JIM'S LITTLE PHOTO AND POEM PLACE

One Single Impression: Wrong

2012-01-26T00:03:00.000-06:00

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Wrong:
a not very good way to start his long day

Charley started off wrong the other day
He got up on the wrong side of the bed
That made his wife cranky all of the day
Should have climbed back in bed to get ahead

Dressing next he would put on the wrong shoes
That of course made his feet to hurt all day
Wrong frozen meal for breakfast he would choose
Poor Charley had chicken and rice at eight

Charley went to work but caught the wrong bus
Poor excuse that—made him an hour late
Who'd a guessed—the boss put on such a fuss
Boys' chicken and rice was to catch the blame

Day's end found Charley's work undone—he stayed
The boss again put on another fuss
Ten minutes you're out of here—Charley prayed
Trouble comes in droves now he'll blame his bus

He put away his tools and washed his hands
He'd not delay and miss those minutes ten
Homeward bound saw Charley making his plans
Was his wife still madder than a wet hen?

Charley caught his bus but from the wrong line
Worried he'd catch the Dickens from his wife
He did soon as cracking the door this time

I'll let you finish—poor guy what a life

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The word, Wrong, is prompted at One Single Impression
The prompt word was suggested by Sandra of La Palabra Diminuta

One Single Impression: Smile

2012-01-22T12:03:00.003-06:00

Smile: the flirt

You smile—makes me warm all over

a warm I am liked kinda feel

I return your smile who wouldn't

leaves me gushing hope you won't know

Don't get your hopes wide awakened

it started there I smile to all

you aren't my favorite no way

now you're blushing please somewhere go

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The word, Smile, is prompted at One Single Impression
The prompt word was suggested by Geraldine of Take a Happy Break

One Single Impression: Soul

2012-01-15T00:03:00.001-06:00

Soul

Said myself to My Soul,
"Soul, whereforth goes thou?"
My Soul replied, "don't act so holy,
I know you very well."
"O well," I said learily,
then wishing to myself this time,
"why did I ask?"

That wasn't the end of this exchange
and soon My Soul was talking again.
"Whither thou goest I will go.
There is no other path."

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The word, Soul, is prompted at One Single Impression
The prompt word was suggested by Irendi of Recklessly Me

Acrostics Only: RENEWAL

2012-01-12T08:40:00.007-06:00

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RENEWAL

Rewound
Energy
Never
Expected
Watchmaker
Airborne
Liftoff

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Photo: Watchmaker
Courtesy Wikipedia

Acrostics Only: Prompt 1: Single Word lines requirement (SW) – RENEWAL

Note:
1. Pictured is a railroad watch finisher making an adjustment on a railroad movement. (Source=Watch Word magazine Date=September 1949 Author=Elgin National Watch Company and modifications by Wayne Schlitt ) copyright now expired.
2. Back in tile 1950's when I was a college dropout from the University of Nebraska I got a job at the Elgin watch factory in Lincoln, Nebraska. I joined the National Watchmakers Union and worked there for three years before being drafted into the U.S. Army.

One Single Impression: Invincible

2012-01-08T00:02:00.005-06:00

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Invincible

Invincible; knew not the word
young in age knew not harm

Invincible; sturdy's the game
youthful ambitions soared

Invincible; cried 'never fear'
peers were saying it too

Invincible; no longer fit
encounter with the bad

Invincible; oblivious
to ills perils abound

Invincibility's now gone
old age has taken toll

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The word, Invincible, is prompted at One Single Impression
The prompt word was suggested by The Dryad at Invincible Summer

Note: invincible [ɪnˈvɪnsəbəl]
adj
1. incapable of being defeated; unconquerable
2. unable to be overcome; insuperable invincible prejudices
[from Late Latin invincibilis, from Latin in-1 + vincere to
conquer]
invincibility , invincibleness n
invincibly adv
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/invincible

Acrostics Only: Acrostic Haiku - DUE

2012-01-03T20:23:00.010-06:00

Acrostics Only

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D U E

Dollars spent here there
Unless income exceeds spent
Each must pay piper

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Photo: Piper J3C-65 Cub
Courtesy Wikipedia

Acrostics Only: Prompt B: Acrostic Haiku (AH) - DUE
(A Haiku is a Japanese lyric verse form having 3 un-rhymed lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.)
(Similarly constructed poems involving human nature, are generally excluded from haiku, and reserved specifically for Senryū.)

Note: "pay the piper" ( meaning -- )
"to accept the unpleasant results of something you have done"
i.e. "pay the price"
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pay+the+piper

One Single Impression: Change

2012-01-01T00:03:00.000-06:00

C h a n g e;
Tea Party's dream

Government towers
Change--the order of the day
Less regulation
More power by the people
Taxes lower we demand

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Iowa map courtesy of Wikipedia (link)

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The word, Change, is prompted at One Single Impression
The prompt word was suggested by Harshad Mehta of The Space Within

One Single Impression: Renewal

2011-12-26T10:35:00.007-06:00

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Renewal

time of the new cup
out with old and in with new
freshen my coffee

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The word, Renewal, is prompted at One Single Impression
The prompt word was suggested by Sandy of Writing in Faith

One Single Impression: Inkpot

2011-12-18T10:15:00.006-06:00

Inkpot

olden days's inkpot

dry and fogged sits on back shelf

words flow from lap top

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The word, Inkpot, is prompted at One Single Impression
The prompt word was suggested by Nessa of Vanessa V. Kilmer

One Single Impression: Knight

2011-12-11T00:03:00.001-06:00

The Knight

o dear stately sir

my knight in shining armour

doorway ornament

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The word, Knight, is prompted at One Single Impression
The prompt word was suggested by Amity of Dreams Are My Reality

Acrostics Only: Acrostic Haiku - URN

2011-12-07T12:01:00.011-06:00

Acrostics Only

U R N
(trashed for urban renewal;
put up a parking lot)

Urban developed
Renewal is the order
Nature takes a hit

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Acrostics Only: Prompt B, Acrostic Haiku (AH) - URN
(A Haiku is a Japanese lyric verse form having 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.)

One Single Impression: Sapid

2011-12-04T00:03:00.006-06:00

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Sapid

sapid to the bone
languish simmering savour
delicious morsels
aroma enticed aroused
kiss their flowering tasty skirts

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The word, Sapid*, is prompted at One Single Impression
The prompt word was suggested by Andrée of meeyauw

*Sapid: adj.
1.
a. Perceptible to the sense of taste; having flavor.
b. Having a strong pleasant flavor; savory.
2. Pleasing to the mind; engaging.
from Free On Line Dictionary

One Single Impression: Seeking

2011-11-20T00:21:00.002-06:00

Seeking

I'm seeking some sunlight
I'm imprisoned again
still my sentence is light
and I'm here with my friends

My workload is not light
the food is awfully bad
there's no relief in sight
I think that I've been had

On trip to the prison
visited B-I-L
had Thanksgiving vision
rainy weather from Hell

we stopped at the Biltmore
no rooms for the wicked
Day's Inn will be once more
Charlotte traffic ticket

I could work off my fine
doing my job here on
Samaritan Purse time
wearing my wife's apron
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NO PEACE FOR ME IN JAIL. YES, ONCE AGAIN I AM HEADING OFF TO JAIL (picture at right courtesy of Wikipedia).

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Notes:
1. B-I-L is an acronym for Brother-in-Law
2. Biltmore is an old hotel near Asheville, N.C, USA
3. Samaritan Purse administers the ministry of Operation Christmas Child, an international relief organization headed up by Franklin Graham (link). I will be working on filled shoe boxes making sure that each one I inspect meets the organization's required standards of safety, content and theme, A SHOE BOX FULL OF HOPE FOR A CHILD.
4. We will not stay at the Day's Inn, I did not get a ticket, the work will be fun, and I won't be wearing Mrs. Jim's apron.
5. We will have Thanksgiving dinner with my BIL in Tennessee and we will visit the Biltmore.

