PAD CHALLENGE 2023 Day 15

 DAY 15

MY GENIUS CAT
here's my little shadow again
he follows me everywhere
he must know shell fish is on the menu for tonight
how does he know
can he read my mind
or can he read the label 'seafood dressing'
on the jar 

 Day 16

 

The Spice of Life

special moments
peeling potatoes
while watching a dvd
chopping mint and rosemary
crushing them between fingers
intoxicated by the perfume
staring out at the palms
getting a thrill
when a sail boat
appears on the horizon
when waves crash on the rocks in a storm
when a bunch of flowers is secreted
into the shopping bag
when invited out for a coffee

all sounds a bit ordinary
to someone scaling the heights
of Kilimanjaro
or riding a push bike
across Burma
but for me
these experiences
are all over the moon
treasured moments

Day 17

she never had the nerve
to make the first move
she sat back and waited
to be asked
to be invited
she thought
if her company was wanted
she would be approached
so what happened then
nothing

  

 DAY 18 

 

love is kind

love is devotion

 love should be mutual

don't waste it
on those who treat it
like a soiled garment
no matter who they are

your love is precious
leave it to the saints and martyrs
to accomodate the undeserving 

 

 

Wordle # 317.... MLMM

Yes,  the common safety pin, a unsung hero protecting fingers since 1849. If Walter Hunt hadn’t been in debt to a friend, who knows if we’d have the safety pin as we know it today. Walter invented it to pay off a $15 debt from the $400 proceeds from selling the patent.

 safety invention  injury debt fountain design decoration secure clever numerous pocket brass 

 

safety pin
reduced injury
very secure
clever invention
by Walter Hunt
possessed of a fountain of ideas
to pay off a debt
good design
with numerous uses
holding up knickers
with broken elastic
decorative brass ones
for pinning flowers
on collars and pockets
and also fashion items

John Miles - Music - 1976

Sunday Muse # 254

 

this is not the way to

advertise

for cello students

 

you  will get loads of takers

with no musical interest 

let alone instruments

as i 'm on the plain side

maybe if i learn the piano

i will be put on the endangered

species list

like my glam friend 

pink cockatoo

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 

 

 

Sunday Muse # 253

 

not as much fun

as going to sea in a beautiful pea green boat

with a pussy cat

by all means

be yourself

find yourself

sing "i did it my way"

but  the chances of you

being swept up by the wind

gliding into the sunset

on this giant red kite

are minimal 

someone else's way

probably a better option

adam would never have been

tempted to eat this apple

not even with eve doing

her jungle boogie moves 

quality produce has a lot

to answer for

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

  .

 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