life empty without him

Wafer thin it should need a rethinking

Could spare a thought in the interim

To waltz through ready for a change

Should she feign happiness

To rant softly for the good times

Is she ready to attempt a dare

But why good ideas had dried up

She is now perched on a ridge 

Turning manic with risky consequence

How then to winch body and soul

Out from a ring of emotional entrapment

None too free to merit desired attributes

Should act fast for redemption of mercy

Admittedly with strength to dispel sympathy

Not to lock horns with troublesome company

For two's a company that one would desire

Three's a crowd where adults are involved eventually

Perhaps a blessing in disguise for her to savour 

For now just a lonely widow with spiritual tenacity

Rosemary's at PSU  Friday-Writings-51-power-of-three

Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle-576/

a sight seldom seen

                                                                                             Author: anon

Image:  Girl with a Black Bird  (here)

flying above in formation
end of Autumn and approaching cold weather,

the annual migration of the black bird

is slated to begin

instinct plays its part
heading south with a purpose
flying together with those 

of bright, warm colours

species of varied sizes and shapes 

just for a few days and off again.

tired bones rested in the arms

of a friendly human every year without fail

a sight seldom seen 
hard to believe

Carrie's Sunday Muse #234

a phase of unheard shouts

                                                                                            Author: William Hope 

Image:  Waiting patiently (here)

what was causing the uneasy charm

in the confusion a clamouring for an answer
beneath the skies a canopy of quiet calm
a voice lost and stumped with coils of bother

a solitary tree dancing furiously in the winds
unlike a willow giving way but standing bold 
such was unrest invoked by a mysterious waiting
to succumb into inactivity on the writer's hold

a writer's block a phase of unheard shouts
frustration and loss to counter the imposed cover
sought by those as an option of a way out

a respite to dispel the recurring doubts that linger

Linda at d'Verse OLN #-325-and-so-the-story-goes

there is a need to react positively

                                                                                        Author: Tasha Marie

Image:  Girl in A Jar  (here)

10 of 12 given Wordle Words:

grief bruises lifted depths murmurings 

wants edge field skin crevice 

Good grief!

space no bruises to the ego 

but one needs space 

to muster efforts and gumption

and to be lifted out

from depths of the jar

murmurings of wants 

putting one on edge 

thinking of the field of vision 

off the skin limiting the freedom 

absence of crevices to sneak out

put paid to the initiative 

but there is a need to react positively 

no matter what!

Carrie's at Sunday Muse# 233.html

Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle #575

Bell-bottom pants sweeping the floor!

                                                                     Author: Tiggertrouble

Image: Current Phat Pants similar

to the Bell-bottoms of old  (here)

Bell-bottom pants sweeping the floor

Hey sailor boy, it'll wear out fast

Happiness of fashion keeping up with 'them'

Preference for cut out jeans

Another fad came about, remember!

Utterly confusing to grown-ups

But fashion turnaround is normal

Phat pants now making a comeback?

(44 words )

Kim at d'Verse Quadrille#162

not shaken by the enormity

                                                                                            Author: anon

Image: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

                                                                                            Author:  Xapaxava

Image: A Young Violin Player  (here)

!0 of 12 Wordle words:

carving now awful breath snarl 

thumping pity signs drop reveal 

carving a niche now

never a shadow of a doubt 

of time well spent

awful to some

but not to stop the strains of sounds

of a string instrument 

at an early age providing a breath

of Beethoven's compositions 

not shaken by the enormity

that dogged many a young heart

that snarled at their inability

thumping their hearts out

to keep pace with him

a pity to them as to him 

it was just another recital

notes upon notes to digest

but as a plaything 

signs of a child prodigy

who had dropped off all negative thoughts

to reveal that side of his talents

God-given of a chosen few

 

Carrie's Sunday Muse  #232 

Brenda's at Sunday Whirl Wordle #574

What is it of a best friend

                                                                                 Author: Kate Ter Haar

Image: Loving My Red Paint Brush  (here)

What is it of a best friend
Not all the time by your side
Though ever willing to give a helping hand
Extending empathy a shoulder to cry on

What is it of a best friend
Feisty little darling in good times
Meddlesome sometimes and an irritant
But a joy to be around with

What is it of a worst kind of best friend
Sneaking with a Brutus’ ploy
To stab in the back
Or a Cassius’ stance
Of ever suspicious character

But one of a best friend
Who is more than all that!

