Haiku & Other Poetry, Random Rants, tutto e niente

saving ourselves

Tina Stewart Brakebill

I’m bought and worn, but

I ain’t no dupe to trick, so

mask on, show up, vote

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No one’s coming to save us so we must save ourselves. MASK ON. SHOW UP. VOTE.

Thanks to MindLoveMiserysMenagerie for giving me a forum to vent.

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

Monday’s Child

Tina Stewart Brakebill

dawn shines her first light

and Monday’s child, fair of face,

casts her eyes downward

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Obviously my little haiku owes a thanks to the unknown writer of this 19th century children’s poem:

Monday’s child is fair of face

Tuesday’s child is full of grace

Wednesday’s child is full of woe

Thursday’s child has far to go,

Friday’s child is loving and giving,

Saturday’s child works hard for a living,

And the child that is born on the Sabbath day

Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

It was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw Fandango’s Monday prompt. Or maybe the second or third. I also thought of the songs “I Don’t Like Mondays” and “Monday, Monday” but I was trying to avoid super depressing stuff. Plus, the adorable monkey photo cinched the deal. I LOVE monkeys. They ARE “fair of face.”

So happy Monday to all. Find a bit of joy today if you can. And thanks also to What Do You See challenge for the wonderful monkey photo and to Ronovan’s Haiku challenge words (eyes and light).

 

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

about last night …

Tina Stewart Brakebill

Smickering strangers:

A prophesy for shame or    

Arbitrary love?

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Thanks for the flirty inspiration to Fandango (arbitrary) and to Tales from the Mind (smicker) 

And for those of you (like myself) that need to know, one of the the definitions of smicker is “to ogle and smile amorously.” So go forth and SMICKER! You never know were it might lead 😉