From Sue: As you read this (try not to cheat) select 3 items in your reach.
Place them in front of you and compose anything about them
- can they be on an adventure together?
- do they have feelings?
- do you have feelings about the items?
- if you had to describe them to a child or alien or blind person
Literally show us how odd the situation is.
Mom's parents grew up
ReplyDeletewith no electric lights.
Used a wringer
washer, ice
box, gas lights, wood stove.
Dad bought them a washing
machine to win
them over
and let their daughter
marry that black Spaniard.
Electric lights
stereo,
refrigerator,
washer, dryer, tv,
all in our home,
growing up.
Now, my devices
list too many to count.
Within my reach
I access--
A remote control.
A smartphone. A laptop
where I write this
and send it
to the blogosphere.
This is great!
DeleteI love trying to imagine getting closer to the technology of the Jetsons.
I like it a lot. Movement through time with things,
DeleteInteresting and clever.
DeleteAwesome I loved the comparison between Gramma and Grampa's life and now. Gave me some nostalgia...
DeleteCoffee mug
ReplyDeleteBraun Thermometer
Ipad
Hello.... ok. I’m awake. Stop poking me.
I’m opening as fast as I can. Loading.
Tap. Tap. Open. Reverse screen to see you
take a drink. Hey monopoly mug! What’s new?
Haven’t seen you in awhile. Shh. She’s talking.
Video done. On the move again. Whose here?
NO NO NoNoNo. Don’t leave me here by the....
Hi Braun. Any hotties yet? Ahem UMMMM
you got a little wax on your tip there bro...
She’s coming. All clean and just in time for Jack
Bye braunie. Ta ta. Im off to work. Tap tap
He he. Jackie boy. That tickles. Swipe. Tap tap
What letter spells log? L spells log. Good job!
Hey monopoly mug. I see you’re on the go.
Coffee or tea? Ok. Tell me later bro...
What’s going on over there? Jack and I saw
Braun get the ole alcohol rub down again
Ashley is here now. No fever. Woo woo.
She’s coming at me with the cotton ball. Nooo
Spitooey. Yuckie. Sigh. All clean for Ashley.
Hey monopoly mug. How’s your day? Half full?
I’m almost dead but I am plugged in to life.
All the kids really drained me. What was that?
Christmas mug wanted me to ask you the date.
It’s MAY 25 today. He will be sad.
Bye bye little ones. See you all tomorrow!
Braun, THEY’RE ALL GONE. Yes. Yes! I can hear you bro..
I don’t know why you think that I am deaf.
Its been great to see you monopoly mug.
We have time to pass before you have to GO!
What? Ask monopoly mug how race car is.
He’s in storage. Hasn’t been out since last year
Guys wait. I have a pop up. She’s coming.
Update. Guys. Im afraid I have to go now.
It’s getting dark. I’m losing control. Silence.
LOL. Awesome write.
DeleteYes, truly awesome! Did you write that this week? Wow! If you did!
DeleteYes. I wrote it during nap time and posted right away. Thanks.
DeleteCHOOSE ME
ReplyDelete1. The iPad
Pick me
up, press me
with your index
finger, like you
were tickling a
baby or finding
the softest part
of a woman or
making a point in
debate. Touch me
and you're playing
poker for hundreds
of thousands
of unreal dollars, or
forming a triple
word score with a
Z against someone
you've never met who
may or may not be
from Utah.
Another jab and it's
Balzac or Marlow
or Ellery Queen or
Charlie Yardbird Parker
or a chubby bride
and groom doing
cartwheels down the aisle
or cute baby goats
every way that three
people can fuck and
suck each other
or vitamins delivered
with no shipping cost.
2. The notepad and pen
But you
picked
me, didn't you?
LOL. Yup. I can see you picking the notepad and pen.
DeleteI can't write a poem any other way.
DeleteVery Clever.
DeleteOk, I enjoyed this! Made me giggle for some reason...
DeleteEnjambments galore. You covered the many, many things one can do with an iPad including shopping online for vitamins. I wonder why not condoms.
ReplyDeletePoor neglected notepad and pen.
I like it.
I just wanted to do one shopping thing, and--well, I didn't think of condoms, but if I had I think I wouldn't have wanted to use them right after the porn. I wanted to move in a totally different direction. But I guess you would need vitamins after all those threesomes.
DeleteMy plan when I started, to the extent that I had one -- and I try never to have a plan when I start a poem - was to write all about what you can do with a notepad and pen, too -- but then when I got there, the notepad and pen decided they had already spoken for themselves.
DeleteI can see that. I almost would love to see this written on a notepad.
DeleteThe Theme of Three
ReplyDeleteSmiley man about 1 ½ inches tall. He wears white shoes and white gloves.
An oval stone painted to look like a ladybug. She has a sweet little smile and round eyes.
A bottle of nerve tonic pills, a homeopahic remedy to help generate calm.
Ladybug, ladybug you can't fly away
and indeed, little lady I want you to stay,
cheery smiley person you will surely keep
me entertained until it's time to sleep.
Nerve tonic pills of homeopathic style
all will be helping me smile a cheery smile.
These three items daily sit before me
Helping me to think optimistically.
Interesting. For some reason "Nerve tonic" sets me off, like it's something negative although it is not.
Deletefun poem, Tasha. I love lady bugs and I think they do cheer people up!
DeletePositively love it!
ReplyDeletethe magic knife
ReplyDeletedug up the turquoise stone
from the ground
by the rose bush
a rose awoke
and spoke to
the knife
“that’s mine, put it back!”
“no, i need it for my spell”
“I will stab you with my thorns”
“ha ha” laughed the magic knife
and cut the rose
for a vase...
Love it. The three things are knife, stone and rose bush?
DeleteThe end! Lol. Now I want to see the rose in the vase with the turquoise stone and hear the spell.
Deletefun one. good visuals in this lively poem.
Deletethe dirt was black
ReplyDeleteand fertile
it lay waiting
for a seed
the wind blew
with ferocity
and seeds were
in the wake
the rock laid it's trap
and grabbed captured a victim
for dirt
the rain came down
and pounded
it deep withing the dirt
a seedling emerged
a tiny thing
so brave and green and straight
it pushed the rock aside
as it rounded up it's girth
earth became the home
of a giant, mighty oak...
Nice. What were the three objects for this one? And you've got "it's" instead of "its" twice again.
DeleteEnjoyed the images here, too.
DeleteDirt. Seed. Rock. Behold the mighty oak. Loved the ending. Didn’t expect a MIGHTY OAK.
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