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Ramblingsofawriter2016 Poetry Challenge #24 10-23-18

It’s in my nature

As a wilderness lover

To reap the wonder

Feel presence of the unknown

And the fulfillment of dreams

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http://ramblingsofawriter2016.com/2018/10/24/octpowrimo-day-24-weekly-tanka-prompt-poetry-challenge-week-119-nature-wilderness/

http://fivedotoh.com/2023/09/22/fandangos-flashback-friday-september-22nd/

Thanks, Dan!

This is going to be a rant. So buckle up, lest you lose your place. The manager of my complex, I think wants to be a Jolly Molly and not do her actual job —being a manager. She bounces around all smiley when ever out of her blinds closed office that is never open. The numbers on the door and paperwork do not even ring—I am serious!

Today she brought around a paper to sign with my writing about what needs to be fixed. I said the oven never has the right temperature to hear her reply as if I am a 100 year old and incompetent, “well appliances aren’t built like they were in the old days and I doubt if they could fix it”.

What? Besides the fact being in a new complex built less than two years ago with all new appliances which should all work perfectly, I was starting to boil. Talking down to anyone is not acceptable ever! This is only one of the concerns that have been brought up to her, (most people who read me know about the dog poop thing) she refused to address— because you know, it’s a manager’s job.

Rant over for today. I don’t know what’s up with landlords or managers these days.

http://lindaghill.com/2023/09/22/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-september-23-2023/

• Write a poem inspired by the following quote:

“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.–Stephen Chbosky (b. 1970), The Perks of Being a Wallflower. You may choose to include the quote itself in the poem or not.

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three months separate

anticipation brewing

blush at the meeting

our arms suddenly entwined

“moment…we were infinite”

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“The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by the British rock band The Animals, was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and in the US and Canada. Like many folk songs, “The House of the Rising Sun” is of uncertain authorship. Musicologists say that it is based on the tradition of broadside ballads, and thematically it has some resemblance to the 16th-century ballad **The Unfortunate Rake”, yet there is no evidence suggesting that there is any direct relation.”

**https://folkways.si.edu/the-unfortunate-rake/american-folk-struggle-protest/music/album/smithsonian

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Love is never a too strong word

But whispered words are never heard

Breathing the scent calms loud herds

Lighting “coffee-whiskey” candles.

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http://ronovanwrites.com/2023/09/20/ovi-poetry-challenge-14-love-is-your-inspiration/

Beginning eggplant

Leaning into pumpkin

Tinkling of raspberry

Orange arrives

Competing with strawberry

Golden yellow orb rising

Showing off with peach

Harvest morning glows.

Background blueberry shows

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Without further ado, here is your poetic prompt for today: write a poem incorporating autumn, folding in some autumn words from the list provided below (at end of post), or whatever other autumn words might fall into your head. You may choose to use the fold form or any other form you wish.

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Rustling crunches underfoot

Autumn splendor trodden

Snowflakes on their way

The colorful now forgotten

Scents of foggy morning chills

From distant snow capped hills

While curled black leaves fall like soot.

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http://poetrypix.com/2023/09/19/enfolding/

Danish artist Jens Haaning has been asked to repay a loan worth about $76,400 to the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art after he delivered two blank canvases titled Take the Money and Run.

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