On the Alberta/Montana Border: Making It Up

Monday, May 15, 2023

Making It Up

I've been away, you may have seen

That on my blog I have not been,

Some catching up, I have to do,

So here're some poems from me to you!

April 17: Safety Pins:

Most pins are sharp, I’m sure you know,

It helps them go where they need to go,

I’ve used a few, I will admit,

To fasten things that needed it,

I’m always cautious, those things hurt!

And I will not with danger flirt,

So ‘safety pins’ I choose to use,

Thusly named, I cannot lose,

But something more I must submit…

They all still have a pointy bit!

April 24: Pigs in Blankets

I love blankets, yes, I do,

To cuddle, and the cold eschew,

It isn’t rare to find me rolled,

Encapsulated ‘gainst the cold.

You would imagine I’d support,

Giving wraps to weaker sorts,

Most everyone would benefit,

From having blankets, sewn or knit,

But there’s one group I won’t accept

Their needing blankets while they slept,

And that group is the pigs, you see,

There’s no need. They’re not like me,

But there are other ways that they

‘Go together’ as they say…

Cause Pigs in Blankets as a treat?

There are few things have them beat!

May 1: Rhino

Sometimes in nature, we will see,

A crossing of an “A” and “B”,

Like lion with a tiger, whew!

A ‘Liger’s’ what you get. It’s true.

A donkey and a horse result,

In one big mule. It’s no one’s fault,

A donkey also features with

A zebra. Zonkey’s not a myth!

There’s Jaglions and Grolar Bears,

Coywolfs, Camas, (please don’t stare!)

Beefalos, Narlugas, too,

And Hinny’s (Just to name a few)…

But cross and elephant and rhino?

What do you get? Ellefino!

May 8: Socks

(For this, I cheated--sorry, peers--

This is a po-em from last year...)

“Please tell us of your problem, sir,

We're here to give you aid.

Supporting is how we get through,

Speak up! Don't be afraid!”

“Just look around the circle, Sir,

There’s not but friends you’ll see.

Get the whole thing off your chest,

Then Madge will serve us tea...”

“It started much as any day,”

He said. And then he sighed,

“A run together in the dawn,

I was so proud, I cried.”

“Then changing for the workday, but

A load of laundry first.

Who knew that act would be her last?

‘Twas like we both were cursed!”

“So innocent as soap went in,

Naive as buttons pressed,

Then watched as clothes began to swirl,

And tumble with the rest.”

“All was well until the load,

Was moved into the drier.

And watching it together as

The heat was getting higher.”

“Then she was gone, t’was just that fast,

My love was there no more.

And all I had was memories

Of what we had before.”

“I’ve tossed it round within my mind,

There really is no doubt

As a pair of socks, we two went in,

As a single, I came out.”

So that is it, I've caught right up,

All that's left's today's poem. (Yup.)

I'll not abandon you, and hey!

I'm happy that you came to play!

May 15 (Today!): Chocolate Chip

It started as a cookie, yes!

T’was better, far, than all the rest,

An enterprising tollhouse wife,

A small idea. Got a knife,

And chopped a ‘something’ into bits,

And to her dough, she added it,

Then her idea just took off,

And, trust me, no one teased or scoffed,

Cause people came for miles around,

To taste that treat. And soon all found

That it surpassed all those that were,

And caused more than a little stir…

Today we add her ‘something’ to

The things we bake and cook and chew,

Deliciousness from plate to lip…

What did she make? The CHOCOLATE CHIP!

Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot,
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?