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betterdays Apr 2014
here sit i
a skalded-babe
at a prison-box of
metal and wood and plaster.

chained for the span
of the elf's glory passing,
i shuffle leaves of wood
from in to out.
i move the hamsterwheel forward inch by inch,
or i runabout in a
runic-neon-field,
with my cheesy,
tailess-rodent, biting
and chewing away,
for the need of budget burning yeilds.

if lucky some snail mail
may come to relieve
the electronic humdrum.
if not,... i suppose,
i can knock on the world wide, spiders-door, enter
the ether-frame...
and see the cat, playing
piano, badly in fortissimo.
or be a mouse-jockey
in the web-led rodeo

then when the elf's are done

home to hearth,
i will run,in the rover of the land.
to sit by whale road on
golden sand.

and go make fodder for
the artisan-sawdust-man and the child.
for us to eat with carrot-comb and steak-stabber
before sitting down
replete,
for a night in with the
zombie-creator.
napowrimo day 13
prompt; write a poem using
kennings (kennings are compound words)
i took a wry turn with this one, it only sort of fits the brief.
betterdays Apr 2014
the giving of salt,
is a delicate thing.

there will always be,
salt
at my table, for those
who grieve, or have lost.

salt can be,
the smallest of things,
the merest touch of
compassionate hands,
a glance,
a memory,
a treasured photograph,
a fragrance that lingers,
even though they are not
there.

it is hard to recieve,
these gifts of salt,  
often given freely
from
a caring heart.
when all you desire
is to,
hide and fade away.

but the secret of salt
is in, the reminder,
that
for the sake of all,
you need to stay.

there is salt in crying,
salt in tears,
sometimes
there is salt
in the quiet solitude,
the contemplation of the, changing years.

there is,
little, to no,
salt
in allowing your fear
any power, 
any place.

there is much salt
in
finding the strength
to run
your allotted
marathon.

salt can heal,
the heart,
broken.
give strength
to those,
faint and lagging.
reknit,
the patchwork mind.

we will all need,
the gift of
salt....
mutiple times,
through the years,
of our life.

salt is universal,
to all manner of man.

salt is salt unto itself,
salt is ever, needful
salt is always, always kind.

yet,
still,
the giving of salt,  
is such a delicate thing
napowrimo day 12
prompt: write replacement poem
in this piece i replaced
the word comfort with the word salt
betterdays Apr 2014
my husband, my lover
the man i hold dear...
you know the one
the sports zombie
who dress's so fine.

sauntered out to the back
deck and asked
"beer or wine"
as he is the chef of,
this evenings decline.

now, here is the conundrum
that often,plagues my mind.
wine, tonight, is not really, my palates delight
but beer, tho tasty and thirst quenching,
expands my quarters hind
and leads to wrenching and
writhing in midweek training or at least coniving
of how to be released from
exercise captivity

which way to go,
a cheeky pinot griggio
or a robust boutique beer.
which way, crisp chardonay
or mango ,belgium wheat,
micro-brewed  pilsner.

oh, for the days
of the cask or the
slab of vic bitter.
when the biggest
problem was how
to drink fast enough,
to gather a blast.

the man mountain,
has become impatient.

....now i need to
make a decision.

so,with a women's precision,
i state with a smile,
wide and then wider.
"i'll have one of those
apple-pear ciders"
naprowrimo day eleven
prompt write a poem of wine and love

i really struggled with this one not sure why
but this is what you get.
betterdays Apr 2014
crinkle the chippies
wrinkle the bag
savour the salt
you're now a potato lad
buy the chippies
bag after bag
don't bother
about the belly sag
you're now a potato lad
wonderous flavours...
to be had
don't you worry
if your skin has gone bad
you're now a potato lad
cholesteral rising,
have trouble prising,
your doubled in sizing,
couch potato spread.
no, not you  
you're a potato lad
don't worry bout that,
at least, a third of the
world is morbidly fat.

besides my man,
you don't need to cry.
they went organic,
buy, only happy, free range kipfler joys.
they reduced the fat,
changed the taste.
and now your favourite
chips, are too
expensive to buy.
so my boy, you,
no longer can afford...
to be a potato lad