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The word, Seeking, is prompted at One Single Impression

The Hourglass prompt was suggested by Harshad Mehta of Space Within .

One Single Impression: Hourglass

2011-11-13T00:03:00.001-06:00

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Hourglass

hourglass sits pretty
red ends clear glass and white sand
came with cardboard game

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The word, Hourglass, is prompted at One Single Impression

The Hourglass prompt was suggested by Julie of 365 .
Picture was previously posted October 8, 2010, on Jim's Little Blog, My boyhood games.

One Single Impression: Birdie

2011-11-06T00:03:00.004-05:00

Birdie

Two-ish little child
Watch the birdie she was told
What to do was missed

Dad to the rescue
Used kids' vocabulary
Say cheese did the trick

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The word, Birdie is prompted at One Single Impression

Birdie was suggested by Kaykuala of Rainbow .

Sort of: a PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 3

2011-11-03T11:01:00.017-05:00

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Sort of

Sort of a slow day, he could tell
he stayed in bed till almost nine
coffee in the pot getting stale
was still hot he teased his senses

Awake enough to eat a bite
what would it be? a hard boiled egg
couple pieces leftover ham
and half a slice of toast with jam

Glass of juice completed his meal
sort of

The above is a better...........
breakfast that he could.........
make on a better day...........

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I wrote this for a 2011 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 3 prompt, to write a poem beginning “sort of”. But the site below did not like my cookies so I did not register my poem with them. Their loss, perhaps.
http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poetry-prompts/2011-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-3

Acrostic: Fright

2011-10-31T00:03:00.008-05:00

Acrostics Only

F R I G H T
(Halloween)

Frightful night is here
Rattling bones scare the boys
Igor shrieks girls scream
Ghosts and ghouls galore
Hades' witches in black
Travelling on their brooms

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Acrostics Only: Prompt 5, Emotions (E) – FRIGHT
Instructions:
You can choose to do 1, 2, 3, or 4 Words per line in each prompt, except for the INNOVATIVE PROMPTS. The prompt must have either 1 word each line throughout the entire poem, 2 words each line throughout the entire poem, 3 words each line throughout the entire poem, or 4 words each line throughout the entire poem. But you cannot mix it.

One Single Impression: Sunset (an acrostic poem)

2011-10-30T00:03:00.002-05:00

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At Sunset:
a checklist

Sun is brilliantly setting
Under the clouds growing dark
Night is not far away
Splendor over the water
Evening formally announced
Today has been secured

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The word, Sunset is prompted at One Single Impression

Sunset was suggested by Kremo of The Obtuse Angle .

Note: The sun is not red. Click here to see the reason why.

One Single Impression: Limber Up

2011-10-23T16:01:00.004-05:00

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Limber Up;
the marathon

Stretch, limber up your legs
You've got a long long way to run
Dress, keep your body cool
Twenty-six miles is lot's of fun

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The words, Limber Up are prompted at One Single Impression

One Single Impression: Paper

2011-10-16T03:14:00.004-05:00

Paper

once pretty baby

painted vividly and wild

now warn and alone

sleeps in corners and the floors

child's paper doll was well used

prompted by One Single Impression word, paper

One Single Impression: River

2011-10-09T00:03:00.001-05:00

[Click on picture to enlarge]

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River of Tears

I lay down my head
I hope to sleep
My river runs high
High with tears I've shed
Shed those tears for you

Dreaming I hear you call
From the other side
That river I'll cross
Meet your arms to abide
River is my dowry for you

Oh were it to come true
Then true to you I'd be
Tears of joy would shout
Years of love we could share
River never running dry

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Prompt word, River, suggested by Ramesh at A Little More Than Ordinary..
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "River" as prompt

The photo was previously published here on Thursday, September 07, 2006 (link).
It is of the Bayou Lafourche (prounounced la-foosh) near Napoleonville, Louisiana. Bayou Lafourche starts at Donaldsonville and runs down into the Gulf of Mexico.

One Single Impression: Language

2011-10-02T00:03:00.002-05:00

Language

Tower of Babel
man's vainglory God's revenge
scattered them abroad
languages by the zillions
separated from their friends

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Prompt word, Language, suggested by Sandra at If: La Palabra Diminuta
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Tower of Babel, Genesis 11:1-9 NIV Bible:
1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward,[a] they found a plain in Shinar[b] and settled there.
3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower they were building. 6 The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”

8 So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel[c]—because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

Footnotes:
a.Genesis 11:2 Or from the east; or in the east
b.Genesis 11:2 That is, Babylonia
c.Genesis 11:9 That is, Babylon; Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.

One Single Impression: Amuse

2011-09-25T00:03:00.004-05:00

Amuse:
Bozo The Clown

Bozo isn't his really name
Bozo can make you laugh

Bozo has a brother Binky
Bozo can make you cry

Bozo lives in a Crosley car
Bozo can make you mad

Bozo has a red shiny nose
Bozo can make you tense

Bozo wears striped overalls
Bozo can make you wish

Bozo's kerchief is checkered blue
Wish that you were a clown

Links:

Clown names
Crosley cars, Crosley Clown Car
Our 2010 Rodeo visit

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Prompt word, Amuse, suggested by Madeleine at MAD KANE’S HUMOR BLOG
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One Single Impression: Betrayal

2011-09-18T00:03:00.003-05:00

Jailed man picture: Nicolas Fouquet and replica prison cell in the
Vaux-le-Vicomte cellar. (see below—click on picture to enlarge)

Betrayal:
one crook's lament

here am I locked up
betrayed my friend Aramis
now my end reward
jail is too good for me
misuse of public moneys

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We visited Vaux-le-Vicomte castle in France in the Spring of 2009. It was constructed under order of Nicolas Fouquet (see our Spring 2009 Europe Holiday).

Aramis: fictional musketeer in novels by Alexandre Dumas, père. (Wikipedia link)

Jailed man picture: The Nicolas Fouquet replica prison cell in the Vaux-le-Vicomte cellar. Fouquet was replaced as Minister of Finance by his his cunning agent and successor Jean-Baptiste Colbert. "In early 1665 Fouquet was transferred to the fortress of Pignerol. There, Eustache Dauger, the man identified in contemporary official correspondence as the Man in the Iron Mask, served as Fouquet's manservant. The former minister bore his imprisonment with manly fortitude, and composed several mediocre translations in prison. The devotional works bearing his name are apocryphal.
According to official records, Fouquet died in Pignerol on March 23, 1680." Wikipedia Article for more.

Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Betrayal" as prompt
Prompt word "Betrayal" was suggested by Leo of I Rhyme Without Reason

One Single Impression: Notebook

2011-09-11T12:03:00.002-05:00

The Notebook

Black and small, one made to fit a pocket
Always with him, his second memory
One day I peeked surreptitiously there
Into his little black precious notebook

Found there numbers friends for whom he might call
Addresses of those he some day would write
Books of love and mystery for to read
Web pages for leisure computer time

The very last page was most surprising
Were directions to his home just in case
Just in case he was lost and didn't know
Helping hands could send him on his way home

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Prompt word, Notebook, suggested by Gautami Tripathy at Rooted
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One Single Impression: Weed

2011-09-04T00:03:00.000-05:00

Weed

Lowly weed growing in a sidewalk crack
Trampled by many yet noticed by some

Wise bodies busy rush they see me not
Old and young may enjoy my friendly smiles

The young pluck my smiles bouquets for their Mums
Savored by old adorning their lapels

Though I'm just a weed in the sidewalk crack
For some my blossoms are pretty flowers
Dreamers see what wise men can't [???]
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Prompt word, Wheat, was suggested by Gabrielle at Wild Goose Scoops Moon
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The flower pictured is from a previous post . It was found growing by the sidewalk in Killarney, Ireland. I did not notice but a part of it may have been growing from a crack in that sidewalk.

