national poetry month
The All Important Security Guard Slash Director of Traffic
Don’t you know who I am? I’m the All Important Security Guard Slash Director of Traffic. I could have a shorter title but this one is more graphic. It don’t fit the on the uniform but it’s all just the same. SECURITY is my middle name. Don’t you know who I am? My skills are [...]
Not the Brightest Crayon in the Box
I’m the last one standing with the Jenga blocks I can fix about anything, even grandfather clocks. I’ve been known to shadow box with the best of the jocks But I’m not the brightest crayon in the box It started back in preschool, in Miss Mona’s art classes. I drew a lemon yellow sky and [...]
The Tortoise or The Hare?
Now here’s a little fable I’d like to share About the tortoise and the hare. It’s not the same old story ending with a moral More like the last one standing will win the laurels. Four kids in a house with its own court yard who think keeping a pet can’t be all that hard. [...]
The Night Frisbee Team – NaPoWriMo Day 5
Having no coordination for any sports deemed extreme They had an inpiration for a night frisbee team. They weren’t much for trouble making No desire to cavort But they stayed out way past curfew Illuminating their sport. They climbed the chain link fence into the school parking lot Their game was so intense and their [...]
Zaghrouta – The Arabic Epithalamium or Poem for the Bride
Day Three of NaPoWriMo, and I have been challenged. When I first read the writing prompt from NaPoWriMo.net I immediately thought of the chants done by the family and friends of the bride at Arabic weddings. I’ve been to enough weddings that the description of an Epithalamium sounded more than familiar. They start out with an [...]
A Day in This Limerick Called Life
Day Two of NaPoWriMo. The prompt for the day comes by way of The Line Break’s Tom Holmes. Write a poem inspired by the song that was #1 on the day that you were born. (You can find the songs here) My song is A Day in The Life by none other than The Beatles. This song wasn’t [...]
The Bluebird, by Edwin Abner Poe
It’s a lesser known fact that Edgar Allen Poe had a twin brother. They were born in Boston in 1809 to Southern parents, traveling actors “whose status was just a little higher than that of vagabonds”. Edgar and Edwin were orphaned at age 2 when their father abandoned the family and their mother died of [...]
A Birthday Limerick for Hajjeh
There is someone I know who leaves me in awe, One of the most thoughtful women I ever saw. Generous and kind. So glad I’m assigned To be none other than her daughter in law.
A Limerick to Leave You in Stitches
Sometimes when pronouncing a word Things can get downright absurd When trying to read crochet I hope you don’t botch it Lest another meaning be inferred.
