Confusion

Picture Credit: Google images

Can’t  make out what’s happening

Running helter skelter round and round

Like a chicken beheaded before its time

Why all these buzzing, swooping and swirling

A bee hive smoked out is not as bad

Resigned to what’s coming, fate is cruel

Head spinning wildly the world is moving

No! a merry-go-round has taken over my being

Spinning faster and faster….

Stop! Please! All are taking positions

Change of stance is apparent

Physically it’s all confusion

A physical is only an intrusion

You have a headache?

Did you throw up?

A horrible tummy ache did you say?

Doc, I feel so weak!

I’m all cob-webs!

My mind’s blank

This happened before?

Once before…it was normally two rounds

But I did three yesterday

That’s what happened also before 

Nothing’s wrong with you my man!

It’s just exhaustion

From now on just the normal two rounds

Not more than that...

At your age, golf is meant to be enjoyed!

Shared with d"Verse OpenLinkNight and Theme Thursday with prompt -confusion-

Horrors

Image:1 Poster of the movie released in 2009

(Picture credit: Google images)

Nightmare and terror

Emotional reactions

Frightening horrors

Plays on audience’s fears

On supernatural themes

Fantasy thrillers

Amazingly though

Eerie scares have their diehards

Faithful followers!

Written for Haiku Heights #155 with prompt Forget-Me-Not and Real Toads's Open Link Monday

New Tricks

                                                                                              Zelko Nedic's  black dog

Picture Credit! Courtesy of Tess' Mag

It has been a dog’s life for you

In this dog eat dog world

But don’t worry

Every dog has it’s day

Sure we can’t teach old dogs new tricks

But we’ll make it a challenge

I’ll not work you like a dog

I promise you that

Nor will you be in the dog house

We’ll play it easy

In this dog day of summer

It can be really trying!

Let sleeping dogs lie..let's see!

Ok let’s recap….

Those you’ve understood…

Sit!         ( good )

Stay!      ( very good )

Stand!   ( yes )

Fetch!   ( see how it runs)

Down!   ( ok..ok ..you are all over me)

Ok, we need to go for walks, I know!

We’ll firm up on,  let’s go, heel, come, leave it, among others!

We’ll get in touch with Snoopy and get some pointers..

You like Snoopy?

Speak! ( why no answer?)

You like Lassie?

bow..wow!  ( ok, you like Lassie..)

Gosh! ( teaching old dogs new tricks all over again!)
Whew!

Written for Tess' Mag 128

No Entry

Picture Credit: Courtesy of Grandma Goulash's Succinctly Yours #71

Sans foliate

No greenery here

to see

No entry!             

Dilarang masuk                                                

Hakuna kuingia                                                

Nenui eniro

You might fall off the edge

Be warned!       

Some don’t pay heed

They go headlong into the unknown

They bear the painful consequences

Of foolishness

Of foolhardiness

Motivated by greed

The main reason!

Can you blame them?

Wasted talents!
talents gaspilles
quel dommage!

Note:1  In Succinctly Yours Grandma provided the picture above plus the word foliate to write a Micro Fiction (MF) not exceeding 140 characters ( the highlighted portion in italics is the MF in 140 characters)

Note:2 No entry means Dilarang masuk (in Malay/Indonesian) Hakuna kuingia (in Swahili) and Nenui eniro (in Esperanto)

Shared with Grandma's Succinctly Yours #71 and d'Verse's Poetics Logophilia #2

Balance

Image:1 The Chakra wheel, a balanced figure, everything in place seen from any direction

(Picture Credit: Courtesy of d;Verse and Google images)

Balanced disorder

To mend the nebulous, needs

a system approach

Dispersal nature

all of confusion, pull back

and get organized

Clamor for freedom

Disrupts the status quo, check

elements of change

Win over the heart

Fair maiden plays hard to get

Plead and motivate

Untold heartache  from

the young’s roving nature, check

freedom and restrain

Written for d'Verse Meeting the bar with Victoria's balance as a prompt 

Laughter!

