Rallentanda

Rallentanda

Saturday, April 1, 2023

2023 APRIL PAD CHALLENGE

 


 DAY 1

WRITE A FOOLISH POEM

there are no special fools for april
they arrive in every month
a homogenous bunch of ning nongs
who enjoy a slap up lunch

april fools are show offs
even create a special day
breaking out into song and verse
about how " i did it my way"

they're no more foolish than the rest
and regardless of the month
we all know in the ning nong club
there's no fool like an old fool
they definitely do foolery the best

 

 DAY 2

B Grade movies

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 See you tube...Victoria Wood Brief Encounter Parody

Brits do
B grade movies best


 we keep orange pekoe tea
for the middle classes
i know we've only just met
 but let's run away
to a leper colony together
my wife's a bit of an old trout\

mad
bad and brilliant
heaving bosoms and tear jerkers
British insanity at its finest


 

Day 3

 

 


A small pot of mint
on the window sill
i break off a few leaves
inhale
smile
and my day begins 


DAY 4

life is easier to deal with
since reality became a friend
send the dreams a flying
they will drive you round the bend
no matter if it's stormy grey
or lovely like the buds of may
find some good in all of it
tis the best way in the end

DAY 5

 a verb is a doing word
a noun is a thing
well a noun can be anything
what?
even a nun ?
shrieks of laughter from the class
go stand in the corner Rall
detention after school
write 100 lines
i must not mock servants of the Lord
memories
of Mother Loyola's parsing and analysis class
in the primary school

DAY 6 

musty furs smelling of face powder
and eau de cologne
silk scarves and stockings
colourful tins of buttons
and coins
hats with feathers and lace
whale bone corsets
nana's wardrobe
a child's treasure trove
aladdin's cave

DAY 7 

it's cloudy and grey
three crosses on a hillside
never a good day


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