Buoyed by the turbulence!

                                                                              Attribution: Nevit Dilmen

Image: A Beating Heart

A to Z Challenge: #20  T  for Turbulence

NaPoWriMo
Quickly's :  Bump

Sunday Whirl with words:

stolen twice water rocking bridge 
aches mess open sway sink sharp limb  

Stolen again I did fear

Twice before it had happened

Much water had flowed under

Rocking the bridge to no end

Still felt all over, the aches

Buoyed by the turbulence

It created such a mess

Open secret of some relevance

It did sway and nearly did sink

A sharp rebuke was of no effect

Caused weakening of the limb

Inflicted more than just a smack

Stolen again it was most vulnerable

A pretty lass this time around

Stolen again without scruples

My heart as yet to be found

A to Z Challenge

Quickly's
NaPoWriMo
Sunday Whirl Wordle #157

Sincerity in Friendships - A Rubaiyat

                                                                                              Author: Brandon Shapiro
Image:  Two U.S. Air Force Thunderbird F-16
Fighting Falcons executing a precision
acrobat technique, March 23, 2014, at
MacDill Air Force Base, Fla

NaPoWriMo #18
A to Z Challenge: #19   S  for Sincerity

Note: A Rubaiyat  with an AABA rhyme scheme
While  keeping a 10 syllable count on all lines
as an option

Seeing double and testing one’s visuals
High up in the clouds very unusual
Two Fighting Falcons in reversed stacking
Working up to something sensational

Reminiscent of two friends together
Extending friendship of feelings so dear
Come what may trusting in one not lacking
But relationships sustained forever

The feelings of heavens opening up
Keeping sincerity of the heart
Giving way that easy not relenting
Tightly in one’s grasp and ever so hard

NaPoWriMo #18
A to Z Challenge

The Magpie had Landed! - Tan Renga

                                                                                             Attribution: David Friel

Image: The Magpie (here)


NaPoWriMo: #17
A to Z Challenge:  #18   R  for  retrace routes

                                                  and resting required

in the backyard

the rainbow in the birdbath breaks -

a sipping Magpie                     (Kristjaan)

a savior for all to see

bless the human heart so true    (Hank)

in the backyard

the rainbow in the birdbath breaks -

a sipping Magpie                     (Kristjaan)

stop awhile for tired bones

season’s  journey overland       (Hank)

in the backyard

the rainbow in the birdbath breaks -

a sipping Magpie                     (Kristjaan)

Migrating birds retrace routes

and resting required though      (Hank)

Note: A Tan Renga comprises a 5-7-5 of one poet (Kristjaan)
combined with another of a 7-7 (Hank)

For Chev's CARPE DIEM
NaPoWriMo

Quick to Avoid!

                                                                                      Attribution: H Krisp (CCA 3.0U)

Image: Odd Man Out (here)

A to Z Challenge: #17   Q  for Quick
3WW  -  animate impassioned  pervert

CARPE  DIEM:  balloon

Indications of

animated gathering

created for all

Made up his mind not

part of the equation and

quick to avoid them

Impassioned plea to

be left alone but foiled by

perverted conduct

Noise ballooned to a

crescendo imposing  hurt 

feelings on others

Thomg's 3WW and Chev's CARPE DIEM
NaPoWriMo  #17
A to Z Challenge

Prospects of a Good Swing

                                                        Attribution: Mango Leaves by Phyllis Galembo

Anthony Desmond's hosting at d'Verse Poetics: The Photography

of Phyllis Galembo

NaPoWriMo  #16
A to Z Challenge: #16   P  for Prospects of a Good Swing

Quickly # 16 with Prompt:
To choose  6 words from a given list

and to spread them out one per line.

The chosen words are:

awful buried doubt reason continues curious

It was just awful  to think about it

He buried himself under lots of mango leaves

Doubts still lingering in his thoughts

It was not open to reason

But he kept saying, …’a bad golfer continues to practice..’

