Nickers and Ink: July 2009

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Ascending Acrostics Again

Ascending Acrostics Again

Posted in response to prompts from Acrostic Only. (Nickers and Ink has been honored with a handful of First Place awards and several Honorable Mentions from Acrostic Only, as well as the July 2009 Acrostic Poet of the Month award. You can find these awards in the sidebar at Nickers and Ink.)

Celebration

Convening cheerfully,

Everyone is exuberant.

Look all around.

Entertainment and excellent eats

Beckon us to indulge.

Relationships are reborn

And acquaintances are established.

Time travels too quickly.

Instants escape us.

Overdue outlooks elapse.

No wonder we lose touch.

Schism

Skipping sense,
Conflicts are created.
How does it happen?
Individualities emerge.
Semantics and specifics supplant
Mercy’s good measure.

Sensuality

Setting spirit and soul aside,

Entertainment intervenes.

Now trumps not yet.

Sensations replace sense,

Utter pleasure the goal.

Anyone can see

Liberty equals not license.

In an instant,

Total fantasy

Yields far less than we expected.

Magnum Opus

Magnificent masterpiece.

Audiences applaud.
Greatness glistens,
Needing no introduction.
Understanding appears with
Mastery.

Only the most gifted
Perceive life purely,
Unless true artistry
Sets seekers to see it too.

To Be or Not to Be

Try to tell

Outright untruths.

Before long,

Everything is revealed.

Only in living may

Recognition return.

No one may know

Our own souls by

Trying to tease the truth.

Try to tell

Outright untruths.

Before long,

Everything is fulfilled.

Futile

Flawed forms fail

Under purposeless existence.

Tell me why you breathe,

Imitating idealism for nothing. No!

Linger in love that lasts.

Eternity counts for everything.

Wilderness

Where are we?

I imagined such a place,

Long ago.

Did we depart for a distance?

Everything seems eerie, though

Relics remain.

Never did we need

Escape from the everyday.

Somehow, sanity stays

Safely ensconced, since we skipped her step.

Not My Cup of Tea

No more for me, thanks.

Only one cup.

Testing new tastes is tricky.

Maybe next time

You can try my tastes.

Cups may overflow

Unless we endure

Periodic possibilities.

Outside our own choices

Favorites may flourish.

Till we sample

Every epicurean ideal,

Anyone may avoid a treasure.

Broken Verses

Busted.

Ruined.

Objects of nil.

Killing time and

Erasing lines of

Needless nouns.

Vibrant verses

Escape,

Replaced by

Silly sentences and

Empty phrasings.

Stop a while, Muse.

Persuasion

Please! Please! Please!

Enthusiasm entreats.

Resolution rebels.

Stop and submit.

Underlings are all others.

All he asks is

Simple accord,

Insisting

Only his way.

No others matter.

How Great Thou Art

Heavenly Father,

Omnipotent One,

We worship You.

Glorious God,

Righteous Ruler,

Eternal Father,

All creation bows

To honor You.

Triumphant and true,

Holy and honored,

Only You are worthy,

Up above all.

Almighty and

Reigning,

To You we sing.

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Honest to Bod

Honest to Bod

What can you do, if a coworker refuses to bathe? Why not have a summertime party and solve the issue with a bit of fun?

Frank Stank –

Limericked Verse for a Stench That’s Worse

A very strange fellow named Frank

Was rank. To be honest, Frank stank.

From his stinky shirt

Pandemic alert

Sent colleagues to plot out a prank.

Intending to be less than cruel,

They partied beside a fresh pool –

As quick as a wink,

Tossed Frank in the drink.

And his stench, it started to shrink.

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Easy Street Prompts (“pandemic)

Friday Flash-55 (55 words)

Mad Kane (limerick: “A very strange fellow named Frank”)

Totally Optional Prompts (“spontaneity” or “planning”)

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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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Ascending Acrostics

Ascending Acrostics

Posted in response to prompts from Acrostic Only (July 11th prompt). (Nickers and Ink has been honored with a handful of First Place awards and several Honorable Mentions from Acrostic Only. You can find these awards in the sidebar at Nickers and Ink.)

Kissing

Kindness from above

Is ideal and
Sweetly sparkling, as
Sunshine simply
Inspires
New brightness and
Glow on my cheeks.

Humanity

How is it possible that
Understand evades us?
Mankind is
Always seeming to
Need more
Information, but
Totally missing
Your point?

Noodles (and Noggins)

Noodles may seem
Only wiggly and
Obviously fragile -
Delightfully delectable.
Look, however.
Every man who uses his own is
Smarter than he who does not.

"Chasing Rainbows" also responds to a prompt at

Simply Snickers (“fair,” “field” and “fragile”).

Chasing Rainbows

Calling from a field of blue,
Heaven’s ribbons
Align above.
Shining fairly
In a fragile light,
Naming a promise of storm’s end.
Glimpses of glory are revealed.

Reigning unquestioned,
Almighty paints His wonders
In the firmament.
Now we know
Benevolence exists
Over all.
What beauty
Still remains.

Inhaling the Sea

Into the surf we splash,

Never noticing

How strong the undertow may be.

All of a sudden,

Licentious lore

Is uplifted beneath our toes.

Now we are tossed,

Gulping briny breaths.

Time stops.

Hungry for air, we

Emerge at last.

Stronger than we knew,

Every wave now inspires

Awe and new respect.

Hogwash

Hollow hogwash,
Only prattle,
Gibberish and giddiness -
Why do we bother?
Absurdity amuses,
So we scrawl scribbles of
Hooey and hot air – capturing clarity.

Weeping Willows

Weighing in,

Every ramification

Expresses emotion.

Perhaps postulating on

Inspiration, but

Never

Giving all to gravity.

Weeping willows

Initiate introspection.

