PA Prompt Since...

Since I Went Back to College

Since I went back to college

it feels like my life has rebooted,

rather than just about to wind down.

I don’t have delusions of winning a grand career,

other than the one I already have.

When I get my degree, it may persuade editors

that I really do know what I’m talking about.

But in these last decades or so,

I’m not too worried about what editors think.

I’ll self publish what I’ve written over the years,

except with a few more footnotes and better grammar.

And if some day a reader, searching for answers,

or, at least, interesting questions happens upon

my writing and gets to know You better,

then it will all be worth it, even the college degree.

PG rhyme

A River

A river carries me

It’s choices that I’ve made

Oh, who is in control?

I’m helpless in its flow

At times I feel betrayed

And set adrift at sea

Adrift, lost and alone

And then the cold winds blow

Oh, where is my reprieve?

Am I a hopeless case?

In this, I am set free

In Him I’ll be made whole

A river carries me.

Oh, He is in control!

PG rhyme

Poeming on the Go

Just a quick rhyme

When I don’t have the time

With the duo in the morning

And the new day adorning

In sunshine and snow

We’ll soon be on the go

Time to get some tea

And breakfast for them and me.

Poetic Asides Careless

Lackadaisical Day

O, give me a lackadaisical day

One to while my time away

One when nothing gets done

Just a little rest and fun

Let the dishes pile up high

All those toys, let them lie

May the computer and the phone

Know what it’s like to be left alone

The paperwork can gather dust

It doesn’t matter about the must

For I’ll be out in the fresh air

Enjoying having not a care

Phoenix Rising anti-love poem

Absent

You  may not think

I noticed the distance between us

when we’re standing side by side.

Your words are warm and friendly,

while your eyes go right past my head.

I remember when I kissed Mom in the coffin.

It’s like that.

PA treat

Getting Things Done

I coax myself along

with little treats

like a carrot

dangling in front

of a mule’s nose.

Write a chapter,

take a walk.

Clean the bathroom,

read a novel chapter.

Do the next online task,

have a cup of tea

with cream and sugar

and a chocolate.

But sometimes,

skipping the work

and being lazy

is treat enough.

PA treat

Treat

T antalizing and enticing

R adically inviting

E xtravagance, pleasure

A nd delight.

T oday, let’s treat you right

                     -Cruise Ship