I relocated my poetry today. Sorry, Tumblr, but I found greater ease and appeal at WordPress. If you’ve been following me here, please come take a peak and see today’s poem: Mad Music, prompted by the letter M. What could be better than a poem that mentions the mandolin and Megadeath?!

Day 68 prompt: friendships

Fleeting

the one who never lunched again,

after she started working somewhere else

Fragile

the bond that broke, irreparable,

when I uttered one wrong word

Forsaken

the lifetime confidante who betrayed me,

choosing to empathize with another at my expense

Forever

the conversation that feels like just yesterday,

even when our talks are weeks or months apart

Fortunate

the compatible co-worker whose connection grows,

forging a bond I never expected and can’t live without

Day 67 prompt: motion

Teaching children to make a joyful noise

Sometimes the lyrics are hard

Ancient terms they’ve not encountered

Long words they can barely pronounce

So we make up motions

And somehow, body plus voice

Plants the song deep in the singer’s heart

To be remembered for many tomorrows

Day 66 prompt: lots & lots & lots 

(a limerick)

On Twitter your posts are confined

To one-forty-character lines

Through retweets and replies

These short notes can fly

To millions of eyes in no time

Day 65 prompt: reflect

You might reject

The path I trekked

As incorrect

And I can’t object

For I recollect

That in effect

I didn’t disinfect

Before I necked

With a crime suspect

Eight men he decked

Drugs did inject

Six cars he wrecked

Children did neglect

Yet we did connect

On a flight direct

When he helped protect

People I respect

So now I reflect

On what to expect

When I intersect

With one who you reject

There is no effect

When you coldly elect

To disrespect

Someone I select

Day 64 prompt: slam on the brakes

On my way to work

Passenger seat occupied

By valuable essentials

Briefcase, purse, laptop

Squirrel in the road

Slam on the brakes

Gripping at ten and two

Belongings worth

Thousands of dollars

Hurtle to the floor

God damn it!

On my way to anywhere

Passenger seat occupied

By my firstborn child

Tall, strong teen in headphones

Squirrel in the road

Slam on the brakes

Reaching fast to the right

A futile reflex to protect

The child whose eyes roll

As he adjusts his seatbelt

God bless him!

Day 63 prompt: the letter E

enormous ernestine

empress of east moline

eats Eggs over easy

every evening til queasy

but effects an exception

if there’s an election

then Eclairs and Eels

enter into her meals

her epicurean ecstasy

always has capital E’s

Day 62 prompt: ordinary

I think and talk and write for pay

I rarely ever miss a day

“High performer,” so they said

I thought I would get ahead

But jobs get cut and budgets shrink

And now I have a slip of pink

Day 61 prompt: flight

swipe

the bar top

place

five

spotless

glasses

straight line

evenly spaced

delicate stems

supporting

voluptuous bowls

present each bottle

stroke each label

announce each variety,

region and vintage

pour

just two ounces

just enough

to study,

sniff,

sip

and savor

Day 60 prompt: door

a breath

of an idea

whispers

its way in

and quietly

starts

inflating

balloons in

my imagination

one after

another

until their

colors

and fullness

leave

no space

for any

other

thought

so

I pull

open the

door

and set

them

tumbling

free

Day 59 prompt: chocolate

In my office

I have files

Bins and boxes

And some piles

Things to read

Things to do

Things out from

And things in to

Most of this

Is meant to share

Work to complete

Then send out there

But one box stays

Protected here

It holds the stuff

I hold most dear

It’s hidden high

Up on that shelf

My chocolate stash

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 care

use this

billi blanket

more like a glow stick

for her torso

caution

keep her

by a window all day

nurse and nurse

and nurse and nurse

slowly

with careful cuddles

and loving light

yellow baby

Day 57 prompt: stuffed animals

(a haiku)

at feeding time I

follow the zookeeper to

see stuffed animals

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 picks for appetizer

Slice it

Stack into a sandwich

Melt it

Fold into fragrant fondue

Fry it

Order up some opa!

Say it

Shine your smile at the shutter

Cut it

Annihilate anyone around you

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 even

see or hear

Stretch …

Sandy starts

suddenly upright

head near tail

her spine an

inverted U

Spring!

Sandy shoots

pink padded paws

to trap the cricket …

who didn’t stand

a chance