Not hurting somehow!

                                                                                         Attribution: Emily

Image:  Cool flowers

3WW with words  -  crisis gripe stall

CARPE DIEM #489  -  coolness

Evening coolness

To savor those precious past

Not hurting somehow

Moments of truth to

bring back joys of living none

to stall awareness

To gripe powers that

bind how insane it can sound

for man in crisis

For Thomg's 3WW and
Chev's CARPE DIEM #489  

The waterways turned murky!

                                                                                Attribution: Broken Sphere

Image: Japanese Occupation Currency (here)

Red Wolf Poems/We Wordle #19
The 23 chosen wordle words out of 35:

docked  palette  float hallucinations  painter art

brush crooks  surface  boat  kill waterways murky

wallow dissecting, truth  sparkling used

foreboreding  spiral  vision, curve, wanton 

My late grandfather was a colorful man

He docked himself with influential people in

Government. His palette pointed to hues

of colors that float around those he dealt

with in business. He had hallucinations

of a painter and his art to his masterpiece.

He had designs of a conglomerate of his own. 

It  was taking shape as he had hoped

He nurtured it well

But bad elements were there

He brushed them off

He did not anticipate crooks all along

could surface with uncanny precision.

They rocked the boat aiming to kill

Business rivalries took destructive forms

The waterways turned murky

He did not wallow in self-pity

He succeeded in dissecting the truth

with a sparkling display of brilliance

and determination. He succeeded

in bringing his business interests under

one roof. Things were working out well

But he had forebodings of a downward spiral

where he saw his vision took a curve downwards

But the way it came about was not
how he had anticipated

No, he did not succumb to the crooks

No, he did not lose support from those

of his friends in government or otherwise

No, the business climate was booming

Instead it came in the form of wanton

destruction of the Japanese Occupation

leading to World War II

The country fell the administration collapsed

The infrastructure destroyed.
Economic activities were at a standstill.

The will to survive a war was paramount

Business took a backseat

For Grace’s hosting at d’Verse with –  a family history
and Red Wolf Poems Wordle #19

still there’s power in this place!

                                                                                         Attribution: Daniel Sone
Image: A Couple Bent on Swinging! (here)

Brenda’s Sunday Whirl Wordle #164

hello back numbers single sizzle 
stomping existence power 
place muffled right language

Hello baby, you are back!

Say, numbers seems small tonight

Are you single again tonight, huh!

Let’s sizzle and do some stomping

Small existence in this outfit but

still there’s power in this place!

The musical strain’s a little muffled

but it will not restrain our show

Right on baby, let’s show them

Language is not a bother

The swinging should be lively

That counts baby!

Life starts tonight!

For Brenda's Sunday Whirl # 164

cool drinks on a sunny day!

                                                                    Attribution: US Dept of Defense
Image: Cooling off drinks! (here)

Satisfaction of
cool drinks on a sunny day
is overwhelming

Seeing a loved one
even if chaperoned fits
well with the yearnings

Famished, a scanty
meal that of a homeless is
just as heavenly

For Chev's CARPE DIEM #486  -  satisfaction

Loud rusty and brown!

                                                                        Attribution: Gary Halvorson
Image: Foliage in Autumn colors (here)

Yes, not unusual
Mists over foreign highlands
Autumn approaching

In no time beauty
of colors astound the eyes
Loud rusty and brown

In faraway lands
Scenic lusts imposing hues
of nature's greatness

For Chev's CARPE DIEM Make the Haiku complete #5

Words, words, words!

                                                                          Attribution: Arthur Lorenzo

Image: Loss for words! Overwhelmed with
Love Togetherness and Devotion (here)

Words, words, words
Sects, sects, sects
There are too many of them
And one is loss for words

All religions seem to be afflicted
Too many sects that breed conflicts
and words left unsaid sound the loudest

Oneupmanship against the other
can bring about killings
The power to influence
is overwhelming

And we've not even touched on
Sex, sex, sex!

No! it'll bring it to another level!
Perhaps for another day
It'll be a different ball-game altogether!

Written for Brian's hosting at d'Verse with MTB  -  when words fail

Grass showing patches of brown!

