Illogical Ideals and Suppositions of the Seasons

Illogical Ideals and Suppositions of the Seasons

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Winter’s Last Laugh –

Who’s in Charge Here?

The Joker weaves a world of white,

Though winter’s storming out-a-sight.

How marvelous the Maker’s eye,

As smoke-like flurries mystify.

With jumbled joy, ‘mid our complaints,

We watch, as the Creator paints.

Frustrations mounting, hear Him call.

The greatest Humorist of all.

We shovel, pondering the scoop.

It’s time for snow to fly the coop.

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Easy Street Prompts ( “flying the coop”)

Friday Flash-55 (55 words)

Friday Funnies

Meme Express (“A Sunday Invitation”)

Monday Poetry Train

One Single Impression (“smoke”)

Pumping Your Muse (“The Joker”)

Simply Snickers (“marvel,” “master” and “miss”)

Then Sings My Soul Saturdays (“Here I Am”)

Weekend Wordsmith (“jumbled”)

Photo/s posted in response to these prompts:

Camera Critters (photo/s)

Scenic Sunday (photo/s)

Straight Out of the Camera (SOOC Sunday)

Thursday Challenge (photo/s)

Wordless Wednesday (any day – photo/s)

Love poetry? Check out Simply Snickers, a brand-new weekly poetry prompt. Try your hand with weekly prompts! Or, look into The Meme Express for daily blogging prompts.

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

Throughout 2009, please join us at The Heart of a Ready Writer, a Bible reading and devotional blog, as we read through the entire Bible in chronological order.

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Natters, Smatters, Tatters and Mad Hatters

Natters, Smatters, Tatters and Mad Hatters

Just for fun, instead of an actual poem, I thought I'd play along with Friday Fill-ins. The prompts are listed in bold, and my answers are in italics.

1. "In a hole in the ground there lived a hound, who made not a sound."

2. "My togs are a-tatter, but that ain't no matter."

3. "After dark the rain began to fall again, rebathing all the world again."

4. "The bawdy buccaneer was sprung from the hold of the Spanish galleon."

5. "There was a hand in the darkness and a creak in the night. I pulled up the covers and shook from the fright."

6. "Accidents ambush the unsuspecting, and most politicians aren't worth reelecting."

7. And as for the weekend:
Tonight I'm looking forward to hiding, tomorrow my plans include research and writing, and Sunday, I want to go horseback trail riding!

Do any of these one-liners inspire you to write a poem or story? My own mind is buzzing at the thought. Perhaps in April, when many of us will try to post a poem a day!

I invite you to stop by often, as your comments will keep me encouraged and accountable for daily posts in April. If you are participating too, please be sure to leave your own links!

NaPoWriMo

Nickers and Ink . . . is in!



April is National Poetry Month. NaPoWriMo means DAILY poems throughout the Month.

Please stop by often! Your comments encourage me to keep on posting.

Earth or Mirth

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Easy Street Prompts (“her hat”)

Heads or Tails (“point”)

Inspire Me Thursday (“swirl”)

Monday Poetry Train

Pumping Your Muse (“birds”)

Simply Snickers (“pause,” “play” and “point”)

Three Word Wednesday (“burden,” “natural” and “ubiquitous”)

Totally Optional Prompts (“adjectives”)

Photo/s posted in response to these prompts:

Camera Critters (photo/s)

Lens Day (photo/s – traffic)

Scenic Sunday (photo/s)

Show and Tell Saturdays (photo/s)

Thursday Challenge (photo/s)

Today’s Flowers (photo/s)

Weekend Snapshot (photo/s)

Wordless Wednesday (any day – photo/s)

Earth or Mirth?

As Earth Day approaches (April 22, 2009), we seem to renew our interest in preserving and protecting natural resources and the environment.

Where do we find genuine beauty and treasures, but in the great outdoors itself? Can we step out of the traffic and turmoil of our hectic schedules and drop our daily burdens long enough to enjoy the secrets that await us outside?

