Warning: Yellow Baby
Day 58 prompt: yellow warning yellow baby jaundice severe enough for concern leave her? no! show us what to do we yield to your advice handle with […]
Tag Archives: poetry
Zoo Strategy
Day 57 prompt: stuffed animals (a haiku) at feeding time I follow the zookeeper to see stuffed animals
What to Do with Cheese
Day 56 prompt: cheese Grate it Perk that plate of pasta Shave it Sharpen a Caesar salad Bake it Mound up molten maccaroni Dice it Poke in […]
Sudden Spring
Day 55 prompt: spring Sandy sleeps dreaming of catnip or a goldfish freed from its bowl Shiver … Sandy stirs ears twitching at a disturbance I don’t […]
Ode to Toys
Day 54 prompt: plastics (try singing it to the tune of Ode to Joy!) Dune Buggy Baby, Operation Fisher Price Little People nation Simon, Inch Worm, Bristle Blocks Most of […]
Alive
Day 53 prompt: alive Alert and active Listening, looking, learning I am intent on Voicing my views and Enjoying everyday experiences
Ahhh Treatment
Day 52 prompt: wet Long hard day Tired and stressed Lock the door Get undressed Light some candles Dim the room Turn on music Spray perfume Fill the tub Way […]
Welcome, Shopper
Day 51 prompt: entrance (a haiku) we near, they open shrewd supermarket doors sense we seek milk or wine
Summer Nights
Day 50 prompt: nightlife I remember summer nights on the farm lying on a blanket in the yard after dark trying to count the stars and losing track somewhere […]
My Man in Metaphor
Day 49 prompt: I love … He’s an ice cold Diet Coke at 6 a.m. He is cargo shorts in the dead of winter and fishing shows on Sunday morning. […]
Odour
Day 48 prompt: smells For today’s poem, I borrowed a page from D. H. Lawrence’s short story, “Odour of Chrysanthemums,” removing most of the words and leaving just a few […]
Sweet Embrace
Day 47 prompt: sweet mother’s lips rest softly on baby’s warm head fine wisps of hair sway slightly with her exhale through half-closed eyes she treasures his […]
Use Your Holidays
Day 46 prompt: holidays the days you accrue are precious and few so take a vacation without hesitation
Living Large
Day 45 prompt: large (to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) Bigger, better, richer too Only huge success will do Super size my houses (both) Monitor investment […]
Suburban Windows
Day 44 prompt: window (a haiku) suburban windows pulse the post-dinner glow of prime-time hypnosis
Beth Nyland 