                                                                                         Attribution: US Army Corp
Image: Lake and Dam (here)

It had been a harrowing experience

Grass showing patches of brown

Young leaves just seeing light of day

Soft luscious and green for only days

But curled up under the onslaught

And eventually shriveled

As a consequence the next season’s

mango fruiting and most of others

will be adversely affected

Such had been the severity of the

dry season this time around

The lakes what about the lakes

at the dam? The catchment areas upriver

They were all in a strangle-hold

Deprived of rain water

the flow was slow

Water level was critical

The bad word of the industry

was then bandied about

Rationing, water rationing debated

It finally did come the first time in

living memory in our region

Finger pointing and severe arguments

ensued no less in the social media

The opposition-led state government

for the last two terms had been

forewarned about five years ago

It was embroiled in a dispute of not

wanting to continue an ongoing

project of the previous government

It was about the transferring of flow

from fast flowing rivers of an adjoining

state to a purification complex under construction

It would have ensured abundant

supply of untreated fresh water

City folks with buckets trudging up flight

of stairs carrying water provided for

from water-laden lorries
A rare sight but was happening
Restaurants complaining of shortage
public utilities dirtied

It was hellish for about two weeks

There was talk of food related factories

even  considering to close shop and

shift operations to Vietnam

As a temporary measure the Central

Government embarked on a run of

cloud-seeding procedure

C130 Charlies were deployed

on those rare dark cloudy days

It succeeded in a respite

Not fully but just

There was rain but just

Then there was a change for the better

The weather was cooperating

The season’s rain came

The water levels at the dams and lakes

improved and water rationing

was discontinued

More good news!

The project that was abandoned by

The state government was revived

despite disagreements among their lot

No more bucket carrying even the

car washing business picked up

Just a little bit of cloud-seeding

was the savior!

Note: This is a true episode of a recent happening!

For Shanyn's hosting at d"Verse  -  seeding

Of melodious softness! - A Tanka

                                                                                 Attribution:  Shoulder-synth

Image: Magnes 890 Electric Chord Organ (here)

Falls of Glory sounds

Contending seeds of talents

Lingering music

Unfurled levels of honor

Nurturing of growth revealed

Moved within balance 

of melodious softness

Greater show of force

Moving forward unperturbed

To a position of strength

Note: A Tanka with 2 stanzas of
a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern

For Chev's CARPE DIEM Special #95  -  one is to
write a tanka inspired by the instrumental  - Falls of Glory 
a composition of Portuguese composer Brunuhville

Designs of good dreams!

Mindlovemisery's Wordle

11 of 12 words chosen:

Cotton  Scribble Shambolic Fraught  Paraphernalia

Synthesis Henna Grace Diffuse Pagan Decanter

Scribble a message

Synthesis of grace diffused

Designs of good dreams

Fraught with danger and

Paraphernalia scattered

Under cotton sheets

Pagan rituals sensed

Of shambolic experience

Of feeling lazy

Henna laden hands

Lifting decanter of wine

Still being lazy

For Chev's CARPE DIEM #483  -  Being Lazy and
Mindlovemisery Menagerie Wordle #11

To chase a dream

                                                                                                 Attribution: Shizhao

Image: Courtship blooming (here)

Sunday Whirl Wordle #163

chase countless field fluid jovial launch

lean paving propel sturdy terrain scent

To chase a dream countless times

In a field of human endeavor

It is a fluid situation

But one has to launch a start

Paving the right path

To propel a lean program

Along terrain much maligned

It takes sturdy character

Jovial with lots of humor

Faint heart is a disadvantage

A fair lady can scent a phony

For Brenda's Sunday Whirl and Poets United's Poetry Pantry #204

Menacingly dark

                                                                          Attribution: Jen from Blog it or Lose it

Image: Photo prompt above courtesy
of Georgia at Mindlovemisery

A shadorma comprises six non-rhyming lines

and the syllable pattern is 3-5-3-3-7-5. 

Clouds gather

Menacingly dark

Extending

way beyond

Expected cold showers to

lash the whole night through

Hey, taxi!

Never seem to hear

If one can

beat the rain

better alternative is

home snugly in bed

Have light snacks
then proceed straight home

Night life are

affected
Activities virtually
dead, at a standstill

Note: Memories of days gone by of  rushing home
from work amid heavy showers on some days

For Georgia's hosting at Mindlovemisery Menagerie
#10 with photo prompt where we are to write on memories
and shared with d'Verse OpenLinkNight

Swooping eagles dare!

                                                                                         Author:  vastateparkstaff
 Image: Swooping eagles  (here)

Up on the highlands
Basking in pure mountain air
Swooping eagles dare

Reflecting desire
Gliding like clouds in slow drift
Of help to mankind

Good intentions like
glistening lake waters will
shine in memory

For Chev's CARPE DIEM  #481  -  helpful

Lighting ways to Nirvana !

