Something a little different

When I was hosting open mic poetry night here in Sumter, my husband, a math professor wouldn't attend. Then one day he said if I could write a poem using math terms that wasn't about math he would come to my open mic. I did it. And yes he did attend.  My challenge to you is to take a topic, any topic, and write a poem using terms about that subject but not write about that subject. I will post my Calculate That as an example. Some choices would be knitting, martial arts, biology, candy bar names, cereals, airplanes, anything you choose. Have fun!

If X equals me
and Y equals you
then X plus Y
equals me plus you
But if Y is
dividing itself by 2
then X isn't getting
100% of you.
You say at 59
you're in your prime
well honey listen to me
things aren't what they used to be.
Did you ask what's my cosine
what's my angle?
Don't get your undies
all in a tangle,
you aren't the only one
with a young one on the side
and mine takes me
on an all night ride.
And remember this old axioms true
18 goes into 59 more often
than 59 goes into 18
absolute values rule!
Piecewise the variables work for me,
by your expression I calculate
you're finally seeing the formula
seeing how I evaluate
that if X equals me
and Y equals you
then X-Y equals
me minus you.

Calculate That!

Tough Going

I'm not sure how many of you know Tad has been going through chemo and radiation for throat cancer. This is his week for a prompt, and although he wants to stay in the rotation, he said that it's "still tough going." So I asked him if we could just use "tough going" for a prompt. So, that's it for this week. Tough going.

The Many Kinds of Love

From Tasha:

The Many Kinds of Love There are three Latin words for love, and 96 in another language I read about, Poems about how you love, what you love, how you see love, and who you love, just to name a few thoughts...A valentine to love,

Plastic World and Freedom

Yes, Paul Fowler has given us two prompts again. Write about one or the other or if you want to really challenge yourself write a poem that includes both prompts.

NOTE from Victoria, the Keeper of the Blog. Please note the prompt list with dates above as well as the new "Rules of the Blog." As we get more members of the blog, it becomes necessary to lay out a few rules. Not many. Thanks.