Where do they get those pink lemons
to make all that pink lemonade
Where are all the chocolate cows
for chocolate milk anyhow
Things aren't always as they seem
is everything really as you knew
what looks like a girl from behind
can be a boy with long hair he grew
Don't overthink how things are
life is to confusing in the end
just when you got it all figured out
something makes you begin again
I never seen a blue apple
or an orange without a peel
Now they tell me it is true
bananas are not even real
Eggplants use to look like eggs
hence that is how they got the name
How do they milk all those almonds
tomatoes being a fruit is insane.
LEMONS
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade
If the sun gets too hot, sit in the shade
If you’re caught in the rain,it’s only water getting you wet
After a while you’re as wet as you can get
Sometimes obstacles get in the way
But tomorrow is another day
Who knows what might happen to you then
You might meet your new best friend
Sometimes it is hard to cope
Remember, there is always hope
Take pleasure in the little things
Play your favourite song and maybe dance and sing
At the end of the tunnel there is a bright light
A light that is always a welcome sight
So, if life gives you lemons just make lemonade
It could be the best drink you have ever made.
There are those like feathers
Roving about without a care
Then one day you search for them
And they just are not there
Then there are those like lemons
Soured while still on the tree
Just waiting to be plucked
Just longing to be free
There are those like ice
Frozen and cold
Quickly melted by the sun
Flowing to quench the thirst of an empty soul
Then there are those like garments
Worn with pride
They are as personal as fingerprints
But rarely reliable as guides
No power unless you grant them access
Just opinions
squeezed from existence
when all that you could be is sour
your tan flesh, tart rind
might offer subtle resistance
Life lends lemons, not lemonade,
Which, from lemons ought we get made.
So is it with AI,
Add we must our HI
To forge out things value-added.
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Happenings | 42.08.2025 | technology, creativity
Note: HI= Human Intelligence. Creativity does not end with a full stop; it is always a comma. The first AI-driven film called Hanuman, The Eternal, made in India (and made so well) has sparked a debate on the subject.
Lemonade is easy, I keep the lemons on my hat
We liked this enterprising chap, gnome named Matt
I pull them off when I need them if I start to run out
Smart gnome for sure, selling lemonade on the parade route.
Of all the songs
You seem to be
The tuneless one,
Less subtlety.
God's orchestra
Has dealt a hand—
More toneless rasp
Than golden strand.
I wonder if
You long to be
A star
In morning's reverie.
Do tears well up?
Perhaps that's why
You paddle more
Than flit and fly.
And yet…
I see you
Standing proud—
Such confidence
In every crowd.
You waddle round,
For pictures pose—
Such character
Without a nose.
You dress with style,
All brown and green.
There's pride in how
You peck and preen.
You're grounded,
Yet you float and glide.
No treetop nest—
You strut with pride.
So maybe I
Prejudged your tone—
Less violin,
More slide trombone.
In that, the panoply
Of life
Requires such confidence
Amid the strife.
To show us humans
Not to compare—
Just be yourselves,
Be fair and square.
And when life gives you
Orange sauce,
Puff out your chest…
Just stay on course.
Just squeeze the most out of a bad situation and move on
When life gives you lemons... make a delicious pie and smack em in the face with it!"
"When life gives you lemons.... say, thank you, I love lemons!"
"When life gives you lemons... make lemonade, set up a stand, and give it to anyone who is thirsty."
"When life gives you lemons... Thank God for the fruit. "
"When life gives you lemons... remember, without the sour, we can't appreciate the sweet."
SMILE WITH A LEMON A’PEEL
When Life Gives You Lemons...
As life sometimes will
No matter what you feel...
Turn that sour pucker into a "Jesus Smile"
Smile with a lemon a'peel! (Appeal)
discarding narrow thought flow crutch
we learn directly by soft touch
and what we garner we relay
to the vast void in childlike play
entwined thus with the universe
we dance without need to rehearse"
We sing heart songs making up the winged words
As we go along amethyst path undisturbed
Music we make brings about purple peace
We are indigo instruments beautiful and unique
For gold soul music is you it is me
The light uses us spontaneity
Painting the universe in rainbow shades
Dancing romancing with step’s homemade
No need to worry about a teal thing
We exist to persevere life’s jade journey
No need to fear making maroon mistakes
Throw it in the bowl we’re making lime life cake
From the sour lemons make sweet lemonade
Despite discouraging demons we keep faith
To trust green gut finding fuchsia way
And turquoise touch in happy gypsy day
lemons crushed over iced glass
hot march sun, cape gooseberries
drenched umbrellas into the fog of sunrise
rain and march breezes bring in May bloom
Written: March 6, 2022
Form: Lind30, 7-7-7-9
March In Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich
HMS.COM
A neighbor got a lovely gift
Of lemons, but too much
For her to use so, neighborly,
She chose to get in touch.
She emailed with an offer
That her bounty she would share
Since even after using some,
She still had lots to spare.
I told her I would take a few
And thanked her, just to find
She’d left an overflowing bag,
By my front door, behind.
With way too many, I did try
To send a big bunch back
But she declined, quite sure I’d use
Each lemon in the sack.
A recipe for lemon cookies,
Using juice and zest,
Appealed to me; I made a batch
But, truth be told, at best
They were so mediocre
They were barely fit to eat,
Not lemony enough and yet
Too far from being sweet.
You might suspect this failure
Left me saddened and dismayed,
But I’ll follow that old saying
And just make some lemonade!
Luscious librarian in lingerie lifting lemons on her laceration
Curiously classified texts are deemed completely conniving with affirmation.
Euphoric ergonomics easing established efficiency expert’s excitement.
Reluctant research rabbit is reminiscing about respectable replacement.
Culpable coalition is curiously creative yet cautious.
Tinkering tattle tales trust readily researched missives as responsible
Dramatic assessment of library’s assets leads to rebate of raspberry series.
Librarian’s granite faced boss demands retraction from newspaper
After news story of luscious lingerie-loving librarian living in library breaks.
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This is me having an argument
with the voice inside
your just part of our experiment
witnessessss to many s's i guess
so you can look away
Yes you
I bet you
now you swallow
every day that every went
for a second of her tomorrow row row your b
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my stream
If only i could think i wasn't
now that would be a trick
No words you have read
All time bleeds thru like a carbon cartoon unicorn rainbow
Like me be the one that pulls the rug
i know your getting pissed
The point of this poem
lemons and melons see above
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