There were curious stares

He just could not help it

He was ashamed of his bad drives

He needed to get himself camouflaged

The leaves were a good form of disguise

d'Verse
NaPoWriMo  #16
A to Z Challenge: #16
Quickly's # 16

Outlook on life

                                                                                          Attribution: Aneta Kaluzna
Image: An Opening for Reflection (here)

A Terza Rima comprising 3 stanzas and one
line with rhyming structure of ABA-BCB-CDC-D
and maintaining a 10 syllable count for each line

NaPoWriMo: # 15
A to Z Challenge: #15    O for Outlook

A          Look to the future a peek now perceived
B          None can be denied but one’s destiny
A          Dare say clamoring lots to be achieved

B          A look at life reveals some infamy
C          But care to deny is sad episode
B          Released tensions under close scrutiny

C          Lest allowed to simmer may just explode
D         Responsible beings where are you now
C         Outlook on life to unfairly unload

D         Not likely but stamp it hard with a vow

For NaPoWriMo to be shared with A to Z Challenge

None Are Aware!

                                                                                     Attribution: Jon Sullivan
Image: Not many aware of what bees do exactly


NaPoWriMo: #14 The Prompt:  To write a poem
comprising questions except for the last line
A to Z Challenge: #14     N for None Are Aware

What life has to give?

What soul has bared it all?

What of the moon?

Is it so delicate that cries its heart out?

Can the wind not extend its helping hand?

Is mankind so helpless?

Is mankind not concerned?

Is man so distanced from it all?

What’s eating him?

What is he ranting about?

Anyone knows how he got here?

None are aware?

And all of you are clueless?

Is he the same guy?

The one dating the beautiful lady next door?

The lady who had left town for good not many days ago?

No wonder he has gone bonkers!

For NaPoWriMo and A to Z Challenge 

A Masters Champion

                                                                                                                                           User: Mbrooks

Image: Augusta National Golf Club Hole # 10 (here)

A to Z Challenge #13   M for Masters Champion

The 28 out of 30 words used:

rights song glory pay pallid scurry

drudged sight vision black crow dancing 

kinks towers green belly spiral
grows powers broke spell simple

myth ripple nose say brother bed

Bubba Watson at Augusta right on song

The glory of it all, US Masters champion

Struck pay dirt a cool USD1.62 million

For a 4 days' work last week-end

Others pallid scurried drudged all along

But Bubba had in his sight a vision

Black crow dancing above made no kinks

On his game as he towered over them

His ball did bite the greens while others

went belly up, spiraled and struggled

His game grew with powers endured

and he broke the spell with a simple

3-under winning score

It was no myth and it caused quite a ripple

For winning the Masters twice in 3 years

Bubba Watson could safely thumb his nose

And say, ‘oh brother!’ and went to bed

with a broad smile!

Note: Bubba was US Masters Champion

in 2012 and now again in 2014

For A to Z Challenge shared with
Miskey's hosting at We Write Poems Wordle #14
Kerry's hosting at Real Toad's Open Link Monday

A Human Pyramid

                              Attribution: Raimond Spekking /CC BY - SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Image:  Cheerleaders during the final
match of the American football competition
of the World Games 2005, Duisburg  (here)

A to Z Challenge: #12 :    L for Limbo
NaPoWriMo #13

Sunday Whirl Wordle #166
11 out of 12 words used:
briefly chant deeply gaudy papers 
tumble porcelain wrists limbo swear turns 

Briefly the chant is deeply recognized
Dressed in gaudy attire shrieks and
shouts in the beginning laughter and
hoarse throaty cries at the end

A human pyramid is a special effort
And featured in the morning’s papers
is a bonus though they do take a tumble
like a pack of cards or if unlucky like
porcelain pieces on hard surface

Sprained wrists may put them in a limbo
But they swear they should take turns to
be atop the pyramid and hailed as
the darling of their team

Photo Credits:
Photographer: Raimond Spekking
License: cc-by-sa-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheerleaders_-_American_Football_-_World_Games_Duisburg_2005_(2533).jpg

For Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle
A to Z Challenge and NaPoWriMo

Kaleidoscopic and Colorful

                                                                                                       Author: Nadjas
Image: Movements of Colors (here)

A to Z Challenge: # 11:    K for Kaleidoscopic
NaPoWriMo : #12
Poetry Pantry #197

Found Poetry Review:      A Sonnet
This is a Shakespearean sonnet of 14 lines with
a rhyming structure of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
comprising 3 quatrains and a couplet while
maintaining a syllable count of 10 in each line

A Kaleidoscopic and moving briskly
B Hues of bright rainbow colors and patterns
A Forms and shapes subject to changes lightly
B Fulfilling desire to be even

C Life is in tandem with changes secured
D To accord variety of nature’s best
C All the more enticing to the distraught
D Exposure rewarding to one’s own quest

E Can one be faulted for being cheery
F Of character good natured and well placed
E Always be brainy and one of beauty
F Not one to let loose but deep in solace

G A love entwined ideally so divine
G Accorded respect and trust well refined

For A to Z Challenge and FPR Oulipost #12 ,NaPOWriMO #12
and Poets United Poetry Pantry #197

A Sneer on Offer

                                                                                                Hank's Pastel
A to Z Challenge: # 10  -  J for Jeer
PPF : A Pastel on  A4 Dark Drawing paper

A jeer and a fear
A sneer to offer
One’s mere presence
Signifies extreme provocation

A wry smile
A sly foxy smile
Not to anyone in particular

Unflinching unruffled
A trait sinister of bother
Staring into another is disaster

Reminiscent of contention
Of conflict resolution
Though reluctant
but seemingly buoyant

For PPF and A to Z Challenge

Ingenious and Ingenuous

                                                                           Attribution: Stefan Krause

Image: Introduction of Oxygen lighted the Filament (here)

A to Z Challenge: # 9 :   I  for Ingenious and Ingenuous

Is it stumbs
(is there such a word?)
Or is it stumps
A pair of words that gets
one stumped

Or is it to stumble
(there is such a word!)
To fall head over heels
and end up in a blob
Or is it remnants meaning stumps
of a broken tooth or tree branch

Utterly confusing
When it comes to spelling!

Is it ingenious
Being clever to no end
Intelligent,inventive and resourceful

Or is it ingenuous
Being naïve,innocent and artless
An easy target for a con man

Where one is blessed with a
photographic mind
Just a glance at the word
Is enough to determine
Whether its spelling is right or wrong

Otherwise it is akin to a situation
Where one is writing at the
Whiteboard in front of the class
The spelling is correct but still
It appears incorrect
Unless viewed from a distance

Utterly confusing
When it comes to spelling!

For A to Z Challenge

Haven of Hope!

                                                                                         Attribution: Pierre Dalous
Image: Waiting and Hoping  (here)

A to Z Challenge: #8  H - Haven of Hope

horrendous harrowing has hateful 

hellish  heinous  horrid harbinger hail

hospitable house haltingly haven hope

horrible listless moody  -  3WW

Not only horrible but horrendous
A harrowing experience to say the least
Why has it to be so hateful
It’s hellish!

Listless and lethargic it is unsettling
Moody and very depressing
Why has it to be heinous
It’s horrid!

But wait!
A harbinger of good fortune
Hail hospitable house
Haltingly a haven of hope

For A to Z Challenge and 3WW

Golfing Enthusiast, Pro Advised!

Image:1  Azhar barely 11 years old in 1998. This was taken at Sacramento, California.
We were joined by a local resident for one round of golf

Image: 2  Azhar practicing his irons recently at the Driving Range. He is now a lanky
6-footer at 26 years of age. Very good coordination! The club is parallel to the ground
on the back swing

Image: 3 A shot from the front. The left hand straight,eyes on the ball. The right
leg pivoted to the ground and the left leg balanced. The club parallel to the ground
at the top of the back swing!

