midnight hides a fear
that stops the winter winds whizz
brr chills my spine
the night silhouette
birthed the morning joy of spring
aww flowers bloomed
sun shown in orange
for my orange trees harvest
oh it looks so nice
hot air brought me joy
heaps of orange start mounting
tut the trees thorns pricked
blood flowed down my leg
pains well up tears in my eyes
yuk some juice then spilt
the summer bees smiled
to make sweeter the orange
hmmm more juice filled my drums
I smelt autumn leaves
that scents the butterflies love
wow I love those wings
joy then filled my tanks
I'd dance like monkeys this fall
shhh my pain's now my gain
Categories:
brr, joy, pain, seasons, summer,
Form: Haiku
Spring is cold in its cool pastel colors.
Today, Winter’s a fool to tread so late
past its season. Its gait freezes flowers.
Spring’s upset with the winterly arrogate.
Depression will not take hold - the sun’s out.
Reminders that March has a lion’s bite.
Pinks, whites and yellows - Spring without a doubt
is tipping his hat, new leaf growth’s forthright.
March does not pack away its clothes, not yet.
One day a gal wears shorts, and her sleeves, short.
She has her fur-lined coat close by, you bet,
and will wait for mid-Spring soak to retort.
Brr and brr-ing her sandals back, slap North Face.
Primed gal arranges dandelion light.
Better than a quilt, the zephyr’s embrace.
Parasol of oaks and maples delight.
Categories:
brr, spring,
Form: Quatrain
“straight from the horse’s mouth”
it’s not
a mystery
why Mister E
d said
Octo
brr
Categories:
brr, color,
Form: Free verse
birdie on a painted slat
he flutters into a rush
of spring leaves
as if he were diving into a cold pool
brr…brr
pert season is heating up
4/19/2023
Categories:
brr, bird,
Form: Free verse
Snug within a mountain cave
I dream of catching fish
Brr! Can still feel this cold wave
For warmer climes I wish
While it's snowing hard outside
I sleep and snore and dream
Throughout winter, here I hide
Away from frozen stream
But one who sleeps has to rise
In that beautiful spring
Refreshed, I'll open my eyes
What joy that time will bring!
I'll swim, jump and play once more
And catch a lot of fish
Revitalized to the core
Spring is my fulfilled wish
I'm a fuzzy wuzzy bear
In hibernation sleep
Soon winter will go elsewhere
And I'll get up and leap
Waiting eagerly for spring
When I'll become active
Once again, the big, brown king
I'll join my friends and live
11th Feb 2023
For "Winter is not forever" contest
Sponsor: B J Legros Kelley
Categories:
brr, animal, sleep, winter,
Form: Rhyme
I love my pretty colored mittens, as soft as new kittens. Grandma's loving knitted fur, keeps my little hands warm in the cold snow~brr. Each hand as one, so I can have more fun.
My colorful gloves, are part of the ones made for Grandma's loves. Each glove has a warm finger, they will take their place and linger. Every finger will have a fur wrapping, none will be overlapping.
Date Written:12/19/2022
Categories:
brr, color, cool, fun, grandmother,
Form: Rhyme
A
Novem-
ber (brr, brrr!)
"New blankets" drive
is philanthropic! :)
Please, if you get the chance:
warm up one chilly person...
just ten bucks can get a good deal
on a big, new, cozy, warm blanket! :D
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A November Nonet Poetry Contest
Deadline: Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Categories:
brr, blessing, community, humanity, inspirational
Form: Nonet
secs, saint so still.
no restraint when
great wisdom - faint
from accent spills.
has my back - God
of love - soundtrack
keeps no record
of wrongs, slow to
anger. i’ll go
where stirs the heart’s
former brr, warms
the soul, prefers
the morning song -
its airborne wings
of the reborn.
12/8/2020
Bauk Than - Than Bauk
Sponsor: Charles Messina
secs - short for seconds
brr - cold
Categories:
brr, christian,
Form: Than-Bauk
Out shopping, I meet Uncle Billy
I exclaim can I stroke your willy
Feel free to pet him
He says with a grin
My willy’s quite cold brr its chilly
I kneel down and give Willy a stroke
And juggle his brown balls for a joke
Willy’s a rescue pet
Billy got from the vet
My uncle’s a dachshund loving bloke!
