
I. One More Jab Spell your name - and so I did. Date of birth - which I confirmed. Side effects, she says sore arm fever headache itchy slight shingles rash at which point I'm thinking itchy scratchy oh no don't. Which arm, she asks. Left, I say. I sleep on my right. She says sleep is important. God, don't I know it, I'm thinking to myself. She helps me on with my coat, my arm's already feeling an ache. It's tipping down outside. I wouldn't know, she says, her tone's flat as the beige painted walls. I notice the window blinds. Closed clamshell tight. No view. No light. Be careful out there, she says. You, too, I say, and thanks.
II. A Splintered Blind bright morning splinters a retreat into half dreaming, light ricocheting III. We Danced a beachfront hotel out of season double bed with Irish linen and a bible in the drawer I wrap myself in last night's red raw silk and brush the sand off my shoes.
Written for I. & II. Miz Quickly’s Day 12: An Observation and III. PA’s Raw. Photo by Ben Hershey on Unsplash. Shared with #APoemADay on Twitter ยฉMisky 2021
18 responses to “Day 12: NaPoWriMo 2021”
Nice work, Misky. Loved them all.
#1: A perfect mix of detail and overall, internal and external, A great capture of a very real event. (Typo in last line?)
#2: Haikulicious!
#3: Off-season beachfront is always the best, esp in the morning when you can sit on your balcony & not have to share the beachy sunrise with a bunch of other squalling touristas!
Have a great day.
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Thanks, Ron. Yes, I’ve caught several boo-boos this morning in my writing. Caught that one after it published so everyone’s going to see it. “And that’s the way it is!”
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Yay, fully jabbaged. (I stole the word from Worms!)
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Great word! 3 Covids; 1 flu; 1 shingles. Jabberooni!
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๐คฃ Don’t get cocky, Jabberwocky!
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I’m incapable of that jabbercocky stuff; I’m a girl. How strange. My spellchecker thinks that word is misspelt.
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๐ Mrs H thinks I need a smell checker!
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1.Two covid shots, one for flu… How much can a body take?
2. I pass by windiows and see crooked or broken blinds so just an eye can peer out – why not open the blinds?
3. Off season is much quieter…
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As we age our list of ills and pills grows.
While only one perscription, I’ve got a bunch more vitamins to take these days.
Be well and enjoy the coast when you can.
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https://rlavalette.wordpress.com/2021/11/12/small-blessings/
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Thatโs a gorgeous poem. I had few that Joseph published in Curio also. I miss Joseph. Such an amazingly talented poet.
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Loved the disconnect, the juxtaposition in (of?) the various poems.
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Thank you!
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Seeming disconnect, I should say!
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Lovely, Misky. Took me into that lovely world that only poetry can. Images dancing in my mind – duets of Hamlet and Pinocchio but still beautiful and graceful. Gosh. Should I delete this and write a poem? ANyway, thank you for where you took me.
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I’m glad to know that you enjoyed reading it, W.
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