A to Z Challenge: # 7  -  G for Golf Enthusiast
# 1390 on the list

Unlike other impact games
of soccer hockey, tennis you name
it for we often wonder

The object balls are all hurtling yonder
when it is being kicked or hit

But not golf, not one bit! 

The ball is stationary it does not move

So says the Golf Pro

So it should be easy to hit.

No, it is not! Not quite right

A precision game highly technical

More mental than physical

But the physical needs to be addressed 

For that, one must be Pro advised

Golfers must start with a Golf Pro

The swing is perfected not for show

My son Azhar was 9 years

when he was put through a rigorous

routine with a Pro

He held his own at Sacramento

And did creditably well as a result
To stand on his own against an adult

When Pro advised

The swing stays for life

One enjoys the game
That's the aim!!

For A to Z Challenge

It is feasible!

                                                                                          Author: Biswarup Ganguly
Image: Raw Chicken Egg without Eggshell (here)

fabric facade fervent faction faithful  

faltered fallacious feigning  forestall  

flagrant fiasco forage frivolous frenzy

finesse  flustered feasible famished

A to Z Challenge: #6  F for Feasible

Fabric of his imagination

Maintaining a facade with

the fervent hope of creating

a faction of faithfuls

He faltered a little questioning

fallacious rumors feigning

to forestall a flagrant default

from a fiasco of sorts

A forage into frivolous ideas

worked up to a frenzy can

develop finesse of a kind

Raw chicken egg
without an eggshell
It is feasible

Am I flustered?

I’m famished!

Note:  The white eggshell has been removed by dipping
a normal chicken egg into vinegar for 48 hrs (Wiki)

For A to Z Challenge

A Kangaroo Crossing - MF

Image: Courtesy of Grandma's Goulash

Humans are not fair
Provided a 'roo crossing
but it is dangerous.
We yearn for one with
gates like a rail crossing
Is it too much to ask?

(140 Characters)


Linda at Grandma's Goulash, Succinctly Yours week
#159 challenged us to write a Micro Fiction of not exceeding
140 characters and to include the word - yearn

Slowness as a fighter

                                                                                   Attribution: Tulane PR
Image : Microscope use

We Wordle #13:
35 words used out of 36 words given

embryonic, borrowed, turtle toothpicks,
fighter, hatching, jagged, ripples,
unwrapping, fatness earlobes microscope,
almonds,stockings, shame, songs, color,
snapshots marshmallows, pine, sap, dissecting,
snakes, coastal, leaf, record, books, homing
emaralds,roots,unseen, lemon,aura,lame, birds

Embryonic in his thinking
He  borrowed from the turtle

Slowness as a fighter
Hatching strategies jagged in nature
And unwrapping a fatness of earlobes
with ripples of songs and color

He retained snapshots of items

such as toothpicks,marshmallows,

stockings,almonds,emeralds,roots

and lemons

Those subject to dissecting under

the microscope like snakes and birds

would need a homing device unseen

to attract them

Perhaps a pine sap from coastal regions

could offer some help

A leaf off the record books

An aura lame as it were

What a shame!

For Irene's hosting at We Wordle #13

Diamonds in the Sky!

                                                                          Attribution: Brian0918
Image: Diamond Animation (here)

Sunday Whirl Wordle #155

The Words are:

barrier diamond detail power tough swing 

pleat strap tough waterfall zip suspend unit

A barrier to thinking of diamonds in the sky

It is a bother with a detail of power analysis  

It is a tough decision making process

To swing a pleat of straps is far simpler for

a feedback than a waterfall cascading of ideas

That can zip any sane thinking mind

Suspend the unit for the moment!

For Brenda's hosting at Sunday Whirl 

The Cat!

