Attribution: Bill Inglais
Image: Space Shuttle under a Full Moon (here)
“The moon is to blame. I am innocent” - Jim Harrison from Songs of Unreason
(Day 14)
To extract a confession
Is not difficult so to speak
No necessity to 'force' on their conscience
Nor waving threateningly a big stick
When they take a defensive stance
Pushed to the wall
They go into fancy footwork as in a dance
Trying hard to convince all
Blame liberally assigned to others
Finger pointing to them a fair game
Sense of responsibility blurs with excuses
Refusal to admit, a cause so lame
Jilly's Day 14 - Proverb of Unreason in
28 DAYS OF UNREASON, POETRY
Mary's at PU's Poetry Pantry #364
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Friday, July 28, 2017
why was he there right among books?
Attribution: Brigitte N. Brantley
Image: Engrossed in Reading (here)
immersed in his own world
in one corner far from the crowd
realities of life spinning all in a whirl
in a way he was clothed in a shroud
why was he there right among books
the library barely opened minutes ago
his domain away from suspicious looks
known to be right there until time to go
surveying the ceiling for inspiration
often times left high and dry and empty
but when ideas did drop in abundance
tickled to realize a way to his sanctuary
Sumana's at PU's - Midweek Motif - finding a sanctuary
Gayle's at d'Verse - OLN #200
Image: Engrossed in Reading (here)
immersed in his own world
in one corner far from the crowd
realities of life spinning all in a whirl
in a way he was clothed in a shroud
why was he there right among books
the library barely opened minutes ago
his domain away from suspicious looks
known to be right there until time to go
surveying the ceiling for inspiration
often times left high and dry and empty
but when ideas did drop in abundance
tickled to realize a way to his sanctuary
Sumana's at PU's - Midweek Motif - finding a sanctuary
Gayle's at d'Verse - OLN #200
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
the joys of innocence
Attribution: pexel photos
Image: The First Kiss (here)
Sunday's Whiligig 12 given words:
joys best surprise someone sweet laugh
girls hair think alike deceit only
the joys of innocence
best times of our life
it was no surprise
with someone so sweet
we did laugh together
the girls with shiny hair
the boys unkempt a little
we would think alike
that was all that mattered
no deceit no sulking
only the heart thumping
awkward in the beginning
slivers all over but we did it
yay!
yay!
we sealed our first kiss
MMT's Sunday Whirligig Wordle #122
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
born to carry the burden - a Haibun
Attribution MKA Photography
Clarification: Apologies to Toni
The above meets the conditions of 3 tight paras and a haiku for a Haibun
but not the conditions of # (2) Containing kigo and kireji words (3) Must
be true (4) Must have actually happened to you.
Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle #309
Image: A Sad Outcome (here)
Sunday Whirl's 12 given words:
beam born carry mean nothing pick
post poor shake string trigger sea
the prose
beaming with laughter but not anymore
born to carry the burden of choice of a mean
father and that of a good-for-nothing beau
to pick the pieces and be first past the post
is a tall order a poor option to say the least
how to shake off the strings of conscience
lest it triggers off a sea of retributions?
the haiku
sins of the father
left in the lurch facing the
music all alone
music all alone
Clarification: Apologies to Toni
The above meets the conditions of 3 tight paras and a haiku for a Haibun
but not the conditions of # (2) Containing kigo and kireji words (3) Must
be true (4) Must have actually happened to you.
Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle #309
Nekneeraj's at MLMM's Photo Challenge #175
Toni's at d'Verse Haibun Monday - free for all
Monday, July 24, 2017
Holding out and not nervous in any way
Attribution: Eden Hill
Image: Standing its Grounds (here)
10 of 12 given words:
vacant permeates read clip shine
abash (v)) to destroy the self-confidence make ashamed or embarrassed)
salvage sag nervous
trenchancy (adj.)) incisive or caustic vigorous; effective; energetic)
You may detect a vacant look
That permeates a fertile cow's mind
May have read in a familiar book
Clipping on an outright shine
Unabashed in its intentions
To salvage a sagging intensity
Nowhere its self-confidence
Lacks the much-touted sincerity
Its static and forthright demeanour
Standing tall against attempts to portray
A trenchancy animal has known before
Holding out and not nervous in any way
MLMM's Wordle #165
MLMM's Saturday's Mix 22 July
