At the Sign - a Poem for NaPoWriMo 2024 Day Thirteen

 

        Sidewalk Closed 

"Sidewalk Closed," that's what the sign said 

No other words, there's just those two 

'Twas abrupt, a slap in the face 

A traffic jam in the morning 

Runners piling up, a big heap 

Like falling dominoes, pile grows 

One body upon another falling 

Straight line not one falls to the side 

Call the cops before someone's hurt 

Laughing because there's nothing else 

The sides are mud, a sticky mess 

Puddles too would get in their shoes 

Get up and turn back nothing else 

Nothing else to do--laugh it off 

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

 - I am linked with NaPoWriMo 2024 Day Thirteen, 

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

    not following the prompt today, I am reading signs from my car

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Read it and, . . . -- for a dVerse Poetics and Friday Writings

[Taken on a road trip through Iowa, 2011 (posted about it, click here)] 

dVerse Poetics Poem: 

        Sign said, "Road Closed" 

The sign said that the road was closed 

But that wasn't enough for me 

Which way to go, there's no arrow 

Two alternatives, right or left 

Or is there a third, either way 

Perhaps they both end up, same place 

This was Iowa, new to me 

I took my chances and went left 

That's the way life is many times 

There is no Detour sign to say 

And there's plenty of Iowa's 

We'll read the sign and do our best 

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Friday Writings Special:

Like a Deer 

Storm has come tonight 

Skies are darkened as black ink 

Love to run in rain 

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

 - I am linked with MS JADELI   at dVerse Poetics at  

   https://dversepoets.com/2023/09/12/dverse-poetics-semiotics-reading-the-signs/

 - Click here to read other writing concerning "signs". 

 - I am also linked with Magaly for hosting Friday Writings #94 at  

   https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/   

 - Magaly has invited us to "create poetry or prose which includes the following words:  storm; ink; and love" (I made a Senryu for her).  We have a choice as using her prompt is optional.  Due to my busy schedule I have opted to post instead a previously written work using "signs" for the prompt by MS JADELI.  

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 I used to like this song a lot:

 

 Detour — Patti Page

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And this:

"Signs" (lyrics)
Recorded by: "Five Man Electrical Band" (1970)
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/lyrics2/signs.html
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Gin it Up - a Senyru Ditty for Friday Writings

Ginning up a poem 

Glad I learned to spell and write 

Google spells for kids  

Educated kids 

Get the good jobs for today 

Sign painters for sure 

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2022, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with the Friday Writings #39, hosted by Rosemary , 

https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2022/08/friday-writings-39-crafting.html?m=1 

 - Rosemary's writing suggestion this week, "How could you make a poem or a story? Gardening, sculpting, building, knitting, raising it like a child?

Please tell us the answer – :

 - Here goes, I just Gin Up a blub and hope it is a Ditty or a Poem or a Story told.

 - Plus my Music and Song Writing daughter thinks I need an illustrating picture.

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Getting Old, another Flash Poem

We are known as the "wilted pair." 
Once shiny and so very bright 
We've a stooped walk with silver cane 
And sip our water with a straw 

Rented teeth ours went down the drain 
Children stare tell Mum we're funny 
Still we smile and tell you G'day 
Let's sip some water with a straw

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 - Photos, 2008 and 2018, and Poem Copyright,  Jimmiehov 2008 and 2018, and 2018, All Rights Reserved (2008 side picture posted, Link) (2018 bottom picture is a screen print from Kerry's post, referenced below-click picture to enlarge)
 - I'm linked with Kerry O'Connor at http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2018/08/camera-flash.html?m=1 ,
 - Exactly 55 words

NaPoWriMo 2017, Day 12 -- an Advice Poem, "Listen up"

Listen up

They'll tell you any and every day

It's what you want to hear, "believe me"

 

He may be the old man down the road
He may be another you would trust
He may have told you a small white lie
He may not be all bad, just a bit

 

From "An old man in a Bad white dress"
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 - Poem Copyright © 2012 and 2017 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved
 - Photo's from Google results, Bad Protest Signs

