Monthly Archives: March 2020
Prompt #7 Heroes
Leave a commentGood Morning,
We have many heroes in our community helping others through this health crisis.
Please choose one and write a poem about the work they are doing.
I am presently scheduling poems ahead.
Please send in other poems that are uplifting/humorous then I can mix things up a bit as well.
Send in poems this week to
poemoftheday.jaxton@gmail.com
Thankyou and Keep Safe
Jeanie
“Year of the Pig” by Jan Darling
1 CommentTHE YEAR OF THE PIG 2019
I’m a Pig! I’m a Pig! I am patient and kind
I’m not the smartest but I don’t mind.
I’m trustworthy, indulgent, with a big sense of humour
If they say I’m lazy, it’s only a rumour.
Pigs born at morning are moody but reckless
They leap before looking, sometimes they’re feckless.
Pigs born in the noon, now they fight with heart
As long as they’re helped a bit at the start.
Pigs born at night, they’re full of fight
They alone know how to do everything right.
But these traits can be varied according to age
They’re only true at a certain stage.
Boy Pigs for instance are low-key and trusting
Easily fooled, they may just take a dusting.
Girl pigs are gentle and mostly seek peace
They’re given to kindness and not to caprice.
Luck and good fortune may bless the Pig
With honest sincerity showing up big
Understanding and giving, never spiteful or mean
The Pig is a really fine Human Bein’!
“Little Hands” by Toni Newell
Leave a commentLittle Hands
Little hands,
Go everywhere,
From patting dogs,
To combing hair.
They draw and paint,
Or play with dolls,
Or little cars,
Or basket balls.
They hold ice-cream,
And lots of fruit,
Touch door knobs,
And soil to boot.
So little hands,
Need lots of care,
Plenty of washing,
So bad things aren’t shared
“A Friendship Clock” by Celia Berrell
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“Got to stop. Got to stop
and blow the dandelion clock.”
That’s what my best friend used to say.
And then we’d blow that clock away.
She’s moved-on to another town.
I’m left alone and feeling down.
I still think of the fun we had.
Our friendship made me very glad.
The dandelion’s flower-head
all golden-yellow, sunshine-fed
is made of many small florets
arranged all neatly in a set.
When fertilised by bugs and bees
each little flower forms a seed.
They all hold hands with hairy arms.
As though they make a friendship charm.
And so I play this little game.
Remembering my best friend’s name.
“Got to stop. Got to stop
and blow the dandelion clock.”
Prompt #6 “A mixed bag”
Leave a commentGood Morning,
This week is “A mixed bag”
Please send in any poetry, in any form you like.
Stay safe and look after each other.😀
Send in poems this week to
poemoftheday.jaxton@gmail.com
Thankyou
Jeanie
“BooBoobook Owl” by Katherine Gallagher
Leave a commentBooBoobook Owl
BooBookook Owl
doesn’t think twice
if she suddenly feels like
a meal of mice.
When she’s swooping about
you only feel the breeze
as she glides in and out
from her hollow in the trees.
Boobook Boobook
she calls through the night . . .
Boobook boobook
until it gets light.
© Katherine Gallagher
“Dinosaur Dreams” by Toni Newell
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I thought I saw a dinosaur,
Laying by a nest,
And in the nest were several eggs,
I counted six at best.
And next to it there were sat,
A young girl and a boy,
Both of whom were counting them,
Whilst looking full of joy.
The dinosaur didn’t move,
Looked on in quiet calm,
The children felt quite safe,
They wouldn’t come to harm.
But looking a little closer,
It seemed to make no sense,
Surely if they had been eggs,
She’d be nesting in her defence.
And then it did occur to me,
That they’d already hatched,
And it was only but a dream,
From a photo my mind had snatched
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“Mongoose” by Marque Dobrow
Leave a commentMongoose
Oh mighty mongoose, your courage I admire:
To write of your deeds I never would tire.
A short-legged creature with a coarse-haired body,
Your coordination is not at all shoddy.
A fierce little warrior who lives in a burrow
You attack your prey as if there’s no tomorrow.
When dealing with rats and birds you are fearless,
And your snake-striking skills make you utterly peerless.
With the means to out-manoeuvre a cobra
It would be a fool who attempted to rob ya.
With reflexes as fast as any rocket
I never would dare to pick your pocket.
Your claws and teeth could de-value my denim;
And you’re never concerned with anti-venom.
But if I sat still and did not provoke you
Would you sit on my lap and allow me to stroke you?
Dear mongoose, from afar you have earned my respect.
I shall praise you and never show any neglect.
For a soul who tangles with snakes oh so avidly,
It’s all just as well you reproduce rapidly.
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