Optimistic/ Pessimistic, PAD 18-2, acrostic

 

Pessimistic

 

Problem focused

Expecting the worst

Sad countenance

Stubbornly negative

Intimidated and anxious

Morose and melancholy

Intensely doubtful

Scared of the future

Tragic attitude

Imagining disaster

Cynical outlook

Optimistic/ Pessimistic PAD 18-1, acrostic

 

Optimistic  

 

Open eyes to possibilities

Positive attitude  

Turning focus upward

Inspired, enthusiastic

More than hopeful

Imagining the best        

Sanguine personality

Taking a bright outlook

Intensified expectancy

Cheerful and Confident

Trope PAD 17-3 Rubáiyát

 

Lies

 

I’m tired of romance stories based on lies.

What one relates as true, the next denies.

The deeper into story, falsehoods grow.

It makes me wonder if they’re ever wise.

 

And when, at last, the lovers tell their tale.

It certainly appears that they will fail.

Then somehow, they accept each other’s love.

But I am not convinced that all is well.

Tropes PAD 17-2, haiku

 

Tropes

 

Telling a story

Repeating scenarios

Often switching up

People, places, happenings

Ending nicely

Sometimes

Trope PAD 17-1, Rubai

 

College Dating

 

My college years sound like a trope,

With cross connections like a rope,

Between some roommates and some friends.

Yes, it was like a real-life Soap.

 

From ex and beyond, it extends,

Relating in curios blends.

Roomie liked my ex plus a guy.

The guy liked me and here it tends

 

To complicate and go awry.

I liked my ex’s roommate, sigh.

Another friend’s ex asked me out.

I dated him, but not sure why.

 

It grew tangled, without a doubt.

Somehow or other, all worked out.

I got with ex’s roomie, yay.

Roomie got with ex, roundabout.

 

We had some months to date and play,

But then, time came to go away.

I went to Wyoming to stay.

And met my hubby one fine day.

Possible, PAD 16-3, Rondeau

 

Keep On Writing

Keep on writing, through thick and thin,
Though you may think you will not win.
When success seems far out of reach,
And you fear, “Those who can’t do, teach,”
Feel wasting time may be a sin.

You’re tired of being so “all in.”

Always taking it on the chin.
You’d rather relax at the beach.
Keep on writing.

Rejection puts you in tailspin.
You need to grow a rhino skin.
All’s possible with God does preach.
He does listen when you beseech.
So please, finish what you begin.  
Keep on writing.

 

Possible PAD 16-2, Rondelet

 World of Possibility

 

The travel bug

Oh, I had caught it early on.

The travel bug

It started slowly as a slug.

To see the world, I have felt drawn.

Immunity is now long gone.

The travel bug