 - I'm linked with  Isadora Gruye  at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Out of Standard - Signs of the time, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/04/out-of-standard-signs-of-time.html 
 - - - and    
 - to Day Twelve of NaPoWriMoa http://www.napowrimo.net/day-twelve-5/

 - Isadora's instructions, "The prompt is simple: find an image of a protest sign and use that phrase in a poem that is not political."
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NaPoWriMo 2017, Day 11 -- A poem about Songs that Saved

http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2011/06/road-trip-six-word-saturday-side-trip.html

Thank you radio

Thank you radio KOIP

Dead skunk in the middle of the road!

A warning indeed 

Would have been a very stinky car for me


DEAD SKUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu5hzc2Mei4
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Should have read that detour sign

A warning indeed!

I'd a been stuck in the mud

Thank you radio KOIP


Marty Robbins Singing Detour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khFN4rJvQAw
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 - Photo and Poem Copyright © 2011 and 2017 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved

 - I'm linked with Kerry O'Connor at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, The Tuesday Platform, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-tuesday-platform_11.html 
 - - - and   
 - to Day Eleven of NaPoWriMo, http://www.napowrimo.net/day-eleven-5/

 - Margaret would like for us to remember Songs that saved my Life.  These songs probably didn't save my life but Surely saved my Day.
 - Radio KOIP does not exist at this time. 
- There were other songs too.  You might have one to tell in your comment?
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Ugh, ugh ~~ a 'Mind the Sign' poem

Source Unknown

Sign says

Sign says don't do that, but
do they really mean 'that'

Will exceptions be made
Money, power, boldness

Those blessing will far
Don't be afraid to ask

A dollar or a pound
Opens doors, goes places

If for art or for hire
Makes a difference sure

Take your chances today
'Morrow I might say no

Today I'm on the take
Another day means "no"

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 Bottom Photo and Poem Copyright © 2016 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved

Top photo posted By Kerry O'Connor at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads,
The Tuesday Platform where I'm linking (link) this poem, written today.
[click on pictures for larger size, click again for larger still]



 

Accident(s) ~~ Sensational Haiku Wednesday

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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


Photos, Poem Copyright
© 2007, 2010 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved

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


Sensational Haiku Wednesday is hosted by Jenn. Please click on the logo to the right for info about joining in and for more Haiku Wednesday participants.

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

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

Photo and Poem Copyright
© 2010 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved

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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.

One Single Impression: Preponderance

sign says no parking
marked cars bikes--bikes disregard
by preponderance

Photo and Poem Copyright
© 2010 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved

I will try to read your poems and return your comments. If I don't, please forgive me. Mrs. Jim and I are still on holiday. Now we are in London visiting Karen, Billy, and KP who have recently moved here.

Prompt word, Preponderance, suggested by Deanna at Dances with Loons

Find more poems at One Single Impression using "preponderance" as prompt
Picture recently taken by me (Jim) on the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark

One Single Impression: Conquer (an acrostic)

Conquer It
what ails me

(an acrostic)
Common colds prevail.

Orneriness and ale ... .
Near sightedness, pills.
Queasiness and ills .....
Under bed monster ....
Elder aged and weak ..

Retirement's bleak .....

 

Pictures and Poem Copyright

© 2009 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved

 

Sign was found on the seaside road,outside Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland (link)
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Find more poems at One Single Impression
"Conquer" as prompt was
suggested by Neha Sahi Saigal of Tea Leaves 'n' Honey

Also pledged for Acrostics Only October, 2009, prompt 7, Poet's Choice
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Wordless Wednesday #082 — Over the _____ through the ______ to _______'s house we go

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SkyWatch Friday (my twentith) -- Happy Thanksgiving Sky Guys!

More sky pollution unless you're looking for a place to eat

Smiley Sky Guys:

One Sky Guy is missing, I didn't like his language!

Other Participants and How to Have Your Own Skywatch