Raring to go, Spring is here #1 ~~ a Challenge Poem

 

Our Bags are Packed

 

Our bags are packed, my Pony is ready

The flowers are blooming, we are raring

Raring to go West, flowers are bluest

Texas Bluebonnets beckon, pictures please

 

I'll bring my love, park her in the middle

In the middle of the blue bonnet field

We won't be alone, others there gather

Wait 'til the sun is setting, flowers fade

 

Meanwhile bide our time, walking hand in hand

In the morning the spring dew awaits us

Spring dew, Winter's frost freshened just for us

Top-down day again, off to next fresh start

 

Photo and Poem Copyright © 2015 Jimmiehov

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Today I am linked with Herotomost at The Real Toads, ....An Old Man's Fancy There Corey invited us to write poetry to the spring.  We've had spring here in Southeast Texas ever since February ended.  Yes, our Texas Bluebonnets are out.

 

The Ford Mustang is my retirement gift to me, I call it an old man's four-wheeled motorcycle.  It is a 1998, now 17 years old and has 102K miles.  It was two years old with 50K when I rescued my little pony from a little old lady.

 

I also have my Mom's, a 1974 Mustang II Ghia with 78K miles.

The beagle is my Adi Jane, my love and BF.  Adi died in November, 2013. 

Cottage on the lake -- Play it Again Challenge

 

Cottage on the Lake

 

A little cottage on the lake

Quiet place I can get away

Draw, write, compose, fly time away

 

Fish in the day and watch for snake

I'll clean my fish then fry and eat

Nature calls, has city life beat

 

Live off the land, a life to make

Rest and peace brings creativeness

Need no more for persuasiveness

 

Watch the stars at night while awake

Listen, their story jot it down

Paint the scenes from my sketches drawn

 

From my small cottage on the lake

I've forgotten business rat race

And done a complete about face  

 

A little cottage on the lake

 Fish in the day and watch for snake

Live off the land, a life to make

Watch the stars at night while awake

From my small cottage on the lake

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Photo and Poem Copyright © 2015 Jimmiehov

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 - I'm writing for Margaret’s Play It Again challenge to the Real Toads using the CONSTANZA poetry form option(The Schema is a - b - b / a -c -c / a - d - d / a - e - e / a - f - f  in which each line has 8 syllables)

 

 - And now on Tuesday I am linking with the Real Toads again for the The Tuesday Platform hosted by Kerry O'Connor.

 

 - The picture I took from our Viking River Cruise boat on "the river" someplace in Russia between Moscow and St. Petersburg.  You can read some about that river cruise and see more pictures on my other blog, Jim's Little Blog, click here.