'Cracked Pot' Resolutions

                                                                                   Attribution: Einsamer Schutze

Image: A Broken Pot Patched Together
(may hold water but some)
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Tedious close to a

troubled year where many

gave sighs of relief

Radiance of new dawn

Heralds discourse of hope

Amidst trying times

Groggy hysteria

Conflicts and social woes still

casting long shadows

Resolutions of

Cracked Pot kind meeting part of

still deemed successful

Note: This relates to a story from  a reader to Pakcik (here) where
a cracked pot of water carried a distance arriving half full was still better.
Half of resolutions met was better than no resolutions to target for in
the first place

Written for Kerry’s hosting at Real Toads with  - let's make a few resolutions

Across the Wilderness

                                                                                                      User: Kneiphof
Image: The Trans-Siberian Railway in 1903
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Travelling across

the Siberian wilderness

in spiritual bliss

Coldness I feel out

there but warmness exudes from

just her mere presence

Aleph, I proceed

Jubilance in feel for I

am pensive in mood

Note: Retracing the footsteps of Paulo Coelho who writes in
the first person of his journey in Russia in his novel, Aleph

Written for Chev's CARPE DIEM #363 with  -  Aleph, the journey begins..

A Treasured Black and White

                                                                           Self Portrait by Francis Bacon

Image: Courtesy of Tess' Mag

A fulfillment of yearnings

Caught between the eyes

A gaze of wonder triggered

A feeling full of amazement

A moment in time laced with

Memories of days long gone

Unpretentious as a reindeer

Careening across the sky

Just days before

Traversing the universe

With all the festivities

Now the lull before the storm

The quiet

Before festivities started again

Recording more snapshots

Squinting behind the lens

To focus on things mundane

Undisturbed in the house

This was what he had captured

Many years ago

Of himself

In precious black and white

Tattered at the edges

There are not many of these anymore

Now treasured for posterity

Written for Tess' Mag #200 and shared with Open Link Mondays
at Real Toads

It Worked All the Time!

Image: Courtesy of the Sunday Whirl

The words are:
answer blast chance  integral map softly
synchronize think tincture tint tip

A blast from the past
By chance prompted him
To map out a strategy

An integral part
of the answer
Was in his ability
To synchronize
All of the visual tints
A tincture of hope
In life’s offerings

A tip he held on dear to
Was to face up to problems
To nip them in the bud
Before they became
insurmountable

Softly about it!
It worked all time!

Written for Brenda’s Sunday Whirl’s Wordle #141

A Wish List

                                                                                     Attribution: DFID UK      

Image: A Ray of Hope
(a green-house project to enhance food production in Kenya)
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Great Expectations!

What the dickens, what is the

wish for the New Year?

Abundance of food

for the world’s hunger and no

more missing children

Mankind is pleading

to search the conscience and no

more drones incursions

Finality of

the elusive peace and no

more calamities

For Leo's Haiku Heights #315 - expectations shared
with Poets United's Poetry Pantry #182

To Your Future

Image: Courtesy of Grandma's Goulash

Blowing his own trumpet
To herald his journey into the future
on his own strength
No necessity to outwit anyone
Friends can come in handy!

(140 characters)

Linda at Grandma's Succinctly Yours week #145 provided the above image for
a Micro Fiction of not exceeding 140 characters and to include the word  -  outwit

The Cowboy in Him

                                                                                 Photo: Erwin E Smith
Image: Bronco on the Open Range
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

He dug into his heels
The stirrups impacted deeper

The stallion lunged forward

It had been a long day

But he got his wish

Sitting pretty as cowboys would

The mount acted in unison

It transformed its pace

And progressed faster

How he loved to be back

On familiar territory

He questioned his wisdom though

Of trying to relive a page of his past

He was a lone cowboy

In the big country

He had his buddies then

And they roamed the plains

His fortunes took a turn for the better

A rich uncle upon his demise

Bequeathed large sums of wealth

And an ongoing outfit bearing the family name

That brought him to the Big Apple

Expecting him to dwell in high finance

To rescue and sustain the business

Of which he had no clue whatsoever

But he had to do it

The family honor was at stake

He tried to lead the team

There were initial sniggers

But he managed

The trick was to put his money

On a whiz-kid to run the show

But not to let his guard down

Keeping tabs every inch of the way

Now he is able to give a sigh of relief

To spend the festive holidays on the ranch

Where he rightly belongs

And forget Wall Street for the moment

Written for Marian’s hosting of World's End at Real Toads
to show an episode of the past

