A Marriage made in Heaven

 Image:1 Anne the Elegant Bride

 Image:2 The Newly-Weds

 Image:3 Backed byThe Faithful Support Group

 Image:4 The Playful Gesture of the Traditional  'Cake Tasting'

Image:5  A Few days Preceding - Anne's
Bachelorette Party on Nov 22, 2015

Image: 6  Friends of the Bride - They were there too!
(Images courtesy of Azlin)

the 10 of 12 given words (here):

white docile dew dress emotional errant cake

shivaree (a mock serenade with kettles, pans,for a newly married couple)
prodigious (extraordinary in size, amount or extent)

telesthesia (sensation or perception received at a distance without
the normal operation of the recognized sense organs.)

The bride wore white of Victorian tradition

Demurely chic perhaps even docile as a choice

Not strapless nor sleeveless just as elegant
Cool as dew-drops of a misty dawn awash

Matched with the groom

dressed in Malay costume

Teary eyed Mom emotional as seen often

Not on this occasion though brave as ever

Dad and family in epic relevance

Extending support with their presence together

Friends of the bride threw in their lot
Accentuating their all, exulting unselfishly
Not any raucous shivaree, errant in thoughts
Rollicking they squeezed in a Bachelorette Party

Not overly prodigious, not at all adamant
Still lots of felt telesthesia of sensations
Friends sacrificed time for three separate occasions
The Bachelorette, the akad and wedding reception

Drawing on experiences and variety of  talents

On hand with all the food and preparations
Pot-luck of cakes and home specialties even

Hurriedly but perfect in execution

Hendricks and Anne in matrimonial bliss

Uniting the families from two continents

For them both we would gladly wish

For that wonderful marriage made in heaven

Note: This is in commemoration of Hendricks 
and Anne's marriage which was solemnized (akad) 
on Nov 27th. The Reception was held the next day. 
The prompt of 12 words relevant for nuptials was 
most opportune when offered  at MLMM on Nov 
30th. It augurs very well for the loving couple!

For Amber's at MLMM's Wordle #87 and
Marian's at Real Toad's - the Tuesday platform

developed by consensus

                                                              Author: 1971 markus

Image: A Reasonably Priced Lounge (here)

Note: Hay(nu)ku: A tercet with just 6 words

- line one is one word 

- line two, two words and 

- line three, three words

There’s no syllable count or rhyming requirements

Can also be in a reversed form of 3,2 and 1 words

life’s

journey carved

out of idealism

no preparations sought

mainly just

reflections

mental

picture discerned

construed for implementation

ideas to accord

reality of

purpose

brilliance

shoved its

head and plans

developed by consensus

with spouse’s

inputs

guided

by principles

that intruded out

of necessity through

the subconscious

mind

proper

thoughts on

financing necessary as

grandiose project costs

could cause

overruns

Georgia's at MLMM's , a Hay(nu)ku and
Mary's at PU's Poetry Pantry # 280

Drats! Feeling scared?

                                                                           Author: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez 

Image: Olin's Kins are not that Mean (here)

Drats! Feeling scared?

Not this Cat.

Orlin at Pat’s  (here)

Holds the trump card

Rhyming smart

Sets its mark

A morning lark

Gets ready at 7

Sets in motion

Great motivation

To be #1

There’s usually a scramble

For those who are able

Though some still on the road

Others cashing in on a load

Missing the boat

Some still snoring

Perhaps a good dream

While some had gone missing

Lately are not seen

Where are the good guys?

No, not dropping from the sky

Do come by

No, not likely to cry

Just a good buy
To have a try

To keep company

For a morning spree

Blue’s cut and paste

Hank chasing in haste

Blue holding onto #1

Gives Hank a fine run

All in good fun!

For Bjorn's hosting at d'Verse OLN #161 and
Yves' at MLMM's Music Friday Prompt #18:
 - Everybody Wants To Be A Cat

Thrilling Shotover Jets of Queenstown

                                                                                 Attribution: Alex Proimos
Image: The Shotover Jet 'Big Red' (here)
(Skimming past rocky outcrops at close range 
twisting and turning through narrow canyons 
at breath taking speeds  -  Alex)
.
3WW given words:
wiggle distracted venom

Starting rather small perhaps a trickle
Wiggling along the heavy jungle clusters
Then madly tumbling over falls that sparkle
Rushing through rapids and rounded boulders

Canoeing and rafting pastimes for enthusiasts
Or drastic and thrilling Shotover Jets of Queenstown
Midstream distracted by trade and commerce
With infrastructure of hydro-power generation

Snaked across plains would have been spent
But venom spilled through floods and destruction
Damages and sufferings disgraced it as a friend
Such were rivers extending mixed collaboration

