Think Burger and Cheese
Be relaxed and not perplexed
Image must be picture perfect
Smile
Background set
The right effect
Image input and output
Project and strike a pose
Wait for flash
Finally at last
Picture outtake
See your look
Captured the real you
Just image the actual
Beauty and features
Kodak moment
Storm is fierce but I elect
To wend my way towards the beach
Clad in foul weather gear I suspect
'twill be a push to reach.
Down a path, that's far too long
Hampered by intemperate force
Under Sou'wester singing song
The trail is lined with winter gorse.
Sand squishing under boot
Rain, wind, and waves
Ominous atmosphere feels acute
Suddenly feeling not too brave.
With trepidation I observe
Two boats surging within the storm
Volatile weather does unnerve
Wet and weary needing warmth.
Squelching back the way I came
Last look at seething angry sea
Ocean painting of great acclaim
Kodak moment will stay with me.
Image by Janrye pixabay
The Jagged Side
We’re not just polar opposites.
We exist in neighboring galaxies.
Still, I’d rather have my dancing soul
crash on your rocky surface
than to rain down my light
on a starless moon.
Compatibility is the oatmeal
of edible relationships.
It’s palatable, yes,
but so is cardboard.
Keep you Kodak moment,
I need my own photographic negative.
So screw the placid whispers,
growl threats in my ear.
Kiss me so hard, I have a lisp
the next day. Wrap your hand
on my throat, leaving
unexplainable outlines.
Weave love and death,
hate, and wonder in the same
poetic hiss, then stare me down
until my helix begins to uncurl.
I have just three minutes to be
unforgettable so
I’m coming in for a crashing -
no smooth landing, hell no
landing at all.
I’m aiming for the jagged side
of your darkest mountain.
Survival is irrelevant.
I won’t notice, either way.
Flawless is your title.
I play with words but they are far from idle.
You are, you are.
Perfect I know you've heard this before.
I could say nothing, I could say everything
And then some more.
You are flawless and I think you should know.
I am so into you but would rather not let it show.
I am afraid of nothing, besides letting it grow.
You're beautiful, sexy, and a very rare pearl.
You remind me of no one.
You're the first in my world.
I think of kissing you everytime you speak.
Thoughts of you is everyday but incomplete.
Lori, Lori ,Lori like a scratched CD, your name is stuck on repeat.
I could care less of tomorrow nor of the time.
That was before I met you Lori.
Then I suddenly developed a one track mind.
Maybe I've crossed the line saying all this.
But I was always unruly which is my curse and also a gift.
You are, you are.
Perfect and I believe you know this.
You are beautiful,
Lori a day with you is a day well spent.
And a kiss from you would be a Kodak moment.
Accomplishing something plenty you got
Captured as a whole in your life snapshot
Takes after a Kodak moment caught
On the screen, pictures flicker a·do
Everyone smiling, life happenings in view
Great im·ag·ings, moments in time, toodle-oo
Are creations from the moment shows
If tis' not develop 'n compose
Give it again, one's best shot dose
A SMILE
A smile is an expression of happiness,
It is literally the opposite of a frown,
With one, your lips go up,
And the other, your lips drop down.
But it is much more than physiology,
It displays favourable emotions too,
And a smile seems to be contagious,
Chances are if I smile, so will you.
When you say someone is photogenic,
Their face usually has a smile,
If you take a picture of someone with a frown,
Framing that photo, certainly won’t be worthwhile.
When you hear something that is really funny,
That smile will transform into a laugh,
Now that’s going to be a Kodak Moment,
Time to get out the camera, and take a photograph.
There are so many things that can make you smile,
It could be watching small children play in a park,
Or it could be much more of a personal thing,
Like 2 lovers, making out in the dark.
A smile is a universal language,
It is understood by everyone,
It’s a silent form of communication,
Recognized by every culture under the sun.
There are always nations at each other’s throats,
The world has been in conflict all the while,
Maybe what this planet of ours needs,
Is for more of its people to smile.
"A Kodak Moment"
yummy pumpkin pie baking in pie crust pan
hubby playing Chef, he's my kinda man
but with five ornery pets
while their appetite gets
shake, rattle and roll chimed from tin can.
the oven whistled steamy and hot
soon the Chef lost his temper, threw a pot
puppies scattered for cover
as two kitties did hover
kitchen looked like the land time forgot,
laughter is the best medicine to cure
any nasty situation one might endure
a kodak moment to smile
lasts longer than a little while
pumpkin pie still holds magical allure.
*For Vienna's Smile Your on Candid Camera.
What is life but a fantasy?
When letting go of old wounds
Hurting your memory
Easing the pain of yesterday
Is there anything more fantastic
Than your final destiny?
If you can see
Into the burial ground of time
Smell the flowers
In the arctic hands of a Balinese girl
Who sings to you only
If you dare to kiss her on the mouth
You may want to brush your teeth first
Before she disappears from your embrace
And stabs you in the neck
With a stone age dagger
Don’t worry
You have been alive for a Kodak moment
She smiles
And you will return to Bali
To find your burial ground
On the side of a sacred mountain
The view is excellent
And very private
The girl is not there
She moved on to another moment
She is now in high school
And sits behind me at recess
With a dress and nothing underneath
At last the house is silent, they are tucked away and sleeping
Tomorrow down the winding stairs we'll see them all come leaping!
Their faces bright and shining, the wrappings will be torn
Upon the face each child has worn, a Kodak moment will be born
On early Christmas morn!
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a snap of a twig
made by my careless footstep
white tailed doe takes flight
For Rick's "Haiku You" contest
Simple melodies fill the air,
a tender hand threads though his hair.
Rocking motion, sleepy eyes,
restless spirit, little cries.
Fighting sleep afraid to miss,
one second of life and it’s bliss.
Calming peace begins to fall,
as the crying begins to stall.
Mother now extremely tired,
from a son that has been wired.
Sleep now consuming her,
afraid to move or even stir.
Mother and child fast asleep,
a kodak moment to keep.
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