Picture Credit: Courtesy of Poets United

The sound of laughter

Permeates the stillness of night

Assured agreement

Not laughing alone

Happiness is infectious

Prompts the elements

Semblance of order

Peals of uncontrolled outbursts

To be avoided

The sound of sadness

An honorable exit

Not appreciated

Written for Poets United's Think Tank Thursday #107 with prompt -sound-

Muay Thai

 Image:1 The rough and tumble with bare fists (this may be during training)

 Image:2 Not just brawn but beauty thrown in, in the form of Gina Carano

 Image3: Don't be fooled by this cute fighting machine who may be lethal

Image:4 The Champ, Joe Schilling

( Picture Credit: Google images )

Unlike a two point contact of fists

in traditional boxing, or a four point

contact of hands and feet in other regulated

martial arts sports, Muay Thai kick boxing

is the ultimate.

It’s an eight point contact sports utilizing

punches,kicks,elbows and knees. A no holds

barred phenomena fought with boxing gloves

but with bare feet that facilitate flying kicks

A current rage that feeds on a desire not

usually satiated to inflict hurt craved by

the audience. It may endanger limbs and life.

One is cut out to be a fighter where agility and guile

are of the highest order. A hazard sports

not for the faint hearted where rules are fluid.

A choke forbidden in wrestling is a submission hold

in Muay Thai among others

It may appear to endanger the fighters but the

thrill seekers pay to satisfy their base instincts

That keeps the sports alive!

Submitted for 3WW with prompts cut, hazard and endanger 

Time

Picture Credit: Google images

Would time have allowed

for us to wallow in the quick sand

of life’s sorrows devoid of luxuries

Would time have denied us the

right of food and shelter instead

and of poverty staring squarely at one

that is lifeless, reeking of sweat and slime

in the basement, home of the down-trodden

to be shared with trash and rodents

  

Would time have been harsh

to condemn us into the bottomless

abyss of those who had sinned

tired and spent of desire to fulfill?

God forbid!

Time would be gentle to reward

those who offered  all goodness of life’s

pleasures and good fortune

commensurate to efforts tirelessly

extended to those unfortunates

of society and unselfishly shared

Time is a great equalizer!


Shared with d'Verse OpenLinkNight week#54 and Poets United's vice-versa #8 with antonyms allow/deny and harsh/gentle as prompts

Lighted Malls

Picture Credit: Courtesy of Grandma's Goulash

At this juncture

with rising crime rate,

a lighted Mall isn't a novelty

anymore. It's a security measure.

City elders must realize this!

(140 characters)

Grandma's in Succinctly Yours Week #70  had provided the picture prompt above and the word juncture for a Micro Fiction of not exceeding 140 characters. Shared with Real Toads Open Link Monday

Infinity

                                                        Figure Eight 1952 by Franz Kline
Image:1 Courtesy of Tess' Mag

Image:2 Infinity
(Picture Credit: Google images)

The figure 8

Unbounded limit

Impinged on to physics

and mathematics

The figure 8

A snake like configuration

Without end, like

engaged in eating its own tail

The figure 8

Conjured by some

To be compatible with luck

and generosity

Mind boggling infinitas

Just unboundedness

Infinity!

Written for Tess' Mag 127

The Champions

Born to rule. They came in

real strong. They swept off

all opposition. She had earlier

secured the coveted title

With her sister they completed

the double. She was there

jumping and occasionally shouting

and grunting. All in the quest of gunning

for the ball, to put it over the net

She had done that for the umpteen times

Between them they exerted their rule

for  many years. The fighting war machine

There was some scare not too long ago

It was something about their health

Both were in the same predicament

Both were hospitalized. For a while it

appeared  bad. But they came away

fighting 

It was for both, a  clean bill of health

so they proved it... 

by way of being this year's champions

of both the singles and doubles

of Wimbledon

And the icing on the cake?