Circle of life

                                                                                                    Attribution: Burim

Image: Flowers in Spring
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Comes the time nature’s

swing moods clamoring towards

beauty of spring-time

Riding high buoyant

circle of life about to

accord fresh upsurge

Steadfast in splendor

Greenery and flowers rule

Drab cold forgotten

Written for Chev’s CARPE DIEM #360 with  -  circle of life

Up the Ante

                                                                                              Attribution : Heptagon

Image: Going for it!
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Caught by the call to

improve image and nurture

success for glory

Credible restraints

Magnanimous in actions

Graceful in honor

Reaping benefits

Jockeying for positions 

Go.. up the ante

Written for Chev's CARPE DIEM Special #69 with Hando's - caught by the call

Change For the Better!

                                                                                      Attribution: Ton Rulkens
Image: Pink Crab Spider
(Changed color overnight upon shedding its skin)
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Festivities over been through almost
Just a few more days to the ensuing year
On reflection how luxuriant had it been?

New year resolutions that malfunctioned
Getting on in years slowly but surely
Nothing macabre maimed the thinking
Still writing and magnanimous in attitudes
Healthy but provocative in thoughts

Change! wrench away on the brains!

( A 55 for the G-Man)

Tenacity of Wild Flowers

                                                                                             Attribution: Famartin
Image: Of varied colors
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Dancing in the winds

Provocatively bidding

Of youthful vigor

Of varied colors

Ubiquitously bathing

The wild countryside

Squirming sheepishly

Upon nightfall and slowly

shriveled in the cold

Assuming vigil

in the morning unflinching

innocence of youth

For Chev's CARPE DIEM #359  -  wild flowers.  Shared with
Mrsupole's Theme Thursday  -  youth

Softly music treads...

                                                                                                Photo: Tobias Helfrich
Image: The Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
(Southern view with Liscannor Bay)
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Swaying in the breeze

Soothing to the savage breast

Softly music treads

Up over the cliffs

Unrelenting  in pursuit

Penchant for the ears

Celtic endeavors

Rounding up of enthusiasts

Over the waters

Written for Chev's at CARPE DIEM # 358  -  Cliffs of Moher

Elegance of Being

                                                                                          Attribution: James Steakley

Image: Elegance in Nature
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

3WW with:

Crisp Exquisite Magnificent

Crisp in a manner of speaking

Exquisite and of charming substance

Magnificent in make-up of elegance

Can one be faulted?

For thinking of having intruded

Against the odds of discovery

Eyeing with eagerness the likes

Of maidens in all innocence

Where then it was ingenuity

Of the highest order to win a favor

Of a charming lady of leisure

But now with the preponderance

Of predators one is looked upon

As  a pedophile on the sly

Can one be faulted?

Written for Thomg's 3-Word Wednesdays

Merry Christmas - A Haiku and A Kyrielle Sonnet

                                                                           Attribution: Marlene Thyssen

Image: A Christmas Tree with Lighted Candles and Presents
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

A Haiku for Real Toads
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas to all Toads
Hail to Yuletide cheer!

A Kyrielle Sonnet for Christmas

A Kyrielle Sonnet consists of 14 lines . It comprises three rhyming quatrain 
stanzas and a couplet. Just like the traditional Kyrielle, the Kyrielle Sonnet 
also has a repeating line as a refrain. It appears as the last line of each 
stanza. I've maintained within each line the eight syllables.
The rhyming scheme is AabB ccbB ddbB AB 

Wishing everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Drive safely!