Marian's at Real Toad's - the tuesday platform
Image: Standing its Grounds (here)
10 of 12 given words:
vacant permeates read clip shine
abash (v)) to destroy the self-confidence make ashamed or embarrassed)
salvage sag nervous
trenchancy (adj.)) incisive or caustic vigorous; effective; energetic)
You may detect a vacant look
That permeates a fertile cow's mind
May have read in a familiar book
Clipping on an outright shine
Unabashed in its intentions
To salvage a sagging intensity
Nowhere its self-confidence
Lacks the much-touted sincerity
Its static and forthright demeanour
Standing tall against attempts to portray
A trenchancy animal has known before
Holding out and not nervous in any way
MLMM's Wordle #165
MLMM's Saturday's Mix 22 July
Marian's at Real Toad's - the tuesday platform
Friday, July 21, 2017
or to fatten up the middle
Attribution: Eden Hills
Image: Given Extra attention
for a Reason (here)
spoilt given extra attention
not to mention
garbed with warmers
ego boosters
livened up and so it would seem
nice and loving
not to intrude
even from broods
or to fatten up the middle
not to cuddle
gave them the creeps
to end dead meat
Frank's at d'Verse's MTB - the minute poem
MLMM's Saturday's Mix
Image: Given Extra attention
for a Reason (here)
spoilt given extra attention
not to mention
garbed with warmers
ego boosters
livened up and so it would seem
nice and loving
not to intrude
even from broods
or to fatten up the middle
not to cuddle
gave them the creeps
to end dead meat
Frank's at d'Verse's MTB - the minute poem
MLMM's Saturday's Mix
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
our brethren perished at the end of gun barrels
Author: PRAB1988
Image: A Lone Tusker (here)
11 of 12 given words:
climb pangs offhand vague sadness our perish reappear
sallow (adj) of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color
nepenthe (n.) anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness,
abdicate (v)) to relinquish a right, power, claim,
slow climb with pangs of regret at the sallow picture
offhand it masked vague reminiscences of sadness
our brethren perished at the end of gun barrels
such soulful images would reappear again and again
it triggered off a nepenthe of feelings to readily forget
we tried to push back those sad moments into oblivion
not to abdicate the sense of pride in the animal world
of enormity strength and beauty of ivory within us
MlMM's Wordle #164
Susan's at PU's Midweek Motif - mask
Image: A Lone Tusker (here)
11 of 12 given words:
climb pangs offhand vague sadness our perish reappear
sallow (adj) of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color
nepenthe (n.) anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness,
abdicate (v)) to relinquish a right, power, claim,
slow climb with pangs of regret at the sallow picture
offhand it masked vague reminiscences of sadness
our brethren perished at the end of gun barrels
such soulful images would reappear again and again
it triggered off a nepenthe of feelings to readily forget
we tried to push back those sad moments into oblivion
not to abdicate the sense of pride in the animal world
of enormity strength and beauty of ivory within us
MlMM's Wordle #164
Susan's at PU's Midweek Motif - mask
Sunday, July 16, 2017
A need for them to counter the scorn
11 of 12 given words:
see cream brutally face need
scorn poet flee skin storm mask
To see the cream of the talented souls
Brutally kissed off from a lofty perch
Scions of society bidding for a hold
A face-up was in the works to emerge
A need for them to counter the scorn
A poet not to flee but to stake a claim
By the skin of their teeth they rode the storm
Avoided putting any one of them to shame
A convenient tool to mask their efforts
That struggles were not seen as failures
Talented writers could progress in spurts
To showcase creations of their endeavors
Brenda's Sunday Whirl #308
Kerry's at Real Toad's - the tuesday platform
see cream brutally face need
scorn poet flee skin storm mask
To see the cream of the talented souls
Brutally kissed off from a lofty perch
Scions of society bidding for a hold
A face-up was in the works to emerge
A need for them to counter the scorn
A poet not to flee but to stake a claim
By the skin of their teeth they rode the storm
Avoided putting any one of them to shame
A convenient tool to mask their efforts
That struggles were not seen as failures
Talented writers could progress in spurts
To showcase creations of their endeavors
Brenda's Sunday Whirl #308
Kerry's at Real Toad's - the tuesday platform
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
a vacation in the wilderness
Attribution: Edward Aspera Jr.
