Really Wild

We had the grandkids over,

Our intrepid little band,

A treasure hunt, some laser tag.

We’d lots of fun things planned.

I said, “The sky’s the limit!”

As they started Seek and Hide,

Cause for this day, this gramma

Walked on her wild side!

We scrambled through the brush,

While hunting one and all,

Then scrambled through again,

Looking for our only ball.

We piled in the car,

To play some laser tag,

We ‘weaseled’ through the hurdles

And Gramma waved the flag.

We stopped and ordered pizza,

It just seemed apropos,

Then piled in the car again,

And headed for a show.

Now when the movie finished,

'Twas such a lot of fun,

We got back in the car again,

Cause none of us were done.

We headed back t’wards home,

We weren’t quite finished yet.

We had donuts yet to make,

And records yet to set.

And then the kids were gone,

Their parents took them back,

The house was bare and quiet,

As outside, the skies went black.

This walking on the wild side,

Though much to be desired,

And fun the while it lasted,

Makes Gramma really tired!

Each month we have a topic,
Once Karen's led the way.
So tell me, now you've finished,
How did we do today?

Karen of Baking In A Tornado: Wild Side

maja 12personalities12: four of pentacles: calculated wilderness

Dawn of Cognitive Script: Walking Wild

Lydia from Cluttered Genius: Wild Child

Jenn from Sparkly Poetic Weirdo: Wildly Cautious

Sarah of My Brand of Crazy: The Wild Ride

Mad March

With gusty winds and snow that doesn’t quit.

The segue month that most love (not one bit).

That gusty month of March, we call it ‘mad’.

But mad or not, it’s the best month that we’ve had.

‘Cause in March a lot of great things found a patent,

All neatly filed in English, French or Latin . . .

In 1790 we got our first shoelaces,

And '94’s cotton gin improved workplaces,

Dry cleaned clothes? Yes, 1821,

And ‘41’s cornstarch made cooking fun.

In ’45 our honored rubber band,

In ’76 the phone was very grand,

The earmuff came along in ’77,

An ‘83 shoes-last thing? Cobbling heaven.

In 1895 some strange machines,

Moved entertainment fun from stage to screen.

An electric player piano—’99,

With the needed aspirin following close behind.

1902, they mass-produced our glass,

The Kewpie Doll in ’10 was such a gas.

A diver’s suit for ‘Harry’ in ’21,

And ‘Who’s on First in ’44? Number one.

The first fax sent? The year was ’55,

In ’59 the ‘maser’ came alive.

‘Twas followed by the laser, one year hence,

In ’63, the hula hoop was immense.

There are a whole lot more that I have missed,

I simply hadn’t room upon this list.

‘Mad’ scientists invented one and all,

The patents came in March. The best of all!

Karen asks, "Write for me, please?"
We write because she's our Big Cheese,
And we love her, you know that is true,

So this is what we writers do . . .

We craft a poem based on a theme,
With pencils, sharp, and eyes agleam,
Or at a 'puter screen, we stare,
Whilst sitting in our underwear,
(Okay, you're right, that is just me,
But, tell me, does it sound carefree?)
Each month we write and have such fun
We can't wait for another one,
Now this month, how well did I do?
Please go and see the others, too.

Karen of Baking In A Tornado: March Madness

Dawn of Cognitive Script: Mad As A Hatter: March Madness

Jules of The Bergham Chronicles: Mad, Mad World