An Olympic gold no less!

Picture Credit: Google images

Written for d'Verse by describing a personality

A Dinner

Image:1 An ideal al fresco dinner setting, for two
(Picture credit: Google images)

He had been meaning

to make up. Sadly it failed

Why it came to this?

No usual visits

He had looked forward to it

It stopped suddenly

He kept asking why

It just drove him up the wall

thinking about it

She was happy. It

was their anniversary.

They had planned for it

It was half way through

They were all drenched to the skin

A sudden downpour

She never forgave

him for insisting on the

Al fresco dinner

Written for Haiku Heights #154 with prompt meaning

Wind Chimes

 Image:1 Must be placed at a strategic corner to facilitate the flow of energy, the 'chi'.

Image:2 One made of capiz shells. Others are made of wood, bamboo, aluminium and other materials

Picture Credit: Google images

Wind assisted chimes

Restricted repertoire

Melodious sounds

Just enough to please

Boredom restrained, musical

interlude. Soothing

Enhanced flow of chi

When strategically  placed

Fights off afflictions

A dual function

Brings luck and wards off evil

A  Feng Shui device

Shared with Chev's Haiku-blog, Tackle it Tuesday with prompt -wind chimes-

Your Rights!

Picture Credit: Google images

Standing tall, sprightly

Sensibly upright,uptight

Doubting unlikely

Believe in wisdom

Unwavering in our stand

Not complicated

Discard the bile and

Stamp our rights, brook no nonsense

Relieve the baggage

Salvage the muddle

Forever in control keep

The good flag flying

Written for Poets United #7 with antonyms Doubt/Believe and Wisdom/Nonsense as prompt shared with d'Verse OpenLinkNights

Oops!

Image:1 The pesky camel occupies my bay, my space!

Image:2 I choose to be up here, then

Image:3 Better yet, I'll just piggy back


Picture Credit: Google images

Space is scarce
Space is limited
This basically rules the waves.

The possibilities are varied in most instances
despite all the distractions, camel and all

And there’s no pull from either side

Where have they all gone?
I can only wonder
I need space, parking space!

Shrinking and disappearing
when it’s just hotting up

Can I make a bid?

I’m all crazy

I want a piece of the action

Sharing is believing

Opening up is heavenly

Covering up is sacrilege

I can’t fathom this!

Let's see what gives!

Oops..!

See what I mean?

Can we get organized!

Submitted for Real Toad's Open Link Monday and Theme Thursday with prompt -distractions-

Curtains

                                                                                 artwork by Jack Vettriano


For all the sacrifices I made

In just a jiffy you called it quits

I didn’t anticipate this

Too small a thing to quarrel

Far too small to even think of

I’ve not given it that serious

thoughts. I know it’s close to

your heart. She’s so dear to you

I know it would hurt her but..

Yes, you told me. I know

But it was a silly mistake

It was there sitting pretty

She only came here once

If she comes a second time

We’ll do something about it

Ok, no white curtains

We’ll take them down

Your Mom hates lace

Fine, we’ll take them down

It’s just that I had always

liked lace!

Picture Credit: Courtesy of Tess' Mag

Written for Tess' Magpie #126

Friends

Picture Credit: Courtesy of Grandma's Goulash

When friends huddle
together for warmth
and security a torrid 
love affair may well be
building up unwittingly
without each realizing it

(140 characters)
as counted through Design 215

Grandma provided the picture prompt inviting a Micro Fiction of not exceeding 140 characters
and a word 'torrid' as an option to include within.

