Sunday Muse Poem -- Horse Race

"Indigo Sky Mares"  

by Laurel Burch 

Pick a Good Pony 

Two different breeds they get along just fine 

Both mares with excellent trainers 

Taller one sets the pace for many laps 

Shorter one oft comes from behind 

Put your money on each you'll be ahead 

But not to win rather to place 

Bite your nails until the very finish 

A lesson here that I've learned the hard way  

Winners need not be the first but they show 

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2021, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with Carrie Van Horn for "Indigo Sky Mares" Artwork prompt, at the Sunday Muse #147, http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/2021/02/sunday-muse-147.html?m=1 

 - Note:  I have never ever been to a horse race, car races yes, nor have I bet money on a horse.    I do watch them on TV, I also sometimes pick up a lottery ticket but I do not bet on the horses.

Weekly Scribblings Poem ~~ To Not Overly Punch

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Adi Beagle Dog, has she found a poodle friend? 

(Click the title for website link)(Punches Saved) 

Punches; 

pull or not to pull

One who pulls no punches 

Bent on winning regardless 

Loses lots of friends 

Cousin of my spouse 

Touted all words from the king 

Unfriended her fast 

Kid in class argued 

Proved the prof was very wrong 

Only one to fail 

Timids seldom swing 

They unload punch carefully 

Called diplomacy 

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 - My YouTube Video Copyright, Jimmiehov 2009, All Rights Reserved 

 - Poem Copyright Copyrightk Jimmiehov 2021, All Rights Reserved

 - Adi was our Beagle dog, she and I were a Pet Therapy Team (more)  

 - The littyle poodle, Katrin, came to live with lus that day. (more) 

 - I am linked with Rommy who provided the idea to write about ", or not to pull punches," at Weekly  Scriblings #55, https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2021/02/weekly-scribblings-56-hit-me-with-your.html

 - I have neglected my YouTube page, Jim1Jim1, terribly.  I may never post another?  https://www.youtube.com/user/Jim1Jim1 

 - Rommy would like us to 'write new poetry or prose while “reflect[ing] upon either the phrase ‘pull no punches’ OR ‘pull your punches’.”'

A Sunday Muse poem -- Woman

"Natural Woman" Digital Collage Art "

Covid Creations" by Susie Clevenger

Natural Woman

When does a Natural 

Woman hang it all up 

When does she don high 

heels and lipstick 

Rouge on her cheeks and 

eye lashes colored silver, 

or black 

But deep down what are 

her feelings Did she really

hang it on a tree 'cause 

she was the Natural 

Woman still 

You'll know her character 

if you knew her when she 

was a girl, a little girl.  Or 

sometimes a teen.  

And then it comes out 

when she is serious, 

sometimes when she 

plays.  Our Natural 

Woman is a girl at heart, 

the one she had from the 

start, no matter how she 

looks or what she 

pretends to be.

Natural Woman is the 

woman slash girl that 

you'll love. 

Old duds hung on a tree 

New Woman will not be 

Time comes she will be re- 

leased, sprung from gilded cage 

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2021, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with Carrie Van Horn at the Sunday Muse  #146, http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/2021/02/sunday-muse-146.html?m=1 

 - Carrie presented the Digital Collage Art pictured above created by Susie Clevenger for a prompt to inspire our writing.  Her picture is titled, "Natural Woman."