Image: When lightning strikes (here)
the 12 given words:
wife bamboo stirring bath leafless hanging
skin blackbird monk fire dirty painting
musing and lovingly eyeing his wife
hidden behind the bamboo makeshift wall
upper half of her body still very much visible
supple and stirring having a leisurely bath
a vacation in the wilderness among greeneries
a homestay nestled close to nature by the forest
he regretted not having discovered this earlier
she waving inviting him over to bathe together
against a backdrop of a leafless mango tree
with branches hanging menacingly from above
her fair skin gleamed under the morning sun
not unlike a blackbird ready to pounce on a prey
debating if he should come running to the rescue
remembering how not to be caught flat-footed
reminiscent to a monk under fire for slow response
dirty in thoughts, painting a picture of doom
MMT's Sunday's Whiligig #120
Mary's at PU's Poetry Pantry #362
Image: When lightning strikes (here)
the 12 given words:
wife bamboo stirring bath leafless hanging
skin blackbird monk fire dirty painting
musing and lovingly eyeing his wife
hidden behind the bamboo makeshift wall
upper half of her body still very much visible
supple and stirring having a leisurely bath
a vacation in the wilderness among greeneries
a homestay nestled close to nature by the forest
he regretted not having discovered this earlier
she waving inviting him over to bathe together
against a backdrop of a leafless mango tree
with branches hanging menacingly from above
her fair skin gleamed under the morning sun
not unlike a blackbird ready to pounce on a prey
debating if he should come running to the rescue
remembering how not to be caught flat-footed
reminiscent to a monk under fire for slow response
dirty in thoughts, painting a picture of doom
MMT's Sunday's Whiligig #120
Mary's at PU's Poetry Pantry #362
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Had a crack at wanting to be a superhero
Attribution: Mizrraim
Image: Sad Looking but Clowning (here)
the 6 given words (here):
crack ramble wince festoon hiccup pest
Had a crack at wanting to be a superhero
His mind wandered on what form it should take
Rambled on with choices galore so he thought
Some ideas about being airborne one that could float
A slight start though but he winced and made faces
How could he see himself sailing in the air
Festooned perhaps with ribbons as headgear
His movement restricted his reach stunted
but still, he managed a laugh
Moving on it gave him hiccups just thinking about it
Not forgetting goosebumps that suddenly appeared
No, not to be seen as a clown but acting tough
Ending like a pest in the eyes of the young ones
The target group that he was set to entertain
Could he muster the courage to be good at playacting
To move in a different direction and make a mess of it
With the prospects of being mocked and laughed at?
He thought to be a macho superhero would be a breeze
No, it would seem far easier to act silly and be a clown
Where mistakes could be covered up to be seen
as part of the act and to still end up as successful
as playing in a serious role
Yes, 'Bozo' had been taken
what to call himself he wondered
Sumana's at PU's Midweek Motif - movement
Image: Sad Looking but Clowning (here)
the 6 given words (here):
crack ramble wince festoon hiccup pest
Had a crack at wanting to be a superhero
His mind wandered on what form it should take
Rambled on with choices galore so he thought
Some ideas about being airborne one that could float
A slight start though but he winced and made faces
How could he see himself sailing in the air
Festooned perhaps with ribbons as headgear
His movement restricted his reach stunted
but still, he managed a laugh
Moving on it gave him hiccups just thinking about it
Not forgetting goosebumps that suddenly appeared
No, not to be seen as a clown but acting tough
Ending like a pest in the eyes of the young ones
The target group that he was set to entertain
Could he muster the courage to be good at playacting
To move in a different direction and make a mess of it
With the prospects of being mocked and laughed at?
He thought to be a macho superhero would be a breeze
No, it would seem far easier to act silly and be a clown
Where mistakes could be covered up to be seen
as part of the act and to still end up as successful
as playing in a serious role
Yes, 'Bozo' had been taken
what to call himself he wondered
Sumana's at PU's Midweek Motif - movement
Sunday, July 9, 2017
Love is in the air
(fair use of image)
the 12 given words:
the 12 given words:
sheets chill rhythm shot
shimmering (a quivering or image produced by reflecting faint light)
plume (featherlike cover, or adorn with)
stars foolish prophet caravans vent pick
Love is in the air
On reflection, fun to be with
A new love on his mind
Sitting alone he is happy
Sheets of smoke twirling
It goes well while sipping
Strawberry Chill Vape Juice
Rhythm of dancing smoke screen
Shots of shimmering cover in the air
Brilliance of peacock plumes
Hallucinations of stars beyond
How foolish are the prophets of doom
Throwing caravans of humbug at him
Lining up to vent their anger
It is his own choice his own pick
They have no right to impose their will
He is set with his new love, vaping!
Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle #307
Marian's at Real Toad's - the tuesday platform
shimmering (a quivering or image produced by reflecting faint light)
plume (featherlike cover, or adorn with)
stars foolish prophet caravans vent pick
Love is in the air
On reflection, fun to be with
A new love on his mind
Sitting alone he is happy
Sheets of smoke twirling
It goes well while sipping
Strawberry Chill Vape Juice
Rhythm of dancing smoke screen
Shots of shimmering cover in the air
Brilliance of peacock plumes
Hallucinations of stars beyond
How foolish are the prophets of doom
Throwing caravans of humbug at him
Lining up to vent their anger
It is his own choice his own pick
They have no right to impose their will
He is set with his new love, vaping!
