April A-Z theme reveal: Verses from vintage visages

Today is Theme Reveal Day for the annual A to Z Blogging Challenge. April also brings National Poetry Month. So here we go –

April’s Faces

The month of A to Z, it looms,

So bloggers fill with ink their plumes.

And poets pen a verse a day

For NaPoWriMo till it’s May.

My April inspiration lands

From photos passed through countless hands.

Each day, a vintage image might

Bring lines of dread or sheer delight.

So stick around. Come back and share

The month-long poesy, if you dare.

For life’s revealed in full array,

Though photos fade to shades of gray.

c2016 by Linda Ann Nickerson

Image/s:

Adapted from public domain artwork

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Caveat for Scaredy-Cat

Decisions are difficult, sure.

Distractions may felines allure.

The deepest cat nap

Does end with a snap,

If Scaredy-Cat feels insecure.

While hunting an insect indoors,

He let out his manliest roars.

The bug he did swat,

But nothing he caught,

As She-Dog crept up on all fours.

He batted his paws in dismay,

As if to keep Doggy at bay.

Then shy kitty cat

Dodged both this and that;

Inevitable was the fray.

Perhaps he was down on his luck

Methought him shortchanged of his pluck.

Whatever his lot,

The tabby forgot,

And soon he was running amok.

‘Ere long, peppy pooch tuckered out,

Her antics past reasonable doubt.

Sir Fright took a leap,

Then curled up to sleep,

And rest for a subsequent bout.

This may be a pet tale encore.

It could be a sly metaphor.

Hey, if the fur fits

And mirror admits,

Consider it naught to ignore.

c2016 by Linda Ann Nickerson

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This post incorporates several blog prompts:

Meme Express – luck

One-Minute Writer – decisions

Simply Snickers – antics

St. P Blogging - inevitable

Stream of Consciousness Saturday – this and that

Theme Thursday - insect

Wordless Wednesday – kitty

Writer’s Workshop - leap

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Adapted from public domain artwork

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