pictured words
a simple pairing of pictures and poetry
July 1, 2019
GIGGLE GOADERS
Laughter with cousins, next generation! Keep it coming, fam!
Frazier, Moonstruck, Princess Bride,
Cousins on my father’s side,
Husband’s laugh that fills the house,
(“What’s that roar?!” “That’s just my spouse.”),
White folks dancing (should be crimes!),
Silverstein’s and Nesbitt’s rhymes,
English Bulldogs, a good pun,
Babies’ giggles … guess I’m done.
© Marie Elena Good, 2019
June 30, 2019
TRUER THINGS
Image by Brian Merrill from Pixabay
What makes you feel loved?
I silently asked no one in particular,
Expecting their response
To match mine.
But it didn’t.
So I had to learn them –
Their language,
Their movements,
Their culture,
Their needs,
Their history –
Them.
Then I silently said again,
To all who were there and not there –
What makes you feel loved?
This time, their answer matched mine.
It always did.
© Marie Elena Good, 2019
June 16, 2019
FOR SOPHIE AND IZZY (our Rosie and Bean)
Four little loved feet lived a few feet away
‘Til they moved to St. Thomas’s lush Caret Bay.
Abruptly, an ocean and 2,000 miles
Created a chasm, and dampened our smiles.
But then they moved closer (no ocean to cross)
And the far-fewer miles seemed less of a loss.
“It’s all relative,” as the old saying goes,
But oh how we still miss our Bean and our Rose.
Now all of a sudden, life’s changing again!
We’re all looking forward to Saturday, when
Four little loved feet can stay put and not roam:
Our Sophie and Izzy are coming back home!
It’s hard to believe it’s been only one year
Since we said our goodbyes, and we choked back our tears.
Here’s move number three in a rather short time –
Returning our smiles, and ending this rhyme. 😉
© Marie Elena Good, 2019
June 13, 2019
PRAYER OF MY PRAYERS
Photo by Keith R. Good
May my prayers be ever sung
honestly, easily
off of my tongue
vividly earnest, and fertile with praise
ceaselessly proffered
for all of my days.
© Marie Elena Good, 2019
June 10, 2019
Photo by Eric Mavis
Stretching on tiptoe
to apply makeup. Dad’s love,
a good foundation.
© Marie Elena Good, 2019
#seventeeninnineteen
June 10, 2019
MY INTERVIEW WITH DARLENE FRANKLIN
COME MEET WELL-PUBLISHED AUTHOR OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE, DARLENE FRANKLIN!
Interview may be found HERE.
June 9, 2019
WISTFULLY CONVINCED
Helps the medicine go down.
“Imagination is the true magic carpet.” ~Norman Vincent Peale
I. JASMINE AND MARY
One flies on carpet.
The other, her umbrella.
Both take me with them.
II. UNCLE ALBERT
Sometimes I believe
if I laugh hard enough, I’ll
float to the ceiling.
III. DOROTHY
Don’t be surprised to
witness me clicking my heels
when I get homesick.
IV. BASTIAN
See, books are more real
than our realest lives, and “nothing”
can take that away.
© Marie Elena Good, 2019
June 2, 2019
THE DEARLY DEPARTIED
There once was a gal named Marie
Whose good friends and fam would agree
If she’s uninvited,
She’s just as delighted
To stay home and drink her hot tea.
© Marie Elena Good, 2019