Image: Hank's  grandson, Nabil together with his
mother Qaty. This pic was taken when he read one of
the poems during Hank's book launch last year (here)

Note: Hank's grandson came over to the house and saw
Hank working on a poem. Nabil started to hum something
Hank then encouraged him to continue and he ended with
one all by himself: (including his parting note) Took him
about 20 mins

Upon completion he said, 'I want it to be a little funny'. I think
he has the makings of a witty poet - all at the age of 9 years!

One day,

A sunny one,

I went to play

With my water gun.

I shot a cat,

It got mad.

It chased me after that,

I screamed for my dad.

Below Nabil's philosophy as a parting note:

Note from Nabil: To make a poem I say take it from imagination or reality. In reality, you might face a situation that rhymes. In imagination, make it up for example, my poem. I use imagination. What about you? 

For Kerry's hosting at Real Toad's Open Link Monday

Cute Little Fella

Image: A Slow Loris (here)

A to Z Challenge: # 5  E for Endangered species

NaPoWriMo: Day # 4

Endangered species slowest

growth rates among mammals similar

to its size

Akin to lemur

Being small makes it very

acceptable as pets

Typical slow movements

Will remain still most times

cute little fella

For NaPoWriMo To write a lune (American haiku)
of a 3-5-3 word stanza
A to Z Challenge

A Good Drive

                                                                           Hank's Acrylic Painting
Image: The Stance for Addressing the Ball before the Drive

A to Z Challenge # 4 -  D for Drive 

Comes the day of determination

One is often advised of the claim

Of prospects of reconstruction

If absent for too long from the game

When one is talking golf

So says the Golf Pro

The Drive should not be off

The Golf Pro should know

The first shot as evidenced

The beauty of a good Drive

Will boost the golfer’s confidence

That keeps the game alive

Expensive Drivers  make a difference?

No, nothing in that direction

Just  avoid lay off for too long

That should be a better option

For A to Z Challenge shared with PPF week 4

Charmingly Happy!

Image:1 Adura, Shadah and Hafidz in front of the General Electric's Attraction

Image: 2  Hafidz posing with the Epcot 'Golf Ball' in the background

NaPoWriMo:  Day # 3  -  Charm

Sunny Florida

Here we are!

Magic Kingdom and Epcot Center

It can't be better

It is going to be fun

An enjoyable one!

Note: Today Elizabeth wants a rhyming charm. Hank
created a simple one above together with a Free Verse below

Sunny Florida and it was all enthusiasm

Way back many years ago

Hank was driving the rented car

Hank’s loving wife Shadah sitting in front

Our King’s pair, Adura and Hafidz

Sitting at the back

Nothing could stop the excitement

They had charmingly got both their

parents ( Hank and Mrs) to

head southwards

They were charmingly happy!

We had lodged at Kissimmee upon

arrival the evening before

That morning we were headed

towards Disney World barely a few

kilometers away
hooray!

Then it happened!

The car behind was having its lights on

not flashing  but on

it seemed odd

When it got nearer the passenger

on the right flashed out a card

It was a signal for Hank to stop

It was a Police Car!

I was not speeding

never breached 55 mph

I had followed faithfully

the traffic signs

What could be wrong?

An Officer came to the side

Hank unwound the car windows

He started writing for what looked

like a ticket

Then looking stern but with a tinge

of a smile he asked

 A rental car?

Yes

This is a ticket!

Why officer?

No not for you. It’s for the rental

Company. They would have to fix

up the tail lights. The signal was

not flashing when you were taking

the turn just now!

Thanks officer

Phew! What a relief!

And the officer was charmingly polite!

For Elizabeth's hosting at NaPoWriMo and
Mary's at Poets United's Poetry Pantry 

Twisting and Turning!

                                                                                                        User: Cropbot

Image: She Looking Directly at her Feet (here)

A to Z Challenge # 3 :  C  for Contortionist

She came on like you and I naturally
walking the catwalk every bit a model of stature
She stood upright looked around

She smiled as you and I but a lingering smile

Was there something sinister to happen

She stood still, still smiling

Then it happened slowly..very slowly

The right hand came round from the back

from just above her rump and she pulled her left hand back

and both shoulder joints seemed to bulge

and there were gasps

A quick twist around and she was herself again

She raised her right leg above directly over her head

Then both hands around it which was still acceptable

as most ballerinas could do the same

Then she came down slowly on one leg

She turned around laid supine

Then twist back again and raised both legs

and brought them down 

until the toes touched the floor in front of her head

There were gasps again!

