Six Word Saturday

For Six Word Saturday:

Lollygagging on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Word List Challenge - City Streets

This poem is just the result of playing with a word list challenge over at Apollo Blessed.  The words were:
Partake

Delve
Nourish
Pinnacle
Devour
Whole
Sentiment
Under
I decided to try using them at the beginning of each line....just kind of experimenting.  :)

Under the street signs
Devoured by city’s sounds
Whole tribes at war
Nourished by noise, never
Partaking of peace or
Sentiment’s sweet song
Delving into desolation to
Pinnacle of poverty’s passion

Yum!

For Sunday Scribblings prompt #265 - Cake

I baked me a cake and gave a big shout
Because I had left all the calories out

I’ll eat the whole thing and still remain thin
Can you imagine how that makes me grin?

I hid it from view, this one I’d hoard,
But this lovely cake had the taste of cardboard.

So into the trash it went with a clunk

Now get the real cake and cut me a chunk!

gkb - 5/2/11

Justice

Bin Laden is dead

the world is a better place

justice has been done

gkb - 5/2/11





Protagonists

The Carry on Tuesday prompt:  Use all or part of a first line from Shakespeare, "All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players"
Haiku Heights Prompt #41 - Innocence

All the world's a stage

where innocence and evil

vie for victory

G.K.B. - 5/1/11

One Single Impression Prompt #166 - Border

Chronic depression

episodes of mania

bipolar border

moods of madness like

blindly walking a tightrope

a balancing act

A Good Day

Day 30 and final day of April Poem-A-Day Challenge!  Today's prompt at Poetic Asides is, "When I leave here...."   This 30th day of doing a poem a day found my brain a bit fatigued, but I had to finish what I started, right?  So here's my final (though feeble) response.

When I leave here,
I will be there,
In the car and
Out of my chair.

When I arrive
In another part of town,
I'll head to son's deck
And sit right back down


With fresh air and sunshine,
Maybe too much to eat,
But all in all,
A much better seat!


With the warmth of
Family, friends, and sun
I know this afternoon
Will be fun!

Ode to Books

Day 29 April P-A-D Poetic Asides prompt:  Write an ode....not necessarily formal.  I really hit a brick wall with this prompt, but I finally came up with this.

You take me to places I never thought to go,,
You take me away from the pain of today.
You bring me knowledge, helping me grow,
You give me more than I can ever repay.


You make me laugh at myself and others.
You give me the means to loose my sorrow.
You replace boredom with hours of pleasure.
You let me encounter many lovers,
You give me hope for a better tomorrow.
You, my books, are the pearls of my treasure.


G.K.Bostic - 4/29/11

The World Without.....

Day 28 April P-A-D prompt from Poetic Asides:  "The world without something"  My response for today is a few senyrus.

The world without you

would have no meaning for me

my beautiful sons

**********

Without tornadoes

Alabama would not know

such devastation

our hearts and our minds

stop mundane meanderings

to send prayers of hope

**********

This world without love

would be a nightmare beyond

imagination



Day 27

The Day 27 P-A-D prompt: "In the blank of blank"

IN THE CLASSROOM OF LIFE

In the classroom of life you will learn

There is much that you can discern.

There’s wisdom to hear

If you open your ears

As sure as the world’s going to turn.



I Will Lead You

Day 26 April P-A-D prompt:  Write a leader poem.


Let me guide you in your search as you
Enter upon the path to understanding
And follow the way of the peaceful warrior.
Dare to let go of futile search for happiness
Ending disappointment and frustration to
Rediscover the joy of now.

Evening

Day 25 - April P-A-D prompt:  Write a falling poem.

As daylight dims and

Sun falls behind horizon

A new night is born

Day 24 - Wordle Words

For Day 24 I decided to try Brenda's Wordle Words Challenge.  Thanks for the Challenge Brenda!


Tenderly wrapped in tissue
Of denial
Her heart lay protected
By opted amnesia,
Shielded from sharp pain
Of promises not kept,
Sweet promises of
Eternal love…
Yet memories of the
Piquant, cheap perfume
Creep back to haunt
Her dormant senses.
Visions of dark-haired siren
With pinwheel tattoo
Upon her nape
Diminish protective shield
Stealing peace of forgetfulness,
Squeezing the hand of
Betrayal ‘round her heart,
Replenishing the hate.
Remembrance leads her to
That aching path
That will alone
Quench her thirst
For revenge.

Here are the Wordle Words: 

tissue, sharp, cheap, squeeze, replenish, creep, steal, quenching, pinwheels, tattoos, piquant, diminished, eternal

Why Worry

Day 23 April P-A-D prompt:  Write a quit doing what you're doing poem.


Worry?  Why?
How does it help?
   And who?
Does it stop wars,
   Cure disease?
Does it prevent the drought
   Or stop the seas?
Does it keep a child
   From foolishly erring?
Does it stop the moron
   From drinking and driving,
      Destroying too many lives?
If worry could heal,
If worry could change the tides,
     Still the winds,
        Stop the ground from moving.
If worry could protect the child
     From harm and suffering,
        Keep fools from causing pain,

If.....

     Worry?   Why?

G. K. Bostic - 4/23/11

You

Day  22 April P-A-D prompt:  Write an "only one in the world" poem.

Divine creation

There is only one of you

Honor your spirit



On Second Thought

Day 21 April P-A-D prompt:  Second Thoughts



Alarm is set for half-past five,
Busy day ahead.
First a walk,
A brisk 5K,
Back again,
Quick shower then
Coffee, eggs, and fruit
For fuel,
Throw a load of laundry in,
Answer email
Check new prompts,
Write a masterpiece or two,
Scribble a sestina...

 Or

Should I just sleep in?

4/21/11

Message in a Bottle

Day 20 April P-A-D prompt:  write a message in a bottle

Solitary life

Until my savage Friday..

Strange reality

Words

Day 19 April P-A-D - Just a couple of Cinquains

Words

Like pearls

Strung together into

Beguiling choker of dignity

Mockery

 

Pearls

Words strung

Together wrap around

Mind’s heart with passion

Gemstones

Like an Angel

Day 18 April P-A-D prompt:  Write a poem with the title, "Like a ____"

Innocent newborn

Petal soft skin touched by God

Your soul’s legacy

G.K.Bostic - 4/18/11

A Portrait

Michele

Teacher, mother,

compassionate and funny

with a beautiful spirit

Friend

Sevenling

Day 16 - Trying a form I've never done, the sevenling.  Poem inspired by the Travel Channel:  Man v. Food - Carnivore Challenge In Baltimore

 

Baltimore’s great beef challenge
With steaks charred on the outside
Pink within, and juices flowing


He digs into 74 oz. of meat
Beginning with gusto, slowing halfway,
Stumbling near the end


The weight is killing us…

4/16/11