                                                                                                  User: MGA73bot2
Image:  Misty Sunrise  (here)

ribbon of colours

streaks across the endless sky

dance of the spirits     -  Celestine

illuminating dark nights

with warmth  of regal being  -  Hank

    **

ribbon of colours

streaks across the endless sky

dance of the spirits     -  Celestine

hand in hand appeasing souls

kept alive in moods of love    -  Hank

    **

ribbon of colours

streaks across the endless sky

dance of the spirits     -  Celestine

ever the likely partner

lighting ways to Nirvana    -    Hank

Note: To complete Celestine's haiku of 5-7-5
with an additional 7-7 to make a Tan Renga

For Chev's CARPE DIEM Tan Renga Challene  #37 - ribbons of colors

The School Holidays!

Image:1 Norman and Kimie fooling around under the coconut tree

Image: 2 Kimie and Norman at the Water-fall

Image: Kimie and Norman atop the Water-fall

A respite awaited for! An occasion felt for by most as it interjects in between. It divides the year into two more or less. School holidays for two weeks to savor. There are at other times for instance the one at the end of year. That would stretch for almost six weeks, the ultimate. But nothing like one in mid-year. It is akin to a rest in between takes short enough to rest a little but not too long to lose the momentum

Yippee! It is here!

It will be on for two weeks

Starting yesterday

The first stop is the Club. Not too early in the morning but just about when it is turning a little warmer. A spot of swimming is in order. It has been said swimming is a total thing. The coordination of muscles to movements is perfectly timed and balanced. The beauty is the breathing sequence is invoked keeping pace with the gliding moves. All muscles are working in tandem, facial when breathing, hands and legs in progressing forward and the stomach usually neglected comes into play naturally. A two- hour stint is about enough to unwind a little and then off to the cafeteria for some snacks

Water is soothing

Balanced movements of muscles

One feels light and trim

The Mall provides a healthy environment later in the day or early the following day. Time to look around for new products or games or even books not available at the libraries. The kids (read:  grand-children) are aware of what are lacking in their arsenal. They know the latest games. They pick and choose for which Gramps would be at a loss to comprehend but just to pay

Variety of shops

Items procured to relate

with in cyber-space

Some revision exercises in the evenings for two hours or so completes the day. Uneventful two weeks of light activities just so to keep them occupied. It was different when Gramps was their age before. The variety of distractions nowadays  would  keep creeping every minute. Parental guidance is a real thing!

Youngsters bombarded

with lots of distractions need

parental guidance

Note: A Haibun, a Japanese form comprises a prose together 

with  a micro poetry ( in this case a haiku set)

For Bjorn's hosting at d'Verse: MTB, where one is to write a haibun

At great sacrifice!

                                                                                        Artist: Bonaventura Peeters

Image: The Great flood  (here)

Carried a burden

Shared knowledge to save others

At great sacrifice

Noble endeavor

No hesitation to help  

sustenance to life

Note: Hunter-boy had knowledge of a great flood
To reveal it would turn him to stone. He revealed it
anyway at great sacrifice to himself but to save lives

For Chev's CARPE DIEM #480

Being Unfair to a Best Friend

                                                                                      Attribution: Jennifer Rensel

Image: Paintbrush and Colors  (here)

For 3WW with words:

Feisty  Meddlesome Stab 

For Poets United's Midweek Motif  -  Best friend

What is it of a best friend

Not all the time by your side

Though ever willing to give a helping hand

Extending empathy a shoulder to cry on

What is it of a best friend

Feisty little darling in good times

Meddlesome sometimes and an irritant

But a joy to be around with

What is it of a worst kind of best friend

Sneaking with a  Brutus’ ploy

To stab in the back

Or a Casssius’ stance

Of ever suspicious character

But one of a best friend

Who is more than all that!

Extending inspiration

Stroke by stroke in richness

Colorful in softness

Fulfillment of gaps and emptiness

An answer to writer’s block intruding

Just one waiting to be picked

Of various types and stature

Not answering back

Nor biting when angered

To be dipped and splashed freely

When required

Without nary of  objections

Ever willing

To capture my imaginations

In hues rich of color

Though often times

I was guilty of letting it alone

seething with neglect

My paint brushes

A best friend

Always by my side!

For Susan's hosting at Poets United and
For Thomg's hosting at 3WW

Of Radiance so Apparent

                                                                                           Attribution: David Prasad

Image: President Abe Memorial (here)

Allegory Persona Warmth Luminous Messiah Vitiligo

Glass Plate Door  Pernicious Epochal  Shadow

An allegory of form

Depicting a persona

Of warmth like no other

Of radiance so apparent

A luminous figure

Messiah in stature

None of vitiligo in its making

But colorless in all of its bidding

Not nebulously choked

But clear as glass

The door towards one people

Devoid of pernicious intentions

Served on a plate of opportunities

Epochal in its nature

Relevant to the American dream

Beyond a shadow of doubt

Anthony's set of 12 words to be used in a poem
at d'Verse's Poetic: Haphazard fashion

Was he in a trance?