Extending inspiration
Stroke by stroke in richness
Colourful in softness
Fulfillment of gaps and emptiness
An answer to writer’s block intruding
Just one waiting to be picked
Of various types and stature
Not answering back
Nor biting when angered
To be dipped and splashed freely
When required
Without nary of  objections
Ever willing
To capture my imaginations
In hues rich of colour

Of glaring red, a burning of desire

Of red and blazing in anger

Eyes twitching ready to pounce
Though often times
I was guilty of leaving it alone
seething with neglect

A best friend always by my side!

My paint brushes

Rosemary at Poets and Storytellers United - 

friday-writings-48-red

One or separate bills?

                                                                                           Author: Willard84

Image: Windmills at Kinderdijk (here)

                                                                           Author:Bertknot from Australia

Image: Delft Blue Ceramics 

at Rijks Museum (here)

Tulips and windmills
Of canals with anglers all day

Drawing bridges trams to and fro 

Lots of bicycles and maple trees

with crimson leaves in Autumn

Den Haag and the Centrum

Wooden clogs and Delft blue

Herring in onions
Fries, with or without?

Dining is bliss, hot cuisine
Indische rijsttafels pizza
or just Chinese takeaways

One or separate bills?

Edam and cheese galore

No, preference for that sparkling 

diamond ring!

Astublieft and Dag....

Note: A revisit to the time in Holland where Hank

spent some unforgettable moments before

Lillian at d'Verse OLN Live

careful of what's coming!

                           Author: Elm Cottage

Image: A Restrain but not an 

Insurmountable Obstacle (here)

10 of the 12 Wordle words:

nervous sticky evidence 

frosting (having a translucent textured surface that it is difficult to see through) 

celebrate necessary photograph artistic sweet festive 

much ado about nothing, did you say!

is it insurmountable that it makes one nervous

it is a sticky situation as evidenced 

much like looking through a frosting surface

barely visible perhaps but an outline

nothing to celebrate under the circumstances

may be necessary to invoke

the photographic image of it 

very much like having 

an artistic picture in the mind

to help clear the difficulties

what are we talking about anyway

nothing sweet and festive definitely

one has to be ready

the Ukraine war is impacting on 

the economic fabric of Europe

and eventually the whole world

yes, one has to be ready

careful  of what's coming

in the ensuing year 

we are in for a nasty recession!

weeuar's at MLMM's : Photo-Challenge-#435/

Lisa's at MLMM's Wordle-291/

Bed-in for Peace, remember!

                                                                                              Author: anon

Image: John and Yoko (here)

there were sit-ins 

groups gathered in numbers

in front of corporate offices

right in the middle of roads

or just in the open

sitting not wanting to move 

to challenge authority

invariably ending in

tear-gas response or

gushing water-hose

directed at them

John and Yoko did one better

Bed-in for Peace, remember!

they were a two-week long

non-violent protest

as an experimental new-way 

to promote peace, where?

in bed, that's where! 

they were photographed

smiling happily 

and it worked

Held world-wide attention

from Hilton Amsterdam

and Queen Elizabeth, Montreal

to highlight the pain and sufferings

to put a check on the Vietnam War

raging then in 1969

remember!

Carrie at Sunday Muse #231

nature awakened with harrowing scenes

                                                                                  Author: NWS Kansas City

Image: tornado strengthening shortly 

after touching down (here)

10 of 12 given Wordle words:

sky, bush, stillness, subtle, salt, 

web, mouth, eyes, careful, stained 

nature awakened with harrowing scenes

sky darkened in many localized routines

both dwellings and bush with lots in  ruins

stillness so subtle rubbing salt to the skin

rain-lashed coastlines by forceful hurricanes

floods and tornadoes brought misery inland

heavens disturbed and for a few days reigned

web of intrigues and unimpeded restrains

gaping mouths shocking to say the least

eyes closed lost and not expecting a feast

careful to rein-in the madness and pain

unwittingly stained but confidence regained

divine help to appease was much obvious

Providence showed  wrongs in our choice

No dope to numb the thinking process

Or a swan-song with no room to protest

MMT at Whirligig #391