One Single Impression: Wheat

2011-08-28T00:00:00.003-05:00

Wheat

beef tomato cheese
wheat tortilla soft taco
lettuce sour cream
yours--I'll have the same except
crispy fried corn tortilla

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Prompt word, Wheat, suggested by Niebla at NIEBLA FOG; A hermetic weblog
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Phantom" as prompt

One Single Impression: Obsession

2011-08-21T20:05:00.002-05:00

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Obsession

I'm carried away
my obsession has control
you cannot reach me

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Picture of our granddaughter, KP, taken by our daughter, Karen. All rights are reserved by her, Karen.
Prompt word, Obsession, suggested by Amity at Dreams Are My Reality v 2.0
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One Single Impression: Dreams

2011-08-07T12:03:00.001-05:00

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Building Dreams

Planners building a dream
a dream to ease ones sleep
dreamer's model for dreams
dreams for you and for me

Lover's dash of romance
mystery for those inclined
travels lure edge of world
luxury bathed in gold

Pillow sprinkled with dust
dreamer's magic potent
close your eyes get some sleep
pleasant dreams coming soon

All clothed in silliness

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Prompt word, Dreams, suggested by Isabel
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One Single Impression: Uncomfortable

2011-07-31T10:39:00.008-05:00

Uncomfortable

A little discomfort when I awoke
They said that was how it would be

Two Oxycontins and a morphine drip
Little plus 'on demand' all helped a bit

Red, red rose, loving gift from my sweetheart,
That thoughtfulness from her helped me so much

Best of all she was there her smiling face
Always there ever glowing in the night

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On July 18th my orthopedic surgeon replaced my left knee joint with a pre-manufactured one. I came home from the hospital on Friday. A blog series about 'My Operation" is currently in progress at Jim's Little Blog.

KP -- Dream Builder

2011-07-23T15:49:00.000-05:00

One Single Impression: Phantom

2011-07-17T00:03:00.001-05:00

The Phantom

beware the phantom
comes at midnight regular
knows your every inch

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Prompt word, Wind, suggested by Felicity at The Confessions of a Philosophy Junkie
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Phantom: Ghost, in traditional belief, a physical manifestation of the soul or spirit of a deceased person (Wikipedia)

One single impression: Respect

2011-07-10T18:08:00.014-05:00

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Respect

having fried chicken
every Sunday after church
grew up on the farm
for these birds was no respect
liking's changed in older years

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Prompt word, Respect, suggested by Sandra at If: ... ; la palabra que crece con los otros....
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Respect" as prompt
Notes:
1. "La palabra que crece con los otros" translated literally means "the word that grows with the other." I believe the second 'the' probably should be an 'an' making it say "a word that grows with an other." Sandra may correct this in her comment??
2. KFC had a buy-one get-one-free coupon that expired today. We used it after church which reminded me of how tired of friend chicken I had once become. BTW, both of these two piece meals with side and a drink were $5.00 plus tax.

One single impression: Crater — Reader's Choice

2011-07-03T00:03:00.006-05:00

There are two poems here with a slight difference:
the first is written in 3rd person, the second in 1st person.
Please leave your preference.
Pardon me if they are too dark for you.

This:

Crater

He's dug himself a big hole, woe is he
He's squandered all his money on the horse
Hole not for swimming rather to bury
Loser he picked is winning not. His curse

Don't wait, that crater will be filled today
He's made his peace with the Lord, He'll forgive
Death by the shovel that dug is his way
Tomorrow you'll find him not though he lives

Horse nagged him once too often for his ears
He's killing his wife of too many years

Or this:

Crater

I've dug myself a big hole, woe is me
I've squandered all my money on the horse
Hole not for swimming rather to bury
Loser I picked is winning not. My curse

Don't wait, that crater will be filled today
I've made my peace with the Lord, He'll forgive
Death by the shovel that dug is my way
Tomorrow you'll find me not though I live

Horse has nagged once too often for my ears
I'm killing my wife of too many years

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Prompt word, Crater, was suggested by me, Jim .

Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Crater" as prompt.

OSI Bloggers, thank you very much for your writing. I shall try to visit every one of your works.

Acrostic: Piggy Bank

2011-06-29T15:08:00.002-05:00

Acrostics Only

P I G G Y . B A N K

Piggy sam went to town
for Ice cream cones
one for Gracie pig
another for dear Grandma
chocolate strawberry vanilla Yummy

who's paying here Boy
not me Answered sam
me Neither said gracie
Knowing grandma's piggy bank
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Acrostics Only: Prompt 4, Children's Corner (CC) – PIGGY BANK
Instructions:
You can choose to do 1, 2, 3, or 4 Words per line in each prompt, except for the INNOVATIVE PROMPTS. The prompt must have either 1 word each line throughout the entire poem, 2 words each line throughout the entire poem, 3 words each line throughout the entire poem, or 4 words each line throughout the entire poem. But you cannot mix it.

Tau-Ku ~~ Happy Tau Day (Tau-ku Challenge Contest)

2011-06-28T00:03:00.004-05:00

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6.28, i.e, two pi;
six point two eight

six is almost magic
bit more
2 π x R = CC

Where:
π = pi
x = times
R = Radius
CC = Circumference of this homemade key lime pie

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Tau-ku Challenge Contest
When: Tuesday, Jun 28 (6.28), 2011

Where: http://onesingleimpression.blogspot.com

Description: Have fun with Tau Day (two pi)!
1st line: 6 syllables
2nd line: 2 syllables
3rd line: 8 syllables

Your choice of topic.
Sorry, only one entry per poet!

A winner will be randomly chosen!

Acrostic: Court (a limerick)

2011-06-27T08:57:00.007-05:00

Acrostics Only

C O U R T

Court of law is now in session
O hear ye hear ye attention
Under penalty of law
Read oath to witnesses now
This court is now at recess(ion)

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Acrostics Only Prompt A: Acrostic Limerick (AL) — Court
(Limerick Form - a limerick is defined as “a light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of 5 anapestic lines usually with the rhyme scheme aabba”. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 7 to 10 syllables and the last words rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 of Limericks have 5 to 7 syllables and the last words rhyme.)

One Single Impression: Seven Sins

2011-06-26T00:03:00.003-05:00

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Seven Sins

There are seven sins
that I would never commit
lying isn't one

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The Man Who Said He Never Sinned

There was a man who said he never sinned
I lead a good life and God knows me well
God knows you well but, but do you know God

Only one man never sinned--Son of God
Seven sins or seventy there's just one
Sends you to Hell--Ignore not call of God

Jesus Son of God Man who never sinned
Wants your trust and belief He is waiting
Ask Him He will forgive and save your soul

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Prompt word, Seven Sins, suggested by Fiducia at Rivera's Flame and Ice
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Picture from Wikipedia (link):
Lucifer - torturing souls as well as being tortured himself in hell (Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, by the Limbourg brothers.)

