Think well of others
Kindness doesn’t cost a thing
In our lives grand scheme
Selflessness goes a long way
To be more than just oneself.
AAA/MAD 12/26/24
One
fine
bright day
deep inside,
I ventured outward.
On a quest, searching for answers.
Opening my eyes, heart, soul, and mind in the process…
-AAA 12/27/2024
Smell of fresh fragrant earthy pine needles
Fills up the mountainous air
Almost, overpowers.
-AAA 12/27/2024
It’s ok to cry
Let all of those feelings out
We are all human
Let all the emotions flow
As you heal and grow anew.
AAA/MAD 12/26/24
Your final three words for this week are:
WONDER
GRAB
BEEF
I’ll Take Beef
I
Know
What it takes
To change up your life
Become who you were meant to be
Reveling existence forever in highest self.
-AAA 12/26/2024
Writing a kimo isn’t difficult
It’s an Israeli Haiku
With some more syllables.
–
First ten, next seven, then, finally, six
Put on your thinking caps, now
Then you can start writing…
-AAA 12/26/2024
When
I
pause and
think of you,
rain falls down my face.
All dreams of what could’ve been, cease.
Since we previously, ended badly long ago.
-AAA 12/27/2024
Gravity
falls
no
matter
how
hard
you
resist.
Just
go
with
the
current,
always…
-AAA 12/26/2024
Kilo hecto centi abound
Latin prefixes all around
Deci and mili
Are never nilly
Or silly
As they sound…
-AAA 12/26/2024
Time is infinite
As the seconds all add up
Present becomes past
The past is forever gone
Minute moments mean much more.
AAA/MAD 12/26/24
Find the words
That will touch the world
Making it better.
–
Search your feelings
And write them all down
You’ll touch others.
–
Edit then refine
Your work until it’s perfect
Then unleash it.
–
Others will relate
Trust in that every time
You create something…
-AAA 12/26/2024
Rain rat-a-tats against the glass
Lightning and thunder of our pasts
Run down like warm tears
Uncertainty, fears
All those years
Came to pass…
-AAA 12/26/2024
One
Day
It will
All make sense
Until that time comes
Try and put it in perspective
Life is very long and the lessons are hard enough…
-AAA 12/26/2024
We stood together in the parking lot of our meeting place one last time.
–
I had been holding a 25 pound bag of ice so my hands were ice cold.
Not thinking I placed them on her face as I kissed her and she shivered and shimmied in shock and surprise.
–
I quickly warmed my hands and gently caressed her face.
I kissed her again and her checks warmed further turning a little red in the darkness.
She kissed back and for one fleeting moment, time froze for what would be our last kiss…
-AAA 12/26/2024
profound, initial questions
require an answer
taking pause and reflection
before a response
serious contemplation
for accuracy
lest the words applied, will fail
becoming pointless…
-AAA 12/26/2024
Final kiss frozen in infinity
Our eyes closed in the moment
Framed final lover’s act…
-AAA 12/26/2024
Your three words today are:
ALONE
HALF-HEARTED
DAYDREAM
Daydream
stiff winds greet as we step out
icy cold hands grip
winter is finally here
fall is left behind
cold night promises daylight
darkness always ends
harsh times are temporary
happiness returns…
-AAA 12/25/2024
We’re all looking for heaven
Looking for answers inside
Count to ten or eleven
Only then abide.
–
Journeys are long wrought with pain
Long perilous rocky climbs
Sometimes feeling all in vain
We must walk our lines.
–
Sadness and beauty fill our lives
The contrast can’t be ignored
Journey filled with sharpened knives
Or even a sword.
–
The hardest lessons are learned
Walk against the stiffest breeze
All the while the world still turned
See flowers and trees.
–
For later on, we look back
Seeing how far we have come
Our accomplishments all stacked
And we know we’ve won…
-AAA 12/25/2024
Her features are frozen in a moment
Moments can last forever
She needn’t move or speak.
