Monday, August 30, 2021

of a butterfly flapping its wings

                                                                                                  Author: Quartl;
Image: Butterfly hovering (here)

10 of 12 given words:
Inflict Face Vulgarity Feathers Longing 
Bluff Organic Butterflies Jostle PLy

To echo yet another prayer
To inflict awareness in the face 
of  adversity clear of vulgarity and 
base leanings of feathers unruffled
To listen with the ability of a
split-second strike

Reminiscent of a spider about
to pulverize its prey 
Longing for stealth and a bluff
organic in its strategy
intact with a slow movement
of a butterfly flapping its wings

Affections to attend to their young
for them to jostle for comfort
plying for motherly warmth
A reflection of survival

A vicious spider or motherly instinct
whatever the strength of character 
will necessarily follow a similar
pattern to feed young mouths

MLMM at Wordle#255

political leaders play to the gallery

                                                                                               Author:JrileyJr12
Image: People Skills Necessary 
in Leadership (here)

the 12 given words
close conduct grin miles rise 
out wind name cream 
shimmering (shining with a soft, 
slightly wavering light
stories sin 

they maintain close contact to conduct
their all with a grin seen miles away

they make an appearance and stake
their claims within the scheme of things 
extending their influence before even 
being elected to office.
 
they are seen as larger than life to rise 
out of the cold wind to bring a name 
for themselves with cream of 
shimmering stories as a protector of sin 
political leaders play to the gallery 
it is a popularity contest that determines
positions of strength to sustain 
their presence

whereas corporate leaders impose their will
through ability and skills. 
often they align themselves to the powers 
that be to be noticed. 
they gain prominence through personal 
skills employing subtle strategies often 
brutal but surreptitiously done and 
duly accepted

the leadership of a family unit is no exception
it is often more difficult though as the authority 
is not as clear-cut nor formalized. 

love naturally is the saving grace that
keeps the family from falling apart

Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle #516

Sunday, August 29, 2021

Life's Lessons in A (thorny) Nutshell

                                                                     Author: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
Image: To Look for Openings
and Create Opportunities (here)

Prompt: 1
Things to remember if you're 
not rich and famous yet

Prompt:2

the given words are: 
rough and smooth 
– sit and stand

not to be pushed into a corner
nor to be kicked down to the bottom
it may be rough but to play it easy
to bid a smooth response for jagged edges 
 
not to be too close to the precipice
choose to stay around the bend
to react fast and never to sit around
but stand up to be counted
for business will never progress on autopilot

retreat in case of a reversal
far quicker to be able
to fight for another day
and rise up the peak again

to forge a line of thinking
where the sky is the limit
move and the jigsaw will fall into place
not to wait around but to grab
for the returns to riches 
would require one to be proactive

One can well then sleep 
soundly at night

with  Writers' Pantry #85: 
Things to remember if you're not rich and famous yet
weejar's at MLMM Opposing Forces - Saturday Mix
with the given words

Thursday, August 26, 2021

like dipping your finger to taste the soup

                                                                            Author: Henrique Félix henriquefelix
Image:  Enjoying a Bowl of Soup (here)

10 of 12 given words:
cry strange sucking argued 
dusk left unlike towel, sap

whir ((of something rapidly rotating) 

It’s not how you fall it’s how you get back up…a far cry from the whir 
of life's challenges not totally strange but rightly sucking it up. It can be 
argued from dawn to dusk if left to chance it can be demeaning.

But unlike bad habits, one is forgiven when the embarrassment is not 
material not when it is considered a little amusing. Wrapped in a towel 
for instance the guests are left astounded with you opening the door not 
realising it leads to the hall

It is like dipping your finger to taste the soup you enjoy doing but not in 
front of the tiny tot who had been cautioned earlier for doing the same
thing

Just smile not appearing idiotic perhaps sheepishly mumbling saying it 
is normal sometimes not sapped of precious energy when appreciating 
good things in life

The tiny tot may not comprehend it fully but he knows he is in good 
company
 
Stephanie at MLMM Tale Weaver 
'it is not about falling'
MMT at Whirligig Wordle#333

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

it should ring a bell remember?

                                                                                                Author: Artem Beliaikin 
Image: Light and Easy  (here)

should you have designs in your mind
to dream of showing your passion
no, not a kiss so kind
even a touch is out of question

it should ring a bell remember
once was enough strife
you may not have time like before
to run for it for dear life

this is no threat
the mist may offer a cover
but you may turn scarlet
for blood will be all over

so beat it while you still can
for the last time, I'm not in the mood
do not count me anymore as a friend
it is best for you to just scoot

Note: A friendly banter in 
the course of making up

Rommy at PSU's

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Choices not limiting by far

                         
                                                                                           Author: Lesly B. Juarez jblesly
Image:  Happiness is Always Genuine  (here)

Gunning for a showcase
Off to clean up the slate
Otherwise a sedentary life 
Devoid of activity