Shared with Grandma's Goulash Succinctly Yours week # 69 , One Single Impression prompt #229 -friend- and Poets United Poetry Pantry #106

A Huitain

Picture Credit: Google images

In the field of physical endeavor

Pitted against others solely on strength

A known prowess for medals to savor

Nations bidding to claim honors as planned

Reacting to appreciation from fans

Sporting spectacle and  lots of tactics

A team effort or singly man to man

Hail to the two zero twelve Olympics

Line length: 10 syllables

Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc

Number of lines: 8

Written for Real Toads with the Huitain form also known as the Monk's Tale

First

Picture Credit: Google images

First, before the crowd

Fulfills an obligation

A sense of success

A motivation

First on Brian’s or Pat’s

Mary beats them all

Gold silver and bronze

Brian swept them all before, but

Mary just took ‘one’

But some got on first

Did not realize others are

Lurking in the wings

Written for Haiku Heights # 153 with prompt - first-

Poetry

Poetry banner courtesy of d'Verse

Poems about poetry
Poems within....

Poetry is life’s conscience

It touched on the soul

It seeped through small crevices

To emerge like ants in line

Hungrily searching for sweetness

With a gold-digger’s passion

It can knock onto doors

To reveal wide open the mind’s treasures

It comes when it comes with full force
I struggle
I scramble
to record what is running
But at other times it is emptiness
I struggle
I scratch
I await for the inspiration

It brings out the child in us

To relive all the innocence of life

Tugs at the strings of memory

Brings to life what the subconscious

could not

Poetry is the wheel in motion

Wheeling and game for a hint

to be guided

to be led

without a sextant nor the stars

but the pull of finesse

Poetry exacts that pound of flesh

Ever mindful of what hurts

To clear the cob-webs built

Of injustice over time

Poetry is all that isn’t…

Written for d'Verse Poems about Poetry

Heat

                                  

Picture Credit: Google images

High flying footballers

In the heat of the moment

Must avoid flare-ups

Strange but true, a man

in 'heat' is an animal 

of uncontrolled lusts

Heated arguments

Waste talents and energy

Would not solve problems

A heated debate
Shows lack of maturity
Spectacle to see

If given the choice

Between a heat wave and floods

Many would be stumped

Written for Sensational Haiku Wednesday with prompt -heat-

Daydreaming

Photo Credit: Google images

Swirling lazily upwards

Gyrating to the rhythm

Of a sultry strip tease

Smoke rings slowly formed

And slowly disappeared

Into thin air.

His mind blank

He’s used to it.

The chirping

Of birds in the early morning

He could only hear.

He could not see ,

not with eyes half closed

watery, sleepy as expected of the addict in him

who had just secured his fix, disheveled,

fighting off the throes of withdrawal

and patiently waiting,

Anticipating the full effects.

His head groggy, nebulously clearing

The splitting headache slowly diminishing

waiting… waiting…

for the ‘now’!!

hallucinating

laughter at the slightest tickle

no more twitching

no more saliva dribbling

no more drooling

it’s the ‘now’

kaleidoscopic daydreaming!

Written for Poetry Jam with prompt Daydream Believers

Compromise

 Picture Credit: Google Images

Outwardly trivial

When not impacted on us

Not cared to bother

But not to ignore

Significantly glaring

Others were angry

Why they felt  cornered

Observed through semblance of form

Some obligations

Could we make amends?

Compromised on bitterness

Virtuous to forgive!

Written for d'Verse OpenLinkNight and Poets United vice-versa #6 of antonymns trivial/significant and observe/ignore

Imagination!

Picture Credit: Google Images

Imagination!

Paint the  picture in your mind

What are there with words

Close your eyes and see

Liberal hues of colors

Shades of the rainbow

Good artists do that

The best you can imagine

Will create great wonders

Natural talent

Is difficult to explain

But works all the time

Submitted for Chev's Haikublog Tackle it Tuesday with prompt 'paint the picture' ,  Real Toads - Open Link Monday 

Rain

Picture Credit: Google images

Just got through, lucky enough

A drizzle initially and cloudy skies

Folks hurriedly fending for themselves

A shelter beckoning to offer what little

Rushed across just made it!