-AAA 12/25/2024
My
Mind
Is filled
With deep thoughts
Craftily delving
Into bright words that all just fit
–
Far
From
normal
Different
My mold was broken
Revel in nonconformity.
–
So
If
You see
Me walk by
You needn’t worry
I’m just buried in my writing…
-AAA 12/25/2024
Life’s a fine line we all walk
Choose careful words when you talk
Many puzzles have been solved
Grow and evolve like corn stalks.
–
Death an end or beginning
Live each day, keep on grinning
Don’t waste a single moment, friend
In the end we’re all winning.
–
Sleep a chance for us to dream
Some dream awake it may seem
Don’t let hard times make you sink
Enjoy and drink up the cream.
–
One day it’ll be over
Called back like tired soldiers
Knowing this all, surely soothes
Time moves like endless boulders…
-AAA 12/25/2024
Your three words today are:
OVEREAT
INDULGE
BLOATED
Christmas Bloat
One light in millions
Tries all its brightest to shine
Standing all its own
Filling dark with its brilliance
Alight carrying all hope…
-AAA 12/24/2024
Lovers love
Haters hate
Stars above
Time is fate.
–
Soldiers fight
Students learn
Darkness, night
World still turns.
–
Livers live
Takers take
Givers give
Bakers bake.
–
Artists paint
Dreamers dream
Maidens faint
Dairies, cream.
–
Players play
Talkers speak
Slayers slay
Sadness bleaks
–
Runners run
Lifters lift
Authors pun
Grifters grift.
–
Liars lie
Tellers tell
Apples pie
Sellers sell.
–
Sowers sow
Greeters greet
Rowers row
Meeters meet.
–
Endings end
So must I
Write portend
Words won’t die…
-AAA 12/24/2024
http://mad-missy-work.blog/2024/12/23/missys-mad-challenge-021/
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
Happy Holidays
H appiness
A ffable
P eace
P ositivity
Y outhful
–
H ome
O bliging
L ove
I deal
D ancing
A miable
Y in and yang
S elflessness
-AAA 12/23/2024
Over the edge
It’s time to fall
Nothing to dredge
You’ve cleared it all.
–
Accept your fate
Gravity is strong
It’s far too late
Moving along.
–
No need to panic
What’s done is done
Don’t get manic
Reality hits a ton.
–
Change is hard
But sometimes needed
In this regard
Learn what is heeded.
–
Grow stronger
Each and every day
The distance grows longer
You’re on your way…
-AAA 12/23/2024
Your three words today are:
FLOW
CARRY
HOIST
Go With The Flow
Feisty buzzing bumble bee
Some lift high above the trees
Flying wonder we all can see
Or catch a lift on a summer breeze.
–
Finding all the pretty flowering plants
Gathering nectar slightly sweet
Taking each opportunity and chance
Until their mission is complete…
-AAA 12/23/2024
Your three words today are:
PACKAGE
THRILL
BRIM
Many Packages
All our lives
Are significant
to each and every person.
Therefore, all, in our own special way
have meaning…
-AAA 12/23/2024
Mondays don’t have to be the worst
It is our week’s opening verse
Projects to complete
Some are quite the feat
No retreat
Or reverse…
-AAA 12/23/2024
She
was
in
over
her
head
but,
it
was
too
late
to
turn
away…
-AAA 12/23/2024
Laying in bed
Thinking deep thoughts
Lest my brain rots
Much on my mind.
–
Resting my head
No haves or nots
Know I have lots
It’s all defined.
–
Lightly I tread
Not tied in knots
Or worried plots
Only unwind…
-AAA 12/23/2024
Holidays here
Family arrives
Feelings of cheer.
–
More than survive
Happiness glows
Feelings alive.
–
Generosity flows
gifts are shared
Everyone knows.
–
How much you cared
Showing your love
All loves compared.
–
A purse or glove
Sentiment shown
We’re all above.
–
In peaceful zone
Where differences are cast
and commonality known.
