Creative Bloomings Christmas song line

O, Come All Ye Faithful

A Christmas song

Sung once a year.

The words become

So very dear,

That once a year

Is not enough

To adore the Lord

For His great love.

O, Come let us adore Him,

Christ the Lord!

PA prompt

Foundation

F irmly planted

O rganized in a logical way

U sing underpining to avoid pining over what you can’t have

N urtured in a strong groundwork

D eliberate in your basis of living

A lways establishing what’s good and right

T aking steps to build a strong base

I nstituting solid principles

O utreaching in charity and compassion

N ever neglect a solid foundation

Creative Bloomings Terzanelle

Shannon Creek Park

There was a park called Shannon Creek

A sheltered place within the shade

There was a park called Shannon Creek

The memories have come to fade

Those times when I was just a kid

A sheltered place within the shade

I think of all the things we did

We swam and fished and played all day

Those times when I was just a kid

With country music on display

And horseshoes ringing in the air

We swam and fished and played all day

Small children swinging, with no care

The hot dogs sizzling on the grill

And horseshoes ringing in the air

Of fun and food we had our fill

There was a park called Shannon Creek

The hot dogs sizzling on the grill

There was a park called Shannon Creek

Poetic Asides false

Stories

The little boy not knowing truth from lies

cries

and wonders why

his dad can’t see him anymore.

He waits for him to walk through the door.

As he grows up with bitterness and disillusionment

will he realize

it’s because of that time

when Mom took him to that man with a white jacket

and he told the man stories.

He said, “Yes, Daddy did that.”

A CB prompt

Staying Active

I don’t like sitting like a rock.

I want to be up and active like a jock.

Kayaking, swimming, biking

Gardening, rafting, hiking

Traveling, chatting, reading

Crocheting, writing, eating

Okay, I guess I like sitting, too.

But I want to be up and moving when I’m through.

Creative Bloomings song title

To Stay

I dated my first serious boyfriend

for four years. Actually I dated him

one year, and for the next three years,

we tried to break up, but we kept

getting back together, while

“Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover”

played in the background. Eventually,

we grew apart. He wound up in my wedding,

 but not as the groom. For the next

thirty-five years I must have thought of

more than fifty ways to leave my lover,

but there’s only one way to stay

and that’s to stay. 

Creative Bloomings senryu

Sometimes a poem hides

Until the poet threatens

To take his toys and go home.