Brenda's Sunday Whirl Wordle #307
Marian's at Real Toad's - the tuesday platform
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Beautiful whorls in flaming red
Attribution: Robert Draves (@draves.robert)
Image: 1 Red Poppies (here)
Beautiful whorls in flaming red
Hidden existence one rarely sees
Surreptitiously cultivated, its fate
found credence with the junkies
Attribution :Mjpresson
Image: 2 Pressed cannabis (here)
Enhanced by the unscrupulous
Its deathly effects with new variants
Hash has come a long way known
before as herbal cannabis or marijuana
Then with innocent sounding grass
Later weed pot fix ice and what have you
Shedding tears of the innocents to the wild
escapades and deathly experiences of them
ending in stupors of the vanquished
Its potency increasing in tandem with
its THC content as the years ahead loomed
'Fragile things' are not to be meddled with
lest the fragile minds are frighteningly doomed
Note: The intoxicating chemical in marijuana is
tetrahydracannabinol, or THC.It has soared from
less than 1 percent in 1972, to 3 to 4 percent in
the 1990s, to nearly 13 percent in 2010. Today,
some retail fix has 30 percent THC - wiki
Magaly at Real Toad's Fragile, Natural, Wild
and to include the phrase - fragile things
Mary's at PU's Poetry Pantry #361
Image: 1 Red Poppies (here)
Beautiful whorls in flaming red
Hidden existence one rarely sees
Surreptitiously cultivated, its fate
found credence with the junkies
Attribution :Mjpresson
Image: 2 Pressed cannabis (here)
Enhanced by the unscrupulous
Its deathly effects with new variants
Hash has come a long way known
before as herbal cannabis or marijuana
Then with innocent sounding grass
Later weed pot fix ice and what have you
Shedding tears of the innocents to the wild
escapades and deathly experiences of them
ending in stupors of the vanquished
Its potency increasing in tandem with
its THC content as the years ahead loomed
'Fragile things' are not to be meddled with
lest the fragile minds are frighteningly doomed
Note: The intoxicating chemical in marijuana is
tetrahydracannabinol, or THC.It has soared from
less than 1 percent in 1972, to 3 to 4 percent in
the 1990s, to nearly 13 percent in 2010. Today,
some retail fix has 30 percent THC - wiki
Magaly at Real Toad's Fragile, Natural, Wild
and to include the phrase - fragile things
Mary's at PU's Poetry Pantry #361
Friday, July 7, 2017
the heat of summer dulls the initiative
Attribution: Ozizo
Image: Cola float (here)
Image: Cola float (here)
11 of 12 given words:
heat, bird fling bright easy cricket
dusk ice cream pass float sweat
the heat of summer dulls the initiative
but birds are ever-present singing in unison
having a fling, bright and easy with relief
about the only sounds sustaining so brazen
a lone cricket may well get into the act
its melodious rebuke right through the dusk
insisting on shrill cries where others dread
with no other significant sounds that last
perhaps sounds of slurping ice-cream
more apparent to quench parched lips
to pass off better with floats at the brim
with sweat at the brow in between sips
For grapeling's at Real Toad's - get listed
heat, bird fling bright easy cricket
dusk ice cream pass float sweat
the heat of summer dulls the initiative
but birds are ever-present singing in unison
having a fling, bright and easy with relief
about the only sounds sustaining so brazen
a lone cricket may well get into the act
its melodious rebuke right through the dusk
insisting on shrill cries where others dread
with no other significant sounds that last
perhaps sounds of slurping ice-cream
more apparent to quench parched lips
to pass off better with floats at the brim
with sweat at the brow in between sips
For grapeling's at Real Toad's - get listed
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Sake to his lips
Author: MarÃa de las Nieves Sande
Image: Renown Japanese drink - sake (here)
Sake to his lips
The pot now already empty
Glassy- eyed he burped
It did not take long
Belching sign of full tummy
The host was happy
Image: Renown Japanese drink - sake (here)
Sake to his lips
The pot now already empty
Glassy- eyed he burped
It did not take long
Belching sign of full tummy
The host was happy
Chev's Carpe Diem #1215
cold sake (hiyazake)
cold sake (hiyazake)
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
nary a moment true without their poems
Author Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick
Image: A Culture of regular Meetings (here)
the 11 of 12 given words:
walked shades together poems fruit wore
favorite listened wine before festival:
walked the shades shadowed together
nary a moment true without their poems
fruit of their labour tucked safely under
it wore on a favorite of their own intrusions
they listened amidst wine and festivities
a gathering of like-minded souls as before
tagging along also members of their family
making it a convention of sorts and more
independence of people, a festival of culture
a meeting of fertile minds bandied about
in a fighting atmosphere of friendly banter
progressive poets' outing with big shouts
MMT's Sunday's Whirligig #119
Susan's at PU's Midweek Motif - independence
Image: A Culture of regular Meetings (here)
the 11 of 12 given words:
walked shades together poems fruit wore
favorite listened wine before festival:
walked the shades shadowed together
nary a moment true without their poems
fruit of their labour tucked safely under
it wore on a favorite of their own intrusions
they listened amidst wine and festivities
a gathering of like-minded souls as before
tagging along also members of their family
making it a convention of sorts and more
independence of people, a festival of culture
a meeting of fertile minds bandied about
in a fighting atmosphere of friendly banter
progressive poets' outing with big shouts
MMT's Sunday's Whirligig #119
Susan's at PU's Midweek Motif - independence
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
munching session to begin
Author : Sippakorn Yamkasikorn
Image: Ready to Eat Pasta! (here)
plateful of pasta
munching session to begin
but tummy is full
wanting to run wild
too bad it hurts his parents
mischief on his mind
Note: This is the first tryout of the
"fragment and phrase" way of writing a haiku
(hope it works)
Chev's Carpe Diem - 1214 dawn
Image: Ready to Eat Pasta! (here)
plateful of pasta
munching session to begin
but tummy is full
wanting to run wild
too bad it hurts his parents
mischief on his mind
Note: This is the first tryout of the
"fragment and phrase" way of writing a haiku
(hope it works)
Chev's Carpe Diem - 1214 dawn
Monday, July 3, 2017
It is demeaning what is the meaning?