10/19/20
Categories:
brr, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Sunlit clouds,
tapestries of vapor,
fill the void.
Summer nights,
moments I savor,
my mind toyed.
To be lost again,
in the winter brr,
all green destroyed.
But through summer's death
and winter's breath
Spring fields expand their breadth.
Categories:
brr, hope, nature,
Form: Rhyme
*Image of Nick Jonas by Giphy.
Myth
Psst hymns shyly sync shyly.
brr rhythm brr
oooo uuuu
tsktsk shh pfft
***Onomatopoeia
Title & Prose; consonants
Haiku; consonants-vowels-consonants
2020 July 11
Categories:
brr, onomatopoeia,
Form: Haibun
Picture several feet of snow, Pa!
Don’t be clumsy with your packing, Sir!
Of fluffy white fields, you’ll be in awe.
Afield Southern climate, you’ll feel the brr.
Pack your woolen coat and boots, Dad!
Don’t forget warm socks, silk underwear, Pop!
From far away it don’t seem so bad
But the scene’s colder from Santa’s workshop.
12/1/2019
Categories:
brr, travel, winter,
Form: Rhyme
The winter is choking me with her cold air.
She is blatantly whitening everything.
The birds are terrified they will not live through it.
School is cancelled for the ninth day in seven weeks.
I wish I was a skier. I wish I had an igloo.
I wish I had chosen to live in the North Pole.
This would seem normal then and I could feel partly responsible.
My cold-air-induced asthma is screaming for warm climate.
Three teachers who normally have some sense
Were pushing each other’s cars uphill to get out of school on Friday.
We are lucky this did not come down to three deceased teachers.
There were one hundred and fifty-seven slide offs in Kansas City.
Not counting the forty-five wrecks.
The winter is choking me, holding me hostage.
Making me re-think my choices.
But my grandchildren live here, I argue and so I stay.
Categories:
brr, snow, winter,
Form: Free verse
WEATHER FORECAST
0 degrees
and below
the new year came in so cold
with a beer and a brr
predicting a fury of flurries
fluffy white happiness
a clean sheet
flapping against the cheek
more rain
hail AND rain
thunderous thanks
predicted as fires put out
for goodness sake
replaced with sunshine
sunshine AND seeds
growing a wonderful 2018
the farmer’s almanac
never lies
tells all
this year will warm
us up to
98 degrees
12/31/2017
Viv Wigley’s contest
Categories:
brr, new year,
Form: Light Verse
bre.a..the ss.o..f...t shhha.r..e...d wh.i..s..p..e..r....sss
sss.i..mple sss.e..d..u..c..t..i..ve hhh.i..ssss.s..s..s..e...sss
sssp.o..k...en w.o..r..d...sss ss.ai..d innn brr.o..ken ss.i..l..e...nnce
bre.a..th...sss sssooo sssww.eee..t annn.d sss.en..sss..u..al
yourrr llo.v..ing lli..ght llay..sss sso.f..t annn.d lli.nnn..gerrs
forrr llo..sst llo.ne..llli...nesss lli.ve..sss innn mmy s..ou...lll
llet yourrr llu.sss.ciousss lli.p..sss a.llle..vv..i...ate mmy lllo..nng..ing
ll..e...ssst y.o..u llea..ve I ammm llo..sss...t
thrrr.o..u...gh t.e..a...rrrr sst.a..i..n..e...d t.o..u..chhh..e..ssss
taaa..k...e mee ww.i..thh t.e..nn..d..e..rrr..n..e...sss
temmm.p..errr the.ssse ter.ssse fi.nn..g..errrss annn.d tea.chh meee
tooo thhrrr.i..lll y.o..u..rrr trrr.e..m...bling thrrr.obb..ing temmm...ple
11/25/15
Categories:
brr, desire,
Form: Alliteration
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