Monday, September 11, 2023
Blue Monday -- Picture on My Wall
Wall Hanging
Blue seas 'mongst tree tops
Picture hanging on my wall
Global Warming comes
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Twin Towers of NYC burning
[KPRC TV file photo] |
Memorial for 9/11 where Towers once stood
[Rueters.com sharing]
For Naught
America mourns
Sad day U.S. History
Near 3000 dead
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- Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved
- Top Photo making viral rounds
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Labels: Blue Monday, Mosaic Monday, Poem, Poetry, Senryū
Monday, September 04, 2023
Blue Moon -- an Eight Line Poen for Blue Monday
Shined Last Night
Blue moon shined last night
Made my room bright, through
upper window shone
Enhanced by the clouds
Shining shades of blue
Smiles on you and me
Rarity, it comes
once in a Blue Moon
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- Top Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved
- Lower Photo from
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Labels: Blue Monday, Looking At the Sky, Poem, Texas Skies
Sunday, August 27, 2023
The Mistreated Car -- two Ditties for Blue Monday and Shadow Shots 2
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| [In the Walmart lot, I parked beside this mistreated Blue Toyota] |
How Now Blue Car?
Once was pretty blue
Owner does not garage me
Skin's brown peeled and worn
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| [A spine poem, Senryu--her skin may be well cared for] |
A Sleight of Shadows
Lay your body down
Even if everything ends
The skin and its girl
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- Photos and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved
- I am linked with Blue Monday and Shadow Shot 2, Magical Mystical Teacher at
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Labels: Blue Monday, Cars, Poem, Senryū, shadow shots 2, Spine Poem
Monday, August 14, 2023
Who? -- a Blue Monday post
Dresser Top Stuff
Who gets top billing
Who gets the fastest racer
Who gets a comic all his own
Who's the favorite of all my toys
Who has the comic I'm sure to read
Who has a brother in the Arizona desert
Dare I tell the answer to these questions
Will it make the
others jealous
Which comic makes me happiest
Who is the little dog
Sleeps on top
Top of his
House
It's Snoopy the comic's hound
[the following is from last weeks's post--I linked it wrong the other day]
Something Sweet
Blue wrap--something sweet
Help yourself they're really good
More where these came from
All my sweets have blue wrappers
Gum drops Chocolates Peppermints
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- Photos and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved
- I am linked with Blue Monday, Magical Mystical Teacher at
-and for last week's,
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Labels: Blue Monday, Dogs-other, Poem, Toys
Sunday, August 06, 2023
Wrapped in Blue -- my Tanka Poem for Blue Monday
Something Sweet
Blue wrap--something sweet
Help yourself they're really good
More where these came from
All my sweets have blue wrappers
Gum drops Chocolates Peppermints
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- Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved
- I am linked with Blue Monday, Magical Mystical Teacher at
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Labels: Blue Monday, Eating, Food, Friends, Monday Blues, Poem, Tanka
Monday, July 24, 2023
Little Car -- for Blue Monday
A Blue Auto Ditty
Here I come
In my little Blue car
And there I go
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- Photos and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved
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Labels: Blue Monday, Ditty, Poem, Senryū
Friday, July 07, 2023
Letter "A" ~~ Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
Boo!! There should be a photo, my first one, pasted below and with my first Letter "A" photo. It may not show up on your face book, not here or below but is the one you just clicked on to get here if you came using that path. Sorry, I can't get it fixed to show correctly.
Welcome to my starting post to Roundup and Reflections 11, I hope to finish one for most every Friday's goodies.
- This Week's Prompts Starts with "A." "A" Favorite. Tom's choice, "A"long.
- James' request, "Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures."
- We are starting my 11th series of Blogging through the Alphabet with Tom.
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My photos and Writings are of "A" words, "Ahead", "Along", and "After", as seen in these photos taken through a vehicle's (tour bus) window.
Starts with "A": Ahead starts with "A". Ahead of us on Main Street of a small town, on our way to Corleone, Italy, was this heard of sheep being driven through town.
. . . . . [click on picture for larger view] [again for larger still]
Tom's choice, '"A"long': Along the road, beside the road, were these vultures gathered here to visit a deer that was killed by a car.
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My favorite bird, my favorite poem. [taken from our car window, we stopped for it]
I wrote it to stand alone without the photo, perhaps a deceased down and out lady? |
"A" Favorite: After we had gone and now came back, this Heron was sitting no more. Only a pile of feathers and perhaps some bones remained for us to see when we returned a few days later.
