A Date Perhaps? -- a Poem for Friday Writings and for dVerse Quadrille

 
                    [Courtesy "freepic.com]

  A Haven Not

Your place or mine

was question asked

no way ever

I'd make it yours

Yours'd be a trap

unwary falls

I am aware

of what's behind

Behind your door

jump out and scare

bejeebers out

never your place

Not safe for me

nor anyone

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  - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved 

  - I am linked with Magaly Guerrero for hosting at Friday Writings #127 at 

     https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/ 

 - I am also linked with De Jackson for dVerse Quadrille Monday #201, prompt today "pine",  

   https://dversepoets.com/2024/05/13/quadrille-201-poems-of-place/ 

 - Quadrille Monday's poetry has exactly 44 words 

 - Click here to reads other's Quadrille poems 

     Perhaps you would like to write these also 

 - Note:  I used this same blog title August 21, 2023 for Jackson Quadrille Monday #182

https://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2023/08/a-date-perhaps-poem-for-dverse-quadrille.html

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Rabbit and the Fowls - - a Poem for Friday Writings and a Piece of Prosery for dVerse

 Missing friends

Little rabbit was 

 getting lonesome 

He'd sit by the fence 

 missing his buddies 

“Something told the wild geese 

 It was time to fly.”

Then they all left  

  alone again 

Didn't last him long

 ducks coming in

Quickly making friends 

 Rabbit's alone no more 

 

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 - Photos and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved  

 - I am linked with Rosemary at dVerse Friday Writings #126 at 

    https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/ 

   Rosemary has asked as an optional assignment for us to write a poem or story (or a few) in only 160 characters including title and spaces. (If you choose to write more than one, please put them all in one post and make sure that collectively they don't exceed our 369 word limit.)  

   I chose not to do that and wrote instead what you see next here.    

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 - I am also linked with Kim881 at Prosery, dVerse,  her prompt line is above in quotations and posted at 

https://dversepoets.com/2024/05/06/prosery-something-told-the-wild-geese/ 

 

 - Click here for others writing Prosery Flash Writing this week.  I wrote only 44 Words, we could have 144

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A Question -- a Piece of Prose for dVerse Prosery and for NaPoWriMo Day Nine

["Fu Bao in quarantine ", In China, born in 2020, 

Panda Bear just came from lease at South Korea]

            

                    Bears Checking Out 

    I was asked the other day a question about the stars, "What does it matter that the stars we see are already dead?" I was stumped and of course I put it to rest along with seems a zillion rhetorical questions I have been asked. "I dunno."  

  

    When I got home I went to old trusty fellow, Mr. Bing whose helper is Ms. AI. They know a lot, trivia and otherwise. Well, he scratched his head calling a friend. Those two knew, he wanted to make sure.

    Bing's retort, “No matter how you look at it, the idea that all, or even most, or even a lot, of the stars you can see in the sky are already dead is simply wrong. It sounds true, and kinda sorta fits with things you might think you know, but in the end the facts will win.”* 

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 - * Note: found when asked the question in paragraph one, Bing (substitue for Google) answer word for word.  (URL)

 - Writing Copyright, Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with Dora at dVerse Prosery at 

    https://dversepoets.com/2024/04/08/prosery-amy-woolard/ 

 - Dora's instructions Write a piece of prose (not poetry) of no more than 144 words that includes what is the question asked in my first paragraph here.

 - Click here to read others' works with the prompt

 - I am also linked with NaPoWriMo Day Nine at 

     https://www.napowrimo.net/day-nine-10/

 - NaPoWriMo to choose a Day is here, https://www.napowrimo.net/ 

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Snowman -- a Poem Friday Writings and for dVerse Quadrille

It's time for my Christmas tree blog again this year. Today will be the twelfth when I post it, I started December 05, a Tuesday.   Click here to see them for 2023-1 for the first and here for the later ones at 2023-2.  

Year 2015, the Jims visit with the snowfolk
Click the photo for larger view

Snowman, why

Snowman, snowman, why 

is your nose so long 

Hard to kiss your wife 

Poke her in the eye 

Snowman, snowman, why 

Roosting place for birds? 

Landing spot when they 

fly down from the sky

Snowman, snowman, why?

Can you write in snow?