Look how we long for

Lighter loads,

Only we never see

Why weighty works

Seem to grow us.

One Foot in the Grave

Outstanding orders

Never negate

Eternity’s call.

Final footsteps

Only lead

Outwards

To the unseen.

Individuals

Never know.

Temporality triumphs.

Holiness hollers for

Eternity’s entrance.

Go for glory.

Resurrection is reserved,

As Almighty addresses with

Vicarious virtue,

Enlisting those who attend.

Meditation

Meekness is might,

Empowered by purpose.

Daily deliverance

Is found in

Time spent in solace.

Attention is restored, and

Tranquility returned.

Inspiration is enlightened

Only in moments with

No interruptions.

Unforgettable

Umbrellas unseen

Never cast shadows,

Folding freely and

Opening over

Reminiscences and reveries.

Glorious gifts,

Every one.

Times treasured and

Troves of truth

Always are illuminated

Because their brightness

Leaves vestiges of value

Everywhere.

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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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Tipping the Kale in Our Favor

Tipping the Kale in Our Favor

The Gardener - Old Peasant with Cabbage

By Camille Pissarro

c1890

A Head of Truth

As cabbage leaves, curled ‘gainst the night,

Our blessings may seem locked up tight.

They may look lush,

But out of touch,

Until we set our sights aright.

For, thinking we may toe the line,

We stage a scene of wrong design.

Indulgence pleas

For lives of ease

With lucky leaves and carefree time.

A Gardener tenders every frill,

But first the soil He must till.

What joys be found

In welcome ground

That readies to accept His will.

What flowered kale may us instruct,

If we our doubtings may deduct?

To persevere

And flourish here

Before the cabbage has been plucked.

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Blog Your Blessings Sunday (blessings)

Easy Street Prompts (“locked up tight”)

Meme Express (Sunday invitation to Simply Snickers)

One Single Impression (“thinking”)

Simply Snickers (“line,” “look” and “lush”)

Sunday Scribblings (“indulgence”)

Theme Thursday (“stage”)

Weekend Wordsmith (“lucky”)

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.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

SlySpace

SlySpace -

An Ambitious Introvert Goes Online

The E-Male

A crotchety fellow named Rich

Attempted the old bait and switch –

His profile shot

Looked just like him – not,

Along with his online sales pitch.

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Easy Street Prompts (“ambitious introvert”)

Mad Kane (Limerick: “A crotchety fellow named Rich”)

Read Write Poem (“little man”)

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Fireworks and Acrostics

Fireworks and Acrostics

Happy Birthday, U.S.A.

How about some fun with acrostics? (Most of these acrostic poems are posted in response to prompts from Acrostic Only.)

Thanks to Acrostic Only for awarding Nickers and Ink four First Place awards and four Honorable Mentions for this collection of acrostic poems. (See blog sidebar for awards.)

American (Dreams)

All created equal,
Men stake their claims,
Ever chasing
Relentless hope.
Individualism is
Champion in
Americans'

Never-Ending

Dreams.

Vacation

Verge of panic –

Assembling the family,

Car fully loaded.

Arriving at last,

Toting luggage

Into new surroundings.

Only one week –

Need much longer.

Oozing

Only for a moment,

Outwardly appealing,

Zealously alluring.

Inside, however,

Neurons fire falsely.

God only knows.

Survivor

Staying power,

Undergirded by

Resolve.

Vigor lasts.

Integrity endures.

Viable values

Outrun mere

Reputation.

Breaking Up

Bypassing

Respect,

Esteem is

Absolutely

Knotted

Into

Ninety little lies –

Gone.

Unstung?

Perhaps.

It’s Only Words

Indeed,

Terminology

Stings.

Obviously,

No one

Likes

Yacking and attacking.

Only

Ridicule and

Destroy with

Semantics.

Juxtapose

Jumping

Under

eXtremes of

Truth,

Always

Pretending,

Opposites may

Seem

Equal.

Tropical Depression

Thunder calls,

Raining blues

Onto all weaker

Promises below.

Inside their souls,

Characters

Await the

Light of hope.

Dousing cheer,

Every drop dips,

Pouring weight

Right to the core of

Each hardened heart.

Stop the downfall!

Save the sodden ones

In time for

Overtures of bright

New days.

Walking on Eggshells

Weak-kneed worry,

Always anticipating

Leers and sneers.

Knowing not

If this time

No one can

Guarantee safety.

On the outside,

Nothing seems wrong.

Eggshells crack,

Giving way to

Ghastly

Scenes.

Havens turn to

Enmity.

Love is

Lost,

Sadly surrendered.

Supernatural

Surely, an

Unseen

Person

Eternal

Reigns.

Natural

Appearances

Undermine

Truth, but

Right relationship

Always

Lasts.

Purple Robe and Anemones

By Henri Matisse

1937

The Color Purple

Tints and

Hues may

Exchange.

Cast an

Outward

Look

Over the

Rainbow.

Purple is

Understood as

Royalty,

Properly

Left to

Elegance.

Just My Imagination

Just

Under

Sight, is

Triumph.

Mark it

Yours.

In my own

Mind, I

Always

Gather

Insights and

Notions,

Appraising and approving

Totally of any

Initiative

Outpacing mere

Normalcy.

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Acrostic Only (“vacation,” “oozing,” “survivor,” “breaking up,” “it’s only words,” “juxtapose,” “maya angelou,” “tropical depression,” “walking on eggshells,” “supernatural,” “the color purple,” “the twilight zone: and “just my imagination”)

Easy Street Prompts (“ninety little lies”)

Meme Express (“fireworks”)

One Single Impression (“blue rain”)

Then Sings My Soul Saturday (“4^th of July”)

Totally Optional Prompts (“weather”)

Weekend Wordsmith (“sting”)

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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