Earth Hour

March 29, 2008 | Filed Under Life balance, Make the world better | 2 Comments 

20:00 hours (as in 08:00 p.m.) your time, wherever you are. Lights out for one hour

…. Mine will be.

Friday Five - Untitled

March 28, 2008 | Filed Under Friday 5, Poetry | 5 Comments 

Michelle at Poefusion chose these five words for us. I am late, but it is still Friday, or will be, if I can get my computer to stop acting weird: fling - cranberry - winsome - prey - quacky

23:15:00 Begin

23: 20:27 finally confirmed a word definition

23:20:50 Really begin:

My mind, quacky as always,
tried to fling words
as a child would fling a cranberry
across the porch
while stringing them on garlands
(when no one was looking of course -
over the age of 13)

but my muse fought to remain winsome,
after all so much had interfered with my
perfect birthday weekend:

work, and thoughts unbecoming a cheerful person
chose that special time to prey
on the fewer muscles that controlled the smile
and weakened them,

and so I relied on my skill

at writing words
of melancholy and sadness,

but they seemed reluctant
to participate.

And so, by default, smile took over

and I cannot help but grin at this
pathetic attempt at Friday Five….

23:31:10 End

MeeAugraphie
03/28/08

Note: 23:38:38 - Just got it copied and pasted and link in, took me all that time to figure out it was acting weird because I switched browsers tonight… hmmm. Who knows what will happen when I click Publish….

3WW - Reality

March 26, 2008 | Filed Under 3WW, Poetry | 15 Comments 

Glass - Question - Token: Three words chosen by Bone, no one else can take credit (or shame) for those words. This is Three Word Wednesday, a prompt that always becomes much more than it seems. Why not join us? Bone, my favorite words, so far! Thank you!

Reality

He raised his glass,

his words
chosen both
to mock

and question

our values.

It seemed a cruel act
to those unaware

but I knew the depth of his heart

it was not a token of his hate
tossed to embarrass
but
a reality check given
at his own expense

to spare me

a lifetime of misery.

MeeAugraphie
03/26/08

Note: fiction! P.S. Yes, I know poets are supposed to let the reader come to their own conclusion, but, let’s just let this be an exception - or just consider it a fractured essay, grin!

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