I dabble in writing poems, many are posted on my other active blog, a few are here. This poem was my tribute to this brave creature:
The Friend I Miss
We met there on the bridge one early morn
Admired your beauty always when I passed
Always thinking of the hard life you had
Friend my dear I miss you now very much
You've gone away I'm guessing in the morn
You were laying there lifeless on the side
Brave, you died a death you never deserved
Each time I pass I pause and wonder why
I miss the sight, you watching for a bite
Did you have a family I'll never know
No grave no flowers just a few will mourn
Count me one to ponder each time I pass
Photo and Poem Copyright
© 2011 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved
- - - - - - - - Prompt word, Miss (Long for), suggested by Harshad Meta
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Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: Another "men's restroom" photo, this one was taken at our doctor's office building. It is totally touch free, no pun intended. All is operated by the nearness of a human. Got to touch the water and the towels though to get washed of. Haha.
From left to right:
The urinal flushes when the fellow moves away;
(not pictured to the left, so does the sitting place);
The soap dispenser operates when the hand is near;
The water faucet squirts when body is close;
Another soap dispenser for the other sink;
The towel dispenser when the hand is near; and finally,
The door opens when a hand is waved near this trigger.
Not mentioned is the selfie of me in the left side of the mirror Reflection. The photo is tilted, sorry but to straighten it the door activator gets cut off. I only took this one picture.
Without a doubt I'm giving this Rest Room a grade of five plus (5+). You can see my other Rest Rooms Ratings, by clicking here. (Not real good, I must get busy and do some others. Promise,) _ _ _ _
The Fine Print:
Welcome again to my starting post to Reflections 11, I hope to finish one for most every Friday's goodies. And I hope you liked (most maybe?) of this first one.
- [Click on some pictures for larger, click it again for extra-large.]
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (click here, Link, for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos). ..
Labels: Animals, Birds, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Poem, Reflections, Restroom Rating, Selfies
Friday, May 26, 2023
Letter "U" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "U"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "U"gly.
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "U": "U" will be for Umbrella today. Last year there were three, these two shortened type but I lost my black one, left it on a bus in London,, and now I use the one on the right.
It was Mrs. Jim's, but it became tricky to open so we got her a new one like the tricky one. Now I use the older one instead of buying a new one.
Her newer one has identification stickers, one is on the handle's end, you see the white glob on the end.
A Favorite: I hope you won't accuse me of being vane by posting a photo of myself. But it is my favorite. We, Mrs. Jim and I, were on the Sydney, Australia, ferry that goes around to the other side of Sidney peninsula. The bridge takes one over
to an Island (??) to the north.
James' request, Reflections: Don't say a muddy puddle won't give off a Reflection. I was at the back of our library and noticed this mother duck herding her eleven baby ducklings over for a swim. According to our newspaper this was the first time to come to Texas after a four-year hiatus.
Something "Light": Kids Advice on Love and Marriage
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HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY?
No person really decides before they grow up who
they're going to marry. God decides it all way before,
and you get to find out later who you're stuck with.
* Kirsten, age 10
Tom's suggestion, "Ugly": Colors, Ugly and broken. Why do I use them?
See my 2018 poem below or go here.
Colour my World -- a Poem for Tuesday
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tabor-roeder/16462767919Composing with Color
Why do I use broken crayons to write
Colors in small pieces I've lost their names
Their wrappers are gone they're no longer proud
Now looking dull still for me they'll wax bright
It's for those bright hues on paper they leave
I'm inspired to fashion my morning thoughts
Evening ones too, even in midday's heat
Mournful sticks colorful hues they invoke
That the color shows through to those who read
That their thoughts and dreams can depart this world
Mono-colored and ugly bit brightened
My hope for them those broken crayons bring
"Thanks" to those small naked pieces of wax
You have lightened the young and old and me _ _ _ _ (more) - Photos and Poem Copyright, 2018 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved (see above link for source of my PrintScreen Photo)
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Yes, I remember those crayons, I didn't like them at all. I liked new unused crayons. But of course you are right, "they'll wax bright." Your poem colors the world bright.
ReplyDeleteEven small bits can create colourful scenes. Cool one, Jim.
ReplyDeleteYou had me right at the first stanza - what a way to just stop and swoop in and see the beauty for what it is, less than picture perfect - but whoop! it takes the brave heart and curious mind to say, hey, grab me this and let's play anyhow - because any colour is better than none at all.
ReplyDeletefun poem Jim :)
I think I need some crayons to feel happy again.
ReplyDeleteI'm inspired to fashion my morning thoughts
ReplyDeleteEvening ones too, even in midday's heat
Colors have a way of extending its kaleidoscopic hues to dampen sadness and loneliness. If only one gives time for its presence, it is a good pay-off!
Hank
The sadness of crayons for me was that favorite colours wore down too quickly leaving me with greens and browns (which I dare not use) with my colour blindness problem lest I be laughed at. It didn't help as they laughed anyway with seas and sands and skies but no trees or bushes or leaves anywhere!
ReplyDeleteI always kept the small pieces of crayon and memorized their names, like an orange called 'bitter sweet' - the first oxymoron I learnt.
ReplyDeleteEvery house hold should have crayons with kids and without. Clever and colorful write Jim!!
ReplyDelete "- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (click here, Link, for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).