All to oneself bidding one’s time

Still tolerable people scurrying

Trying their best to beat

In the dying minutes an impending downpour

Briskly walking or trotting in tandem

With the light rain now more menacing

Some heading for the bus shelter

Sheepishly brushing off the tiny drops

Their faces, their arms upon reaching

Relief written all over, some kind words

Shared with those in a similar predicament

Exasperation building up with every increasing number

The shelter offering whatever little space

Wet body heat, emitting strange odors

When suddenly heaven sent!

The good wife screeched to a stop

Right in front splashing a little

Those already wet but rattled up just as much

Scrambled in, apologizing to those nudged

‘Sorry dear, got on here as soon as I got your call’

‘It’s ok honey, you did well’!

Not a moment too soon

The monsoon rain is no friend

It lashed right through

Now everyone got drenched

Madness! We’re on our way home

She never failed me

That’s why I love her dearly!  

Written for d'Verse. Poetics: Whatever the Weather

Research

Picture Credit: Google Images

It came for review

Of a scientific nature

A discourse no less

Exhaustive research

Of utmost importance, meant

For publication

No time to sidetrack

A reputation at stake

Address the issue

It is what you may

No, not vital statistics

That is something else!

Written for Haiku Heights #152 with prompt - vital-

15 Seconds!

Image:1 The San Diego Botched Display

(Picture Credit: Google images)

Note: Charzinator aka Charles Miller at d'Verse suggested us to write a poem
that incorporates newspaper clippings among other things!

Just fifteen seconds

Slated for twenty minutes

Gone with a big bang

Glitch caused fireworks

To explode all at once

The music went on

Very uncommon

What went wrong? Nothing!

Just electronics!

Glitch Caused Fireworks To Explode All At Once
By Faith Karimi

When most of the country was going ooh aah over Fourth of July fireworks display, San Diego spectators were treated to a spectacle that lit up the night sky - for all of 15 seconds.
An unknown glitch caused the fireworks to explode at once!

Written for d'Verse What's the Buzz?

A Golden Retriever

Picture Credit; Google images

In all tranquility, true

Of a  motherly

instinct momentarily

In a quandary

on seeing a baby

alone forlornly
seeing it truly 

A canine caringly

accepting an obligatory

gesture of solidarity

Warding off hostility

of a treachery

Of human villainy

in all indignity

Nonetheless a nonentity

Blind to the possibility

of danger in the vicinity

Smack of ingenuity
A Golden Retriever in all its versatility

Charitable in magnanimity

Extending noble propensity

In all flexibility

Of a complexity

To retain sanity

Of likely tragedy

And take responsibility

Note: The Haiku as highlighted above and incorporated in the free verse

Written for d'Verse OpenLinkNight week # 51, Haiku Heights -true- and Theme Thursday with 'Life's Uncertainties'

Symbolism

                                                                        Orphelia  by Odilon Redon
Picture Credit: Courtesy of Tess' Magpie

To be, or not to be: that is the question:

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

And by opposing end them?    Shakespeare's Hamlet Act 3 Scene1

Ophelia among the flowers

Drowned of sorrows benign

Lamenting loss of her infatuation

Of Hamlet’s rejection of her love

Sincerely  expressed but spurned

But intrigues within the palace

Of new King Claudius now a step-father

Having hurriedly married Queen Gertrude his mother

Borne of suspicion on the late King’s death

An Apparition goading to avenge the demise

To be, or not to be: that is the question

In soliloquy deranged of mentality, contemplating suicide

Was it a make-believe or was it real?

Continue to live and suffer life’s consequences

Or to die expecting dreams of peace

Caused by ability to balance

As yet not rightly determined

Redon in readiness brilliantly portrayed

Of Ophelia among striking colors of purple, red

green and blue, of berries lilacs and violets

Now lavishly offered to the world

Within an accepted form of Symbolism

Written for Tess Kincaid's Magpie #124 and Real Toad's Open Link Night