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How come you’re so rigid?

Why are you so stubborn

Can’t you even listen

To the cries of those so burdened?

You have been a leader

In the worst of sense

I hope you never get that chance again

And good caring leaderships commence.

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Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Rigid

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July 31, a sad day for me

Forty-eight years ago, I see with grief

A long time, you think, but I’ll never forget

The mother I knew but realize we never really met

Leaving home early, and I was happy to go

But I was young and what did I know

I miss her still today.

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Poetics: Picking up the Pieces

I can do okay unless the scent

Of my favorite which is sent

To me or see it on someone’s plate

My stomach begs, ready to sate

My desire of the forbidden food

And swiping it off someone’s plate is rude.

Oh well, I turn away and sigh

No need to add to my thighs

I look at my own plate, greens upon ya,

Which I love but they’re no lasagna!

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Poetic license?😂

W3 Prompt #118: Wea’ve Written Weekly

One-Liner Wednesday – Particularly pretty

Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Coming or going

Jaded

I don’t know if I’ve seen the light

Look at rainbows, they’re pretty tight

Sometimes it’s hard doing what’s right

But if you try, you might be satisfactory.

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Ovi Poetry Challenge 59: LIGHT is your inspiration.

“The heat has been on high this summer and doesn’t show signs of stopping. Heat waves continue to worsen in parts of the world with breaking temperature records all season. Beating the heat has been on many people’s minds, including ours, which is why we asked for your tips and tricks to stay cool without air conditioning”

🧊 Mother Nature is your friend. Seek out bodies of water, lakes, beaches and rivers.
🧊 Your freezer might have the answers. Freeze wet towels and take them to bed or go to sleep with an ice pack under your pillow on warm nights.
🧊 Take a cube and fan it. Step one: Get a pan, tray or dish and put cold water or an ice block in it. Step two: Put it in front of a fan and blow the cool air in your direction.
🧊 Create shade. Add blackout curtains to the side of your home that gets direct sunlight. 
🧊 Wear a wet scarf or neck wrap around your neck to stay cool.
🧊 Put a bottle of frozen water on your lap, put your feet in a large
pan of cold water or soak in a tub of cold water.

🧊 “Hair is a gigantic evaporative wick.”
Leave your hair wet after getting out of the bath.”

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It had been a bad day, a really miserable, no good at all day I’d like to erase from my calendar. Well that’s what I ended up doing. The details are a bit iffy, but one look at myself this morning and I thought that day was the worst I’d ever seen, but now, of course it was not!

“Just one, no more,” Jason warned me last night, as he handed me the small green capsule. I downed it with no hesitation whatsoever, followed by a large whiskey, neat. Did I tell you already I had the worst day of my twenty-six years yesterday? That’s what I thought. Boy was I wrong. It turns out Jason is a trickster and gave me that pill on purpose, knowing how I would wake up this morning. When this fades, I definitely am seeking revenge!

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Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge: 07/30/2024

So here’s my tanka prose for this week’s #TankaTuesday challenge where we’re to select a herb or vegetable from the list on the challenge post. My kigo word is 🫑 green peppers. 🫑

Taco (Tanka) Tuesday

Summer rainstorms battered the two pepper plants we planted this spring. Against all odds, the plants stand tall. The peppers remind me of Yule, one red, the other green. Peppers off the stalk—the gift that keeps giving.

It's Taco Tuesday
spicy bite of green peppers
a taste sensation
of late springtime memories
planting under the hot sun

© Colleen Chesebro

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yellow summer squash

mild and soothing to the tongue

adding sweet onions

side to spicy barbecue

all summer heat savory

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Tanka Prose

This week’s Story Starter teaser is:

She knew she needed to keep very still while she waited. Mom wouldn’t like it if she whined, even though her leg hurt like crazy! It wasn’t my fault, Susie thought, but her mom would not hear it. Susie was suddenly grabbed up by her mom and thrust onto the hospital examination table. “Well Susie, what has happened to you this week? You certainly are accident prone, aren’t you? Mrs Jones, if you could just step out and update your info with my nurse I’ll take care of Susie.” Susie’s mom hesitated but gave a warning look to her daughter and left. Doctor Smith sat down by Susie and whispered, “now Susie, tell me what really happened. You are safe here.”

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