Posted in Fabulous Friday
“If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday” Noel Coward
Wishing a Fabulous Friday to One and All!
Enjoy
Today
Come
What may
Friday
Saturday
Or even Sunday
Everyday
Can be
A fun day
The setting sun
Mind on stun
Go and
Have some fun!
After all
It’s Friday
So let’s have
A ball!
Posted in Throwback Thursday
“Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder” Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Boxing Match
The gloves are on
The arena awaits you
From the illusion of winning
Your head is spinning
The chanting getting louder
You’re feeling prouder
The plan was a clean fight
No hitting below the belt
The deal fitting your own self
No more time for flight
The crowd is cheering
You are leering
At the ding of the gong
The fight is on
Dancing around
Pulling punches
No one going down
The referee announces
No one is winning
It is time
To up the ante
The gloves come off
The game now on
You start to scoff
Your mind’s set only on the con
Spitting out words of slander
Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
Hair being torn
Nails like thorns
Feeling the scorn
Scratching, screaming
Ending only in
Real blood and tearing
No one is winning
It is time
For plan C
Posted in World Wide Wednesday
“When in Paris, the good times cherish”
Gun Roswell
A Quick Trip to Paris
Oh, ye old Eiffel Tower
Yes, you got all the power
Standing by the Seine, looking at you for hours
You are this town’s prettiest flower
In your eternal light us will you shower
Looking at you, we’re never sour
Posted in A Quote a Week Tuesday
“The only photograph I regret is the one I did not take” Gun Roswell
Thoughts for Quote a Week Tuesday
People often ask me what kind of camera I use. I must confess, after being a pix snapper for forty years, I have come to the conclusion, that the camera does not make the shot, I do. I used to drag all sorts of equipment with me even on travels, but since the advent of the digital format, I prefer to carry the smallest one with me, or just the mobile phone.
Of course there are advantages to SLR and various lens options, but then again, I rarely get the opportunity to just spend my time pic snapping anymore and when the opportunity for a great shot arises, I don’t care what camera I have with me, as long as I get the shot.
There are those who disagree with me and I agree not all of the snaps turn out as I imagined, but for me personally, the idea is more important than technical perfection. An image can be perfect in all ways, but still have no content. Even an out of focus image with a great vision, can be perfect. And in the end, if you yourself like it, then it is great!
Meanwhile, I think we can all agree on Chase Jarvis’ quote:
“The best camera is the one you have with you”
Posted in Mundane Monday
I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences” Harvey Pekar
Almost Art
It’s off the chart
A piece of objet d’art
Looks kind of smart
Add it to your cart
If you have a heart
And a complimentary tart
Will give you a jump-start
For no one can tear it apart
Because it’s almost a work of art
Posted in Seat Sunday
“A throne is only a bench covered with velvet”
Napoleon Bonaparte
Rocking Chair
Adventuring up the stairs
To see what’s hidden in the lair
What did my little eyes spy
A blast from the past
In front of me lie
Gramma’s rocking chair!
Posted in Caturday
Caturday Poem
Happy with my kitty
So I wrote this little ditty
Why don’t you sing along
To the tune of this familiar song
Soft kitty, warm kitty
Purring on my lap
Sleepy kitty, happy kitty
Why don’t I too take a nap
My little ball of fur
Listening to you purr
Life is kind of a blur
But this is how I prefer
Posted in Fav Foto Friday
“Hell no! Even more snow? This is getting old really fast!” Gun Roswell
Snowed in
Expected:
A snowstorm front
Heavy snowfall
All through the day
Ten degrees Celsius
Of the minus variation
Appears colder
On your skin
Stay indoors
If you can
Posted in Throwback Thursday
“I’m a writer and, therefore,
automatically a suspicious character”
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor and a Writer
Looking into
A writers mind
You may phew
On what you find
Look in,
Carefully
Surprisingly
Lurking
Emerging
A
Tinker, Tailor,
Soldier, Sailor,
Rich Man, Poor Man,
Beggar Man, Thief
Peeping Tom, Stalker
Pervert, Prude
Sister, Brother
Loud Mouth, Mute
A
Antagonist
Protagonist
Killer, Saviour
Bad behaviour?
Winner, Looser
Coward, Hero
Or simply a Zero?
Storyteller, Liar
Truth teller, Denier
A questionable character?
Or just a clever Actor?
Psychopath,
Or, on a Path?
Writer, Politician, or a Crook?
Did I get you hooked?
Posted in World Wide Wednesday
“When in Paris, the good times cherish”
Gun Roswell
A Quick Trip to Paris
The Arc de Triomphe
Certainly got that oomph
In the midst of Place de l’Etoile
Still standing strong and tall
The archaic Goliath
The biggest of the giants
For us tiny mortals to see
We have come to worship thee
