The Bag Lady

Wave the flag! Leave your home, your flat, your cabin or cave! Join your local forum and organize a protest!

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Three Things Challenge #MM93

nature needs no vase

her choices of beauty rise

from soil to the sun

red tipped rose defies senses

such radiant elegance

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Everyone was having a good time, but the air was boiling hot

Grandma Perkins cheered on her boy, and stood up until she was not

All the families yelled, “Stop the game!”

And then the on-field ambulance came.

Miss Perkins to the hospital rode

A heart attack is what they were told.

Turned out it was just a heatstroke

The doctor was a helpful old bloke.

The game of the season was held in a while

And Miss Perkins, recovered, and gave all a smile.

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Monday Poetry Prompt: Game, Hot, Until

Pessimistic Pete

You can take your starry, shimmering, solar nights or even sunny sea beaches. I could start my day solo every morning and be perfectly happy without all of the romantic venues offered in brochures so beautiful they make you stay in a dream state of what could be. It’s all surface to me, a steady stream of false advertising, promising you’ll meet the girl of your dreams. It’s only a papier-mâché sample, folks, nothing permanent. Take my advice, stay home.

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MLMM Monday Wordle #429

Johnny loved his cereal bowl

Added sugar that took its toll

Would suffer from sugar highs

Ate too much, couldn’t deny

Now he no longer walks, just rolls.

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Laughing Along With A Limerick

“Gone Tomorrow” a Jack Reacher novel written by Lee Child. I’m listening to this book on audible, and the narrator could be better. Other Lee Child novels have different readers and I did like them. The narrator is just as important as the book itself, I believe, in audible books. I like the Jack Reacher character and television portrays him a bit differently than the books, imo. Try it out or maybe one of his more recent stories.

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (June 16, 2025) 📚📚

They used to call him Honest John
A name rarely used for such a con
Artist usually accompanies that
But I’d have to eat my hat!
John was basically a good guy
Years turned him, don’t know why
I think it was the war.
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Honest John was a young recruit
Loved wearing the Army suit
He traveled over to Vietnam
And there he lost his mind – I am
A friend and fellow soldier true
But the rainy swamp made us blue
And mostly it was war.

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I know 44 is the rule, but wrote two😉

Quadrille #226 – Honestly!  

This was all I found when the police took me to his cabin. I hadn’t heard from him for a couple of weeks but wasn’t worried. As the book title explains, he was never afraid of failure and took many trips around the United States. It seemed he was always welcomed and he took photographs of the people and places he visited. I wish I had come up to see him sooner, but probably it would not have made a difference. Apparently he had some type of sudden stroke and was found lying, even peacefully, in his home. Goodbye Uncle and safe voyage.

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What do you see # 293- 16 June, 2025

The doorbell repeatedly rings, way too loudly. The baby wakes and starts to cry. I lift him in my arms and trudge to answer the door. “Good morning madam, I just need a moment of your time…I have this lovely set of…”

“Let me just take that moment”, speaking over the baby’s cries, “and say to you, pitch your wares to someone who’s interested, good day!”

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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!