One Single Impression: Wind

2011-06-19T00:03:00.002-05:00

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Wind

Blowing wind gently brush my hair
I love feeling your warm air rush

Misty morning I feel your kiss
Wet slobbers of love on my face

Gentle breeze noontime in the shade
Hugs with my drinks afternoon puffs

Evening cool your slaps leave me cold
I long no more for your embrace

Loath your ilk fresh and warm no more
Fickle wind it's over, goodbye

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Prompt word, Wind, suggested by Dani at haiku love songs
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One Single Impression: Miss (long for)

2011-06-12T00:03:00.007-05:00

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The Friend I Miss

We met there on the bridge one early morn
Admired your beauty always when I passed
Always thinking of the hard life you had
Friend my dear I miss you now very much

You've gone away I'm guessing in the morn
You were laying there lifeless on the side
Brave, you died a death you never deserved
Each time I pass I pause and wonder why

I miss the sight, you watching for a bite
Did you have a family I'll never know
No grave no flowers just a few will mourn
Count me one to ponder each time I pass

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Prompt word, Miss (Long for), suggested by Harshad Meta
at Space Within: Attempt to put in words....
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Every time I'd cross the bridge I would look for this grey heron. He would sit on the rail of the Hwy 1097 bridge over the north end of Lake Conroe (Texas).
Finally one day I was able to take his picture. He would always fly away when I slowed too much. Once I saw him dive for a fish. He didn't come back up so I am sure he went 'out to eat.'
The day we returned from our Midwest holiday I looked for him. Instead there was a pile of feathers and legs and bones by the side on the bridge where he liked. I hope it was a sudden death. Probably a truck sucked him off his perch.
I wanted the poem to be able to stand independently of the bird picture. My interpretation then would be about a 'wandering' lady I met who encountered a terrible misfortune.
It can be whatever the reader wishes. Possibly it might relate to an experience in his or her life.

One Single Impression: Endure

2011-06-05T00:03:00.003-05:00

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Endure

Endure was told to me,
be tough and buckle up.

We don't have to endure.
Precedent from the bard,
Shakespeare himself I bare:

"BRUTUS:
... I had rather be a dog, and howl the moon,
Than be such a Roman.
CASSIUS:
Brutus, bait not me,
I'll not endure it. You forget yourself
To hedge me in. I am a soldier, ... " *
Hence when told to endure,
bait me not, I'll suck in
fight like a soldier man.

*Act IV, Scene III, Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare (link)
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Prompt word, Endure, suggested by Teri C
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One Single Impression: Manifest (an acrostic)

2011-05-29T01:37:00.004-05:00

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MANIFEST

Making it clear
All I reveal
Nothing hidden
I love you real
Fighting my urge
Else run and hide
Small kiss to glue
Taut by my side

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Prompt word, Manifest, suggested by Geraldine
at Take a Happy Break
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One Single Impression: Rambling

2011-05-22T00:05:00.001-05:00

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Rambling

Forgive me if I ramble.
I love to talk.
My soul can sprout a tale.
Or it can regurgitate
some old time stuff which
most wish was forgotten.

My soul loves to ramble.
My tongue is civil, always.
Even so it can spew
venomous utterings at will
if you cross me. Still
I wish to keep my audience entranced.

My tongue has roots down deep within.
Far beyond the prying X-ray they rest,
my roots of cheer blending with
the roots of good will,
generous to a fault.

Giving of what's within me is my goal.
Those body parts three all work together,
my soul, my tongue, the roots down deep.

From solemn thoughts to silly gobbledygook
it all comes from the same briny root sac.
That red and bulging organ strains at times
but has never let me down.

The puss and the blood remain;
still the ever flowing thoughts fly
with featherless wings from my tongue.
Forgive me when I ramble.

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Aunt Viola Lauderdale

2011-05-18T23:11:00.003-05:00

Obituary:

Viola E. Lauderdale, age 96, passed away peacefully on May 14, 2011. She was born on June 4, 1914 in Eva, Louisiana, to David and Olive Young. Viola was a devoted member of Calvary Baptist Church in Rosenberg, Texas. Her life was centered completely around her family and God. 2011.

Viola was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James Bounds; husband, William Lauderdale; brother, Robert Young; sister, Mary Hebron; daughter, Shirley Sager; and son-in-law, Robert Sager.

She is survived by her daughter, Dorothy Cook; grandchildren, Kathy and Lydia; great grandchildren, Jason and wife Julie Deyo, and Angela Sanford; great-great grandchildren, Wesley, Hailey, Chloe, and Caleb.

Officiating for the funeral service will be Pastor Byron Williamson, Rev. Byron Norris and Rev. Mickey Bounds, on May 17, 2011 at 2PM in the chapel of Forest Park Westheimer. Serving as Pall Bearers: Jason Deyo, Bobby Hebron, Robert Spence, Douglas Norris, Randy Deyo and Wesley Winter. Honorary: Hubert Young and Joseph Spence.

Arrangements, including this obituary, were under the direction of Forest Park Westheimer Funeral Home, Houston, Texas. (link)

With my camera I took these photos of some that were being
displayed at the back of the chappel on the day of her funeral.

Mrs. Lauderdale was the last aunt that my Mrs. Jim had. We all loved her very dearly. She was proud of all her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and all of so many nieces and nephews.

These verses of Scripture (2 Timothy 4:7-8) were printed in her funeral worship guide:

I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith:

Henceforth there is laid up for me
a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge,
shall give me at that day:
and not to me only,
but unto all them also that love
his appearing.

One Single Impression: Exhibition

2011-05-15T00:03:00.000-05:00

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Exhibition

A fine young lady she was
until that fateful long day
she attracted attention
but it was in the wrong way

Her hat people said dreadful
they didn't like it no way
fastenator was up front
I'm afraid it's here to stay
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Photo taken of ABC/BBC feed of "The Royal Wedding" from Ch. 13 ABC Houston

One Single Impression: Love (# 2)

2011-05-08T17:23:00.011-05:00

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Love

love makes the world go round it's said
a lot depends upon one's age
now looking on remembering
we've been there each delightful stage

two of our best just barely three
holding hands walking down the street
forbidden kiss it's puppy love
pita-pat heart's love at first beat

thrashing about hands uncontrolled
sensuous lips wander tarry
passionate teen kiss who will know
parents silent anxious caring

stars wild and crazy gone rampant
yet serious couples families start
Sunday sleep in—church—park—or play
new adults crowd of loving hearts

you make coffee I'll do the bed
read the paper and go to work
their love has now become routine
they still bite with a little smirk

I love you dear said tenderly
oft and smiling still when they greet
they've been married a hundred years
holding hands walking down the street

puppy love—mad passionate love
wild and crazy love—earnest love
routine love—old dog (mature) love
really hope it stays that way—love

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Links: Jim's Poem, Love (# 1) All recent posts of Jim's poem using the word, "Love"

Prompt word, Love, suggested by Harshad Mehta at Space Within
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One Single Impression: Border

2011-05-01T03:56:00.006-05:00

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Border

there is a fine line

fowl nor fish neither is he

don't cross the border

lamb pork or beef we might eat

this white rat has gotta go

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One Single Impression: Shackles

2011-04-17T00:03:00.010-05:00

Shackles

From the day of old

shackles abound for you see

they hold old Fords up

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photo below 2009

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Prompt word, Shackles, suggested by Ramesh Sood at A Little More Than Ordinary..

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Acrostics Only: Kiss and Tell

2011-04-15T20:33:00.000-05:00

Acrostics Only

KISS AND TELL

Kiss me you fool

I'm ripe to drool

Schooled by my lover

Surely I love her

All that I know

Now cougar in tow

Down to the store

Ten quarts of ale

Eight cases of Bud

Lies lies always there

Love buys boys beer

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Note: Before I was of age my likewise situated roommate figured out how to get our beer by the month. He 'dated' the older lady across the hall. Subsequently they would go to the market where she would buy beer and other booze for us to last until 'next time.'

