Category Archives: Poetry

Teddy Bears’ Picnic #Poem

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If you go down in the woods today,
Beware of the drifting snow!
You’re going down in the woods today?
Remember your trusty phone!
Beneath the trees where nobody sees,
The covered ice anticipates feet…
Today’s the day the teddy bears have no picnic!

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Surely you’ve heard “The Teddy Bears’ Picnic,” the song on which I based this no-picnic Quadrille… Apologies to all my teddy bear friends–I have 3, plus a unicorn, a sheep, and a pumpkin!

Written for
dVerse Quadrille #122: Go.

Beyond Our Skin #Decima #Poem #SixSentenceStories

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O come and look right through my skin
With eyes of otherworldly grace;
You’ll see our Essence in this face,
Inviting you to look within!
Kaleidoscope of time and place
Where future, past and present curl.
It’s yours and mine. Just give a whirl!
Let’s move beyond our circumstance!
Uncomfortable, yet here’s a chance
To let our tenderness unfurl!

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Written for
Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 45: (WHIRL) in the C rhyme line,
#Threethingschallenge #512,
and
#SixSentenceStories: Kaleidoscope.

Wishful Thinking #Decima #Poem

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At times we all fervently wish
To travel alone, steal away…
And keep daily struggles at bay
Or banish them all with a swish!

But life is like choosing a dish–
Some options we like, others not.
Just one is too much, if a lot;
We need other tastes for the spice.
Yes, even the ones less than nice.
We’re here, and we have what we’ve got!

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Written for
Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 44: (STEAL) in the B rhyme line.