A            Bright star surveying down below

a             Colorful lights and mistletoe

b             Stand below it,‘care for a kiss’

B            Hail to the Yuletide cheer and more

c             Standing a pine tree green and lean

c             From Wal Mart gramps carried it in

b            Tinsel swaying in a slight breeze

B            Hail to the Yuletide cheer and more

d             Santa sneaks in with the presents          

d             Demands from young hearts more brazen

b             Expensive items are their wish

B            Hail to the Yuletide cheer and more

A             Parents relent expenses soar

B             Merry Christmas Happy New Year

Note: I had no place to link the above Kyrielle which I had written earlier.
I'll make it legit by linking it with a hurriedly done haiku at Real Toads

For Real Toads with Mama Zen's Words Count

Cry Long Forgotten

                                                                                   Attribution: Manuel Gonzalez

Image: A Red Sunset
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Forlornly a red

sun sets reclining atop

the high mountain range

A Tibetan cry

Yearnings for freedom of thought

Gift of expression

Submissive but strength

of purpose belies will to

survive undisturbed

Written for Chev's CARPE DIEM #357, A Red Sun Sets

Movements in the Desert

                                                                                                Attribution: E Cury

Image: Camel Caravan (oil on canvas)
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Caravans headed

towards blooms of paradise

With joys of music

Desert oasis

Extending hand to precious

life with challenges

Survival assured

Fabric of activity

Amidst searing heat

Written for Chev's CARPE DIEM # 356 - silent sentinel - of 

caravans plying the desert

He was not Indispensable!

                                                                                Attribution: Justin Martinez

Image: Trudging along
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

He ambled along trudging in guarded paces

His injured leg dragged slowly trailing behind

Created a light trail which quickly filled with water

The ground was soft it had rained hours before

They had unwittingly left him not realizing

He must have dozed off leaning behind the tree

There was no way anyone would come back for him

That would botch up the whole operation

They had taken great pains to keep it under wraps

Coming back for him would waste precious hours

He would have to make it on his own to catch up

Why he should be there in the first place

 He reflected on the events of the previous week

They said there were riches some buried treasures

They were looking for able-bodied men to join in

He thought this was going to be easy money

He was behind in payments for his mounting bills

This was the easy way out he thought to himself

How he regretted it now as there seemed to be none

They had no qualms of leaving him behind

He had to fend for himself for the rest of the way

How was he so gullible but there was no turning back

He had only to be on guard to stay relevant and alive

He was beginning to lose his faith by the minute

Had to be alert his wits around him when he caught up

He now sadly realized

He was not indispensable 

He felt he was being used

They might even decide

To bump him off!

Written for Kerry's hosting at Real Toad's Open Link Monday

Strength of Character

                                                   Madonna With the Milk Soup, 1510, Gerard David

Image: Courtesy of Tess’ Mag

Sunday Whirl with Wordle #140

attend clear echo follow fly intact level

listen means pulverize shuttle spider split

To echo yet another prayer

Intent on a level of culture

To listen with the means of a

split-second strike

Reminiscent of a spider about

to pulverize its prey 

an ingenuity to shuttle by or fly

intact with a slow movement

A clear strength of character

Also Madonna and a soup of milk

Affections to attend to their young

A reflection of survival

A vicious spider or motherly instinct

will necessarily follow a similar

pattern to feed young mouths

Shared with Tess's Mag #199, Brenda’s Sunday Whirl Wordle #140
and Mary's at Poets United's Poetry Pantry #181

Dark Shadows

Image: Courtesy of Grandma's Goulash

Dark shadows darting
from house to house in
the cool of the night
Noted for their quick
movements but are they
of suspicious intentions?

(140 characters)

A Micro Fiction of not exceeding 140 characters for
Grandmas Goulash's Succinctly Yours week #144 and
to include the word - noted

Gift of Good Health

                                                                               Attribution: geschenkhamster
Image: Wrapped up gifts
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Gift of a lifetime

Savor the good life, healthy

in body and mind

Pray to Providence

Extend a climate of love

To all and sundry

Peaceful,  devoid of

natural calamities

without blood and tears

Blessed with a good year

Accomplished with fine results

Better yet next year

Written for Leo's Haiku Heights #314 with  -  gifts

Expectations Abound

                                                                      Attribution: Roger McLassus

Image: Puddles on the Pavement
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Upon reflection

Of puddles on the pavement

A mirror image

Kaleidoscopic

Reminiscent of what had

been and what will be

Incoherent but

Expectations abound as

blessed as a new-born

Written for Chev’sCARPE DIEM  Special #68

Hando's 4th,  "puddles on the pavement"

Ideal Peace On Earth

                                                                                       Attribution: ceridwen
Image: A Peaceful Day
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