Please try

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 - Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2015 and 2023, respectively, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with Rommy as our host at Friday Writings #107, at 

    https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/ 

 - Rommy suggested for posting, but not necessary, "has the invitation for us to write about a time when we weren’t sure if we could (or wanted to) do something, but we ended up doing it anyway.  It would have been a fun write as most all of have been in this situation 

 - Earlier I had linked with Djorn at dVerse Quadrille #191, at             https://dversepoets.com/2023/12/11/quadrille-191-let-it-snow/ 

 for the prompt word, "snow".  Here our Quadrille form has only 44 words not counting the title, if any
 - Click here to read what other folk have written using this prompt word 

 - Again, my Christmas tree blog is, https://jimmiehov7.blogspot.com/

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[Our back yard after our snowfall] 

 

    Let the Snow Fall, Please 

I was where I am when the snow began, softly first, with inklings of a bit more.  The holly trees with red berries were welcoming a little storm; they love to dance when surrounded by snow.

The last snow we had then was several years past; it only snows here, maybe once every ten years. I make my wish for the snow to come stay again. We are expecting only a tiff here and there, most times those never last the morn.

So for now the snow I get will be in memory only. I'm getting years, our daughter doesn't want us to go where snow is common; that's because I would want to drive.

My memory is good, pictures albums help, the album in my head is about as good. My youthful sled hanging on a hook helps me too. I am ready.

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 - Photos and Prose Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved

- I am linked with Merrill D Smith, at dVerse Prosery, Winter is Coming 

    https://dversepoets.com/2023/12/04/prosery-winter-is-coming/ 

 - Merrill has asked us to write not more than 144 words, mine is exactly 144 words long, excluding the title.  We were to include these words, "I am where I am when the snow began."  They were from a poem, "TheDead of Winter" by Samuel Menashe, found here.

 - The pictures are of our backyard, the snowy one the time it snowed and the snow stayed a while. 

- Click here to read what other writers have written

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Snowy Release -- a Prose Poem for dVerse Prosery

     Packing Snow 

‘Snow would be the easy way out’ .  Those words would be her rescue road.  Locked in here like a caged lion  

Mountainside lodge snow piling in. Snowman packed would it hold her up?   Up to windows high break the glass 

Then freedom at last!  

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 -   Prose Poem Copyright 2023, by Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved 

  - I'm linked with  kfim881  at dVerse Prosery     https://dversepoets.com/2023/11/06/november-for-beginners/ 

   Where Kim's prompt words for us to use is my first line, ‘Snow would be the easy way out’.  We were to limit ourselves to writing with no more than 144 words including the seven she gave us. I used 44.

 - Click here to read some of the other writers using these words

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Time Flies -- a Poem for Friday Writings and for dVerse Quadrille

            Clocks on our built-in Book shelves

        See more clocks in our house, click here

    Delinquent Fun 

Time flies when you're having fun

Not fun when fun is the help's

Cleaning lady smashes clocks

She smashed my Sun pottery

Made by an astronaut's wife

And an exotic glass egg

Egg from France Mrs. first trip

Souvenirs, can't be replaced 

Expedite termination 

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 - Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov, 2017 and 2023, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with whimsygizmo (De Jackson) of dVerse Quadrille #184 for the Prompt word, "Smash".  Quadrilles have 44 words not counting the Title, I have exactly 44 words without the title. 

 - Click here to read other's Writings for dVerse.  

 - I am also linked with Rommy for hosting Friday Writings #95 at  

   https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/   

 - Rommy has invited us toto work with the idea of “losing track of time” (the phrase doesn’t have to be used, but the idea should be part of your poetry or prose)

NOTE:  PARTS HERE ARE TRUE BUT IN THE MAIN IT IS FICTION.  FOR SURE THE CLEANING LADY WAS NOT FIRED.

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A Date?" -- a short Prose Piece for dVerse Prosery

        The blind date

"On this day without a date, on a back street, dusky" and greasy, leaned a lady await. Dateless, still she was ready, willing to go.   Name the place, she'll hop in your jalopy.

Drove to a stop, what to do next?

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 - Photo and Prose Piece Copyright, Jimmiehov  2014 and 2023 respectively, All Rights Reserved 

 - Photo from http://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2014/07/blog-post_19.html (2014) and also https://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2016/08/by-day-i-troubled-poem-for-tuesday.html#comment-form (2016 - a dark poem)  

 - I'm linked with Lisa, aka msjadeli , at dVerse — Prosery — Charles Simic: Finding Our Pack, at 

        https://dversepoets.com/2023/05/08/dverse-prosery-charles-simic-finding-our-pack/

 - Lisa wishes for us to use these 11 words from Charles Simic, and write a short piece of prose with no more than 144 words--mine has 44 

    "On this day without a date, 

     on a back street, dusky" 

 - To read other's few-word works, click here 

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April -- NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 07 -- and a Write for Friday Writings

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The Love Letter 

When I first held you 

The invention of fire (!!)

