Mundane Monday (2016-07-18) Five

Posted in Mundane Monday #68
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Dialogue

Mundane Monday

“I now find magic in the mundane. I’m also more creative – better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.” Deborah Norville

Abandoned on Monday

“No buses today”

“Why?”

“Because, it’s Monday”

“So, I am just supposed to stay?”

“Well, you stay and play,
Or call for a taxi
And a higher fee pay!”

“What if I simply pray?”

“No use,
The buses won’t come today”

“Why?”

“Because, it’s Monday!”

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Mundane Monday (2016-07-18) Four

Posted in Mundane Monday #68
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Dialogue

Mundane Monday

“I now find magic in the mundane. I’m also more creative – better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.” Deborah Norville

Red Light on Monday

Don’t run
Against the red light
You might
Get a sight
If the coppers
Are watching
In their choppers!

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Mundane Monday (2016-07-18) Three

Posted in Mundane Monday #68
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Dialogue

Mundane Monday

“I now find magic in the mundane. I’m also more creative – better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.” Deborah Norville

Sunshine on Monday

Look, who decided to show up
And here I was starting
To get all wound up!

Quickly, up from the tub
Grab my favourite cup
And outside,
With a huff and puff
I go
And none too slow!

Before, that is,
My favourite show
On TV is up!

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Mundane Monday (2016-07-18) Two

Posted in Mundane Monday #68
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Dialogue

Mundane Monday

“I now find magic in the mundane. I’m also more creative – better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.” Deborah Norville

Rain on Monday

The snail’s predictions
Done, with convictions
Brought us destruction
With a set of storm and rain
Falling heavily,
Onto, the open plane

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Mundane Monday (2016-07-18) One

Posted in Mundane Monday #68
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Dialogue

Mundane Monday

“I now find magic in the mundane. I’m also more creative – better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.” Deborah Norville

Dark Clouds on Monday

Ominous and eerie
Even though, in theory
It was still summer

Feelings of weary
Vision getting blurry
Starting to worry
As the weather
Was getting glummer

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Seat Sunday (2016-07-17)

Posted in Seat Sunday
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Tale

“I don’t want to be a passenger sitting on the bench not doing much, even in my older years” Frank Lampard

Seat Sunday

I have followed the yellow brick road
And it led me to this humble abode
Surrounded by a picket fence
And a green grass oh so dense

Now I am stationed here for all eternity
The yellow bricks stacked behind me
Grass growing tall, reaching to infinity
The inhabitants enjoying me occasionally

Maybe this is the place I will settle
And every day brew me tea in a kettle
I may be made out of wood and metal
But I can be quite sentimental

I am a special bench
Possibly made by the French
Sometimes in the drain I drench
Still, I am quite the mensch 😉

seat-sunday

Just Another Day in July for Daily Photo

Posted in Daily Photo
Photography /Poetry /Humour

“Do what we can, summer will have its flies.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Just Another Day in July for Daily Photo

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If you expected sunshine,
Sitting on a terrace
With a cool glass of wine
And feeling, just fine

Then,
I hate to disappoint
Dearie,
But it seems,
The odds
Are heavily
Against you

The weather gods
Decided their jobs
Was to make you sob

Like the true sociopaths
Bringing on their wrath
Even if you did not need a bath

But soaking wet
Soon you’ll be
If you think
The game is set
Maybe
It is time to flee

Or then

Just forget,
The bummer
After all
It is summer
And just
Another day
In July

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Moments (WP Developing Your Eye II) One

Posted in WordPress Course: Developing Your Eye II
Photography /Poetry

Day Five: “Moment” — Capture Motion

* Our lives are made up of big events and tiny moments. Life is fleeting, and oftentimes it’s the small moments, this motion, that we love to document.

Moments for WP Developing Your Eye II

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life” Omar Khayyam

 Pouring Rain

The perfect moment
Where life is moving
In slow motion
Every component
In unison

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Under the Tree for Seat Sunday

Posted in Seat Sunday
Photography /Poetry /Humour

“A chair fit for a Queen and other Ladies too” Gun Roswell

Under the Tree for Seat Sunday

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“Ah, a cool summer’s breeze
I am possibly ready to sneeze
Better sit down on the bench!”

Said the little old wench
As she tightly held her thighs in a clench

Because that damned sneezing
Made her always queasy
And possibly a little uneasy
As to what might start to trickle
She started to giggle

“Oh, hurry up you old fool
And quickly sit down on that damned stool!”

seat-sunday-2

Awesome Friends of Summer (WP Intro to Poetry)

Posted in WordPress Course: WP Writing: Intro to Poetry
Poetry /Photography 

Poetry, Day Three: Friend

* Whether it’s about a time they saved your life or a moment when they disappointed you, write today’s poem about a friend: a person, an animal, or even a fictional character that’s close to your heart. You could also address a group of people, or an object that represents friendship for you.
* Looking to flex your poetic muscles today? Give acrostic a try: it’s a fun poetic form where the first letter of every verse combines to create a word or a message

“Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it” Russell Baker

Awesome Friends (of Summer)

A house sits on the bare island
Waiting for its summer friends
Exited, exhilarated, hoping, that
Soon, they’ll be arriving, from the mainland

On the look out through the lens
Many a lonely days was spent
Eternal fire always burning

For the long awaited to be returning
Rejoicing of the pending arrival
Impatience its only ally
Evening turning to morning
Now, the friend are returning
Damned be all fear
Summer, is finally here

a friend in summer