Get off the butt for starters
Time to move to act smart
Always triumphant less the phobia
Choices not limiting by far
Happiness with the expected result

NOTE: Spells out 'GOOD start' to
help clear off anything puzzling

Lillian at d'Verse: Poetic Tuesday

Monday, August 23, 2021

hearty meal upon leaving 'Frisco

                                                                            Author: mwanasimba from La Réunion
Image: A Good Meal in Istanbul (here)

I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO  - Tony Bennet

hearty meal upon leaving 'Frisco
no heart to gorge much at one sitting
digestion smooth even flow
not heartless but heart-warming 

let the good times roll
top of the world enjoying the grub
no heartburn in firm control 
to end with a good rub

(44 words)

De Jackson at d'Verse: Quadrille#134

Sunday, August 22, 2021

and not creating a storm

                                                                                                Author : anon
Image: Has had One Too Many (here)

the 10 of 12 given words:
counter children floor dry fashion 
gust storm surge mask send 

perhaps he's had one too many
not even home and he's in the dumps
rested himself at the counter nonchalantly
rightly not home in front of the children

and not on the floor but in a dry fashion
still maintaining some form of dignity
with a gust of satisfaction not a storm
with a surge of stardom unwittingly

let business pick up form  
wise move seeing masks wrested away
celebrating an easing of the lockdown
to send business scrambling within days 

Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle 515
Carrie's The Sunday Muse #174

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

the opening was thin

                                                                                                         Author:Skorp24
Image: (here)

the 10 of 12 given words:
glittering, curtain, thin, carpet 
musty (lacking freshness or vitality)
cough, garbage, found, hated, time, flash

expecting a glittering evening full of fun
a curtain-raiser anticipated never did come
the opening was thin, carpeted with insincerity
formalities presented shabbily and musty

why cough out a presentation unprepared
garbage, an immediate verdict many declared
found to be atrocious by any standards as seen
to dilly dally in preparation was a fatal sin

lying in wait the hated calamity took center stage
just what could happen according to the adage
where 'a stitch in time saves nine' if faithfully adhered
in a flash a pending problem is immediately cleared 

Note: A proverb termed 'adage'
to keep to the rhyming

MMT's at The Whirligig#332
Bjorn at d'Verse OLN #298
- August Live Edition

Thursday, August 12, 2021

they drive you round the bend

                                                                                                          Author: Artaxerxes
Image:  Enjoying the Fun Together (here)

A Mirrored Refrain
The poem is formed by three or more quatrains (four lines) 
where two lines within the quatrain are the “mirrored refrain” 
The rhyme scheme is as follows: xaBA, xbAB, xaBA, xbAB, etc..
x represents the only lines that do not rhyme within the poem. 
A and B represent the refrain.

they drive you round the bend   (x)
with peals of simple laughter     (a)
running around you full of energy (B)
to enjoy taunting you to no end  (A)

with pens shoved hard like needles (x)
whenever they need to touch you (b)
to enjoy taunting you to no end  (A)
running around you full of energy (B)

unwittingly you go along with the fun (x)
to invoke the child in you thereafter  (a)
running around you full of energy (B)
to enjoy taunting you to no end  (A)

just as you are getting worked up (x)
they pull away so you'll crave it too (b)
to enjoy taunting you to no end  (A)
running around you full of energy (B)

Note: Hank finds it convenient to label
the stanzas even though it is not necessary

Grace at d'Verse Poetry Forms: 
with a Mirrored Refrain

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

soothing to the ears to be admired

                                                                                     Author: RCA Records
Image:  The King Himself  (here)

what a raucous din what a disturbance
it had not seemed to be at peace
why the necessity to be anti-social
it was such a bother passing by
it would best be summed up as a circus
not the usual one for kids to have fun
but a derogatory description a menace

there was music blaring of differing sounds
from varied kinds of instruments 
punctuated with shouts or loud laughter
reminiscences of childhood happenings
upon passing the quaint little house

fast forward ten years on what a wonder
a mansion with all the trimmings of success
of occupants given to triumphant callings
of accomplished musicians and music
soothing to the ears to be admired

so this was how it was growing up
with little boys and girls in the vicinity
bent on making music as a career
focussed on a direction unencumbered
but seeing sweat and tears translated
in later years to be makers of the arts

Laura's at d'Verse Poetics: 
outside looking in

Sunday, August 8, 2021

Concluding Kimie's formative years before university

1. Kimie's Foray into the Game of Rugby

Image1: Kimie Being Presented with 
the Most Improved Player Award

Hank's second grandee Norhezry Hakimie aka Kimie had an interest in the game 
of rugby. Sometime in January 2016 Kimie joined the KL  Saracens Rugby Club 
together with a number of his school-mates to get to know the game better

Hank had posted earlier on one of his training episodes on Jan 03, 2016 (here) This 
was at the UM padang where they normally converged for organised training. At 
other times they would gather at the small field in Damansara Utama together with 
other boys from schools nearby.