*here endeth
the unhealthy
potato lad
fad
napowrimo day 10
prompt; write an adverstising
jingle

as you can well see
my jingle turned
feral on me
and became
a comment
a wry look
at
the adverts
reality
enjoy
with salsa
or
dip
betterdays Apr 2014
clasp these things gently,
to thy breast.
my love, my little love,
hold them gently.
tho' seldom will they bite.

feed them,
hopeful crumbs
and tidbits
of delighted joy.

do not neglect
them,
do not yet,
let them go
they are still to young,
to fledge and fly.

this world is a place
of broken things.

these dreams you have,
are the chaotic butterfly wings that will flap and flutter and bring despots down

not yet, little one,
but when you
are tall
then my child
let them
fly one day,
in  sunshine's
wonderous thrall

for now,
my little love,
treat them kindly
clasp them gently
to thy breast
and do your best,
my child,
to  ignore, the random
snows of  barren, hopelessness
as  they fall.
napowrimo day8
prompt; write an interperation of a famous  poem.

the poem i chose was "Dreams" by Langston Hughes
but a little bit of Emily Dickenson's "Hope is a Feathered Thing" made it's
influence known.
The piece was written while watching my son sleep as dawn broke today.
betterdays Apr 2014
some days
the bunyip
comes
to
rip
tear
and rend
the
dreams
from
your
flesh
and
the
flesh
from
your
soul

somedays
the bunyip
just
comes
and takes
you whole

but most days
he sleeps
in the billabong
everdeep
in the stolen
lives he
has chosen
to keep.
napowrimo day 2
write a poem about
a non creco roman myth.

the bunyip, according to some dreamtime stories
came to take loved ones
in it ferocious jaws back
to the depths of  water places.
betterdays Apr 2014
"The kind hand extends, feeds such anticipation. Today everything is borrowed. And it follows you everywhere"*

                  ------------
I borrowed,
my smile for today,
from my memories of us.

How many times,
my friend,
did your hand,
reach out to caress
and soothe,
my weary soul.

Countless upon countless.

Touches of love
and tender kindness,
that kept me sane.
When the black, black dog  came to my door.

For this
and so much,
more unspoken.

I thank you.

And in days to come.
When only memory is left,
to feed my grieving heart.

The touch of your life
on mine.
Will stand and lead me forth.
Napowrimo day 1
prompt; generated from a  bibliomancy oracle
and is taken from,
“OPEN SOMETHING NEW FOR YOURSELF”
by Sheila Squillante
my poem written after meditating on the
quote is for and about Sue my friend who has end stage cancer.
betterdays Apr 2014
early morning,
with
cup of kenyan blend.
i step outside,
to meet my day.

all soft,
misty drizzle.
cocooning the view,
to the koi pond
and slick driveway.

stepping stones,
are
soft wet coins
on greenback lawn.
dewed and glistening new.

the last
of the snapdragons,
weep in bright tears
of beauty.
the portulaci
have closed their
faces to the world,
to await the
returning sun.

in the pond,
the koi swim,
and glide
like solar flashes
caught while bathing.
bright moving wonder
on the colourless day

and as i watch
the surface becomes
hypnotic as water drops
create ring,bisecting
ring, bisecting ring.
concentricity,
most exquisite.

the smell of jasmine
eucalypt and coffee
mix and mingle with
exhaust and salted iodine.

sound is muted.
birds, whisper this morning.
even the kookaburras call,
in stuttering short chuckles.
the sea, so close, is but a murmur, a chinese whisper
on the frail wind.


the small grey cat,
comes to sit with me
nose, aquiver,
ears swiveling
to and fro.

a pause before,
harrumphing
and stalking
back into the
dry, cosy, warmth.

i soon follow....
leaving the day,
to it's softness.
napowrimo day 6
prompt write a poem of what you see hear and feel
outside your window/door
(paraphrased)
betterdays Apr 2014
take one giggle,
from a wriggling boy.
add the gleam of love,
from a proud fathers eye.
mix with dirt, play
and dinosuar bones.
pour into the mix,
copious cups of tea and
red cordial.
mix in time, add sunshine
and laughter.
dust well with a mothers
love.
bake for the hours of an autumn morning.
then enjoy forever and a day.
napowrimo day three
prompt write a "charm"
not really my 'thing' but
i gave it a go...
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