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Will I or Won't I ... napowrimo 2018 - 2. Second Week
April 8, 2018
Saw your picture just the other day
Memories flowed like a flood
Filled with you and favourite roses,
Clematis and luscious peonies
Nodding pansies and daffodils
The garden, your hideaway and retreat
Once you passed from our world
It flourished in your wake,
Till it was wild and overgrown
One day I picked the last of them
Laying them across your grave
April 9, 2018
Ode to a Missing Friend
Oh, delicious pizza with your well-done and thin, crispy crust
inhaling your divine and sweet perfume, oh I simply must
Then running my pizza cutter, I prepare to pick up a slice
with that triangle in my fingers, of biting I don't think twice
Each morsel I chew carefully, doting on each vegetable
Garlic, oregano and basil make this pie detectable
Because eating you, dear pizza, is now such a rarity
that I worship that square box, I say with all sincerity
I know the cost of a bite of your carbohydrate ridden shell
but there is no resisting your cheesy charms and delicious smell
Never mind my rising blood sugar, or poor tongue burned from the heat
nothing gives the same satisfaction as pizza with triple meat.
April 10, 2018
Daffy-dilly-dolly-dills
With nodding heads
on dresses green
Glowing sunshine
on the grayest day.
April 11, 2018
Friendship: In three forms.
Free verse:
I've learned that friend
is more than just a word
it's a love affair of sorts
that needs tending and
attention.
Tanka:
i have learned friendship
is much more than just a word
it's a love affair
though not between two lovers
but affable companions
Elfchen:
Friend
Confident, companion
Someone to trust
And to share with
you
April 12, 2018
I close my eyes and listen while the sun rises
Birds speak of their need with beautiful song
Their universal desire, a love and a mate
Time may be short; they build a home to share
Raise their chicks, feeding them until they leave
To live their own lives and too, to bring life forth
April 13, 2018
Was I born colour blind?
Is there something wrong with me?
All around me colours are bright
Do black birds hate the blue jay?
When I look into your eyes, I see only you.
Please, colour me human.
April 14, 2018
Can never do right for doin' wrong
you never give me a break
Callin' me every name in the book
walk away for pity's sake
I'm there for you when you need me
I listen to your woes
When it's my turn, when I need
You're a cold wind that blows
How wrong I am, I didn’t see
life isn't a gift for us all
we carry our pain, hidden inside
or wrapped around us like a shawl
You let me know when you're okay
I'll wait to hear from you
I'll crawl away, I know my place,
I'm someone you just outgrew.
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Thank you to @AC Benus for looking at my Ode to Pizza. Thank you to @Dolores Esteban. Her excellent work last week inspired Friendship: In three forms.
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Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are based on the authors' lives and experiences and may be changed to protect personal information. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
Note: While authors are asked to place warnings on their stories for some moderated content, everyone has different thresholds, and it is your responsibility as a reader to avoid stories or stop reading if something bothers you.
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