2. The Most Improved Player 
Kimie's inclination for the game was at a high level. It helped somehow with
his sudden physical growth towering over many of the other boys. His prowess and
physique stood out in games that he was voted as the most improved player in 2018. 

Image:2 The Under-16 Most Improved 
Player of the Year Plaque presented in 2018



4. Image:3 Kimie's Final Semester Result 
Kimie was most fortunate to have been offered a place at the UIA following the 
release of his SPM results. He had to do his studies at the UIA's Gambang campus 
in Pahang which meant he had to sacrifice participation in his games. Just as well!

5. The Dean's List
Kimie is reading for an Engineering and Computer Science Degree. He secured 
3 As and 2 Bs in his Final 3rd Semester with a 3.73 GPA and was placed on the 
Dean's List, (with an eventual CGPA of 3.31 for his Foundation)

6.  Gombak Campus
Kimie will be reporting to the Gombak UIA Campus this October 2021 to continue 
in his First Year degree course. 

7. Norman Hazrin
Kimie will be joining elder brother Norman in the UIA who is also reading for 
the same Engineering Degree who is now into his 3rd Year come this October 2021.

Note:
The Dean's List
With the GPA (grade point average) scale from 0 to 4, 4 being an A, 
the dean's list cutoff is typically around 3.5 to 3.7 ie those within the  
Top 10 % of the class. -  Wikipedia

Attribution of Images1 &2: 
From Accompanying Parents
Coach and Friends of Hezry 
aka Kimie 
(fair use of images)

Saturday, August 7, 2021

she is now just as free

                                                 
                                                                                      Author: Shay's
Image:  A Little Girl Lost (here)

when the air is filled 
with raindrops
blown across the wet day
charting its own destination
impacting her vision not bothered
with the surroundings
perhaps lost in the cold

it is so much reflecting 
on her needs then
alone with her dreams

a brightly coloured little euphoria
wanting out to having fun
instead of being cooped up
tensed in the cage
just moments ago

what to make of it
now that it's gone
to engage in the freedom 
it long desired 

she is now just as free
as the little bird but she is not
with lots of options to her needs
but she is stifled for choices

perhaps some opportunities 
might pop up 
is it a desire or is it a craving
certainly a lucky break is awaited for
in the pouring rain!

Carrie's Sunday Muse #172

Thursday, August 5, 2021

retracing paths never trudged

                                                                                                  Author: Arpandhar
Image: Leading to Nowhere (here)

the 10 of 12 given words:
inside, heart never, where, confuse 
disturb birds history man mirrors

reflecting on life's blessings
inside the heart a little nudge 
tugging at the memory restraining
retracing paths never trudged 

where otherwise wondering  
what possibly could have happened
with episodes confused and disturbing
touch of gray on decisions taken

if she had managed to steal his heart
but he had rejected it oh, so brazen
would they be better off for a start
as two birds freely in the open

would riches pile high all their life
shrieks of beautiful children heard
instead history of struggling to survive
sadly childless amid cries of hurts

what then of the path not taken
softness of touch mirrors caressing
had not lady luck smiled often?
with man tranquility pervading

eyes closed dreaming all in awry
thoughts of  childhood innocence
raced back through his memory
unflinching thinking of the outcome

MMT's at The Whirligig Wordle#330
Mish at d'Verse OLN#297

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

where's the drift but empty of blessings

                                                           Author:Manfred Brueckels Permission:PD-self

Image: Persephone, created by Christian 
Friedrich Tieck, a 19th-century sculptor (here)
.
11 of 12 given words:
frail, wild, endless, helpless, drift 
empty, choked, seeks, ride, lonely, candle


frail physically and lost in time
wild in imagination waiting inline
endless worries for a mother's well-being
helpless alone and wondering

who is there to accord assistance
six months in the underworld's far distance 
and six above still lacking mother's feelings
where's the drift but empty of blessings

a lonely mother choked with emotions
seeks solace in desperation
why must Zeus impact an imbalance
life is more than taking a ride in motion

not spied yet the intended light
at the end of the tunnel overly bright 
but a candle dying to live
desperate wanting to give
its flickering flames
taking the blame 
for spoils of mankind

Background Perspective:
Persephone was the beautiful daughter of Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, fruit, and grains. She brought the spring with her and scattered flowers around her. Her uncle, Hades, the dark god of the underworld and the dead fell in love with her. One day, as she was enjoying the flowers and the sunshine he burst out of a cave and carried her off.
Persephone’s mother, Ceres, was distraught. She set off to search for her daughter. She neglected her duties as an agricultural goddess – crops failed and the people starved.

MMT at The Whirligig Wordle #329
Sarah at d'Verse - Poets Pub
Poetics: Persephone.