Sunday, March 18, 2018
Indecision
Paul Bole just could decide which way he wanted to go with this weeks poetry prompt so as he was undecided the prompt for us is indecision. Go for it! How does indecision affect your life? or maybe a funny poem about someone who can't make a decision? serious or funny you really have to make up your mind and make a decision :-).
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I actually have one on this theme. But first, a true story. There's a cute popular song from the 40s called Undecided -- FIrst you say you do, and then you don't - And then you say you will, and then you won't - You're undecided now, so what are you gonna do?
ReplyDeleteThe composer of the melody had a couple of great titles in mind for it, but he couldn't decide between them. So he sent it off to his publisher with "Undecided" in the line for the title. But before he could make up his mind, the publisher sent the melody to a lyricist....
what a great story! i got a chuckle reading it. thanks for sharing it!
Deletei'm undecided by this story ha ha - paul.
DeleteCHOOSING
ReplyDeleteThe redhead
greets you under the arch
she offers you
a ham sandwich or
a blow job
but you have to choose one
the ham sandwich
is pungent with fresh
horseradish
cheese home grown tomatoes
it’s a po’ boy
meat burgeoning out
either side
black olives red and green
chili peppers
she has pink plump cheeks
lips moistened
with primal complaisance
pillow breasts if
she’ll take her clothes off
is that part
of the deal? She won’t say
or whether the
beer in her right hand
comes with each
LOL. So, did the beer come with the deal? For some reason this reminds me of an old joke. A nerd comes to work on a new bicycle. His friend asked where he got it. He said, he was walking to work when this girl on a bike stopped him. She took off her clothes and said, "You can have whatever you want."
Deletefun write! some decisions can be harder than others (pun intended)
ReplyDelete..lol... love the poem!
i'd take the beer and a blowjob.....ham can wait - paul.
ReplyDeleteindecision. hmmmm i'm good at that.to quote the clash " should i stay, or should i go? if i go there will be trouble, if i stay, it will be double "
ReplyDeleteanyway, on to the poem.
ON THE TRAIN 9
ok. he is nuts and nobody is taking any notice
there is a mom and a baby next to him
am i the only person taking any notice?
if he touches that kid, i'm breaking a limb
but come, let us talk no more of the past
but only of the future
there is work to be done reclaiming our land
don't want kids to be maimed in a bomb blast
need some justice that is mature
am i always a one man band?
talking to a politics student with pink hair dyes
sortta persuaded her to take off rose coloured glasses and open her eyes
i give indecision advice
while my life is filled with collapse, ice and vice.
I liked it too, the scene is interesting and your take on it is good too. Thanks!
Deletethanks tash. lots of indecision and people who can't decide who they are in this one. hmmmmm sounds like most people i know - take care tash - paul.
DeleteInteresting take on the prompt. I think maybe the word should be "indecisive" though, but I can't decide. LOL
Deleteintriguing vignettes. it felt a bit disjointed but as i read it connected and the last two lines pulled it together. i like this one.
ReplyDeleteit sortta started off slow and sped up like a train. should be read with a speeding express train and a wailing harmonica in the background at the end - love and peace - paul.
Deletethe northern white rhino will be extinct soon, because there are only two females left. one of my enviromental poems.....the ultimate in indecision.
ReplyDeleteJUST ONE EARTH
yeah! just exterminate all the elephants and rhino's
why?....who knows
kill everyone who doesn't look like you
that's what we do
different colour and religion? kill them too
polar bears are drowning
never thought i'd mourn the lack of ice
dodo's and tree frogs...gone twice
car pollution sets my heart a' pounding
slow death by overpopulation
or push the button and end every nation
at least it would stop this annoying radio station
the answer to all the worlds problems, is just stop doing it and behave yourselves
but there is a better chance of meeting elves.
- thanks guys - love paul.
Good one. I think you could lose the 4th line in the second verse ithougha ffecting the poem itself.
DeleteThat line is "Without affecting:
Deleteeeerrr there is no 4th line in the second verse tash.
Deletethanks for reading my friend - love and peace - paul.
I was trying to find the line she means too. Maybe she couldn't decide which line it was. Not sure this is quite on prompt, but a good write.
Deleteif we can't decide on whether to save the planet, or not, then all other decicions pale in comparison victoria - love and clean water - paul.
DeleteI must bring to your attention
ReplyDeletewith the delicate precision
of a surgeons incision
I have reached the conclusion
I can make no decision
what to write for the prompt - indecision
I like it!!! clever girl you are. Thanks for sharing.
Deletei was gonna write a reply poem.....but then i couldn't decide - love and peace - paul.
DeleteHa ha ha. Cute.
DeleteWill I or Won't I?
ReplyDeleteMy time fills up with things to do
yet not what I intend.
It's difficult to see my way
around the next day's bend.
So I live with serendipity
it has become my song,
my life just seems to flow that way
as it carries me along.
I've no complaints, please hear me
I'm happy every day
as in the present moment
I try my best to stay
it is my inner compass
that keeps me in the flow.
and gives me my instructions
that tell me where to go.
The difficulty I endure
comes when my wish might be
to cross an item off my list
or have some time that's free,
and what is flowing then will not
accede to my desire
occasioning some conflict which
could even end in ire.
The issue of my simple plight
is this, I do believe:
deciding which it is that I
need do and which can leave
and do another time, or not:
there my conundrum lies;
if you can tell me what to do
you'll win a special prize.
Betwixt, between, what shall I do?
Most often I don't know
and so I seek the squeaky wheel
to show the way to go.
The louder it will shriek and groan
the faster I will move
thus my decision comes to me
and I stay in the groove.
lol... i think you captured everyone here in your poem. love it!
DeleteThanks for those kind words, they mean a lot.
DeleteYup. It's hard to live in the moment. Nice write.
DeleteThanks, Victoria, it means a lot to me when you say such nice things.
Deletejust follow your heart tash. you and stephen are good people.....you know which way to go - love and peace - paul.
ReplyDeleteAww, you are kind and I do try to do that, thanks for your nice compliment.
DeleteAnother kid poem:
ReplyDeleteI stole my sister Bonnie's snack,
ate it all, won't give it back,
so mom said in her old, mean voice
that I would have to make a choice.
No tv for one full week
or else no snacks. I want to shriek
but mom would just get much more mad
and I would get so much more sad.
No Daniel Tiger, PJ Masks,
and I still have to do my tasks.
Or else no cookies that mom makes,
no ice cream cones or chocolate cake.
I want them both, I can't decide,
just want to go to bed and hide.
I wish that I could give it back,
I didn't mean to take her snack.
But mom puts cookies in to bake
and I know which one I will take.
The cookies smell so good to me.
I can live without tv.
lmbo!!! love this one. the rhymes and rhythm make it fun to read and the content is fun and funny. i feel your pain!
DeleteOh nice one, cute rhymes too.
Deletethink bonita is still pissed off about that ha ha.
DeleteHey guys...sorry about my absence. My computer is acting up. Here is a poem for the Indecision.
ReplyDeleteSpring brings sunshine
or so I thought
last night it brought snow
and tomorrow rain
the indecision of Spring
is a real drain on
my sensitive emotions
yeah i do wish it would make up it's mind!!!
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