a Poem for "Out of Standard" writing

 

Iba saw

 

Iba saw the Light

It was coming down

Down the road to here

Iba was thinking

 

What was she to do

Take care of herself

Alone pondering

Getting lighter now

 

Drying blood red peas

Lay beside the road

Scattered, strange pervert

She dare not step there

 

Iba made her choice

Dash into the trees

Forest's kind cover

Shoes stuck in red muck

 

Where was Nature's aid

Light, trees, red pea muck

Rescue might be one

There was nothing else

 

The light came nearer

Iba grabbed her shoes

Ran back, where she'd been

Light coming faster

 

What soon would she know

Driver smiled, nodded 

Swept her up and gone

Pursued by armed men

 

Rover lights went dim 

Into the forest

Through the red pea muck

Now saved by the Light

 

 

Me, beside our Rover -- -- -- Amy, our driver

[click on picture for larger view, click again for largest]

 - You might ask, "where is the forest?"  We didn't see a forest in the Falkland Islands although we did have to drive two hours through this pasture/mucky bog to get to the Penguin Preserve.  Amy's Rover is a 2000 with 57,000 miles.  There isn't any place far on those islands.  Her mom got a new one and this is her old one she gave to Amy.  
 - Amy contract drives with the tour companies.  When an RV gets stuck it is said to be bogged.  Properly bogged if it has to be towed out like this one is being.  The driver was Amy's brother.  Amy is a good driver, she didn't get us stuck.
 - We were on a Princess Cruise, from Los Angels to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from last December 4 to January 4, 2017.   Pictures here were posted on my other blog (link) from our cruise ship, The Pacific Princess (link)

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 - Poem and Falkland Island pictures Copyright, © 2017 and 2016 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved

 - Top Photo is my "Print Screen" copied from Isadora's post referenced and linked immediately below

- 1)  I am linked with Isadora Gruye at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Out of Standard -- Photo Finish, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/05/out-of-standard-photo-finish.html  
  - 2) We were instructed to write as we were "inspired" by the picture and use the unrelated words she has written below the picture of our choice.  I chose the one here, at the beginning of my post.  the words were, "self, care, wasabi, peas."  Wasabi wasn't in my dictionary so I treated it as a nonsense word.  My first two words, "Iba saw", also the title,  consist of Wasabi spelled backwards.
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A Mother-in-law Poem for Tuesday Platform

Sitting in the doctor's office
Today Mother-in-law's in tow
She doesn't want to be here but
It's semi annual appointment

Her bag is full of bottles, pills
That's her medicine list for?  Me
Me to fill in the blanks for her
She thinks the nurses could do that

So we sit, taking in the crowd
Too many people here she says
We'll never get out of this place
I don't need to do this, let's leave

Explaining why we are here now
Seems we just came last month, let's go
Mother, you cannot, doctor's call
He needs to check your heart again

Check your fluids and check your lungs
Oh look, new law. We go in first
Yes, I'm taking my pills, and walk
To the corner everyday, mail

Doctor, she's not taking them all
I don't take the potassium
Every day, eat a banana
You need twenty of them each day

That's how it went, pulled every step
See you in six months, TAKE YOUR PILLS
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 - Poem Copyright © 2017 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved

 - I'm linked with Marian, at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Tuesday Platform, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-tuesday-platform_9.html

Note:  This was how it would go. I don't do this anymore, my MIL died in 2007.
Mothers Day is this weekend, a Mema link (we still miss her):
http://jimmielife1.blogspot.com/search/label/Mema--Jim%27sLife

A Flash Poem for Catching up ("Play it Again")

Little bird on the fence

Of what do I owe thee

Be it some crumbs today

Or a meal of fine seeds

 

Oh beautiful creature

Blackbird lady supreme

How is your family

Do babies want some worms

 

You say, want none of that

Then I'll clean the bird bath

Smart bird flies off the fence 

 

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 - Poem Copyright © 2017 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved

 - Photo is my "Print Screen" copied from Margaret's post referenced and linked immediately below

- 1)  I am linked with Margaret at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads. Artistic Interpretations "Simply Beautiful", originally posted on December 26, 2014, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.co.za/2014/12/artistic-interpretations-simply.html (Margaret wanted us o write inspired on what was in her directions or in some National Geographic Artist's works.  I chose her post and used mainly the first topic and picture, the bird on the fence.)

 - 2)  Again, I am linked with Kerry at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, "Flash 55 Plus, posted August 1, 2015, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.co.za/2015/08/flash-55-plus.html (Here Kerry asked us to write a Flash [short] poem of exactly 55 words.  We could write on any topic or chose to write on her suggestion, "Trespass".  Technically my Blackbird could be trespassing but more technically, birds and animals of the wild are free range and given permission to be wherever they might naturally present themselves.)

- 3)  I am also linked with Kerry at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Play It Again Toads!, posted on May 6, 2017, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/05/play-it-again-toads.html (Here we were given three past posts to choose from, I decided to write to two of them as linked above)
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