                                                                                Author: Frank Dicksee
Image: The Famous Balcony Scene (here)

The 10 chosen wordle words are:

Fig Trance Blush Pressure Sheath 
Seep Spiral Bell Balcony Honey

A fig of his imagination
Or was he in a trance
He sported a blush
A sheepish kind of blush

No, he was not to pressure himself
Neither would it be wise
to keep himself sheathed in
Get out of your cocoon!
He whispered to himself

It might seep through though
But as long as it did not
spiral out of control
he should be safe

He had been through this before
He calmed himself
Bells might ring warnings
in his mind
The balcony separating them
was not an obstacle
He should overcome
He should try

I'm equipped with my guitar
in my heart, prepare for the serenade!
He whispered to himself
He was his confident self

Honey, your Romeo is coming up!

(Whew! courtship the old
fashioned way was still valid!)

For Mindlovemisery Menagerie Wordle #10

Heaven’s wrath

                                                                                              Attribution: BukanDas

Image: Before the Thunderstorm (here)

Tilus a Micro Poetry comprises
a syllable count of 6-3-1

Dark and gray skies above

Hidden cause

See!

High waves lashing the shore

Heaven’s wrath

Cleanse!

Tires  stuck  in the mud

Life’s trouble

Sick!

Big roar of the lion

Patience wears

Thin!

Note: Writing to a new Poetic form of Kelvin SM called Tilus

For Chev's CARPE DIEM #11 - Little Ones

Let's Dance! - MF

Image: Courtesy of Grandma's Goulash

Banish all inhibitions
Throw away all shyness
Let's show them a thing or two
We have our own specialty
No one else can beat us!
let's dance!

(140 characters)

Note: To write a Micro Fiction of not exceeding 140 characters based on
the given picture above and to include the word of the week  -  banish

For Succinctly Yours week #166 at Grandma's Goulash

Minutes to closing time!

                                                         Attribution: Colin Brown

Image: Aftermath of a bank robbery showing

the exploded red dye on some abandoned 

stacks of 20's (here)

Minutes to closing time
Tellers busy counting cash
Is still a long line.
Banking hall is safe place

Others clearing their tables
Storing up for the night
Suddenly a commotion - trouble!
Freeze! ... 'you move we shoot!'

They got their loot
They rushed to the exit
No one got hurt
All over within minutes!

(53 words)

Note: This is supposedly about a safe place but still it is not!

Prompt: To write in 53 words or less about a safe place

For Margaret's hosting of Mama Zen's Challenge #1 at Real Toads

A flutter of wings

                                    

                                                                 Author: curimedia

Image: Pigeons

Sunday Whirl with 14 words:
pigeons, mate, flutter, stuck, laugh, smile, face
need, meeting, north, treat, squeak, report, survey

Columbidae specie they seek
Pigeons known to mate for life
In spring and summer they peak
Breeding all year is rife

With a flutter of wings
Or stuck snugly in nests
Hidden at tops of buildings
A laugh and a smile in jest

Making faces perhaps singing
Constantly heard in the rafters
Can be imagined in their cooing
Deep in their throats of guttural purrs

To serve the ever crying need
Of fledging young squabs fighting
Clamoring for a feed
Within the dark cold ceiling

Trafalgar Square vendors
Meeting requests of tourists
With bountiful packets on offer
A  treat to delightful squeaks

Perched on heads and shoulders
Awaiting for the bird seeds
Many hungry beaks as contenders
Jostling all over for their bids

But beware and mindful of reports
Of surveys that had been done
Especially with cold winds from the north
Spread of bird flu and H1N1

Transcending across borders
Of epidemic proportions
Spread fast by air travelers
With a cure still not apparent

For Brenda’s at Sunday Whirl Wordle #162

Foreign Fields of Poppies

                                                                                      Attribution:  Dave Hitchborne

Image: Beautiful to look at  (here)

in a foreign field

the wind still invokes their names

the blood red poppies     -   JRB's

pretty to look at but such

devastation on young lives  -  Hank's

in a foreign field

the wind still invokes their names

the blood red poppies   -   JRB's

pittance for peasants but drug

barons get to keep the spoils  -   Hank's

For Chev's CARPE DIEM where one is to add to

JRB;s haiku of 5-7-5 with an additional 7-7 lines to

complete a Tan Renga

Nero and Rome Burning

                                                     Illustration: M de Lipman

Image: Nero Playing his Lyre while Rome burns (here)

