Around and Around - a write for Friday Writings

 - Rommy has invited us to use ‘pivot’ (or any variation of the word) in our poetry or prose.  Pivot:  NOUN -- the central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates.  central shaft fulcrumaxis axleswivelpinhub  

 To see, read, other "spinning" writes I have posted go to the link below: 

 https://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/search?q=top 

 

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Ceiling Pivot; Palace Prison 

    Perched way up high 

It's hot up here     

    Ceiling fan my perch 

Can't scratch my nose     

    Sleeping most times 

Sans sleeping pills     

    Hide from the light 

My eyes are trained     

    Turned on at dusk 

Spot intruders     

    'til comes midnight 

They'd best not stay     

    When nights are hot 

Might sweat a lot     

    Ceiling fan goes on

Blades pivoting     

    Cools the air 

I hang on tight     

    Turns round and round  

Blades turning fast     

    Hanging on tight 

Don't dare get down     

    Don't want to fall 

No one to catch     

    Spin 'round the light 

Until it stops     

Note:  This is a four-verse, four-syllable-per-line write.  You can read four ways, down each column separately as single writes, down one way followed by down the second, or across the page, not minding the gap.  

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 Here we have a view of a ceiling in a bedroom. This was while we toured the Royal Yacht Britannia during our visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. 

 While there we found this pretty stuffed bear riding on top of a ceiling fan in one of the bedrooms. We have no explanation for why it was there.  

Outside there were a few clouds, see the pictures at the bottom.  Our daughter below, KP, was with us for this overseas visit.

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 I have previously posted the items below the Note and the Ceiling Fan above on Friday 17, 2008, when I participated in the Sky Watch activity.  That group is still going except I would get sooo many comments that I could not afford the time taken to answer on the other's posts.

http://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2008/10/skywatch-friday-my-fourteenth-at-top-of.html 

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- Poem Copyrite, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved 

- I am linked with Rommy (see her above directions) at the Friday Writings at  

    https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2023/02/friday-writings-62-pivot.html 

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A Tuesday Poem



 

In the Sky

 

Riders of the sky have you in their sights

No, they're not shooting or going to hurt you

They're aiming their big ear, pointing your way

 

Big Brother up there wants to listen in

What you are saying and talking about

Who you are talking to and what about

 

So you ask, just what is this all about

It's all hush-hush and not for you to know

Best keep your skeletons in the closet

 

You have often heard it said, "Break a leg"

But Big Brother would rather break a knee

 

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Photos and Poem Copyright,  Jimmiehov 2018, All Rights Reserved

 - I'm linked with Sanaa Rizvi  at http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-tuesday-platform_22.html for the Tuesday Platform. 
 - Sanaa opened with this quote:
"“In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion.” ― Ishmael Beah."
 - I've been laying low lately.  Actually, pretty low feeling.  Literally low also, I HAVE BROKEN MY LEFT KNEECAP.  Doctor's orders, "Immobilize it for six weeks to see if it will grow back together."  My other knee cap never did grow back, it only calcified.  I go back to my orthopedic doctor next Wednesday.  BTW, it wasn't Big Brother, just my brittle bones gave loose. 

SkyWatch Friday (my twenty-fourth) -- Three sky views from the Caribbean

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My favorite is from this beach scene at St. Johns Island. St. Johns was not on our itinerary so we used our free time while docked at St. Thomas. We took a 'taxi' to the ferry across the island. The ferry took us to St. Johns. Then another 'taxi' to the beach. Back to the ship was the reverse procedure. I will probably blog about that some time next week on my other blog.

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Taken from the coastal highway at St. Kitts Island. We were on the way back to the ship after an excursion.

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Another scene showing the St. Kitts flag and a roof damaged by a hurricane. At least these people had a roof, homes in Galveston are still lacking roofs after our Ike.

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SkyWatch Friday (my twenty-second) -- The friendly skies of Fort Lauderdale from Port Everglades

It's been a long, long time since I did a SkyWatch post. I've had a sabbatical, I've been gone. My last was on December 5, 2008!

I could say there were too many comments to answer them all (there were) but that isn't the reason. I could say I had to go away to find some pretty skies for photo shots. That was an incidental benefit but mainly Mrs. Jim and I just wanted to get away.

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These pretty sky pictures are Fort Lauderdale pictures. We were on the Queen Mary 2 just hanging around until we left Port Everglades. Others were leaving, we were not.

Finally we left and 'sailed' away towards the South Caribbean. Our first stop was Curacao. Click here to read about our trip. It is a work in progress, more will follow (I hope).

Eleven days later we returned to this port but the pretty skies weren't there in the morning.

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SkyWatch Friday (my twenty-first) -- A couple more "out the car window pictures"

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On the way home from grocery shopping, I took several 'out the window' pictures. This one came out best, at times like these I always am wishing for a better camera.

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I had been to our local Ford dealer for a 2009 calendar. He found me a pretty nice one, it has the 2009 line of Ford cars. Some years they have antiques. I will try another dealer a half hour north of here. Theirs always come in late.



I focused on the cars and not the sky for this just so that those who wanted to see the red Plymouth might. I should have stopped there in the used car pre-owned sales lot and taken a closer one but I was hurrying along that evening.
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It was a good thing I did hurry or I would have missed the sunset from the bridge picture.

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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!

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