Where Have All The Flowers Gone?

POETRY JAM and 3WW

i thought i should bring flowers
but i've been at sea too long
i seem to have lost my manners
doing everything that's wrong
so i've brought you some little fishies
wrapped up in a big red box
this could fix things between us
even though i don't really give a toss

he gave an evil chuckle
through his shark serrated teeth
knocked upon her door
shifting nervously on his feet
she took the big red box
said thank you very much
now come inside rhinoceros hide
i'll serve them up for lunch

Haiku Heights

i could never live
with a man who did not bring
me long stemmed roses





chivalrous he was
a husband planning his wife's
demise- good movie

" Notorious"
Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains














i'm so bored with this
cheapskate and his measly rose
stolen from a bush

chicks dig chivalry
pay attention doddle duck
i'm dropping some hints


chivalry - what's that?
non existent down under
reason gals travel

no point dropping hints
find an import from os
all the smart gals do

Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf

Dverse


two little wet hens
sitting on a fence
one said do
the other said dont
one said leave
the other said stay

oh my oh my
deliberate or die
is this what it's like to be
a gemini

dillying and dallying
to -ing and fro -ing
like the crazed libran
he loves me
he loves me not
pie in the sky
doing her balancing act
until an aries comes along

dragon breath and fire balled
cutting swathes and rumbled foot
huffing and puffing
i will blow your house down
said the big bad wolf

then it's easy
everyone outta here
run for your life

For The Long Weekend

Haibun for Haiku Heights


it is the long weekend
i am sitting by the fire
in a blue lounge room
with  black douglas
under a fur rug
in the bush playing this


try as i might i
cannot stop thinking of you
i know it is wrong

Three Word Wednesday



a big ego
damaging to onlookers
but somehow legitimate

Haiku Heights


i see you sweetie
i spy with my little eye
a surreal starfish




my wife has great arms
all the better to strangle
me within marriage




Gala and Dali
go swimming with a Vermeer
for the heck of it




an eccentric man
could quite likely use his wife
as a table top

what a great talent
Dali eccentric and odd
made some strange paintings




time shrinks and expands
according to one's mood state
tick tock Dali clocks

Rictameter for Rinkly Rimes

         




Brenda Bryant



image from rinklyrimes.blogspot.com


                so sad
       when someone leaves
    who's been around for years
 Rinkly Rimes has closed down her blog
  no comments at all for her ' au revoir '
 she may have closed the comment box
          i hope this is the case
           she has been sick
                  so sad


               her work
             is a treasure
       so have a look sometime
  at a poet's dreams, humour and long life
        experience  of times gone by
       Rinkly Rimes good fun times
              don't miss out on
                   her work

The Family That Bathes Together Stays Together

Claudia's bathroom prompt at dverse

Sunday

it's raining
it's pouring
the old man is snoring
6 o clock in the morning

open the blinds
make the tea
snuggle up in bed
all day
and puss makes three



bathing together
was fun in the past
when we were young
adventurous and
much more lithe
now the bathtub would
need to be double its size




tis now a ritual
taken alone with bubbles
candles montrachet
and vogue

muscles all soaked in
radox and foam
lemon verbena and thyme
and a nice glass of wine