Month: November 2017

There Are Days

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2017 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 12
Write a ‘transformation’ poem

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There Are Days

Some days it doesn’t
take much
a smudge of very berry
lipstick and you are transformed
ready to go out and conquer
the crowed grocery isles

some jeans that fit
just right have you
twirling in front of
the mirror

but then there are days –
days you’d rather hide from
days you search for any
excuse to stay home

days when even some
Spanx and a little black dress
won’t convince you that

you are beautiful

Moonlight Rondelet

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Fussy Little Forms: Rondelet
Happy Weekend, Toads! Today I offer to you the very definition of a Fussy Little Form, the RONDELET. The rondelet is a short French poetry form featuring a strict rhyme and meter pattern plus a lovely repeated refrain. It looks like this:

Line 1 :: A—four syllables
Line 2 :: b—eight syllables
Line 3 :: A—repeat of line one
Line 4 :: a—eight syllables
Line 5 :: b—eight syllables
Line 6 :: b—eight syllables
Line 7 :: A—repeat of line one

 

Garden Toads  are playing with poetic forms today
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Moonlight Rondelet

in the moonlight
the blazing sun no longer queen
in the moonlight
magic appears, reason takes flight
and you and I stuck in between
can hear the spirits wail and keen
in the moonlight

Worn Out Luck

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2017 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 11
Write an ‘unlucky’ poem

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Worn Out Luck

my heart took off her lucky socks
rolled them up into a ball
tossed them in the refuse box
my heart took off her lucky socks
they had become a paradox
there was no luck in them at all
my heart took off her lucky socks
rolled them up into a ball

Going Nowhere

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2017 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 10
Write a ‘going somewhere’ poem

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Going Nowhere 

this poem is going nowhere
no way
no how

it is a stay-at-home
kind of poem
a curl up in its jammies
with a good book
kind of poem

its a quilt together warm
words kind of poem
a popcorn and hot chocolate
kind of poem

a hibernate until spring
kind of poem

Daddy and Vincent

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in)Famous and possibly fictional encounters
Real toads are meeting up with someone ‘famous’
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Daddy and Vincent

 

Daddy was a frustrated artist
our house became his canvas
geometric designs in red and green
yellow and orange covered
the kitchen floor
always painting,drawing, doodling
one night, while cleaning
his brushes, adding more swirling streaks
of color to the basement wall,
there was a knock at the door
and there, outside, in the starry night,
was a man with one ear

Ode To A Brave Warrior

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It’s Odes, Poems of Praise,  at d’Verse Poets Pub where Frank is tending bar

 

Ode To A Brave Warrior

 

there once was a brave warrior
who went boldly into battle
she faced her enemy with
noble determination
accepting each victory with
humble grace and gratitude
she was a kind and loving hero
with a hopeful heart
there once was a brave warrior
who fought with all her being
until the enemy surrounded her
and she moved on to join the
warriors who went before

Art Gallery

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2017 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 9
Write a “(blank) if (blank)” poem

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art gallery

the moon doesn’t mind if the stars shine too
it happily shares the sky
with comet tails and
milky way
with asteroids and
space junk
with psychedelic northern lights
together they create
a midnight masterpiece
waiting for discovery –
if we look up

 

On Being You

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On Being You

you will not always be who/what you are right now
your twenty year old self is not your thirty year old self
and your thirty year old self is not your forty year old self
and it goes on …….

you do not have to stay what you are at this moment
whatever that might be to you
don’t get stuck
don’t label yourself
don’t limit yourself

grow
explore
fail

laugh

give up the things that don’t work for you
be willing to change directions
be willing to change opinions
be willing to accept the unexpected

include gratefulness in your life
for everyday, insignificant things
for others
for who you are

always be kind
there will never be enough kindness in the world
be truthful to yourself
be strong in your values – know what they are

love and you will be loved – yourself included
respect and you will be respected – especially yourself

reject the negative
it will only give you heartache

embrace the belief that there is good in this world
and be a part of it

seek joy

find peace

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© Candace Kubinec

 

TP

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2017 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 8
Write a “thing” poem

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TP

so simple
soft white paper
wound up in a
perfect roll
taken for granted
until only your cardboard
core is left,

dangling

Heloooo

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d’Verse Poets Pub – Lookin’ Up!
There’s something up there – Lillian has us star gazing through the Hubble telescope

The Hourglass Nebula

 

Credit: ESA/Hubble; Raghvendra Sahai and John Trauger (JPL), the WFPC2 science team, and NASA/ESA

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Helloooo

 

it is a conundrum

of astronomical proportions –

when I put my eye to the eyepiece

peer into the heavens

searching for blackholes

poked into the fabric that

covers our planet

is there someone looking back?