An adventure often withheld

Clambering in heavens shrouded

Likened to a gazelle ensnared

Across leaps of many white clouds

Peering down below wondering

Skipping through whims of fantasy

In guarded joys of blessed wailings

A pleasant surprise unlikely

Where are all the violence and fights

None are perceived no untoward signs

Conflict resolution questioning rights

To dispossess nations and all of mankind

Having their fortune in their hands

Are bared as an open book to see

Wealth and expanse of good lands

Blessed with food for the needy

Chunks of greenbacks aplenty

Not grabbed nor fought but to hold

Thrown to the winds extravagantly

And no takers for the bags of gold

If only Paradise is staged unabashedly

On earth with such ideal settings 

The world is a safe place to live in truly

Not to be but no end to hoping

Written for Mrsupole's Theme Thursday -  Fantasy

Alvae - a Forest Tribe

                                                                                               Artist:  Paul Cezanne

Image: Interior of a Forest
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Lost in innocence

Not expected to save the

world but surviving

Given to tests of

strength meted on tribes who showed

resolve of purpose

Rally around their

leader to mark not just a

presence but a pride

Note: The Alvae is a forest tribe in a fantasy novel by Adrian von Zieglar

Written for Chev's CARPE DIEM #354  -  Alvae

Dreamy Dreams

                                                                           Attribution: Todd Schaffer
Image: Dreamy Eyes
Wikimedia Commons (here)

Awake in a dream

Treading softly on thin air

A bed of roses

Some unfortunates

Wake up in cold sweat deprived 

of such luxury

Trick is to be nice

Mindful on retiring

with good intentions

Written for Chev’s CARPE DIEM # 353

with  -  ‘awake in a dream’

Blessings in Disguise

                                                                                                   Attribution: Usien
Image : Youth Football in Germany
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

3WW:  Combative  Represent  Sluggish

Poets United:  Gifts and Blessings

There appeared to be something telling

A very drastic change was taking shape

Barely two weeks ago it was panic stations

when everything was all in the doldrums

The tongue lashing from the coach

was still ringing loud and clear

They deserved it after such a sluggish display

Skills for which they were known and feared

Were terribly missing

What came over them

It was not something worrisome now

something for the better though but

the coach had wanted answers

There were certainly learning points

It could be invoked the next time

In similar circumstances

So what was right?

What contributed to the change

They were suddenly more combative

Playing well as a team

Their coordination improved

And their cross-passings  perfect

They represented a pack of a wallop

They were themselves as a new team

He was not complaining

As a Manager such blessings were rare

He must have a word with the coach

It was a gift of the season

He was overwhelmed!

Written for Thomg's 3WW and shared with Kim's at Poets United - Verse First

The Sacred Earth

                                                                                               Attribution: Rrinsindika

Image; Mother Earth seen from Outer Space
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Paradise on earth?

No comparison but a

human sanctuary

Greed and self interests

To meet human wants had forced

earth into conflicts

Law of the jungle

in tempered form remains to

give semblance of peace 

Written for Chev's CARPE DIEM #351

A Holiday Break - A Tetractys

                                                                                             Artist: Charles Conder
Image: Holiday on the Beach
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Tetractys is a poetic form invented by Ray Stebbing. It consists of 5 lines 

of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 10 syllables (a total of 20). A Tetractys can be written as a 

Double Tetractys with 2 verses, but must  be in an inverted form

Gone

Away

Team d’Verse

Pub is now closed

For a well deserving rest and leisure

Have a wonderful holiday for all

A bit quiet

Over here

Life goes

On!

Note: The d'Verse Pub is closed for a holiday break. It'll be open again at the
beginning of the year. Happy Holidays everyone!

Written for Open Link Monday at Real Toads

Wild Dreams

Image: Courtesy of Brenda's

Wordle #139 with words:

angel  apart  box  clay  cover  fix  lies 

moon  pair simple snatch  waves

A hovering  angel over him ever watching

With immense desire wanting to please

But his conscience was a cover thwarting

All attempts to relate to him with ease

He tried to fix a typical line of defense

Offering lies between reality and fantasy

He gave  mild responses  in idyllic resistance

Waves of distraction caught his fancy

Apart from some fanciful footwork

To deflect attention from the ever seeing

He tried to snatch some hours to mock

The prowess of those spiritual beings

A simple endeavor  using a box of clay

And with wild dreams of sorcerers of old

A pair of gloves on a moon lit night he did pray

Believing that clay would be turned to gold

Only blessed gloves needed to be worn

To receive the converted gold he so desired

But with an empty look far into the horizon

He could only bid his time as expected

Writtten for Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle #139

A Special Guest - MF

Image: Courtesy of Linda at Grandma's Goulash

In search of tenants
short or life term young
or old. Under protection
umbrella.Free board and
lodgings.Expect good
service.Call anytime

