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Friday, September 17, 2021
A Valuable Asset
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Now It Can be Told
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Fifty Day #6
My daughter and (almost 3) Granddaughter #14 were watching the garbage truck.
“See?” daughter said. “He’s taking the garbage!”
“Oooh!” GD14 said. “He picks it up . . .”
Her mother looked at her. “Yes?”
“. . . and puts it in his backpack!”
Through the eyes of a child…
Today is Fifty Day!
And that means another challenge to tell a story using ONLY fifty words.
Thank you so much, Adela, for opening this new world to me . . .
Monday, September 13, 2021
Super-stitious
Those superstitions that we prize,
Call
them silly, call them wise,
(Despite
the knowledge that we’ve gained,)
They still
have power. Let me explain…
There’s
Black Cats Crossing o’er Your Path,
A
tempting of a witch’s wrath.
Or
Walking under Ladders, sure,
Will
make your sweet life less than pure.
A Mirror
you have that’s Less Than Whole…
May
indicate a broken soul!
A Friday,
bad. The 13th? Worse!
Be careful,
or you’ll end up cursed.
Umbrellas
opened, not outdoors,
Will cause
much harm to lives—like yours!
And
oh, that Crack—Breaks Mother’s Back?
In
truth lets evil ghosts attack.
Don’t
spill that salt, you’ll be chastised,
Toss
some away, ‘fore spirits prize!
An
itchy palm means moneys come,
Don’t
scratch! Or it’ll be undone!
To
knock on wood means your ‘UN-jinxed’
(So
good won’t be erased, one thinks.)
Those
lucky pennies? Just make sure
Their
heads are up. (Or please detour!)
Don’t
Stand Your Chopsticks in Your Food
It
forms a number 4. You’re screwed!
Your
mirrors shouldn’t face their friends,
A portal
forms which never ends!
No Happy
Birthdays said before,
No
coming in a different door,
Dropped
keys on tables says, “You slut!”
No
complimenting. It’s bad luck…
With all these fears and many more,
With consequences by the score,
One thing I’ll say—you’ll be relieved…
They get their power when you believe!
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Photo Credit: Karen of bakinginatornado.com |
With poetry, we all besought
To try to make the week begin
With gentle thoughts,
Perhaps a grin?
So Karen, Charlotte, Mimi, me
Have crafted poems for you to see.
And now you’ve read what we have wrought…
Did we help?
Or did we not?
Thinking of joining us for Poetry Monday?
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