Hi everyone.

This November I will be presenting to you a month of daily poems as memoir, little ditties to tell you about my day or my thoughts during the day, whatever.  Of course I hope you enjoy them, but it’s ok if you don’t.  Just move on to the next blog in your list.

Day twenty-six is: “Today’s prompt is to write a time poem. Personally, I’ve dealt with Daylight Savings Time, time zones, and timed races this month. Even this challenge is a timed event with a new prompt/poem each day and a collection due by a certain time in January. So think (and poem) about time today.”

Time never stops at work

Time hangs
suspended
when you are sick
and yet

days pass
unnoticed
until suddenly
well again

Somehow though
email
clicks away
building work anyway

Hi everyone.

This November I will be presenting to you a month of daily poems as memoir, little ditties to tell you about my day or my thoughts during the day, whatever.  Of course I hope you enjoy them, but it’s ok if you don’t.  Just move on to the next blog in your list.

Day twenty-five is: “For today’s prompt, write a response poem. You can respond to someone else’s poem (famous or not), or you can respond to one of your own poems (like I did below). Of course, it’s possible to respond to someone or something that’s not a poem: Perhaps, a letter, an old conversation, a piece of art, or a delicious piece of pie.”

You can’t fool us

A great poet
said
the world will
end
in fire
in ice

But only some
say so.

So
do we worry?

I say
fire and ice
are the least
of
our concerns

But I am sure
when the world
ends
some will lay
blame
at the feet

Of fire and ice.

Hi everyone.

This November I will be presenting to you a month of daily poems as memoir, little ditties to tell you about my day or my thoughts during the day, whatever.  Of course I hope you enjoy them, but it’s ok if you don’t.  Just move on to the next blog in your list.

Day twenty-four is: “For today’s prompt, take the phrase “Home (blank),” replace the blank with a new word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: “Home for the Holidays,” “Home Run,” “Home Body,” and/or “Home Is Where the Heart Is.””

Home free

Sickness departing
in time for the weekend

Seems like I planned it
but I’m not that clever.

Hi everyone.

This November I will be presenting to you a month of daily poems as memoir, little ditties to tell you about my day or my thoughts during the day, whatever.  Of course I hope you enjoy them, but it’s ok if you don’t.  Just move on to the next blog in your list.

Day twenty-three is: “For today’s prompt, write an appreciation poem. There’s always something to appreciate, whether it’s a day, a person, an animal, or a special food dish. Find something to appreciate and poem the heck out of it today.”

Appreciation
is a long word
four syllables,
no five
Appreciate is four, moving from verb to noun does that

Ad-, to
pretium, price
to set a price for
to esteem
value highly

Kitties
Kevin
Mom and dad
Friends
Good colleagues, even if the job is harder to find appreciation for these days