Photographer: Didier Descouens
Image: 1 The Moth's dorsal view (here)
Photographer: Didier Descouens
Image:2 The shock of seeing a Death-head
when the thorax is amplified (here)
the 32 given words:
meaning wheel name inkling unconscious perception limit amplification
faint threshold frail dissociated control evasive tender oscillate tension impulse
penumbra (a shadowy, indefinite, or marginal area)
fetish stiff irrational precise trigger primitive
cryptic (mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous)
jump boundaries deflected forgetting collective disguise
It is demeaning what is the meaning?
To be wheeled into a realm of name
calling, mystifying with no inkling but
of an unconscious perception
There is a limit to amplification, a faint
threshold of reality to a frail attempt at
a dissociated control evasive by nature
A tender oscillating movement may help
to ease tension on impulse hidden within
the penumbra of fetish tendencies stiff
and irrational but precise
However, it might trigger off a primitive
and cryptic message in a confused mind
The danger is to jump to conclusion
across boundaries deflected from its
purpose for forgetting a collective agenda
under disguise
Note: 1) Hank had used the word list in its
entirety and in the given sequence to test
whether it is possible to create something sensible
2) To make it easier it is related to the shock of
seeing a morbid amplification of the moth's thorax
Clarification: This was created this morning and
linked earlier to Real Toad's - for Hedgewitch's -
Get listed. It was late in the day for anyone to read
so Hank decided to link it here again for
Kerry's at Real Toad's - the tuesday platform
(apologies!)
Image: 1 The Moth's dorsal view (here)
Photographer: Didier Descouens
Image:2 The shock of seeing a Death-head
when the thorax is amplified (here)
the 32 given words:
meaning wheel name inkling unconscious perception limit amplification
faint threshold frail dissociated control evasive tender oscillate tension impulse
penumbra (a shadowy, indefinite, or marginal area)
fetish stiff irrational precise trigger primitive
cryptic (mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous)
jump boundaries deflected forgetting collective disguise
It is demeaning what is the meaning?
To be wheeled into a realm of name
calling, mystifying with no inkling but
of an unconscious perception
There is a limit to amplification, a faint
threshold of reality to a frail attempt at
a dissociated control evasive by nature
A tender oscillating movement may help
to ease tension on impulse hidden within
the penumbra of fetish tendencies stiff
and irrational but precise
However, it might trigger off a primitive
and cryptic message in a confused mind
The danger is to jump to conclusion
across boundaries deflected from its
purpose for forgetting a collective agenda
under disguise
Note: 1) Hank had used the word list in its
entirety and in the given sequence to test
whether it is possible to create something sensible
2) To make it easier it is related to the shock of
seeing a morbid amplification of the moth's thorax
Clarification: This was created this morning and
linked earlier to Real Toad's - for Hedgewitch's -
Get listed. It was late in the day for anyone to read
so Hank decided to link it here again for
Kerry's at Real Toad's - the tuesday platform
(apologies!)
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Happy birthday, Naqip!
Attribution: Qaty
Image:1 The Confident Birthday Boy!(Naqip was born on July 02, 2010)
Remember Naqip? He had everyone on tenterhook
before (here) He turned seven today. He brought
his buddies to the kiddies' skating rink and showed
his prowess at his own brand of ice hockey. Mum
Qaty and Dad Hafi had him to be skating savvy
just for this day. He did not disappoint!
Happy birthday, Naqip!
(55 words)
Attribution: Hank
Image:2 Getting ready! Socks and gloves are mandatory
With elder sister Ayesha (holding on to him) and elder
brother Nabil (4th from left)
Attribution: Hank
Image: 3 Naqip shows his prowess. He has good ball control
Attribution: Hank
Image: 4 Nabil keeping goal
(He said he hadn't let in any!)
Attribution: Hank
Image: 5 After such a hectic day,time to blow out the candles
Kerry's at Real Toad's - Flash 55 (to write in 55 words)
- in play it again, toads
Mary's at PU's Poetry Pantry #360
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Were there occasions free of blight?
