April 2. [Poetry Challenge Month} Prompts are: Seeing an old friend. [Virginia’s prompt] I challenge you to write a poem that takes the form of a family portrait. You could write, for example, a stanza for each member of your family. [Napowrimo’s prompt] Yes, Old Friend, I’ve lived a good life, Two fertile farmers of…

Life and Death First I was an embryo One big eye and a tail Somewhat translucent Blinking my eye and wiggling my tail Soaking up nourishment From the uterine floor Gradually I develop a shape And a sense of self I can feel. I can move. I can hear Sounds, comforting and familiar Then one…

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ESTRANGED WIVES (Both Margaret Trudeau & Princess Margaret had separated- 1970s) Wife-hood doesn’t always set With gals who’re christened Margaret If a Margaret shares your Chargex Your marriage may become letharg-ex! Elizabeths have sometimes tarried With the men they later married Their marriages are doomed to failure (Especially if they’re last name’s ‘Taylor’)…

1976… Yes, I remember your wedding In 1976, you say it was? Second marriage for you both No need for a reception. But in those days We celebrated Everything With cases of beer, a jug of wine Guitars, banjos and a fiddle Old time music in your Eight by 40 trailer Before you put on…

I wish that I could hibernate And pass up winter’s frozen state I think that I would have the weight From Xmas goodies that I ate. It would be nice to sleep in late And waken at a warmer date When all the land is green again I would wake up and I’d be thin!

SCRIBBLERS PROJECT: Use the word serendipity in a poem. “What rhymes with ‘serendipity,’ I ask my husband? “Stupidity,” he replies, not looking up from his crossword puzzle. “That doesn’t rhyme properly,” I retort. “It doesn’t have enough syllables. “I need to compose something for our Scribbler’s project,” I explain. “Perhaps a poem or maybe even…

Why is the lemming sometimes idle While other times he’s suicidal? Is he really that depressed As he heads east, or south, or west? Swimming with no hesitation To a watery destination. Does he die a planned statistic Or is he just too optimistic?

Facebook friends are getting younger ‘Cause it’s their childhood I remember That skinny kid on our school-bus Was teased but never made a fuss A square peg in a rounded hole Taunting could have bruised his soul But he grew up and l heard tell He’d married and they’d managed well His profile pic shows…