Three Word Wednesday - November 23rd, 2011

It's Friday already and I just decided to take a look at this week's words for Three Word Wednesday. I liked them. Hollow. Misery. Shallow. Here's the short piece I wrote - influenced by recent time spent at the beach. 

As she splashed in the shallow water 

For a moment the misery of the day was gone 

Her hollow heart began to fill with love again.

(and a photo - I'm a little obsessed with Hipstamatic for iphone at the moment!)

Three Word Wednesday - September 14th, 2011

The words for Three Word Wednesday this week are: backward, ease and omission. 


go backward in time 
reminisce; the ease of life 
details omission 

Three Word Wednesday - August 10th, 2011

I am participating in Three Word Wednesday again this week. The words for this week are: drench, immune and radiate. 


drench in kindness 
overcome immune responses 
let love radiate 

Three Word Wednesday - July 20th, 2011

A little late with my Three Word Wednesday submission this week. The words are early, jiggle and quality. Here it is: 


It's school holiday time for us three 
I ponder an escape from technology 


Long nature walks, sleeping under stars 
Somewhere away from the noise of cars 


But facebook remains the preference of the teen 
Her younger sibling also called to the screen 


On breaks from computer they turn to the Wii 
Giggles erupt with buttons pressed early 


To take turns to jiggle a remote is fun 
Get the timing right and your Mii will run 


To laugh together is quality time 
However it happens will be just fine 






...escaping into nature still seems like a good idea to me though! 

Three Word Wednesday - July 6th, 2011

A short one from me for Three Word Wednesday this week. This week's words are cease, heat and nasty. 


emotions heat up 
nasty comments fill the screen 
she wants them to cease 

Three Word Wednesday - June 29th, 2011

The words for Three Word Wednesday this week: Bump, Knuckle, Transfix. 


Knucklebones 


My friend's hand flipped over and back 
Up and down 
Sweeping the ground 
Fingers pinched together then apart 
Almost too quick to see 
I watched transfixed 
Thirty years in the past 
I didn't want for the latest gadget 
TV show or You Tube video 
But the tiny packet of coloured plastic pieces 
And the hours of practice 
Knucklebones 
To bounce and bump against each other 
The joy of the perfect turn 

Three Word Wednesday - June 15th, 2011 (2)

I really liked the words for Three Word Wednesday this week: Grip, Prefer, Thread. 
I said in my post on Wednesday that they took me in different directions. Here is a second poem I have written this week. The same prompt words but a very different poem! 


CROSS stitch 


'NO, ME DO IT!' 
her indignant response 
to gentle offers of help 


Tight grip on plastic needle 
and she pulled it through 
too far


Rapidly building emotion 
barely contained 


then the thread slips through the needle eye 


A rapid alternate shift ensues 
arms folded, body stiff
pursed lips, flapping arms 
stomping feet 


screams subside to tears 


and silence 


Again and again 
the scene repeated 


Each time 
She would prefer to try again 
than give up or accept help 


It was her CROSS stitch 

Three Word Wednesday - June 15th, 2011

This week's words for Three Word Wednesday: grip, prefer, thread. These took me in a few different directions. Here's the one I have settled on for now - 


The tapestry of you 


The threads of your life weave together 
you may prefer the grip of some 
while others remain at the edges 
some may tangle, others break 
Let them weave together 
to nurture and protect 
Let each contribute to uniqueness 
the tapestry of you 

Three Word Wednesday - June 8th, 2011

It's been a few weeks since I participated in Three Word Wednesday. I thought I would give it another go this week. The words this week: fond, tranquil, alter. 


Creative flow 


Opportunities abound 
To alter by colour, cut, paste 
Fond of chances to create 
To transform both paper and self 
Frantic begins to shift 
slowly eases into tranquil 

Fairy fun for Three Word Wednesday

The words for Three Word Wednesday this week are Grace, Jitter and Thin. My poem this week is also in response to Monday's Child...fair of face picture prompt: 

Illustration by: Cicely Mary Barker

Fairy shoes 

It was nearly time for the Springtime ball 

In the distance she heard her mother's call 

From leaf to leaf she did flitter 

Inside herself she was all a jitter 

Fairy had looked but could not find her shoes 

She spotted Bee and hoped for good news 

With grace she waited until she could say 

"Mr Bee, have you seen my shoes today?" 

Barefoot and poised on that leaf so thin 

Bumblebee's answer caused her to grin 

Basil and the snail

A bit of fun in the form of a poem for children. The words for Three Word Wednesday this week: evident, illusion, tragic. 


Basil and the snail 


A sunny illusion - all seemed well 
At first it wasn't evident 
How it met its tragic end 
Just where the basil went 


A little bit of a search around 
My eyes followed back a silver trail 
Under a leaf the culprit found 
Poor baby basil - eaten by a snail 

Toddler, adamant

After reading Fibonacci poems by others a little while ago I was inspired to give this form a go. Here's my attempt with this week's Three Word Wednesday words: adamant, peculiar, fabricate. 

toddler, adamant 

one 

small

toddler

adamant

knowing what he wants

stomping his feet, raising his voice 

quickly collecting a mass of peculiar stares

and a mother much frustrated 

trying so hard to 

fabricate 

a mood 

of 

calm 

Three Word Wednesday - March 30th 2011

Three Word Wednesday time again. I didn't think I would play this week and then more words came to join the three (loud, persuasive, riches) for this week. Here they are: 


Life can be packed full of riches 
Maybe not of the monetary kind 
Words persuasive need not be loud 
Whisper listen - what will you find?  

Some hopes for meditation

My third week participating in Three Word Wednesday. Wow! I am enjoying producing a piece of writing that would not exist if not for the three given words each week. This week's three words: dual, identical, volley. What I ended up with was quite different to how it started! 


Some hopes for meditation 


To be one in a circle of identical poses 
To experience a dual state of awareness: thinking self, observing self 
To calm a volley of emotions 
To let go of perfection 
To enjoy a gift to myself 

I love lazy Sunday mornings

I just wrote this for Three Word Wednesday. The words for this week: breeze, mellow and tickle. 


I love lazy Sunday mornings 


On a mellow Sunday morning 
the whisper of a gentle breeze 
tickles my feet 


wrapped in my stretch and doze cocoon 
there is no place I would rather be 

Dollhouse dreaming

I wrote this poem for Three Word Wednesday. The words for this week: Dainty, Haunting, Tantalize. 

Dollhouse dreaming

‘You have a right to feel safe’

She didn’t feel safe 

The words of the teacher

just seemed to tantalize

Stiffly she sat

Hands in lap

Back straight

Eyes to the front

Biting the inside of her lip

Tongue smoothing over a growing sore

Eyes blinking wetness away

‘You have a right to feel safe’

She didn't hear the words that followed

Images kept haunting her

Pieces of memory

like a movie playing in her mind

Children laughing, pointing, pushing

Playground play

She flicked the channel

At home

Alone

Safety in her bedroom

and a wooden dollhouse

Chubby fingers wrapped around a dainty figure

A figure painted by her father

A dress matching her own

favourite

A figure complete

with a tiny red bow in its hair

just like hers 

‘Stop’

was her single word

as she banged the figure down

Her other hand making

the other children listen

apologise

offer to be her friend

‘You have a right to feel safe’

The teacher’s voice boomed

through her thoughts

She wanted to believe

She wanted

to be the big school girl

those adults always spoke about