UNTITLED LIMERICK
WHOA! THE PROMPT FOR TODAY IS “EROTIC”????!!!
HAS OUR PROMPTER BECOME IDIOTIC???!!!
I’M UPSET AND UPTIGHT!!!!!!!
WHAT’S BECOME OF THIS SITE???!!!
WHY, I’LL GIVE HIM A PIECE … Oh. “Exotic.”
© Marie Elena Good, 2020
pictured words
a simple pairing of pictures and poetry
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April 17, 2020
April 16, 2020
Untitled response to 2020 April PAD Prompt: the last blank
Pixabay image credit: https://pixabay.com/users/alexandra_koch-621802/
We wouldn’t suspect
the last time we visited
could be our last time.
© Marie Elena Good, 2020
#covidnineteen
#seventeenintwenty
I had kind of promised myself I would not get morbid during this PAD challenge. But here I am. I’ll try to write another poem that sparks a smile or a smirk. 😉
April 15, 2020
GROWING DREAMS
Photo credit: Keith R. Good
Wake up beautiful
Cute high heels, good for my feet
Feel pretty daily
No-pain fun workouts
Tasty food without weight gain
Flattering clothes, all
Snow with no slipping
Nightly beach stroll with no bugs
Flowers with no weeds
Warmth with no sweating
Nice chill with no shivering
Charcoal clouds with sun
Endless connections
Continuous potential
World with no borders
Love without judgement
Hard truths spread with soft edges
Loved. No exceptions.
© Marie Elena Good, 2020
April 14, 2020
ANTI-SESTINA
I will not write Sestinas, sir.
It’s not the form that I prefer.
See, when I try, my brain won’t purr.
It spits and chokes. My mind’s a blur.
I will not write for him, or her.
I will not write Sestinas, sir.
And you’d be right if you infer
I will not write Sestinas, sir.
To navigate me through, for sure
I’d have to have a good chauffer.
Or wine or beer or hard liquor.
But I don’t drink, so then I’d slur.
I will not write Sestinas, sir.
To your insistence, I demur.
My mind is striking, as it were.
I’m not a poetry poseur.
To Walt Wojtanik, I’ll defer –
Our chief Sestina Whisperer.
© Marie Elena Good, 2020
April 12, 2020
REQUESTED (Izzy’s sonnet)
On the occasion of Izzy’s 6th birthday, I just wanted to again share the poem I wrote when she was born. Happy Birthday, Izzy! As soon as this Covid-19 stay-at-home is safely lifted, Poppa and I will have you for a sleepover and proper hugs. In the meantime, enjoy your birthday, pretty little sweetie! ❤
REQUESTED (Izzy’s Sonnet)
God graciously gives gifts that prove His love,
And this time used a cherished little one
Whose precious face is reminiscent of
The one who caused my heart to come undone.
Another set of prints upon my soul
Has made her presence known, and it’s sublime –
Just like a piece that makes a puzzle whole,
Or syllable that finishes a rhyme.
Upon three years of practice on my part,
You’d think by now it might have gotten old.
But every day brings wonder to my heart,
And now my joy has multiplied twofold.
Delivered straight to us through Heaven’s door –
The one her sister earnestly asked for.
© Marie Elena Good, 2014
April 11, 2020
OUR PRESENT DAY TWISTER
“If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with.” ~ Dorothy Gal
The tempest we face today blows me away. It has twisted our world and what we chase.
As we shelter in place, the view from space shows a cleansing of the air we share. Sweet messages and charming drawings in chalk fill each walk, drive, and trail. Mailed letters are back “in” as they’ve not been in decades. Roller blades, bikes, and hikes, and sharing while distancing …
We are witnessing a change, as we rearrange the life we’d learned to expect. Soon we’ll reflect on the effect staying at home had on us. On our planet. And just as we began it, we’ll be back to activities with the liberties that define us.
I pray when we are no longer confined, we’ll continue to align with the gentler pace the shelter-in-place afforded. For we’ve been rewarded with renewed love of home and neighbor, and the favor of unexpected gifts in the midst of forced simplicity.
With misty eyes, I reflect on these affecting words from Oz. Let’s never return from what was.
© Marie Elena Good, 2020
The above quote that comes near the end of the Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy has returned home, has been a favorite of mine since I was a child. I cannot voice it without choking up; cannot think of it without misty eyes. The sentiment is heartwarming wisdom, and the wording is exceptional. I wish I had written it.
April 10, 2020
THE WOMEN WHO WAILED
I wish I knew who to attribute this to.
Who were these women,
walking the path with Jesus,
this innocent man?
This One who showed them
they were not to be trampled –
thought as second class.
This One who showed them
they could learn and understand
scripture, and His words.
Who were these women
who did not turn away as
He was crucified?
Exhibiting strength
in their engulfing anguish –
strength I cannot know.
Facing the horror,
these women were not silent.
They howled in their grief,
but also in their
denunciation of this
slaughter of virtue.
Inconsolable,
but not without perception,
and not without hope.
As they witnessed His
final words, were they surprised?
This man that they loved
wasn’t just a man.
Even the centurion
who observed His death
exclaimed, “Certainly
this man was the Son of God.”
My Lord, and My God.
Through their mourning eyes,
did they sense that this dear man
was their Messiah?
Forgive me, my Lord.
I would not have had the strength
to attend to You.
Lamentably, I’d
have worried, crying to You
from my peaceful home,
averse to falling
apart with the sufferer.
(Forgive me, my friends).
© Marie Elena Good, 2020
April 9, 2020
JOURNAL OF JUDAS
Image by Gerd Altman, courtesy of Pixabay
I swear Jesus knew.
As we dipped bread together…
had to look away …
My paranoia.
Yes. That’s it. It has to be.
He couldn’t have known.
He couldn’t have known.
There’s no way. But if my life
depended on it …
I’m not thinking straight.
What am I about to do?
I’ve known him so long.
What am I about?
Oh God, what am I about?
What’s in it for me?
A few silver coins,
and I’ll turn against my friend?
That’s not all I am!
A man of my word.
That’s what I’m about. I’ve been
paid for a service.
And he doesn’t know.
I am overthinking this,
and it’s time to go.
**
What was he feeling?
He looked worn, but expectant.
That didn’t stop me.
Now I know he knew.
Would anything have stopped me?
Anything at all?
God, what have I done?
But I didn’t have a choice.
Did I have a choice?
© Marie Elena Good, 2020
April 9, 2020
ONE (Ekphrastic)
Love, laughter, and fun
under the same moon and sun,
for we are all one.
© Marie Elena Good, 2020
#seventeenintwenty
April 8, 2020
ISCARIOT
By János Pentelei Molnár – biblia.huA Biblia a magyar képzőművészetbenPic, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18270499
You found inside you
the price to betray a friend:
that of one suitcoat.
© Marie Elena Good, 2020
“What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver.” ~ Matthew 26:15
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