Attribution: Karin Gustafson
Image: Flight of Fancy (here)
contrite (caused by or showing sincere remorse)
erudite (characterized by great knowledge)
tektite (small glassy bodies produced by the impact of meteorites on the earth's surface)
nephrite (a form of jade)
Flight Of Write enhancing the bite
Advancing together to great heights
Snugly comforting stars and stripes
Anticipating Fourth of July delights
Looking back at triggers of contrite
Were there occasions free of blight?
Writing exhaustively seemingly erudite
With ideas strewn about like tektites
Knocking the mind incessantly to incite
Creative juices brewing hoping to extradite
Shines of the elegance of green nephrite
Against writer's block sadly none to excite
Karin's aka Outlawyer at Real Toad's - flight of write
Bjorn's at d'Verse's OpenLinkNight #199 - announcing summer break
Image: Flight of Fancy (here)
contrite (caused by or showing sincere remorse)
erudite (characterized by great knowledge)
tektite (small glassy bodies produced by the impact of meteorites on the earth's surface)
nephrite (a form of jade)
Flight Of Write enhancing the bite
Advancing together to great heights
Snugly comforting stars and stripes
Anticipating Fourth of July delights
Looking back at triggers of contrite
Were there occasions free of blight?
Writing exhaustively seemingly erudite
With ideas strewn about like tektites
Knocking the mind incessantly to incite
Creative juices brewing hoping to extradite
Shines of the elegance of green nephrite
Against writer's block sadly none to excite
Karin's aka Outlawyer at Real Toad's - flight of write
Bjorn's at d'Verse's OpenLinkNight #199 - announcing summer break
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
With sadness the final curtain
Author: Unknown
Image: Goodbye! (here)
3WW - the given words:
memorize
haphazard
goodbye
With sadness the final curtain
All good things will face an end
Done here with dignity and grace
'Thom' is a Wednesday phenomenon
Easy to memorize nothing haphazard
Thanks and goodbye for now
Perhaps we'll meet again!
Note: It is with deep regret to note that
Thom has decided to discontinue 3WW
Thom's 3WW week #538
Image: Goodbye! (here)
3WW - the given words:
memorize
haphazard
goodbye
With sadness the final curtain
All good things will face an end
Done here with dignity and grace
'Thom' is a Wednesday phenomenon
Easy to memorize nothing haphazard
Thanks and goodbye for now
Perhaps we'll meet again!
Note: It is with deep regret to note that
Thom has decided to discontinue 3WW
Thom's 3WW week #538
wonder of wonders as a housewife
Author: Unknown
Image: Housewife Washing Clothes
in a Third World country (here)
the 12 given words:
lipsticks hairspray wisp willing chores walk boxes
smock (overgarment to protect the clothing while working)
hips wonders seldom clerking
busy lady of the house dressed
with neither lipsticks nor hairspray
but just a hairpin to keep the wisp
of hair in place ever willing and happy
with 'simple' household chores
Image: Housewife Washing Clothes
in a Third World country (here)
the 12 given words:
lipsticks hairspray wisp willing chores walk boxes
smock (overgarment to protect the clothing while working)
hips wonders seldom clerking
busy lady of the house dressed
with neither lipsticks nor hairspray
but just a hairpin to keep the wisp
of hair in place ever willing and happy
with 'simple' household chores
she has to walk all over the house
often carrying boxes without help
garbed in a loose smock at the hips
wonder of wonders for as a housewife
it is a full day's job every day including
weekends and seldom complaining or is
adequately rewarded, nothing compared
to a 9 to 5 clerking job and all without
Monday, June 26, 2017
Self-administering insulin is not playing doctor
Attribution: Eric Wicklund
Image Diabetics Can Look Out
to the Outside World. (here)
11 of 12 given words
insulin posture shake suffer radiate restaurant hereafter
immure (v) (to enclose within walls. to shut in; seclude or confine)
galimatias(n) confused or unintelligible talk; nonsense)
slovenly(adj) (untidy or unclean in appearance or habits)
cloudburst (a sudden and very heavy rainfall).
Self-administering insulin is not playing doctor
but to regulate glucose in the blood for those deficient
Still, it allows control, dignity and acceptable posture
Unlike Parkinson's shakes that reduce self-reliance
Still not immured nor rendered to a blank staring galimatias
Of those who suffer dementia without any recollections
Diabetics can be expected to radiate confidence unbiased
Not slovenly of those forgetful but immaculate if they want
Not known for cloudburst reactions nor embarrassing actions
But be seen as a loving person, father or a dignified personality
Known to enjoy normal life's pleasures dining in restaurants
Hereafter a well-respected senior citizen in the community
(103 words)
For MLMM's Wordle #161
Sunday's Photo Fiction - June 25th
Marian's at Real Toad's - the tuesday platform
Image Diabetics Can Look Out
to the Outside World. (here)
11 of 12 given words
insulin posture shake suffer radiate restaurant hereafter
immure (v) (to enclose within walls. to shut in; seclude or confine)
galimatias(n) confused or unintelligible talk; nonsense)
slovenly(adj) (untidy or unclean in appearance or habits)
cloudburst (a sudden and very heavy rainfall).