Prompt 3: Phrase or Slang (PS) - KISS AND TELL
Choice of 1, 2, 3, or 4 Words per line -- I chose four
Written for Acrostics Only

One Single Impression: Epidemic (acrostic, very loose)

2011-04-03T22:24:00.002-05:00

E P I D E M I C

Everywhere

Patches of

Insects red

Dismal scene

Enyone

Might partake

Indigest

Chun for sure

Photo by John Premeaux

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One Single Impression: Hollow

2011-03-24T16:36:00.007-05:00

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Hollow

There was an old man his leg was hollow
where ever he'd go the cats would follow
he led them up the street and down the street
great thirst had by all and nothing to eat
alone now bottle gone cats left the rink
wasn't him they'd sought rather was his drink

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Prompt word, Sarcastic, suggested by Vinay (Leo) at I Rhyme Without Reason
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One Single Impression: Sarcastic (an Acrostic)

2011-03-20T00:03:00.010-05:00

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SARCASTIC

She at golf was not so very good
Able father helped as best he could

Right hand placed bottom first on your club
Club behind the ball just off the ground
Address ball with feet in line with pin
Swing up hips sway back sway hips swing down
Take practice swing move back keep your line
I'll keep eyes on ball—your swing was fine

Can't find my ball—O Dad that was good

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Prompt word, Sarcastic, suggested by Priyanka Bhowmick at Lens and Verses
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Snowdrops ~ A Saint Patrick's Day story

2011-03-17T00:03:00.004-05:00

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Quilldancing Assignment #3
Quilly posted this on her blog March 6, 2011:
Your Writing Assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to write a complete story in 500 words or less using the scenario below to kick-start your thinking. Publish your story on your blog March 15th, then come back here (to her blog) and link it to my March 15th story.

The photo below reveals the main character of your story. Your tale must also include a 4 leaf clover and a golden key.

(My entry weighs in at 498 words but is posted two days late on St. Patrick's Day.)

Snowdrops

Betsy was up to her ears in white snowdrops. These little flowers were early this year and were getting in Betsy’s way. Betsy had been looking this day for four-leaf clovers. But now these darned snowdrops, well, they were confounding the issue. You see Betsy had stayed home ‘sick’ from kindergarten today.

It wasn’t that she didn’t like school, just that the other kids would tease her especially hard on St. Patrick’s Day for not being Irish. Irish was in, definitely. Didn’t they declare an Irish holiday for the old gentleman? After all he did scare all the snakes away.

So they say, thought Betsy. Grandmum would agree with her had she lived to hear it. Poor Grandmum. Somebody whacked her good whilst she was bringing in peat for the cook stove. Whacked her good and stabbed her with a paper knife.

It was barely six weeks since Grandmum had gotten killed and Mum was worried silly whenever Betsy went out to play. “Always tell us when you go,” she would say, “and don’t go out of the yard.” Poopy! There wasn’t any fun in the yard.

Now who in the world is this coming out here? Mum always said don’t talk to strangers. I hope they don’t want to talk. I’ll hunker down a bit and hide over behind this stump.

“Hey you. Kid,” hollered the one with the hairy eyebrows and ear lobes, “come over here.”

“Mum says for me not to talk with strangers,” Betsy replied meekly in her shaky little voice, “and you look strange to me.”

“Peanut, you come over here,” commanded the one with the crooked nose. “Who you calling strange, you Brit little silly? Just a tiddler should shut his mouth about being strange.”

Betsy knew in an instant that these blokes were up to no good. Calling her a boy made no sense. “Run, run fast,” entered her mind. That was what Father would yell she knew. Both men were chasing her now, each with a paper knife raised to strike! Betsy ran faster!

The bloke with hairy ears threw his knife. It sailed past Betsey’s shoulder. That was a close shave! Wow! Then she stumbled. Her left foot got tangled in a string. Strange! Was everything strange today?

Betsy found herself falling into a hole. Not the rabbit hole like Alice found. Just a deep hole. Out of sight in the hole, Betsy unraveled the string. Yikes! This might be her lucky day! A gold key at the end of the string. But then, …

That the key had been her grandmum’s was her fortune today. The crooked nose fellow had thrown the string. Grandmum’s key was on it! With those guys in jail now, and the chest to unlock, Betsy was on High Street!

Better yet! Inside the chest was Grandmum’s four-leaf clover. “This is my lucky day after all,” she sighed. And smiled. She would be a hero in school tomorrow. Thank you lucky snowdrops.

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Note: This story was written for and is also on my other blog, Jim's Little Blog.

Pi-Ku ~~ Happy Pi Day

2011-03-14T22:04:00.009-05:00

Two Pi-Ku
(no, not Haiku)
one for you, one for me

peach apple
hint:
three point one four

pi R square
peach
one eighth for you

Today, March 14 (3-14 or 3.14) is Pi Day (link). Pi Day is celebrated mostly by mathematicians but you can join in on the fun, somehow. Me? I am writing these two Pi Ku's for my blog.

I am not a mathematician but I do have a math minor to go along with my bachelor of science in economics. For me that involved taking seven college math classes for a total of 21 semester hours.

Differential Equations, DE, was my most involved class that I completed. Advanced Calculus was my 'weedout' class, i.e. I dropped it before completion. Read here to find out why this course "weeded me out."

Oh yes, One Single Impression (OSI) invited us to write the Pi Ku for Pi Day. One little insight here, both Sandy and Andrée, instigators of OSI, are teachers. Andrée teaches Math, Sandy I think not.

Their idea for the Pi Ku is to have a three line poem which is similar to the Haiku. However, the syllable count is three, one, and four instead of the five, seven, five of the haiku.

One Single Impression: Accidental

2011-03-06T02:03:00.001-06:00

Accidental

we met, memories of our rude beginning
small bump in the dark, o that fateful night
with no hint at all nor thought of sinning
unavowed ways begun, we shunned the light

with thoughts arousing and smells enticing
one sensuous embrace our hearts afire
make inward passions ever spiraling
hands now controlled by instinctive desire

our senses coming we know right for sure
no affair for us ne'er a fateful romp
call an end to our backseat adventure
that started with one accidental bump

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Prompt word, Accidental, suggested by Brenda Bryant at Rinkly Rimes

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One Single Impression: Top

2011-02-20T00:03:00.000-06:00

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top

spinning top goes round and round
musical sound cannot identify that tune
when it will stop only do the children know
spinning spinning spinning round and round

spinning top slowing now ever going around
wobble here wobble there still playing its song
silly tune that save the children no one knows
spinning and wobbling along new crazy path

now clipping the ground yet spinning still
wobbling and singing more crazily yet
it will stop near to you or by me
last wobble stopped by a child
whoa
stopped
it
is
quiet

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Prompt word, Top, suggested by Sandra at If

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One Single Impression: Incandescent

2011-02-18T13:15:00.004-06:00

Incandescent

stars shinning brightly
special incandescent light
one for only me
in God's beautiful world
He provides for my all needs

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Prompt word, Incandescent, suggested by Tammie Lee at Beauty Flows
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One Single Impression: Humility (an acrostic)

2011-02-06T00:03:00.001-06:00

H U M I L I T Y

Humble beginnings
Under dominion of single mom
Master of all souls was she.
Illegitimate beginnings
Lucky to be alive. Father determined
In absentia.
Time now to roam, time for everything new,
Yesterday's tyke has grown and flown—another humble beginning.

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Acrostic: Asp

2011-02-01T15:08:00.001-06:00

. Acrostics Only

A S P

As quick as a flash
Snake like venomous and fast
Pony Ford--Cobra

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Note: A Pony Ford is a Ford Mustang.
The Cobra model is a specially built hopped up Mustang.