(140 characters)

Linda challenged us at Succinctly Yours week #143 to write a Micro Fiction based
on the image provided in not more than 140 characters and to include the word  -  umbrella

Angelic Candle-lights

                                                                                           Attribution: Gowri Sankar
Image: Blessings of Angelic Candle-lights
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

In the run-up to the impending festivities

Of keeping the wonderful Christmas spirits alive

The flickering lights swaying in slight breeze

The ever ubiquitous colorful candles do survive

Since times in memory of long days past

More than anything else in faraway abodes

Never had candle-lights been appreciated to last

Where not connected to lighting modes

A partner in illuminating life’s restricted moves

Of groping in the dark as a consequence otherwise

Offering security and reassurance lest darkness

Creates feelings of bodily fright lurking nights

‘Let there be light’ blessings to the good souls

The assurance of Providence to all and sundry

It is a right to all living things extended so bold

Goodness of life’s existence is plain to see

Written for Mary's hosting at d’Verse, Poetics: Candles and lights

Preference for Flowers - a Cinquain

                                                                                        Attribution: Andre Karwath
Image: Primula
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

A Cinquian is a poem of 5 lines with a syllable count of 2, 4, 6, 8, 2.

In its restrictive form it may even be expected to be as follows:

First line: a one-word subject or title.

Second line: two adjectives which describe the subject.

Third line: three verbs relating to the subject.

Fourth line: four words forming a phrase, sentence,
or set of feelings relating to the subject.

Fifth line: one word which summarizes the poem or restates the subject.

But I’ve chosen the easier option of maintaining just the syllable count

Conflicts

Ever present

Found in line of fire

Women and children young and old

Pity

Flowers

Soothing effects

Nature's wonder of peace

Colors do propagate beauty

Dainty

Written for Chev's CARPE DIEM Little Ones #8 a --Cinquain

'because it's there!...'

                                                                                 Attribution: David Medcalf
Image: Cliff Climbing
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Written for:

3WW:  highlight  instruct  submit

Theme Thursday:  fate

Something to be said.
Of tempting fate

Thrill for the seekers.
Peril for the others

Not conniving.
But just bidding

Highlight the stunts.
Knievel for one

No bones unbroken.
Beyond redemption

Instruct a charge.
Against one so large  

Many dead.
The Light Brigade. 

Atop Everest, spectacular fare. 

Why? ‘because it is there’

But something’s got to give

For the elements of risks

Snuffed out brilliant careers

Dean,Walker and some others

Why? Why?Why?

Testing one’s luck.
To self destruct

Nor to submit.
For the timid

But thrills for sure.
Fun and adventure

Some fun and games.
No refrains nor restraints

Forgetting the pain.
Thrown to the winds

Shared with Thomg's 3WW and  Mrsupole's Theme Thursday

Dastardly Delinquent - A Huitain

                                                                      Attribution: Wieke de Rijk
Image: Ferocity in the Eyes
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

The original huitain is a single verse, eight line poem with eight 

syllables per line. The rhyme scheme is a b a b b c b c. When 

it was adapted in English, the same rhyme scheme was retained 

but 10 or 8 syllables were used per line. There was no alternation 

between the syllable count. The huitain was all of 10 or all of 8 syllables

I’ve chosen to do the 10 syllable count. And I also tried to be a 

little naughty by employing alliterations with  letters d and b

a           dreaded dreary disorientated

b           definitely dastardly delinquent

a           dislodged dismantled and dissipated

b           dwindled to defenseless delirium

b           but balanced boldness brought benevolence

c           besieged bondage but bizarre bravado

b           began to beat and bash those beholden

c           brutal beastly barrage like a bronco

Note: The above revolved around a delinquent
Tom cat that was ill-treated but later fought back

Written for d'Verse OpenLinkNight week 126

Unsure and Unfaltering

                                                                     Attribution: Philip Halling
Image: Footprints to Nowhere
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

footprints in the sand
to here and there and nowhere
and the gull flying   -   Hando's

Footprints in the sand

Sadly leading to nowhere

Unfathomable

Sitting begrudging

a better alternative?