3WW with words:

massive ruins strains

Which version was the correct story

Nero motivated by an insane whim

Sent out men to set fire to the city

Massive breakout brought Rome to ruins

Nero watched amid strains from his lyre

Safe from his palace atop the Palatine Hills

He could watch the consequence  of his  ire

Nonchalantly playing with such thrills

The other version had Nero in Antium

The fire was an accident and quickly spread

He organized rescue work and rehabilitation

A hero and not gloating over the mishap

For Thomg's hosting at 3WW

K-Pop Sensation

                                                                             Attribution: Aaron Y - photoren
Image Rain aka Jung Ji-Hoon  (here)

Came on strong agile
lithe alluring pop icon
Sensation called Rain

Accomplished dancer
Singer songwriter  model
actor-producer

Encroached Hollywood
Reputedly top fifty
handsome guys last year

Note: Rain made his Hollywood debut in the Wachowski Bros'
'Speed Racer' and went on to play the lead in 'Ninja Assassins' - Wiki

For Mary's hosting at Poetry Jam - prompt Rain

The Generation Gap - MF

Image: Courtesy of Grandma's

We are not sulking
We just feel we need
to be away from grandma
for today.For no apparent
reason she was acting
strange and grouchy
at home

(140 characters)

Linda's hosting for a Micro Fiction not exceeding 140 characters
at Succinctly Yours week #165 Grandma's Goulash with word
of the week  -  grouchy

It is not what you want!

                                                        Artist: In a New York Restaurant - Edward Hopper 1922  
Image: Courtesy of Tess' Mag #220 (here)

It is not what you want
It is what you can get!

Ok, let's set the scenario

Greenbacks oozing out of his ears
He has assets overseas
His bank accouns never seems to dry up
You are a joint account holder
You have access to his accounts
Not all but one of the lucrative ones
And he had not withdrawn the signing privileges yet
He provides in addition a regular monthly allowance
He pays for your purchases

Let's see, what else?

A Porsche in the garage for your own use
A mansion to stay in
A holiday retreat by the sea
A posh apartment in New York
all in your name!

Presents galore on birthdays,Valentine's
Or even surprises on flimsiest of excuses
Holidays overseas according to your fancies

So! what else do you want?

Ok, don't tell me
Not now!

Ok, for all that I can manage to get for you
I don't want to beat around the bush
You are through with him
Right?

But when am I getting my %
My advance payment
Being your trusted attorney!

For Tess' Magpie Tales

The Hindenberg Disaster

                                                                                       Attribution: Gus Pasquarella

Image:  The Hindenberg engulfed in flames (here)

Sunday Whirl Wordle #161
Below, 8 out of the 10 words given:
alabaster altitude chaos disaster
force graphic people plastic 

Uneventful Trans-Atlantic crossing
Safely from Germany onto American soil
But about to descend slowly prior to landing
Lakehurst was subject to bad weather turmoil

Massive alabaster-like and airborne
At an altitude in throes of stormy weather
Force of winds in varied directions
Made landing a delicate manoeuver

Shifting of some hydrogen gas and water
Were made into specific compartments
Amid chaos but part of stabilizing measures
Effected to maintain a proper balance

But all it took a spark to court disaster
Plastic-like a graphic tragedy unleashed
Showering ignited debris of light structure
Thirty-five of people on that day perished

For Brenda's hosting at Sunday Whirl

An Italian fare special!

Image: 'Stairs' courtesy of MM  (here)

A shadorma comprises six non-rhyming lines

and a syllable pattern of  3-5-3-3-7-5.

Trudging up

Tired feet slowly

Flight of stairs

Looking for

their favorite Al Fresco

Time for a cuppa!

Bright sunshine

Yearnings for pasta

Secluded

But homely

An Italian fare special

Thinking of Mama

For Bastet’s hosting  at Mindlovemisery’s

Menagerie  #8 with the above  photo prompt

Putting Trust on the Line

                                                                                                  Author: khyri
Image: Chihuahuan Raven in Flight (here)                              (CCA-SA2.0 Generic)

let the ravens come
let them smile as they pick the flesh
from the battlefield  -  Managua's

they thrive riding on conflicts
with no qualms picking the spoils  -  Hank's


let the ravens come
let them smile as they pick the flesh
from the battlefield  -  Managua's

those who enjoy dirt and scum
are the real opportunists  - Hank's


Note: To add 2 lines to Managua's haiku
resulting in a Tan Renga of  5-7-5-7-7

For Chev's CARPE DIEM  Tan Renga Challenge #35
- let the ravens come