Written for Acrostics Only, Prompt C: Acrostic Haiku (AH) - ASP
(A Haiku is a Japanese lyric verse form having 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.)

Acrostic: Peppy (a limerick)

2011-01-31T18:13:00.008-06:00

. Acrostics Only

PEPPY

Peter Pepper picked a lively girl Patsy Paul
Easy asking her sock hop kid to sailor's ball
Patsy said yes I'll go
Peter wept not his hope
You see he dampened all had just made a crank call

Acrostics Only Prompt A: Acrostic Limerick (AL) — Peppy
(Limerick Form - a limerick is defined as “a light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of 5 anapestic lines usually with the rhyme scheme aabba”. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 7 to 10 syllables and the last words rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 of Limericks have 5 to 7 syllables and the last words rhyme.)

anapestic lines:
da da DUM / da da DUM / da da DUM
da da DUM / da da DUM / da da DUM
da da DUM / da da DUM
da da DUM / da da DUM
da da DUM / da da DUM / da da DUM

Acrostic: Sow

2011-01-30T22:16:00.010-06:00

. Acrostics Only

SOW

Senior hog of mine
Old mother pig she's my pet
Will embrace for wine

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Written for Acrostics Only, Prompt C: Acrostic Haiku (AH) - SOW
(A Haiku is a Japanese lyric verse form having 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.)

One Single Impression: Evening

2011-01-28T20:50:00.007-06:00

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At Evening Time

When evening comes I feel
compelled to call the dogs.
Like back at home on the farm
we coerced the chickens into
their coop when evening came.

And do you know that Mother
would would call me
in from play when evening came?

The dogs could get lost in the dark
as dogs just don't see so good at night.
The coyotes would feast--three chickens
a night if we didn't get them in.

Mother worried always when
I was out at night. Even now she does.

The dogs and the chickens and the little folk
what they have in common
is a need they do not know.

A need for safety from the bad of night.

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Evening prompt suggested by Word Actress

One Single Impression: Quagmire

2011-01-23T00:03:00.000-06:00

Quagmire

She was in a quagmire, that was sure
with one foot in, the other out
she'd paid the price out of her purse
a price too high this is about

Hubby could know, checkbook keeper
paid instead from the grocery cash
she bought some beans now in deeper
Mother was right, should have a stash

Beans and rice, rice and beans that night
then cake she'd baked and some bubbly
brought it out with candles alight
by its side new watch for Hubby.

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Prompt words, Quagmire, suggested by Amity at Dreams Are My Reality
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One Single Impression: Carnival

2011-01-19T08:43:00.003-06:00

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Carnival

The carnival has come to town
the fat lady we love to see
oh gee, I hope there is a clown
a scary ride you're close to me

We'll take our chance and shoot the gun
for you I'll win a furry bear
cotton candy, we're out for fun
just tonight may the devil care

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One Single Impression: Calmed

2011-01-02T00:54:00.002-06:00

Ceansū Tráchta;
(Irish) Traffic Calming

An ordinary Sunday afternoon
little family out for their weekly ride
Grandpa riding shotgun with his spittoon
Dad had the reigns proudly he steered the drive

In the back kids and Mom with windows down
dodging juice from their Grandad's outside spit
wise Mom packed a kerchief to wipe her brow
and gives aid to Dad from back where she sits

Passed by red car its driver half Dad's age
He raised Dad's ire a lesson boy must learn
don't mess with folks take care you'll cause a crash
Dad had the whip young fellow you must burn

He'd cut him off now Dad started around
he'll teach young lad that his driving is bad
wise Mom sitting in back now held her ground
stop it all there's no lesson to be had

Dad knew his was folly and Mom was right
youngster avoid there's safety holding back
Mom's are wise they calm our souls quell the fight
the lesson here family comes first says Dad

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Acrostic: Match (a limerick)

2010-12-31T00:03:00.000-06:00

M a t c h;
the match boy

Match for you get a match cent a match
Aye mister got a buck for a match
Think he does looks so rich
Class so poor life's a bitch
Have some gin thank you sir down the hatch

Acrostics Only Prompt 8: Acrostic Limerick — Match
(Limerick Form - a limerick is defined as “a light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of 5 anapestic lines usually with the rhyme scheme aabba”. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 7 to 10 syllables and the last words rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 of Limericks have 5 to 7 syllables and the last words rhyme.)

anapestic lines:
da da DUM / da da DUM / da da DUM
da da DUM / da da DUM / da da DUM
da da DUM / da da DUM
da da DUM / da da DUM
da da DUM / da da DUM / da da DUM

Frost ~~ Sensational Haiku Wednesday

2010-12-29T11:20:00.004-06:00

Golf course pictures were taken from our back porch

Monday morning with frost on the golf course. Temps got down to 26, the lowest of the year (2007, this year also) so far.

My Haiku/Senryū

frost on the golf course
means a frost delay for sure
we'll tee off at ten

Saturday morning after a nighttime storm with a couple of inches of rain.

morning after rain
good earth extra bright and green
golf starts at seven

Sunday morning, not a cloud in the sky!

Sunday morning bright
honor sabbath--keep it holy
afternoon golf

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One Single Impression: Comb

2010-12-26T00:03:00.001-06:00

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Our girl

Mothers teach
little girls learn how to comb
smoothing the locks
and loosing the snarls

Then then comes day
our girl has learned it well
beauty now reigns
where ever she is seen

Still comes the day
messy dirty looking
the comb is done
for style this girl goes grunge

Prompt words, Comb, suggested by Gautami Tripathy at Rooted
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Meld" as prompt

One Single Impression: Meld

2010-11-28T00:03:00.005-06:00

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Play the cards you draw;

standing room only

I drew my cards counted my meld
I was happy with what was dealt

An ace of beauty blessed my wife
a king of nature gave me life
the queen of soul painted my heart
a Jack of humor spiced my part

The Joker came to make me smile
comedy of life filled the aisles

Prompt words, Meld, suggested by Patti at Creative Cottage Dreamer
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Meld" as prompt

Acrostic: Thinking

2010-11-23T08:43:00.000-06:00

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(Just) Thinking

Think of a time
How would it be
In our fast day
No sad so pure

Know it could be
In all we do
Need gift of Christ
God's love for us

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Acrostics Only Prompt 2:
Enjoyable Action, THINKING
Requirement: 4 Words per Line

Sagrada Familia by Antoni Gaudi architect, at Barcelona, Spain

*John 3:16 (NIV):
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

One Single Impression: Apprentice

2010-11-21T00:23:00.012-06:00

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The Apprentice: her graduation

She signed on for a three year stint,
only to be asked for two more.
Five is the minimum for all the
training you'll be getting was their reply.
Those rascals, the harbingers of evil.
Why the Hell did she ever ask for this job any way.

So she toiled for 364 days,
and one by one she had met her quota.
She met her production quota
after the second week had gone by.
An accomplice, rather a co-worker,
had given her a tip on how to make it all work.
From that day on she never missed a deadline.

It wasn't easy.
She would spend her eight hours a day
on the job and much of her off time as well
working like a dog.

Things seemed to be going well for her.
Her work was well received
by her supervisor and trainer.
Next week she would advance to full pay
and more than that perhaps
or a bonus of some sort.

At the end of that fateful day,
it was the last day of November,
she timidly approached her master.
"Well, how'd I do?" she asked,
"I'm ready now for
most any assignment you can give me."

The supervisor, with a twisted sad smile replied,
"My dear you are the best we have ever had
in our apprenticeship program.
The bad news is that we have no place,
no place for new journeymen workers at this time.
Please collect your pay on the way out.
And don't call us, we'll call you."

"Don't forget to turn in your apron."