For Sumana's PU's Mid-week Motif - rivers and
Thomg's 3WW week#453

He was utterly Figimaled

                                                                                     Attribution: Aleksandr Abrosimov
Image: Osmussaar Lighthouse(here)

the 11 out of 12 given words:
Aarambham (via Two Paise Poems) Indian for the beginning.
Avasaanam (via Two Paise Poems) Indian for the end.
Figimaled (via Jules) Primarily Farklempt; distressed,
confused, annoyed, dismayed.
Shiprighteous (via KO) A smugly moralistic ship.
Cagestruck (via Yves) to be clueless of the customs,
dialect/language/slang, and haunts of an unfamiliar city.
Skuddling (via a darkened house) side-ways, skitterish motion
Ardle (via Michael) a person who urinates whenever
and wherever the mood strikes them.
Maganda (via Ladyleemanila) Filipino word for beauty,
refers to the beauty of both form and spirit.
Sayang (via Hank) Malay/Indonesian word referring to a
loved one. Also used to express one’s affectionate
feelings to a lady – whispered softly while nibbling the ear lobe.
Appraisal (via Ranted Crow); The act or result of judging
the worth or value of something or someone.
Punarjanmam (via Two Paise Poems) Indian for rebirth
or reincarnation.

Was it an Aarambham or
Was there an Avasaanam
He was utterly Figimaled
How he wished to be in the
Shiprighteous mode

Lost in this big city
How did it happen?
Stuck there for the past week
Cagestruck he could only stare
Right through the open window
Staring into nothingness

His thoughts went the far distance
He looked out again
He could spy down below
aiming precariously
in a Skuddling manner
an Ardle
Something familiar at least
Reminding him of home

But he would rather savor the lighthouse
at sunset further yonder
Awe inspiring Maganda
His mind went haywire to the far distance
again!

How he instantly missed his Sayang
How he missed those lingering hours
When time stood still
When together they shared
Dancing slow fox-trot
nibbling

No, an appraisal was in order
Even though the salary offered was fantastic
He was certain he could not survive
Not even following a Punarjanmam 
He thought hard

A lower-paying job was still bearable
He would have to go back home
For his Sayang and more!

For Amber's hosting at MLMM's Bonus Wordle and
Marian's at Real Toad's the tuesday platform

Poppies evoked poignant feel

Image: Courtesy of Tess' Mag (here)

Poppies evoked the
poignant feel to relate to
heroic exploits

Happiness to the
soldiers to be remembered
How we were steamed now

When knowing ills of
the drug scene emanated
from the poppy plants

For Tess' Mag #293- the remembrance day
Chev's CARPE DIEM #854 -  happiness and
Haiku Horizons  - steam

A dance so queer

                                                                                                    Attribution: Dantor
Image: A  Katzenauge (here)

the given words:
dance dream trample
vapid (flat,flavorless,dull)
pictures,spin,stun,pan
translucent (allowing light to pass
through but not transparent)
seem
grid (network of lines)

A dance so queer in his dreams
Passed fleetingly through
Trampling on various occasions

Rather vapid it registered vague pictures
Whereas ocean waves lapping the shore
Were rightly more consistent

He could spin a story most likely to stun
And to pan to the curiosity of friends
But he held back

It was translucent and
Seemed nebulously myterious
It was picturesque and grid-like
A dramatic concert but still
Frighteningly kaleidoscopic

Never had it so good
But at odds to have it shared

For Brenda's Sunday Whirl #224 and
Mary's at PU's Poetry Pantry #277

Pressures can impinge

                                                                        Attribution:  Dietmar Rabich
Image: Labyrinth “Werschrummschloeff” in Berdorf, Luxembourg (here)

High walls moss-laden
Like maze runner stultified
Standing dumb-founded

Beauty is neutral
In eyes of the beholder
Fulfilled desires

Pressure can impinge
But high resolve is savior
To each his own whims

For Chev's CARPE DIEM #853 Mother Earth/Mother Nature and
Kerry's the Eye of the Beholder - micro poetry at Real Toads

Strokes from a master's hand - A Haibun

                                                                                                        Artist : Van Gogh
Image: View of the Church (here)

The Prose

The beauty of Autumn is in the anticipated change of visual rapport of man to nature. 

It alleviates the extremes of sweaty Summer on two fronts.The reduction 

progressively of the warmth of the weather to the progressive change of the 

visual greenery to the copper brown

The beauty of Van Gogh is also on two physical aspects that impact hard on the

consciousness. They are the wavy lines and also the tendency to fill the whole of the 

canvas with such a wavy spectacle.Lesser known or otherwise, this masterpiece 

can immediately be recognized as that of the old master's on account of the 

two characteristics.

The other that leaves imprints on the mind is the signature facet of the 

sunflower as a subject. Van Gogh perhaps wants to maintain the adherence 

to hues of yellow,orange and gold apparent in the above masterpiece and 

in many others. The yellow tallies also to that of the sunflowers' colors. 

Van Gogh's still life of sunflowers is a stimulant to the art scene 

most profoundly accepted.

                                                                                      Artist: Van Gogh
Image: Three Sunflowers (here)

The Haiku
Strokes from a master's
hand to relinquish burden
of talents bestowed

For Bjorn's hosting at d'Verse - Haibun Monday #3 and
Kerry's The Tuesday Platform at Real Toads