Poetic Asides Fog

Fog

What giant infant

spilled milk over the world?

Watch for red eyes blinking

and white lines.

Don’t cry. 

a-z animals

The Adelie Penguin

Way down south, clear to the South Pole

Where it is rocky, icy and cold

Live many penguins small in size

With white circles around their eyes

Wear a “tux,” black back and white chest

Hike or slide to their rocky nests

Strong pink feet, bumpy nails are nice

To climb cliffs, push and slide on ice

Sociable, live in colonies

Communicate in “penguinese”

Hunt together for fish and krill,

 Mollusks and squid, they take their fill

Chicks hatch out using their egg tooth

Then congregate in little groups

Male and female care for their young

Who fend for themselves in three months

Animals A-Z Abyssinian Cat

The Abyssinian Cat

You may have heard of

an Abyssinian Cat

They’re the oldest breed

Imagine that

Playful, smart

Loyal heart

Silky fur, almond-shaped eyes

Slender, long, medium size

Large ears, broad head

Blue, gray, fawn, red

Fantastic hearing

Hunter’s will

Egyptian heritage

Can’t sit still

Poetic Bloomings colloquialisms

Jingle Bells Alzheimer’s Version

 Dashing through the doodad
In a one hickey open thingamajigger
O'er the thingies we go
Laughing all the way

Gizmos on dillybobs ring
Making whatchamacallits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A thingamajiggering doohickey tonight

Oh, jingle gizmos, jingle gizmos
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one hickey open thingamajigger

Jingle gizmos, jingle gizmos
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one hickey open thingamajigger

A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a thingamajig
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my whatsit

The hickey was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
We got into a drifted thingamabob
And then we got upset

Oh, jingle gizmos, jingle gizmos
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one hickey open thingamajigger

PAD Disappear

I saw a whale!

What? We don’t see it.

I’m not a kook.

T’was just a fluke.

PAD 29 commercial

Good God (It’s Alive!) Lobster

On Tongass Avenue

In a blue and white shop,

We sell specialty foods.

You won’t regret the stop.

Salmon (fresh, smoked or canned):

Sockeye, silver or king,

Lobsters, oysters, mussels,

Clams and crabs —just the thing!

Or go wild! Buffalo,

Venison, caribou,

Musk ox, wild boar, elk, and

Antelope—just for you!

Abalone, rock fish,

Halibut, scallops, cod,

Red snapper, prawn and shrimp—

Online or at Good God.

Day 28 Bird

The Bufflehead

The Buffleheads bob in the bay

Male black and white, female brown/gray

Compact ducks submerge to catch food  

Large, rounded heads and short, wide bills

Noted for their fine mating skills

Males swim in front as if they’re rude   

Nodding their heads like no control

Like to nest in woodpecker hole

Fly rapidly as if pursued