Self-administering insulin is not playing doctor
but to regulate glucose in the blood for those deficient
Still, it allows control, dignity and acceptable posture
Unlike Parkinson's shakes that reduce self-reliance
Still not immured nor rendered to a blank staring galimatias
Of those who suffer dementia without any recollections
Diabetics can be expected to radiate confidence unbiased
Not slovenly of those forgetful but immaculate if they want
Not known for cloudburst reactions nor embarrassing actions
But be seen as a loving person, father or a dignified personality
Known to enjoy normal life's pleasures dining in restaurants
Hereafter a well-respected senior citizen in the community
(103 words)
For MLMM's Wordle #161
Sunday's Photo Fiction - June 25th
Marian's at Real Toad's - the tuesday platform
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Sheer tough luck all in a single file
Author:Brocken Inaglory
Image: Move over, will you? (here)
Image: Move over, will you? (here)
the 12 given words:
sheer single blink rooted drunk tattered
lash dust snatch sly spin curved
Sheer tough luck all in a single file
In a blink there were four in a row
Seemed inclined to test the waters
Rooted along their narrow domains
Not moving neither were they drunk
Tattered in thoughts a duck's dilemma
To lash them to dust to snatch victory
Or throw a sly spin to make them retreat
A curved passage could offer alternatives
But caught in the middle of a problem
and embroiled in a pack of nerve-wracking
intrusion, freedom was no free holiday
lash dust snatch sly spin curved
Sheer tough luck all in a single file
In a blink there were four in a row
Seemed inclined to test the waters
Rooted along their narrow domains
Not moving neither were they drunk
Tattered in thoughts a duck's dilemma
To lash them to dust to snatch victory
Or throw a sly spin to make them retreat
A curved passage could offer alternatives
But caught in the middle of a problem
and embroiled in a pack of nerve-wracking
intrusion, freedom was no free holiday
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Ever remembered when one was in nursery school?
Attribution: Pierce, C.C.(1861-1946)
Image: Seven young
Japanese girls ca.1900. (here)
Sunday's Whirligig's 12 given words:
nursery school stories lost middle upset
older, lunches wait dance week treatment
3WW given words:
treatment unruly veiled
Ever remembered when one was in nursery school?
Of stories good and bad of concern to worried parents
Lost in the middle of the crowd of young friends
Getting upset many times over for no apparent reasons
Ever remembered when older had to bring lunches
Had to wait in line for popular events that one fancied
Tea dance on weekends as a prelude to formal ballroom
Of cold treatment given for unruly behaviour as teens
Ever remembered all these goings-on as strategised
Of the veiled attempts mostly to hide the real intentions
Of trying hard for the attention of the teenyboppers
Ever remembered the carefree days of innocence!
MMT at Sunday's Whirligig #117
Thomg's 3WW week#537
Image: Seven young
Japanese girls ca.1900. (here)
Sunday's Whirligig's 12 given words:
nursery school stories lost middle upset
older, lunches wait dance week treatment
3WW given words:
treatment unruly veiled
Ever remembered when one was in nursery school?
Of stories good and bad of concern to worried parents
Lost in the middle of the crowd of young friends
Getting upset many times over for no apparent reasons
Ever remembered when older had to bring lunches
Had to wait in line for popular events that one fancied
Tea dance on weekends as a prelude to formal ballroom
Of cold treatment given for unruly behaviour as teens
Ever remembered all these goings-on as strategised
Of the veiled attempts mostly to hide the real intentions
Of trying hard for the attention of the teenyboppers
Ever remembered the carefree days of innocence!
MMT at Sunday's Whirligig #117
Thomg's 3WW week#537
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Who to nudge to get some attention?
Attribution: George Chernilevsky
Image: Left to Fend for Itself (here)11 of 12 given words:
mundane neat vent spine wrapper nudge
partial tentative backwards oppose smile
Left to myself in this mundane existence
It is neat, sure but how do I vent my frustrations
It is not spine-chilling nor spine-breaking
But it is a wrapper around my initiatives
Who to nudge to get some attention?
Even a partial response is enough
Even a tentative attention to start with
I can go backwards to create space
It is better as opposed to being neglected
I can still afford a smile though but for how long?
Kerry's at Real Toad's - the tuesday platform
MLMM's Wordle #160
Monday, June 19, 2017
Mother's love equates to mother's burden - a Quadrille
Author: William Warby
Image: Mother's burden (here)
Mother's love equates to mother's burden
To see to the success of succession of siblings
Raw in their quests of comforts and motherly protection
Peppered along the way with thorny issues
Often a good word of appreciation
is not adequately verbalised by those privileged!