Undemonstrative

Seagulls up circling

Eyeing targets down below

Unmitigated

Written for Chev's CARPE DIEM Special #66  -  footprints in the sand

On Being Nice - Terza Rima Sonnet

                                                                                       Attribution: Adriano
Image: Being Nice Together
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

a     Never in his wildest dreams had he known

b     Destined to be witness of vanity

a     Demonstrated by the sullen who frowned

b    Though devoid of acts of indignity

c    Startled and intensely incoherent

b    Blabbering to no end unashamedly

c   Why insist to willfully abandon

d   politeness and sense of good upbringing

c   and forgetting judicious indulgence

d   Shouts of 'simpleton' just kept on ringing

e   Much to embarrassment of those present

d   Ethics and etiquette thrown to the winds

e   Painful and sorely it was a lesson

e   To be enlightened  sane and elegant

A  Terza Rima sonnet is a rhyming poetry written in tercets – ie three-line stanzas

and ends with a couplet. It has a strict rhyming structure of   aba bcb cdc ded ee.
Here I’ve maintained the 10-syllable count in each of the 14 lines

Written for Marian's hosting at Open Link Monday at Real Toads

A Secret Rendezvous

                                                                 Photo: from The Guardian Eyewitnesses

Image: Courtesy of Tess' Mag

How he loved the sounds

Never had he felt so excited

It was all by accident

It only happened

barely a week ago

Now he is here

Practically every waking hour

Sometimes three  times in a day

They craved for him

The familiar engine sound

Of his old jalopy was enough

They swooped, they shrieked

To readily indicate their welcome

Seagulls have that uncanny

ability to recognize car sounds

And like Pavlov’s canine came

back again knowing

there was bread for the picking

He had profusely thanked

the bread-vendor

One  who let it be  known

of this secret rendezvous

when he had only desired

for a loaf of bread

Yes, that was barely a week ago

He had not looked back since

Written for Tess' Mag #197 and Poetry Pantry #179

Underworld Betrayal

                                                                                 Attribution: denizen24
Image: The 1970 Lincoln Continental - the
most featured car in gangster movies
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

The given words:

become beloved cruel cloak cash  

prison skirt wild pursuit Venus goods

Jostling for positions everyone

were there putting up their case

Was not sure what had become

of his beloved missing without a trace

A cruel twist of fate with bad results

Shrouded under a cloak of mystery

There were questions left unanswered

Wherefore were the cash and money

The spoils were hidden but where

Mastermind in prison but not others

One a known skirt chaser all were aware

In wild pursuit in keeping with his prowess

The object of his love Venus by name

Loot and goods stashed securely in his hands

Made for life he thought without conscience

He had no qualms betraying his friends

Written for Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle #138

Alice in Wonderland

                                                                                Attribution: Public Domain
Image: With the Various Characters
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Down the rabbit hole to a garden

Doors in her way too small to enter

Shrunk in size after drinking a potion

Cried flooding the hallway with tears

Swam with Mouse but it was offended

Alice enquired about her Cat was the offense

Animals and birds swept by in the flood

But raced in circles to dry up on the banks

White Rabbit looking for Duchess’ things

Mistook Alice for a maid and ordered indoors

Alice grew and crowd outside threw pebbles in

became cakes when taken made her smaller

Was with the Hatter at Mad Tea Party

Stormed off when bombarded with riddles

The Queen of Hearts difficult to please

‘Off with his Head’ she often quibbled

Called as witness in proceedings in a daze

Swarmed all over her were the pack of cards

Alice’s sister then dusted leaves from her face

That was the instance when Alice woke up

Not nearly a similar story line to that of the original

But near enough in some parts not entirely a ramble

Written for Claudia's hosting at d"Verse: Poetics:  Alice and Advent

Ashes to Ashes

                                                                          Attribution: Public Domain
Image: The Phoenix
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)

Rising from ashes

Purple in hues from the dead

A new life reborn

Bird of a kind yet

again extending a long

reach beyond borders

Written for Chev’s CARPE DIEM #343 with  - ashes