Joe, GI,
kept his world
to himself,
his head knocked off
by a fall from
the shelf
Joe's hands,
replaced backwards
after a tragic
twist of fate,
couldn't grip
a gun,
but in some
remixed world,
Joe and Barbie,
and maybe Ken,
might have had
a bit of fun
for #OpenWrite
Not even we
thought we
would win
but every
streak begins
with hope
for #OpenWrite
Hop On Pop
and its nonsensical
Seuss-ian verse
and rhyme
was the first time
I ever read a book
on my own,
and in our home,
reading books
was a cherished time,
the quiet often descending
after dinner, but for
the turning of the page
for #OpenWrite
Chips
in a bowl
with jagged edges
and small broken parts -
fingers messy and lips, apart,
we attack these snacks
with full abandon
and a jar of
Salsa
for #OpenWrite
https://flic.kr/p/2p3sdqb
You never knew
how I was watching
you layer the pasta,
then the sauce,
then ricotta,
sausage,
beef,
plus all the other
odds and ends you
wove into the dish,
making it ever more
delicious to eat,
and I still remember,
when I'd close my eyes
to take a bite,
it was like finding a poem,
buried beneath
for #openwrite
https://www.ethicalela.com/recuerdos-de-comida-y-amor-memories-of-food-and-love/
Why'd I ever said
yes, is anyone's
guess, but there
I was, sax in hand,
a teenager on stage,
more than a little afraid,
joining a Portuguese
wedding band
for #openwrite
the bend's where
we spent our
summer days,
the soft elbow
in the little river
and wooded pines
providing us a place
for us to play, the holler
of our families
calling us to dinner
just beyond
an ear-shot
away
for #openwrite
Rain
drenched;
We've spent
time today
watching the sky fall
while wondering on the sun
a fibonacci poem for #openwrite
Fly, pigs, fly
find the sky
don't worry
why the
ground is
passing
you by -
for you are
a wondrous
contraption
build with levity
to imagine
soaring up high:
so fly, pigs, fly
for #openwrite
You occupied
an odd slot for
an educational
institution like ours
Smart, a maverick,
a ponderer of horizontal
moves, a questioner
of nearly everything,
but you were one
who never fit, residing
as you did in turmoil,
and I wonder if you found
your place
and if I did enough
to help you on your
way to wherever
your way has taken you
for #mastoprompt and #openwrite