“A Patch of Old Snow” written by Robert Frost is my inspiration for this poem, a zuihtsu. The line is, “There’s a patch of old snow in a corner…” The snow is compared to a piece of paper.
Old snow, why don’t you melt away
Ensuring
The street beauty as spring rains
Wash away the grimy aftermath of a storm
Lovely white snow storms don’t linger
Only as a dirty reminder of what winter was.
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Internet out yesterday again, but I think it’s fixed now since I finally got a real person🤪 to help me. A and P used to be a grocery store, the name shortened from The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. It was established by George Gilman and George Huntington in 1859 – 2015. ( I wonder if that’s where the phrase “by George” originated😀- nope that was Saint George and George was substituted for God). It was a mail order tea and coffee business before expanding into retail, becoming the largest grocery store in America from 1915 to 1975. Their own brand was “Eight O’Clock” coffee. My “O” part of the prompt is original name…okay, you got me, I’m cheating😉 Happy Saturday!
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Sometimes just bored, answered all of the daily prompts, and thank you to you, Sammi and all the prompters out there – where would I be without you? That confession aside, this word, chandelier, first thought in my brain was the song. Written by Sia in a twenty minute jam session with her producer, Jesse Shatkin, I heard it on a talent show and was mesmerized. Jordan Smith sang it, his voice gave me chills, and he won the competition. Here’s the rendition from that show: Ignore “stars”.
Weekend Writing Prompt #464 – Chandelier
Let’s turn this around, let’s hack life – I’m talking about the everyday life we’re living in now – in the USA we are enduring a regime of madness and it is affecting the entire world. Used to living a fairly normal life, being born in 1946 – don’t faint, I’m still able to articulate my feelings with unslurred words and agree with other bloggers, not afraid to say no or that something is truly evil. And it is…so far Americans in the states are keeping their heads above water, while our leaders are crazily demented and threatening the rest of the world. Even our allies are feeling the blows. We as ordinary citizens are seeing our lifelong rules and principles torn down with no reprisal. Democracy as we know it is done. And that is so alarming to me, who has witnessed war after war after war, started by us! Who do we think we are? Who is here because of Lady Liberty’s promises?
The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS April 18, 2026
serene scenery
no bombing interruption
the sands are quiet
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endless grains of sand
shifting as salty sea tide
dangerous waves for a swim
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SenHai Saturday #48
Laughter is the best
Medicine,
forget the rest
All the pills
In all the bottles
Will never settle a lotta
Problems, aches and pains
It’s pharmacy companies that reign.
People sometimes hesitant
Refuse to give that laughter
Others spent.
The time of their lives sometimes short
But giggling at it, I report
It is a balm
A time of calm
After
Laughter.
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Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge: 04/14/2026
“My heavens!”yelled the immortal Miss Pennypacker. She picked up the microphone at the cottage by the lake. Being the main speaker at a library convention, most of the ladies at this particular speech were hard of hearing elderly. However, the resting teapot on each small table teetered, hearing this exclamation. Miss Pennypacker approached the curious snail on the mic with zeal. “Do you read?”
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Can You Tell A Story In…
Stephen Wright was never nasty or even really mean, but I had to think of two words beginning with M and N. As I said, my internet is playing tricks on me. Here are two jokes from SW: “ I used to be a people person until people ruined it for me” and “Support bacteria, they’re the only culture some people have”. Or on a lighter note, “Borrow money from a pessimist, they don’t expect it back”.
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Ever order groceries to be delivered? Now that my family is working full time, an actual trip to the grocery is put off. Most of the time my order is okay, but other times? I always check “no substitutes” because I have a few items I’m picky about. Whole milk given when ordered skim, etc, the largest box of a different brand (I assume no one likes it and they pawn it off on me), and other things that I don’t order but magically show up in my bags. The milk one time had expired the day before I ordered it😳Coffee flavor pods that I never wanted to try, three batches of spinach instead of one small one…of course it will expire before I could use it all. Just a few of the delivery complaints, but the driver is not the shopper so you still have to tip. After all it is their job! I only had one delivery left in the foyer of my building instead of my door down the hall. It was almost funny, white bags strewn across the lobby entry. That person must have had a really bad day😀😀😀
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This Week’s Writer’s Workshop Prompts – April 14, 2026
The Bag Lady 
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