So it went on with different kinds of posture

her supple body lithe and alluring

twisting and entwined into knots

that one just could not imagine could

happen on stage

She twisting and turning quite relaxed

While the audience were gasping with their

hearts thumbing and hands to the mouth

most times

It was an enjoyable evening!

Note: Claudia wants emotions to be conveyed
but not directly saying!

Written for A to Z Challenge and shared with Claudia's
hosting at d'Verse MTB; Emotions in Poetry

exhibit of choice

                                                        Attribution: News International Newspaper
Image: Current UK Newspaper (here)

Oulipost # 2

Pretext of life time
Prolific feeble trivia
Felt a trite cheaper

Warped uproar forward
Verbal exhibit of choice
Cordial cavalier

Replete with rapport
Prim proper embroiled with love
Waiting for whim

Note: A lipogram is a text that excludes
one or more letters of the alphabet.

To write a lipogram to exclude the title of one’s newspaper
The chosen newspaper is  -  the Sun

Submitted for Oulipost # 2 Lipogram  (Newspaper Titles)

Betobeto-san

                                                                                                    Author: epSosde

Image: Cool of the Night  (here)

A to Z Challenge # 2 -  B for Betobeto-san

NaPoWriMo: Day # 2

Putrid air tugged at

his nose scathing and pungent

Stillness in the night

Rustling leaves in slight

breeze swaying lightly in the

cool  air of the dark

Melodious crickets

a consolation at most

But still he felt scared

He had taken the

last bus and now he could hear

Betobeto-san

Betobeto-san – in Japanese mythology it

is an invisible spirit which follows people at

night, making the sound of footsteps

For MJ Joachim's hosting at A to Z Challenge and shared
with NoPoWriMo Day Two to write on a myth

Hope they get it right!

                                                                             Photo: Carlos Lemes

Image: 'Hope they get it right'! 

so says the wise owl  (here)

You know what?
I think that it sure felt like it was
It's a process that they're looking at

And what we were looking at?

We're still trying to figure out
I had a pretty good idea

We just hope they get it right

It's kind of weird going out there.

Hey I didn't see it good 
What did you have?

You don't want to rub it in
He was in fair territory

I just wanted to be sure

Then I'm just waiting to get a signal
It probably works out better this way.
That's the bottom line!

Note: A Cento, the original article sourced
from the San Francisco Gate (here)

For Margo's Oulipoem:1    April 1 -  Quote: Cento

The language of love

                                                                               Attribution: Luisisthebeast

Image: A Loving Couple (here)

NaPOWriMo:  Day #1

The words:

language learn teeth future soil

truly magic find cracked sorcerer

The language of love

One needs to learn though gritted teeth

And the future holds some truth

It is soiled otherwise

But truly it’s magic

If one can find

A sorcerer

To have it cracked open

For Elizabeth's NaPoWriMo Prompt 1 Day 1

A Masterpiece

                                                         Artist : JB Simeon Chardin
Image: Still Life (here)

A to Z Challenge #1  -  A for Art
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Art in all of its domain

Intrinsic but more visually pleasing

Splash of colors to ignite the imagination

Of what should be

Is it an ideology or an illustration

Of a landscape, still life and portrait

Or is it an abstract and deviant art

That calls it into question

That can be

Art in all its intensity

To whet the appetite
of the curiosity

In its immediate vicinity

In all of the brilliance

of colors that be

Transfixed in the mind

Of various shades and hues

Serene or torrid

As what the artist proposes

it to be

Submitted for Nicole's hosting at A to Z Challenge #1 - A