Prompt words, Apprentice, suggested by Irene at lost in translation
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Lonely" as prompt

Accident(s) ~~ Sensational Haiku Wednesday

2010-11-17T00:03:00.009-06:00

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Growing (old) Pains

accidents happen
eh you said a what ahead
OMGosh Mack truck

accidents no-no
smashed fenders and broken bones
take the keys away

two broken kneecaps
accident prone watch your step
elevator's nice
wry smile with his curt retort
hard to teach old dog new tricks

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Sign was found on the seaside road,
outside Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland (link)
(page sized picture)(extra large)

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Acrostics Only: Slang (a limerick)

2010-11-11T17:23:00.004-06:00

S L A N G

Shucks, dog gone to heck, o' phooey

Love my four letter words, Louie

A little verse for sis

Never taught me to kiss

God loves my slang—cuss all hooey

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Please note:
Lois (Louie) is my only sister. I don't know who this vendor lady is. I took this picture in Tallinn, Estonia, while on a holiday Baltic cruise this spring.

Acrostics Only Prompt 8: Acrostic Limerick — SLANG
(Limerick Form - a limerick is defined as “a light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of 5 anapestic lines usually with the rhyme scheme aabba”. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 7 to 10 syllables and the last words rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 of Limericks have 5 to 7 syllables and the last words rhyme.)

Acrostic: Empty

2010-10-28T12:32:00.010-05:00

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E M P T Y

Every night they go into town

Maidens in their red and white gowns

Plenty of go gauges show

'Til on corner they know

You now know -- their springs have run down

......................... (Wind them up)

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Please note:
Adi my beagle dog has gone to the end of the driveway,
out to bring in the evening paper.

Acrostics Only Prompt 8: Acrostic Limerick - EMPTY
(Limerick Form - a limerick is defined as “a light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of 5 anapestic lines usually with the rhyme scheme aabba”. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 7 to 10 syllables and the last words rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 of Limericks have 5 to 7 syllables and the last words rhyme.)

One Single Impression: Lonely

2010-10-10T00:03:00.012-05:00

Alone

Lonely days make me sad.
More so on the rainy days.

I remember once we journeyed to Missouri.
It rained most of the day and seemed like perpetual night.
Our old Chevy was leaking rain.
Leaking right over where we children sat.
Back seat of course. We were sitting in the back.

When we got to Joplin my mother broke the news.
We were expecting something sad from her.
She seemed to cry all the time; ever since two days ago.
Two days ago when she got the call.

She wouldn't talk about it but we kids all knew.
We knew there was nothing good
coming along those telephone lines.
She mumbled something almost obscene,
something about the operator listening in.

Mother broke the news.
She had her kerchief,
wet and wadded,
next to her nose.

But we all knew it was her eyes that made the wet.
Wet of her tears. Do tears really stain?
We had always heard about the tear stained.
Tear stained cheeks and the like.
For sure stained her kerchief was.

The news that mother broke was solemnly heard;
distraught, the young ones listened, silently sobbing.

Grandma had died.

Our grandma. Grandmother to a tribe it seemed.
We had always had Grandma. Now she was gone.

We cried.

We were alone. I was alone.
Alone in the car with the others.
Alone in the rain.
Alone in the wet of the leaking Chevy.
And the rain wouldn't stop.

Why did it have to be?
I was alone.
All alone.
Very sad.
Alone.

Prompt words, Lonely, suggested by Harshad Mehta
at Space Within: Attempt to put in words....
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Lonely" as prompt

Stress ~~ Sensational Haiku Wednesday

2010-09-29T09:59:00.001-05:00

Little Pony

old Mustang is dear
going on thirteen candles
one-fifty no more

her spirit still high
faster than that she would go
one-fifty's too fast

we stop at one-ten
metal fatigue--kill us both
stress her no I'll not

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To read and see Jim and his Mustang's guided picture tour of Cut and Shoot, Texas, click here. The 1998 Mustang GT convertible has 88,000 miles of which 39,000 Jim put on since he got it used in 2001. It was Jim's retirement present from himself.

Yes, it still will go over 150 mph but he doesn't take it over 120 now because of the silent killer, metal fatigue is likely to be present. (We used to magniflux our stock car racing cars after race for metal fatigue.)

One Single Impression: Monument

2010-09-26T00:03:00.004-05:00

Fall from grace

they stood tall and proud
monuments to once known gods
center of worship
now grown old and decaying
no one knows and no one cares

Prompt words, Monument, suggested
by Ramesh Sood at A Little More Than Ordinary..

Find more poems at One Single Impression
using "Monument" as prompt
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Photos:
Top, from river cruise; somewhere in Russia between Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Right, ruins near Agrigento, Sicily, Italy.

One Single Impression: Joie de vivre [Joy of living]

2010-09-18T12:03:00.009-05:00

happy little joey skipped and sang
freely waltzing down the street
sing the tune your father wrote
sing of the apples in the trees
sing of the pickers in the grove

joey's glad it isn't him who climbs
climbs the ladders to the trees
climbs the ladder of success and
escape. escape from the orchards where
both his father and the pickers are enslaved

joey danced on down his way
success is his to keep
though his father wants success and escape
success he has escape he wants
joey has both success and escape
joey is free from apples and the trees

Joie de vivre [Joy of living]
thanks to his father's succes

Prompt words, Joie de vivre, suggested by Leo at I Rhyme Without Reason
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Joie de vivre" as prompt

The sign by the roadside orchard says, "piquer c'est voler," meaning 'bite is stealing.' The red 'dot' in the picture has an apple inside an international circle with a diagonal 'no' line. This all is to say, 'do not eat apples from the trees, it is stealing.'

Picture was taken on Île d'Orléans, QC, Canada (link with map), just north of Quebec City, on the St. Lawrence River.

Food ~~ Sensational Haiku Wednesday

2010-09-15T00:03:00.004-05:00

Food

[large size] [super size]

penny for your thoughts
gluttony surely is sin
gone nickel ice cream

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Seated above, left to right, is my BIL Jim W, sister Lois, and Mrs. Jim. All of us have Texas Chicken Fried Steak except for Mrs. Jim. She has fried catfish, hush puppies, and coleslaw. We all had the self-service salad bar too. .

One Single Impression: The Passing

2010-09-12T00:35:00.009-05:00

The smile

we passed on the street
started with a little flirt
sweet gentle smile
I will always remember
my poor heart went pit-a-pat

Prompt word, Choices, suggested by The Dark Lord
at The Dark Lord's Blog; the essence of creation
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Choices" as prompt

Belong(-ing) ~~ Sensational Haiku Wednesday

2010-09-08T00:03:00.004-05:00

Château Vaudreuil, near Montreal, Canada

Belonging

belonging pay dues
so what does it get me—line
on piece of paper

Château Vaudreuil, near Montreal, Qc, Canada, is not a club where membership can be obtained. Rather it is a wonderful resort where Mrs. Jim and I stayed for three nights last week. They do many weddings and do sell hospitality packages. Château-Vaudreuil. com

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2010-09-06T00:03:00.005-05:00

Microfiction has been moved to my other blog, Jim's Little Blog

We should have gotten old Poseidon's blessings. Afraid it's too late now.

Call his cell?

Ten minutes, huh? Fine. Thank you. Goodbye.

140 Characters
Story Copyright
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Picture from Susan's blog, Stony River

Sailors prayed to Poseidon for a safe voyage, sometimes drowning horses as a sacrifice (Wikipedia).