–
Like holidays of the past
We feast at a large table
Toasting raise a glass.
–
While we’re still able
Food is delicious
We devour with gables.
–
The young have wishes
Of what they’ll receive
Tantalizing dishes.
–
Grant them reprieve
For soon more dreams
They will conceive.
–
Simple as it seems
We share in delight
Thoughtfulness beams
–
On these magic nights
Candles ceremonies
Or reindeer taking flight…
-AAA 12/23/2024
See what you see
Do what you do
Be what you’ll be
You, through and through.
–
Give what you give
Share what you like
Best way to live
Your entire life.
–
Walk where you wish
Go where you want
No upstream fish
Or dilettante.
–
Learn what you’ll learn
Life is a class
As the world turns
Hardships will pass.
–
Pause and take rest
Perspective gained
You did your best
Don’t be ashamed.
–
For endings end
And starts begin
Time is your friend
Someday, you’ll win…
-AAA 12/23/2024
Eleanor was in such a mood
Because she needed some food.
–
Something that merits
Like celery and carrots.
–
To end her miserable brood…
-aaa
Originally Published 06/10/2024
Desire to live
Live to love
Love to give
,Always,
Give to love
Love to live
Live to desire…
-aaa
Originally Published 06/09/2024
Bitterness writes some
Thinking her readers are dumb
As she sucks her thumb.
–
Choice words are bothers
She would rather hurt others
Till karma uncovers.
–
She’ll reap what she sowed
Paying back all that is owed
For those that she trolled.
–
In the end alone
With only words just her own
Maybe then, she’s grown…
-AAA 12/22/2024
Life happens when you least expect it
Some are guilty, for they neglect it.
–
Take each step at its arrival
It means living versus survival.
–
Walk don’t run let life meet you
Just let all good karma greet you.
–
Float gently along the breeze
Don’t miss the beauty and trees.
–
Take deep breaths and gently sigh
Full certain life won’t pass you by.
–
Don’t let past lessons hurt you
Lest your happiness desert you.
–
Life’s unpredictable there’s no knowing
Just you smile and keep on going.
-AAA 12/22/2024
Take a step and walk.
Onward and out the door.
Find the subject and talk.
About anyone or anything.
Brevity will be your rock.
In your time of need.
Your expectations grow like a stalk.
From your needs to the floor.
So step away from the flock…
-aaa
Originally Published 06/09/2024
Calendars change hands
Eons upon eons.
Ceaselessly flowing always.
,serendipitously,
Always flowing ceaselessly.
Eons upon eons.
Hands change calendars…
-aaa
Originally Published 06/09/2024
Saturday is long gone.
Until now I wasn’t thinking about next week.
Now I’m getting ready for it.
Day is almost over.
And the weekend went by too fast.
Yet I’m not finished relaxing.
So much to do…
-aaa
Originally Published 06/09/2024
Soft shells on moist sand.
Warm sun melts away the clouds.
Ocean, beckon me…
-aaa
Originally Published 06/09/2024
Soft light shine on through.
Pastels in every colour.
Bathe me in brightness…
-aaa
Originally Published 06/06/2024
A tanka here and a haiku there
Clogyrnachs and quadrilles everywhere.
–
Quantrains, palindromes a plenty
A-to-Zed and a limerick if any.
–
Acrostic and diminishing are other forms
Ars Poetica and cinquain, far from norms
–
Abstract, sound, anagram, and The Blitz
Add to this poet’s toolshed kits.
–
There are other styles I rehearse
Straight up AB rhymes and Free verse.
–
Magic 9 and dizain complete my list
Of poetic forms plus adding my own twist.
–
I sometimes rhyme tankas or haikus
Just to give myself more to do….
-aaa
Originally Published 06/06/2024
That fleeting moment.
When everything just makes sense.
Stark revelations.
Divine timing works it out.
Presence becomes your mainstay…
-aaa
Originally Published 06/06/2024
Anthony’s Crazy Love and Life Lessons in Empathy 