(44 words)
Kim's at d'Verse's Quadrille #35
and to include the word - pepper
Image: Mother's burden (here)
Mother's love equates to mother's burden
To see to the success of succession of siblings
Raw in their quests of comforts and motherly protection
Peppered along the way with thorny issues
Often a good word of appreciation
is not adequately verbalised by those privileged!
(44 words)
Kim's at d'Verse's Quadrille #35
and to include the word - pepper
Sunday, June 18, 2017
It gnaws at his conscience
11 of 12 given words:
gnaws touch prints fall wheel whistle
broken apart thread ring echo
broken apart thread ring echo
It gnaws at his conscience
Befitting of the hurt meted out
Touch of class is a rare lesson
Leaving prints in the clouds
Fall from grace a damning start
Wheel of fortune hard to discern
But in a whistle, it is broken apart
Not careful in extending concern
Thin thread that intrudes emotionally
Ring of sadness through her heart
To echo a similar occasion recently
So tactless not being smart to impart
Befitting of the hurt meted out
Touch of class is a rare lesson
Leaving prints in the clouds
Fall from grace a damning start
Wheel of fortune hard to discern
But in a whistle, it is broken apart
Not careful in extending concern
Thin thread that intrudes emotionally
Ring of sadness through her heart
To echo a similar occasion recently
So tactless not being smart to impart
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Fresh from sweet sixteen
Courtesy of Teresa
Image: Sweeter 17 (here)
Frightful of ‘heptakaidekaphobia’
Coming of age comes responsibility
Whole new world opens up no fear
Lots to look forward to in reality
Fresh from sweet sixteen
Discovery of new experiences
Stepping into adulthood
(17 x 2 = 34 words)
Note: ‘heptakaidekaphobia’
is fear of the number 17
Teresa's at MLMM - Saturday's Mix
- to write on things 17
Image: Sweeter 17 (here)
Frightful of ‘heptakaidekaphobia’
Coming of age comes responsibility
Whole new world opens up no fear
Lots to look forward to in reality
Fresh from sweet sixteen
Discovery of new experiences
Stepping into adulthood
(17 x 2 = 34 words)
Note: ‘heptakaidekaphobia’
is fear of the number 17
Teresa's at MLMM - Saturday's Mix
- to write on things 17
Thursday, June 15, 2017
The Elegant Mode of OP Yusuf Hashim.
Attribution: OP Yusuf Hashim
Image:1 The Man himself, the elegant Male model OP Yusuf Hashim.
Last year OP Yusuf was invited to be Wardrobe's Man of the Year 2016 (Wardrobe is an upmarket bespoke tailoring store. Its tailors and cutters are trained in Saville Row)
Confirmed with OP Yusuf the Billboard featuring the above is still there intact, at the intersection in Bangsar. In fact there's also a bigger one at the VIP Car Park IOI Mall Putrajaya.
Altogether 8 suits were tailored. A New York trained photograper was commissioned to shoot the photos. OP Yusuf was also featured on the cover of THE GRID the upmarket magazine (that's for another day!)
The Modern day Explorer
We've seen OP Yusuf as the Modern day Explorer with his intrusions into many corners of the globe as a gypsetting traveler and photographer. A glimpse of a guy who is now touching 71 years but accomplishing exploits of those of a younger age.
The Modern day Explorer
We've seen OP Yusuf as the Modern day Explorer with his intrusions into many corners of the globe as a gypsetting traveler and photographer. A glimpse of a guy who is now touching 71 years but accomplishing exploits of those of a younger age.
Attribution: OP Yusuf Hashim
Image:2 OP Yusuf the Photographer
Image:3 A youthful OP Yusuf crossing the Topic of Capricorn Marker years ago in Africa
The Haiku
Boundless energy
At home at many places
All in a package
Grace's at de'Verse's OLN #198
Monday, June 12, 2017
With idiosyncrasies of a genius
Attribution: © A Mixed Bag
Image: The War Machine (here)
SW's 12 given words:
ignite miracle pin rancid ripple touch
shadow trance walk water within whisper
shadow trance walk water within whisper
Is it most opportune to again ignite
The unforgettable Fischer-Spassky miracle
Not to pin down on something infinite
But on an occasion rancid with ripples
To touch even a shadow of the blotches
Where spectators came face to face
With all the idiosyncrasies of a genius
Who held them in a trance in every match
Fischer led them through some 'disproves'
He walked them in like fish through water
Some were plainly psychological moves
Emerged victor within whispers of the Cold War
The unforgettable Fischer-Spassky miracle
Not to pin down on something infinite
But on an occasion rancid with ripples
To touch even a shadow of the blotches
Where spectators came face to face
With all the idiosyncrasies of a genius
Who held them in a trance in every match
Fischer led them through some 'disproves'
He walked them in like fish through water
Some were plainly psychological moves
Emerged victor within whispers of the Cold War
Sunday Photo Fiction June 2017
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