Tartaruga

The dog sussed you out

Though red eyes glow with anger

Cara carapace!

submitted for Tuesday Thankfulness at Tingtasy

Over Easy

photo courtesy of Magpie Tales

"Come on, Sarah, you've hardly touched your eggs, and it's almost time for the bus to come."

"They're yucky. I don't like them."

"Oh, come on! They're perfectly fine! Hurry up and eat or you're going to be late."

"I don't like this kind of eggs! It's not the kind Mom makes!"

"Sarah, please. I'm trying, but I can't do everything exactly like Mom."

"I hate this breakfast! You're stupid and you don't even know how to cook eggs right! I want Mom!"

"I miss Mom too, Sarah."

"Daddy? When is Mommy...coming home?"

"I don't know. I wish I did."

"I'm not hungry. I have a tummy ache."

"Hey, I know! How about we go to the Pancake House for breakfast and then I'll drive you to school?"

"Can I get blueberry?"

"Sure."

"With whipped cream?"

"Why not? Come on. Get your coat."

"Okay."


submitted for Magpie Tales 62

Lung Love Limerick Contest

Image by tungphoto via freedigitalphoto.net

I just can't stand the smell any more

Sleeping with you is a chore!

You reek of stale smoke

Your stench makes me choke

Either quit or else sleep on the floor!

Tobacco will end your life quicker

It's just as addictive as liquor

It won't help you chill

It just makes you ill

And it's not good for your ticker!

It's time that you put out your butts

Get out of your tobacco ruts

Because smoking is crazy

So just quit; don't be lazy

To continue you'd have to be nuts!

submitted for Rachel Hoyt's and Mad Kane's Lung Love Limerick Contest

I won 2nd place!!!

High Tide

According to Uma, poet extraordinaire at Inside My Poem Book, 

 

Palindromes are words or phrases that reads the same in both directions (forward and backward). Examples : LEVEL,MADAM, RACECAR etc.Similarly a Palindrome poetry is the one which uses the beauty of Palindrome in Poetry.

There are three different ways to write Palindrome poems,namely

1. Word Palindrome :- It can be read backwards, with the same words
2. Mirrored Palindrome :-Here the words are reads the same forwards and backwards by letter and it is more difficult to write one
3. Line Palindrome  :- in which the individual lines of a text make a palindromic sequence ,that is, which reads forwards and backwards, by lines.

Uma's Poetry Challenge is to write a Palindrome Poem. Yeesh! Here's mine:

High Tide

Stroking the sand to velvet smoothness

Ocean waters rise

Sun worshippers pull back blankets

Drying wet toes

High tide

Drying wet toes

Sun worshippers pull back blankets

Ocean waters rise

Stroking the sand to velvet smoothness

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submitted for Experimenting With Poetry Forms, Palindrome Poetry