One Shot Wednesday

"Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you." - Langston Hughes

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One Shot Poetry Wednesday – Week 39

Claustrophobic-

on the elevator
going down or up

hiding the attic
squeezing spotted pup

I hate those musty minutes
no fresh air to be found

on the elevator
going up or down

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-30-2011

We write Poems Prompt #47

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Patsy

Wednesday.. Drums and Downpours Fill My Day!..

"If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him." - Francis Bacon

"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." - Margaret Atwood

"Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems." - Rainer Maria Rilke

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Project 365- a Photo Every Day!!

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3 Word Wednesday-

loud/riches/persuasive

Paradox

the poor count riches

loudly persuasive to self

hot water rises

Written By: Patricia Sawyer

3-30-2011

Sensational Haiku Wednesday- Paradox

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Haiku Heights- Hush

Circus

as the lion roars

a hush falls over the crowd-

clowns empty buckets

Written By: Patricia Sawyer

3-30-2011

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Thanks for stopping by my rainy.. dripping.. dreary.. world today.. I hurried the dogs on a short walk with one eye on the darkening clouds.. Even though we ran the last two hundred steps.. I still got soaked.. that was early this morning.. I told myself that it was a refreshing way to start the day... I welcome comments and followers.. Have a great day!

Patsy

A Sad Tuesday... We will Miss D.O.G

"Buy a pup and your money will buy love unflinching. " -- Rudyard Kipling


"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. " -- Roger Caras


"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace." -- Milan Kundera


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Project 365- a Photo a Day!

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a Sentu

everglades
the slicing sawgrass sways
paradise to the "gladesmen"
the caterwaul of a panther
swamplands

Written By; Patricia Sawyer
9-27-2010

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Remedy

sty sty off my eye
muttered... backing from fowl house
grandpa plows the mule

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
10-8-2010


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Thanks for stopping by my blog tonight.. we have not had a very good day.. our youngest dog took sick and died in a space of just a few hours.. he brought us lots of laughs and much love during his short life.. we will miss our friend D.O.G.. I welcome comments and followers..
Have a great day!!
Patsy

Monday.. Tiny Chicks Chirp from Inside Their Eggs..

" Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!"
- Sitting Bull

" I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods." - Georg Trakl

" The little windflower, whose just opened eye is blue as the spring heaven it gazes at. "

- William C. Bryant

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Project 365 - a Photo Every day-



I saw Sunday-

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Magpie Tales -




En Garde

rapier in hand
satisfaction demanded~
franks roast over fire

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-21-2011

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Dragon Writing Prompts-

This week I was sent a link to a prompt that I first thought was too weird to write for.. but that was before I passed the cemetery and saw the new decorations... "green eggs on gravestones" was the prompt..


Decorations

green eggs on gravestones
with Easter baskets for two~
I wonder aloud

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-21-2011

Monday Poetry Train Revisited-
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Spring is officially here.. I love the colorful flowers that are popping up every where.. The hens are all getting broody and have been laying extra eggs all of last week and again today.. it is possible for a hen to lay twice in one day but that is also very rare.. or at least that's what they say.. I did get six eggs today from a pen that only holds five hens.. Dave and I haven't decided yet to let the hens hatch their own chicks.. we fear that because they can run in and out through the wire.. they would become snacks for our dogs.. right now the incubator is full of chirping eggs.. three quail have already hatched and I wasn't expecting the chicks before next week.. I guess they have decided to hatch a little early.. I also have duck and turkey eggs in there.. I have never hatched either of those before and am eagerly waiting for them to hatch.. The Turkeys do still have a couple of eggs in the pen with them.. Mr. Tom broke the first few that the hens laid.. I don't know rather he intended to or if he was trying to roll them into the nest that they wallowed out in the hay at the back of the pen.. we were determined to save a couple of turkey babies so we took what he hadn't broken and added them to the incubator too.. Dave came in and said they had more eggs last week but when I looked I realized that they were setting on an old potato that I gave them along with their supper.. This morning I looked again and they now have two eggs .. an onion.. a golf ball .. a rock and one potato in the nest.. maybe something will hatch..

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.. I welcome both comments and followers..

Have a great day!

Patsy

Saturday.. Turkeys Have Settled Down (We Hope!) .. and Are Setting on Two Eggs..

" What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander but is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the guinea hen."
- Alice B. Toklas

" Old maids do not mind giving people trouble."
- Thomas Nelson Page

" The beginning of wisdom is to desire it."
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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Writers Island-
Prompt #12 for 2011: Inseparable


Inseparable

The curtain parted and the porch light came on.. Mama was peering out at us with owl eyes.. so afraid I might give up a tiny kiss on her sacred doorstep.. It was a good thing she hadn't seen us an hour ago.. seemingly inseparable..dancing on the bluff overlooking the city.. swaying to the soft sounds of violin music that rose from the music school down below.. I almost laughed as his wicked smile flashed and he shook my hand on Mama's porch.. "Goodnight Mrs Jones.." he said loud enough for her to hear.. "Goodnight Young Man.." we replied in unison..

- Saturday Centus #46-
(The Curtain Parted...)

Weekend Wordsmith #194-
(violin)

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Breakfast

morning songbirds sing
romping in the spring sunlight
frowning house cat waits

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-19-2011


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Patsy

One Shot Wednesday

"The only cure for writer's block is insomnia." ~Merit Antares

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One Shot Wednesday #37

Writer's Block


I
Upon
You stumbled
In my Path way.
A block stopping my
Pen from forming fine words.
Creativity bound tight.
No thoughts Appearing on Paper.
I rest Atop your grayness and sing.
I then write a poem to you; Writer's Block.


Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-19-2008

Wednesday.. this Week is Roaring By...

" All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood."
- Rainer Maria Rilke

" Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not."
- Oprah Winfrey

" It looks easy, like surfing, but surfing is hard too."
- George Eads

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We Write Poems #45- Against the grain..

all week I have tried to come up with something witty and smart for the prompt that deals with something each of us.. who fancies ourselves as writers.. must face at some time.. writers block..
I am almost always able to twist words around to make something that passes for a poem or even a short story without to much trouble.. there are days when I don't want to write.. they are few and far between thankfully.. I do find that brownies often help.. this is my offering for "Against the grain"...

Against the Grain

words spill from my pen
meaningless gibberish all
brownies scent the air

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-16-2011

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Project 365- A Photo Every Day!-

Three Word Wednesday -

breeze- mellow- tickle


Missing

salty breeze tickles
highly mellowed man drags board
men in gray suits feast

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-16-2011

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ABC Wednesday-

I is for integrity...


Integrity-

life of harmony
no exception to the rules
stumbling .. I rise

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
3-16-2011

~ Haiku Wednesday~

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Have a great day!

Patsy