Thankful Tidings – #DoubleEtheree – #poetry challenge

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Colleen’s poetry challenge for this week is synonyms only!  Her two words are End and Hurry.  Check out Colleen’s blog to find which forms of poetry are acceptable for this challenge.  Have fun!

Written as a Double Etheree, my synonyms are Fragment and Bustle.


A
Crystal
Flurries down
Rushing to meet
A man made of white.
Top hat upon his head
Eyes of coal, a carrot nose,
Mittened hands, endless snowball fights
Days of youth, returning within us.
The bustle of the holiday season.
The coming together of family,
Dearest to our hearts, celebrating
A thankfulness, many blessings
Each one, a mere fragment, of
Years gone by, call to mind
All who have gathered
Bringing with them
Tidings of
Great joy,
Love

 

Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 155 #SynonymsOnly or #Theme-Thanksgiving

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On Humanity – #Haiku – #poetry – #RonovanWrites

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If we forget hope

When our world is too intense

Life becomes a mess

 

 

Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #281 Mess & Intense

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Tea Time Talk – #29 ~ #TeaTimeTalk

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Good morning, friends. Another busy week comes to a close. I’m ready for a nice hot cup of tea!  Won’t you join me, sit a while and chat?  🙂

 

If we were sipping tea and talking I would tell you: as I told you last week, Alyssa and I are now Independent Fashion Retailers with LuLaRoe.  We got our first order yesterday, and Oh My!  It was like a big Christmas surprise!  And we have another order coming this Friday, with even more goodies!  I can’t wait to get started.  ❤

If we were sipping tea and talking I would tell you: I had no puppy duty this week.  😦 I’m really enjoying the time I get to spend with these fluffies.  We get to walk Shadow on Tuesday night, so I’m looking forward to that.  Hopefully, the weather will behave.  It’s cold and rainy, and I want warmth and sunshine!

If we were sipping tea and talking I would tell you: Saturday was my mom’s birthday.  She’s 86!!  We brought her her favorite McDonald’s lunch, Artisan Chicken, and don’t forget the french fries and apple pies! We surprised her.  She thought it was only my hubby and me, until she turned the corner and Alyssa and Jonathan were there.  She was so excited! We stayed for a bit, then had some errands to run. We headed back to her and she treated us to dinner, so we celebrated all day!  They brought her a nice cake and sang Happy Birthday.  Fun! Here’s a pic of her with Alyssa.

If we were sipping tea and talking I would tell you: I had a little set back with my health, but I’m learning to overcome the obstacles in front of me, and leave them behind.  My body pretty much tells me when it’s time to shut down, and rest.  Of course, I have a million things to do and a million thoughts going through my head, so I never listen….until I have to.  Why is it we push and push until we can’t?  I’m stubborn.  How about you?

If we were sipping tea and talking I would tell you: this week coming up is Thanksgiving in the USA, where humans stuff their faces with turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry everything and pumpkin pie.  After the food coma is over, Thanksgiving is followed by Black Friday (which actually begins on Turkey Day), when human beings become bulldozers, to get to what they don’t really need. I stopped shopping in the stores a long time ago.  I prefer online.  Less hassle, less crowded and best of all, it comes right to my door.  How do you shop for the holidays?

 

As for the week ahead:

If we were sipping tea, basking in the sun and talking I would tell you: I’ll be diligently painting my living room and dining room.   I am notorious for redecorating the house days before a holiday!  My husband cringes when I say I think the walls need a new color! LOL  One year found me stripping wallpaper and painting, a mere two days before Christmas.  What can I say?  I love a challenge!!

If we were sipping tea, basking in the sun and talking I would tell you: it’s hard to believe this week is the end of November. The year has flown by so swiftly.  I’m hoping December is a smooth one (aka no snow) and 2020 is the beginning of better tomorrows.

If we were sipping tea, basking in the sun and talking I would tell you: it’s off to church I go! Once again, Alyssa will be selling her Avon, and giving a portion of the proceeds to the church!  I’m so proud of her!  Until next time, be well, and have a blessed week, my friends!  ❤

#FridayFantasy ~ Your Sigh – #poetry

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Sail upon the velvet clouds

Feel the ocean’s rousing rush

Get lost in fields of lavender

Hear the forest’s gentle hush

Breathe in air of scented pine

Climb the rocks and reach the sky

Wrap yourself in magnificence

Listen, as your senses sigh

 

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#FridayFantasy ~ The Box – #poetry

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In my hand I have a box
Come closer and you’ll see
Don’t open it or look inside
Lest it cause you misery

I’ve traveled very far and wide
Through all I could withstand
Now, time is slipping quickly by
So, hurry, take my hand

For inside this tiny package
There’s a treasure full of sin
Fear, and greed, evil deeds
All lie in here, within

The distant train approaching
Is filled with his villainous clan
I beg of thee, just let it be
Don’t fuel the Devil’s plan

Don’t let the sinister voices
Wreak havoc in your head
Think of me, and all to be
Of joy and love, instead

The key that unlocks secrets
Kept hidden deep inside
Is tied to me, around my waist
I keep it there, beside

Will you open up the box?
I think you will, I fear
I’ll give you the key,
If you promise me
All hope will not disappear

 

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