Perhaps . . .

Perhaps . . .

Spring

By Carl Larsson

1907

A P’s Offering

Perhaps the pair of use might walk –

To pick a path to stroll and talk,

To peek at posies in the park

And promenade till way past dark.

Perchance we’ll pause and ponder pasts

Or pine for promises that last.

And possibly, we’ll make our peace

With playful pastimes ne’er to cease.

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Easy Street Prompts (“small talk”)

Heads or Tails (“starts with ‘A’”)

Meme Express (Sunday invitation)

Simply Snickers (“park,” “peek” and “pick”)

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Check Your Box

Check Your Box

He’s Got Mail

A mystery missive arrives with a bill,

Proclaiming a figure that brings on a thrill.

What was his reaction to find it unsealed?

A cynic or gullible, what was revealed?

 

A true sweepstakes winner, a sap or a sage?

Was he merely jaded or naïve for age?

As he scans the small print to learn of his prize,

We might gauge his odds by the look in his eyes.

 

What wonders await him? What fortunes come through?

But wait! You and I got the same letter too!

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Friday Funnies (humor)

Monday Poetry Train (poems)

Saturday Scribes (“unexpected,” “measure,” “reaction,” “figure”)

A Snapshot Worth Remembering

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A Snapshot Worth Remembering

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Romp in Circumstance

(An American Sandwich)

Flashing lights mimic insights

of late-night, last-minute exam reviews.

Proud elders and educators beam

with wonder, hope and disbelief.

They leave their high school days behind

with a joyous toss of mortarboard.

c2009 by Linda Ann Nickerson

Posted for a variety of prompts:

American Sandwich (3 lines, 51 syllables)

Easy Street Prompts (“remembering because we should)

Meme Express (“graduation”)

Longing for Reign

Longing for Reign

Spring Showers

Public Domain Photo

Spring Showers Renew

Stubborn

Pique

Remains

Intact,

Negating

Gentleness.

Someday,

Humbly,

Obeisant,

We

Encounter

Reinvigorating

Strength.

Rising,

Energized,

New –

Each

Wonders . . . .

Posted for:

Acrostics Only (“spring showers”)

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Click here to visit Linda Ann Nickerson’s poetry and humor blog, Nickers and Ink.

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Oh Kay

Oh, Kay!

Croquet, By F. Meaulle, 19^th Century

 

The Wicket Woman

A Wry Limerick for an Old Dog’s New Trick

A hard-working woman named Kay

Knocked off for a game of croquet –

She gave it a whack,

Discovered her knack –

Soon Kay was no work and all play.

c2009 by Linda Ann Nickerson 

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Easy Street Prompts “old dogs – new tricks”)

Mad Kane (Limerick: “A hard-working woman named Kay…’)