Monday, April 21, 2008
The Garage
Tools hang on the walls. Boxes of stuff I don't need fill the space. Poor car.
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Black Cat
Cat sleeps everywhere. Hair in the laundry basket in drawer, on pillow. Laundry in open washer. Cat sneaks in. Soap suds splatter. (This is another Tanka -- a japanese form of poetry in the pattern of 5-7-5-7-7.)
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Friday, April 18, 2008
Ant Hills
If any creature lives by the proverb,"Don't work? Don't eat," it's the ant.
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Blank Canvas
Possibilities are innumerable, yet where do I begin?
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Naps
Grandmother could nap for ten minutes, then wake up fresh, ready to roll.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Ahead of his time...
The Word spoken forth forming the heavens and earth clothed in human flesh speaking the good news that life way is Jesus, God's first born.
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Inside my purse...
Dig to find my keys. wallet is easily found pocket knife and wrench pens and pencil and notebook Oh, never forget the sink! Dig to find my keys. Wallet is easily found. Pocket knife and wrench. Pens and pencil and notebook. Oh, never forget the sink!
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Picnic...
Another prompt poem.....let's see....where to begin.... pull out the old quilt hose down dusty canvas chairs scrub clean the coolers oh my....what next....push the poet part of my brain....amazed at how quickly the Japanese form poem come together after 10 years of writing them.... Pull out the old quilt Hose down dusty canvas chairs scrub clean the coolers make sandwiches, fry chicken sleep in the shade while kids eat. Pull out the old quilt. Hose down dusty canvas chairs. Scrub clean the...
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Payday...
Another prompt driven poem.... count pennies and nickels and all the dimes I can find Thankful for quarters A dollar scraped together for MacD's coffee. Just a few more days to wait.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Snapshots...
Writing for a contest with title prompts....Not sure why....Oh well. Think I will try out tanka for this. Tanka is a little longer form poem than either haiku or senryu. Snapshots A moment in time captured for posterity extending image, my little children playing I am stuck for a last line....Ahhhh....tis so late I may have to leave this for now.... moments lost in time captured for posterity extended image my little children playing even though they are grown and gone
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