Month: December 2024

A Quadrille More

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Quadrilles are tricky to write 

No matter if it is day or night. 

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Words fit neatly together all in place

Keep the numbers or fall on your face. 

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Two to four stanzas will get you there

All the writer needs to know is where.

-AAA 12/19/2024

Break The Cycle

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Break the cycle

Bust up the streak

Try your hardest

More than a week.

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Against the flow

Walking up stream

Use all you know

Achieve your dreams.

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Nothing easy

Is worth a damn

Head winds, breezy

Push if you can.

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Closer you get

Steeper the road

Leave no regrets

Nothing you’re owed.

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You’re in control

Not the outside

Climb out that hole

Remember, pride.

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Build yourself up 

Know that you’re great

You’re far more tough

Don’t hesitate.

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Go for the gold

While you still can

Future you hold

Not, also ran.

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And in the end

Your heart and soul

Poured out my friend

To fill that hole…

-AAA 12/18/2024

Step Forwards

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Step far forward

No past holds you back

Only you do.

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In the moment

The best way to live

Always be present.

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Tomorrow doesn’t fear

In actuality, it just is

A future day.

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Let it happen 

It will all come naturally

Flowing to you.

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Do not worry 

About where you are going

You’ll get there.

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Feel the peace

You know that you deserve

and embrace it…

-AAA 12/18/2024

Two Plus A Blanket 

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Just the two

And a warm soft blanket

Sharing to themselves.

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Creating a fire

Raging all night long, underneath

As passions ignite.

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They won’t expire

Until dawn’s morning light shows

them to sleep.

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Then they’ll indulge

In an endless needed slumber

All day long.

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Sharing that blanket

In a quiet dark room

Ever so close…

-AAA 12/18/2024

QOTD:

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Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?

I think so I’m better in some ways and worse in others. My expectations need to be just to be happy now. I think we should all live that way and doesn’t matter if we’re better off, worse off, or the same.

-aaa

Christmas

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C aroling caroling 

H ark the herald angels sing

R ocking around the Christmas Tree

I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus

S ilent night

T he Christmas song

M ary did you know

A way in a manger

S anta Claus is coming to town…

-AAA 12/17/2024

Paid In Full

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Destiny allayed 

How much karma must be paid

For all debts abade.

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Ten or twenty years

Spilling of many more tears

Living daily fears.

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So many lifetimes

Paying back all our past crimes 

Balance sheet aligns.

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Peaceful life ensues 

Happiness in all we do

Follow our hearts, true.

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Journey so vast, to

freedom from a horrid past 

Gratitude at last…

-AAA 12/15/2024

Missy’s MAD Challenge #020

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http://mad-missy-work.blog/2024/12/16/missys-mad-challenge-020/

Every week, a creative prompt will be offered for you to unleash your imagination and artistic skills. 

You can share your response in the form of art or any creative expression that the prompt inspires.

There are no restrictions and no deadlines, so feel free to take your time and enjoy the creative process.

Remember to label your response with #missysmadchallenge.

Your challenge for the week

  •  Tell the truth

Telling The Truth

Count To…

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Count to one

Your journey has just begun

It’ll be fun.

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Count to two

So much more to do

Before you’re through.

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Count to three

Just you wait and see

Great to be.

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Count to four

You can ponder some more

Know the score.

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Count to five

Rejoice, you are still alive

More than survive.

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Count to seven

Life is becoming a heaven

Learned your lesson.

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Count to eight 

You have got it straight

So don’t hesitate.

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Count to nine

And you are feeling fine

The bottom line.

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Count to ten

You achieve so much Zen

Do it again…

-AAA 12/15/2024

Shining Examples 

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It’s a beautiful life we’re all living

It takes a generous heart for giving.

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Take control and you’ll cruise

Embracing a life you choose.

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Make the most of every day 

And find some time to play.

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From sunrise until sunset 

Living free of all regret.

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Doing all you that you love to do

and blazing a trail as you do it too.

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Reality of your dreams 

Is easier than it seems.

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Shine a bright example, then show the world 

What you can do with happiness unfurled.

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Since in the end it’d be for not 

Ignoring the gifts that you’ve got.

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Spread your love on your life’s breeze

And fly away higher above the trees…

-AAA 12/14/2024

I’ll Cry Alone by The Flamin’ Groovies: Heartbreak Never Sounded So Cool

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There are so many sub genres of rock ‘n’ roll I’ve come to discover and find each unique and amazing. Adding so much more definition to music. 

Punk rock is no exception, as there are some bands that hit the scene just before Punk Rock’s first iteration did. They’ve been labeled as “Proto-Punk”.

These band set the foundation for what would become punk rock as well as Nee Wave in the years to come. Also, with their toe stepped in classic rock, it’s a very interesting mix of styles in between these generations of music. 

Some examples of Proto-Punk The Who (in my opinion the earliest), Velvet Underground, Television, and The Flamin’ Groovies to name a few. 

The song I’m going to share is called “I’ll Cry Alone” by The Flamin’ Groovies. It is a sad song we can all relate to. Heartbreak never sounded so cool and beautiful though. The main guitar riff is haunting and trust me, you’re gonna hear it in your head even after this song is over. Excellent harmonies and a touch of Beatles here and there you might hear as well.

It’s a beautiful heartbreaker with a little bit of edge. Check it out and thank you as always for reading and listening…

-aaa