The Bag Lady

His head had always been lumpy

His attitude definitely slumpy

His body always bumping

Eyebrows always jumping

His eyes never seemed aligned

I fear his looks were maligned

He couldn’t help how he was born

Parents always seemed forlorn

Jimmy was the brunt of jokes

Even offered by his folks

Jimmy was a sad man

Decided to live in his van

A few people with whom he ran

Decided they’d be Jimmy’s fans

From then on Jimmy’s life took a turn

People changed and even learned

Jimmy was an odd one, yes

But as a friend indeed, the best.

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The most humid place I ever lived until eighteen was Vermont. Later on when visiting my folks there, their tiny bathroom with a shower was practically useless. Keyword: towels! Getting out of the shower you could dry off but it did not last; no air conditioners those years and you came out as wet and hot as you went in. Then at nineteen I moved to Houston, TX and as Fandango’s already stated, it was hotter and more humid than VT! The only tolerable outside patio times were late fall. Going to work, you melted on the car seat and the car’s air conditioner never got cool. So it was the unpleasant days of pantyhose and non cotton fabrics that made it really tolerable—not! Does anyone use the —not phrase anymore? Well you can tell by my words above it was the sixties and seventies era.

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Your three words today are:
LEAK SEEP FLOOD

It will seep into your posts

It will flood your writing there

An intentional WP leak

To prove they are still there.

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Three Things Challenge #M710

Time seems endless to some…waiting

Watching nervously as his date delays

A first personal meeting after a hesitant ask

Young lives always want time to pass quickly.

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Time is fast approaching their limit

The sunset arriving seems too near

Minds start overthinking

How have they spent their lives?’

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No Theme Thursday: 05/30/24

An unrequited affection

It’s a common theme

Especially if you dream

Outcome’s not perfection

It’s a predeliction

Wishing it might be as it seems

Continue to think love will beam

Choose not, take a new direction.

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A dreamer’s imagination

Can be a friend or foe

An impossible situation

When it comes to love

With expectations high or low

Change your views thereof.

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W3 Prompt #109: Wea’ve Written Weekly

Urban crisis abated

New dwellings debated

Destruction now evaded

Appearance overrated

Composed of natural components

Construction only took moments

A crane, a tractor, that was it

Everyone decided it was fit

For keeping all intruders at bay

Even nuclear if it comes this way

The only problem I can envision

Is how do I get in and out? Such decisions!

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60 words

Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge: 05/28/2024

One-Liner Wednesday – No such thing

Bedtime wishes seen in blue

A magical orb provides some clues

Imagination sees them too

A book of pages sifted through

Small fingers’ curiosity grew

And wonderful dreams ensue.

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What do you see # 240 – May 27, 2024

Ovi Poetry Challenge 50: FOOD is your inspiration. Ronovan Ovi ChallengeIndia, Marathi Language Poetry, Metre Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Syllabic Poetry, Writing Challenge

4 line stanzas, as few as one stanza and up to as many as you like.

8 syllables or less per line

Rhyming is AAAb. The second stanza would be CCCd. The third, EEEf. And so on. Meaning nothing in one stanza must rhyme with anything in the previous stanza. The fourth line does not rhyme.

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Ovi Poetry Challenge 50: FOOD is your inspiration.

red geraniums sharp contrast in green

weeds start in this fine weather

weeding gardens new chore

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24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 36, 5/28/24, Part II, Fine Weather (May 20 – June 5) Shoman 小満24