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One Single Impression: Choices

2010-09-05T00:03:00.004-05:00

Youthful Choices

my Johnny Boy please use your head
don't go too far away from home
head for the gold at rainbow's end
not a good choice alone unknown

I'm Johnny Boy I've made my pick
not left or right which one to choose
I'll take the cloud where angel sits
all seem the same nothing to loose

first love is sweet ne'er to forget
it mattered not soon went their way
our Johnny Boy had no regret
for sixty years savored one day

. . .

found this of love that Johnny had
though you travel from home so far
making your choices good or bad
savor the rose your way is hard

Prompt word, Choices, suggested by Joseph Harker at naming constellations
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Choices" as prompt

For my short personal tale about these clouds, please go here.

Some scribblings:
left or right
right or wrong
wrong or not
knot or untied
tight or loose
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up or down

Secrets ~~ Sensational Haiku Wednesday

2010-09-01T00:03:00.003-05:00

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Acrostic: Shame

2010-09-01T00:01:00.000-05:00

S H A M E

Shame on you boy
Haste maketh waste guy
Always check twice laddie
Mistakes are taboo fellow
Erasures not permitted son

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Copyright © 2010 Jimmiehov
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Written for Acrostics Only September, 2010, prompt 11, Shame
(Requirement: emotions and feelings--four words per line)

Notes:
The dog was at our Levanto, Italy hotel (Jim's Italy links)
The four word requirement was hard for syllabic count control. This poem starts at four syllables in the first line and each succeeding line increases in count by one.

2010-08-30T00:03:00.002-05:00

Honey, when we get to Coolville I would like to stop.

Stop where? We stop all the time.

You know, wee wee.

Like little piggy went?

140 Characters
Story Copyright
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Picture from Susan's blog, Stony River
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I covet your comments, please. We are still on the road travelling on holiday. First it was to Quebec City, Canada, and not we are at Montreal. Will it never end? Yes, we are returning early this week. I should get to answering your comments pretty quickly.

One Single Impression: Empty

2010-08-29T00:03:00.006-05:00

Friend

Merlot is my comfort
I shall not want
Though I am old and blue
There when I need

My glass is near empty
I shall not want
For sure there is some more
Where that came from

My thoughts once bad dissolve
Night's fright is calmed
A friend may come to call
None ever writes

And if our bottle's dry
We shall not want
For sure there are some more
Where this came from

Prompt word, Empty, suggested by Snow White at Mirror Of Thoughts
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Empty" as prompt

I am still on the road (first Quebec City, Canada, now Montreal) doing holiday time. I won't have much time to answer your comments until later this week but I do really appreciate them and in knowing you came.

Future ~~ Sensational Haiku Wednesday

2010-08-25T00:03:00.003-05:00

Your Future

I'll tell your future
that will be $10 please
paper or plastic

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I am on the road again doing holiday time. I won't have much time to answer your comments this week but I do really appreciate them and in knowing you came.

2010-08-23T00:03:00.001-05:00

Dr K pondered in his cell

Could it be possible? His best cash customer come back to life?

No way—must be a Halloween prank

Eeow!

(137 characters)

Story Copyright
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Picture from Susan's blog, Stony River provided by Dover Publications' free samples newsletter
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I covet your comments, please. Once again I preparing to travel on holiday. Will it never end? My returning your comments may be 'splotchy.' I promise to take pictures!

One Single Impression: Pensive

2010-08-22T00:03:00.003-05:00

Antique

jewelery expensive
dear aunt deceased-could it be
come to me I pray

- - -

Prompt word, Pensive, suggested by Theodora D. Dinkwell at The Odd Inkwell
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Pensive" as prompt

* Picture courtesy of IBS Pro! June 25, 2009, post titled Antique Jewelry, an ABC Guide (link) (containing an invitation to "Share and Enjoy" [Picture link])

I covet your comments, please. Once again I preparing to travel on holiday. Will it never end? My returning your comments may be 'splotchy.' I promise to take pictures!

FreeStyle! ~~ Sensational Haiku Wednesday

2010-08-16T23:48:00.008-05:00

FreeStyle!

swimming free with ease
ten lengths of olypmic pool
I would rather not

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2010-08-15T21:08:00.004-05:00

Singed and black
She once wore red
Luckily she's alive
Lives with me—pays no rent
Once in a while for old time's sake she guards my door

(140 characters)

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Picture from Susan's blog, Stony River, of her neighbor's burned lady in armor door guard figure.
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One Single Impression: Beginning

2010-08-14T21:15:00.014-05:00

. . . .. Love Began

Love began in May one bright sunny day
He said and she said and then all quiet
Quiet months worrisome months mother's wait
Come due time God's small miracle to obey

Love stayed on his tiny mouth opens wide
He said and they said hush dear little one
Your belly's full what mother can provide
To nourish you fine animals have died

Love cycle ended parents did their best
He said and she said go do what we've done
Big enough and learned there's no need to guess
Again God's time dear one you leave the nest

Now you have heard love grows in cyclic leaps
Two are joined as one love and parenthood
Small beginnings all preplanned say the least
Instinct God's gift to man and fowl and beast

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Eagle Photos courtesy of
webcam Decorah Eagles (sister, Lois, found it for me)
Eagle nest is located at Decorah, Iowa (link)

Prompt word, Beginning, suggested by Leo at I Rhyme Witout Reason
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Connoisseur" as prompt

Comfort ~~ Sensational Haiku Wednesday

2010-08-11T11:47:00.006-05:00

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2010-08-09T00:03:00.001-05:00

Honey, we got a card from Sis in New York City.
Wha she say? Stuff still hi cost? Wears gloves? (more & more)
She's coming home tonight.

(140 characters)

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Picture from Susan's blog, Stony River, courtesy of Dover Publications
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One Single Impression: Connoisseur

2010-08-08T00:03:00.005-05:00

The Connoisseur
knows it all
- - -
connoisseur reports
when judged by its taste alone
a bean is a bean

raving and ranting
epicurean he is
simple beauty missed
- - -

Prompt word, Connoisseur, suggested by Amity at Dreams Are My Reality
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Connoisseur" as prompt

Notes:
1. Pictured is a pan of baked beans. I thought it was neat to intersperse those large white lima beans, often called butter beans, with the rest. They were mostly taken as I was near the end of the food line.
2. (generally the second definition) Connoisseur: A person of informed and discriminating taste: a connoisseur of fine wines.

Homecoming ~~ Sensational Haiku Wednesday

2010-08-04T12:03:00.004-05:00

coming home--alone
left his wife of fifty years
buried by the sea

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2010-08-02T00:03:00.007-05:00

Cody scans his prints, "Yes, tiny front door. Now the cave." Gingerly he approachs, "Smells bad!"
Bats flash—thousands. The rabbits laugh.

(139 characters)

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Picture from Susan's blog, Stony River,

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One Single Impression: Cocoon

2010-08-01T12:03:00.005-05:00

Cocoon in Use

We weave our webs with gleeful pride,
cute little nests for our old age.
When mine was done I climbed inside
and closed the door here in my cage.

Its dark in here and I can sleep.
Never again to see sun's burn?
Little do I know but down deep
I'm feeling I can not return.

I will sleep now hanging up high;
wish I believed reincarnate.
It matters not for I will die.
Be like my mom* who gave her egg?

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* Mom was the butterfly who laid the egg from which he hatched as a worm. She always dies before her worm baby hatches.
Here is a cute animated illustration about the life cycle of a butterfly; and
here is a diagram showing that life cycle in a block diagram.

Prompt word, Cocoon, suggested by Tammie Lee at Beauty Flows
Find more poems at One Single Impression using "Cocoon" as prompt

Trifle ~ Acrostics Only

2010-07-31T10:47:00.015-05:00

Written for Acrostics Only July, 2010,

prompt 1, Trifle

Note:
Trifle (here): To play or toy with something: Don't trifle with my affections.
Synonym: flirt.