If he was a girl
They’d call her busty
But he was a man so was thought of as husky.
He tried all the diets of lettuce greens
Caused spaceman eyes and acne supreme
A wheelbarrow of romaine could fill his plate
And find his hairline receding, a horrible fate –
No more diets!
Can You Tell A Story In…
http://fivedotoh.com/2023/12/01/fandangos-flashback-friday-december-1st/
“Seeing is believing, but I still can’t fathom it!” Joe declared, sitting with his wife Maddie. Maddie thought it was impossible to hear. The past few months had been a nightmare, as far as she and Joe were concerned. Joe lost his regular job, and Maddie was just hanging on to hers, a nurse in the small local hospital. It seemed that since Joe had now become part of the National Guard, his beliefs were skewed. The town was in turmoil with Joe and his friends asked to do the president‘s bidding. “They shot and killed him”, he mumbled sadly.
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28 November 2025
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flowing with softness
bubbling to median
sudden splash of strings
streaming to the louder notes
trickling to crescendo
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W3 Prompt #187: Wea’ve Written Weekly
Yesterday? Contemplating, aka just sitting around thinking🤠 Actually what I was really doing was figuring out if I had enough baking supplies to make cookies for Christmas presents. I make good molasses cookies and peanut butter that really taste like peanut butter. I find most store bakeries etc do not have enough flavor. I have a few reliable recipes on hand. Have a good Thanksgiving if you celebrate💕
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One-Liner Wednesday – What did you do yesterday?
freezing
temperatures
crops now shorn, depleted
canning jars are overflowing
winter
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Cinquain Poetry Prompt 28: SURVIVE is your inspiration.
Most people say lucky seven
Makes them feel like heaven
I prefer the number nine
Important to me and mine
Forty-one also a like
Birthday memories it spikes
Family choices favor it and nine
We enjoy nines, they’re just divine.
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Poetics: 1,2,3…Go!
Riding up to the hospital entrance again to what seems unending appointments, I see the little oval shaped tree standing by itself in the entrance. My visits have buoyed seeing the orange leafed tree. My last visit saw the remains few leaves still clinging to baring branches. I still admire its strength to last so long.
observe the beauty
see simple sunset hued leaves
a treat, an escape
forgetting a daily chore
take solace seeing this tree
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Haibun Monday 11-24-25: Transformation
The Bag Lady 
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