Haunted by the past 

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 - Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with Rommy at the Friday  Writings #71  at  

https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/?m=1 

 - I am linked with NaPoWriMo, National Poem Writing Month, for writing ___________. You can see the instructions and will be able to read others' writings there at    

    https://www.napowrimo.net/ , 

and then click on the day's title that you wish to read.  This one will be posted on "Day 7" but I am not following the given prompt suggestion.

 - Rommy has invited us to write about “small victories” 

 - A 'Spine Poem" makes a poem using the words of spines of books.  I composed this Senryu during a recent library visit

 - The little Flirty Guy follows most of my love poems.  I found him outside a store in Gdańsk, a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland. .

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Seeers are believers -- a Ditty for Friday Writings

 

  Comes the Stomper Outers 

Mean 

Stomper Outers' discovery 

They came, the stomper outers 

Killjoyed the little kids 

Ruiners to them 

Dismay the girls  

Cry their fun 

Bursted 

Joy

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved 

 - I'm linked with Magaly for the Prompt phrase at the Friday Writings #70 at  

    https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/ 

 - Photo from Carrie at  Sunday Muse #252 

https://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/2023/03/sunday-muse-252.html?m=1

  - Hooked with Grace at "Wordplay",  

       https://dversepoets.com/2023/03/23/meeting-the-bar-word-play/

  - I think my poem is a Reverse cinquain based on syllable count.  It will work either way:

Joy

Bursted 

Cry their fun

Dismay the girls

Ruiners to them

Killjoyed the little kids 

They came, the stomper outers 

Stomper Outers' discovery 

Mean

 - Read other's writes, here 

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See You at the Ballot Box -- a Poem for Quadrille #172

 My shifting changes

I made a shift, 

a shift I've made before 

From Republican before

to Democrat last election

I'm shifting parties back

Back to Republican

Don't like the way

the way Republican candidates stack

Not saying for whom I'll vote

Don't want old men back again

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with Mish for the prompt word, "shift", at 

    https://dversepoets.com/2023/03/20/quadrille-172/

 - Their request is that our quadrille should be exactly 44 words, not including the title and include the word “Shift” or a derivative of the word. 

 - To read other's writings, click here 

Trouble Brewing - a Poem for dVerse Quadrille

    Found Stuff from Drawers

 A Gasp and a Half 

Twenty-four hours ago 

I called the IRS 

Younger voice answered me

I had money to pay                      16

Was told I had to have

an ID in my file

She looked to see, was there?

Info ID needed                              20

I gasped out loud 

Of those I've none                         . 8

                                                    44 words 

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with Sanaa and De Jackson for the prompt word, "gasp", at 

    https://dversepoets.com/2023/03/06/quadrille-171-poetry-is-a-kind-of-gasp/ 

 - Their request is that our quadrille should be exactly 44 words, not including the title and include the word “Gasp” or a derivative of the word. 

 - To read other's writings, click here

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My Car - a Poem for dVerse Quadrille

This 1998 Mustang GT Convertible,
my retirement present to me in 2001
[click picture for larger viewing]

Mustang Music 

We go purring down the road 

That's me and my Mustang 

Mustang's a classic this year 

         Born Nineteen-ninety-eight       18

Sings sixties and seventies 

  Classic rock she does choose   

Music to our ears she purrs 

            Top down and throttle too        20 

 

Dylan, Beatles, ZZTop,  

          More, bellowing non-stop           6

                                                                  44 Words

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 - Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2022, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with Linda Lee Lyberg at dVerse Quadrille #170 at 

    https://dversepoets.com/2023/02/20/quadrille-170-music-is-my-refuge/

 - Linda's request is that our quadrille should be exactly 44 words, not including the title and include the word “Music” or a derivative of the word.   

 - To read our group's efforts, go here, 

    https://www.blenza.com/linkies/links.php?owner=dversepoets&postid=16Feb2023&meme=12540

 - The car had 49K miles when I got it, now has 106K.  The mirrors vibrate with classic rock music playing very loud.