2023 APRIL PAD CHALLENGE WD

 

DAY 8

 Homophone poem

she thought
they were especially close
it had been eleven years
of corresponding
but he closed the door
and put paid to that notion
by spelling it out in an email
littered with bad spelling incidentally

she should have known
she finally realised
he was just taking pity
on a blue lady
a charity case
nothing more
bringing a little sunshine
and blue sky into her lonely life

EASTER SUNDAY

DAY 9

 

 

joy to the world
HE IS RISEN

 Use a number

happy and blessed easter
to the 6 billion
out there
today being the corner stone
of our faith and
the most important event
on the liturgical calendar

happy easter everyone
enjoy the chocolate eggs
bunnies bonnets parades
a joyous time for all

 

DAY 10

How Lovely Are Thy dwellings Fair
A German Requiem
London Philharmonic Orchestra

How lovely
How sublime
How important
it is for humans
to get to know the work
of special humans like Brahms
to sustain one through
the unimaginable hardship that
life can hurl at you

How lucky are those who have
been exposed to high culture
through an education system
that has not yet been dumbed down
How sad and unfair it is
for the too many who have not

DAY 11

CINQUAIN

enough
of this turmoil
i've just  had far too much
stop the world i want to get off
wrong bus

SHADORMA

stony broke
it's a way of life
for a few
not so bad
as long as you have shelter
food pen and paper

DAY 12

the sound
of the key in the door
you're home
it always makes me happy
even after all these years

 

DAY 13.... FORGIVENESS

let there be
nothing to forgive
let it all slide away
or it will destroy you
don't let it touch you

if you're lucky
there will be someone
in your life
who will never hurt you
who truly loves you
and if not

well
in some cases
there's always
a very squidgy cuddle cat
who adores his owner
is always pleased to see her
loves her poems
and the fact that
he eats fresh crab tuna and steak
gets to sleep
taking up most of the space
on a queen size bed
has regular brushing and paw massage
has nothing to do with his deep
and lasting affection for his favourite human( ahem) !

 

DAY 14

 AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

Where the bee sucks, there suck I:
oh dear,not recommended
In a cowslip’s bell I lie;
at your current weight
very bad idea
There I couch when owls do cry.
well we know why they're crying
On the bat’s back I do fly
that wasn't a bat
After summer merrily.
you should really cut back on the mead

Merrily, merrily shall I live now
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
in your condition i would say unlikely
Merrily merrily shall I live now
Under the blossom that hangs on the bough
you're delusional darling

Apologies to Will

The Tempest.... Shakespeare