Photo c2009 by Nickers and Ink. All rights reserved.

Egrets or Regrets –

A Tale in Verse on Styles Diverse

An Earth Day Poem

A preening lady, grown-up girl,

Has blooming blouse and skirts a-swirl.

Her hat bears plumes,

As she presumes

To flash disdaining teeth of pearl.

Yet unaware, she false may be.

For here is one more fine than she.

A plain white bird,

Unseen, unheard,

Exceeds her to a vast degree.

So natural and neatly decked,

The egret, filled with self-respect,

Cares not for style

Nor for guile,

Yet such as he must we protect.

Ubiquitous, with finest flair,

The earth displays to those who care -

Her greatest good

Misunderstood

By those who feign at savoir-faire.

Love poetry? Check out Simply Snickers, a brand-new weekly poetry prompt. Try your hand with weekly prompts! Or, look into The Meme Express for daily blogging prompts.

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

Throughout 2009, please join us at The Heart of a Ready Writer, a Bible reading and devotional blog, as we read through the entire Bible in chronological order.

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Potential Friends

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Catchwords (quote – below)

Easy Street Prompts (“by degrees”)

One Single Impression (“farewells”)

Simply Snickers (“learn,” “linger” and “look”)

Slice of Life Sunday (“writer’s choice”)

Photo/s posted in response to these prompts:

Camera Critters (photo/s)

Scenic Sunday (photo/s)

Show and Tell Saturdays (photo/s)

Straight Out of the Camera (SOOC Sunday)

Wordless Wednesday (any day – photo/s)

Potential Friends

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”

e e cummings

Photo c2009 by Nickers and Ink. All rights reserved.

A Lingering Look -

Some Limericked Lines on Friendly Canines

Farewells may be taken too fast;

One sniff and we shudder, aghast.

Perhaps by degrees

We’ll share more than fleas,

And foster a friendship to last.

Love poetry? Check out Simply Snickers, a brand-new weekly poetry prompt. Try your hand with weekly prompts! Or, look into The Meme Express for daily blogging prompts.

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

Throughout 2009, please join us at The Heart of a Ready Writer, a Bible reading and devotional blog, as we read through the entire Bible in chronological order.

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Blood Brothers

Posted for a variety of prompts:

AC (“poems for Passover)

Simply Snickers (“sacred,” “sorrow” and “surrender”)

Totally Optional Prompts (“chores”)

Weekend Wordsmith (“medal” – adjusted to “mettle”)

Blood Brothers

The Passover in the Holy Family

By Dante Gabriel Rossetti

c1855

“The blood shall be a sign for you

on the houses where you live;

and when I see the blood

I will pass over you,

and no plague will befall you

to destroy you

when I strike the land of Egypt.”

(Exodus 12:13, NASB)

The Lord’s Lamb –

A Poem for Passover

Oppressed, mistreated and dismayed,

We beckon for the Maker’s aid.

Enslaved by evil tyrant’s hand,

We long to live in Promised Land.

In sorrow, bending ‘neath the load,

We sing the psalms of days of old.

Surrendered not unto our fate,

We seek the sacred Sovereign great.

Our mettle mustered, we arise

And look into Creator’s eyes.

He offers blood from purest Lamb

In power from the great I AM.

He paints the scarlet on our doors

To mark the people He restores.

When death sweeps in, as angry flood,

He rescues those beneath the blood.

Our liberty the Lord obtains,

So all may know Jehovah reigns.

And herein lies the mystery:

The holy Lamb of God is He.

Would you like to learn more about Passover?

Click here to read

"A Passover Promise"

at Heart of a Ready Writer.

Love poetry? Check out Simply Snickers, a brand-new weekly poetry prompt. Try your hand with weekly prompts! Or, look into The Meme Express for daily blogging prompts.

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

Throughout 2009, please join us at The Heart of a Ready Writer, a Bible reading and devotional blog, as we read through the entire Bible in chronological order.

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