SUMMER MOOD-SWINGS Joyous, blissful, carefree hours Gentle breezes, quiet showers Rivers tiding Trout abiding Fragrant flowers Bicycle riding. Followed by: Steaming, burning, blazing heat Weather that arrives replete With snakes and mites And insect bites Athlete’s feet And cabbage blight Waves that riffle rubber boat While you indolently float Upon a lake And then sun…

“Lazarus Jewel Box” is the name of a type of clam shell. Today’s prompt inspired me to write about the loss of a few items from an earlier time. I once had a shiny grey jewelry box It was filigreed all over With a windmill on top My dad was from Holland So that may…

Letters to Santa from Politicians in the 1990s Dear Santa Clause, let’s make a deal, An election goodie I’ll reveal, Next year as you zip through the night, Faster than a Westjet flight, One gift to all will be from me, ‘Cause I will trim the G.S.T. But only if you’ll stuff a rock, In…

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!