Missy’s MAD Challenge # 011

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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

  • She never knew

She Never Knew 

She never knew I was this strong

She never knew.

She never knew I’d write my own song 

She never knew.

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She never knew I’d say goodbye

She never knew.

She never knew I’d get along fine

She never knew.

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She never knew I’d start a new life

She never knew.

She never knew how to be a wife

She never knew.

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She never knew I’d move away

She never knew.

She never knew I refuse to stay

She never knew.

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She never knew what hit her

She never knew.

She never knew I’d quit her

She never knew.

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She never knew that I knew she was untrue

She never knew.

She never knew I saw it all, brew 

She never knew…

-AAA 10/15/2024

Grab A Bound Adventure 

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Story’s, sagas, and series a plenty 

Some great time to kill if you have any. 

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Lord of The Rings and Harry Potter 

Sure beats reruns of Welcome Back Kotter.

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Scary stories monsters and clowns 

Kings and wizards and fallen crowns.

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Chronicles Of Narnia even Dune 

Gathering spice on an Arrakus moon.

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Spies had saboteurs hiding in the dark 

Romantic stories just for a lark.

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Enders Game and Shadow series 

Never leave you feeling weary.

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Rereading these books so they never end 

Is almost like revisiting old friends.

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Super heroes, villains that fall 

Turn the pages and see it all.

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So when you’re bored and by yourself 

Grab instant adventure off your shelf…

-AAA 10/14/2024 

Censuring Books

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C acophony of hypocrisy

E nsurung future generations learn nothing

N eedling in everyone’s affairs

S tupidity

U nbelievable 

R udiculous expectations

I mbeciles fearing anything different 

N o vision

G radndiose piety 

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B erating free thought 

O utrageous

O btuse

K now nothings

S adness over lost art…

-AAA 10/14/2024

QOTD: 211 Love Thy Neighbor?

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What makes a good neighbor?

I was inspired (not in a good way to write a tanka series on the lack of community and neighbors our society seems dominated by these days. Yesterday is a perfect example of selfish people and their cluelessness.

At the grocery store this woman essentially raced me to the register so she could go first with her grocery cart nearly full, and me with my eight items. She didn’t even look at me or conceive at offering me to go first with my few items. Something I often do for others when I have a lot of groceries.

Then on my way home I decided to grab a hamburger to go. Just before the driveway, a man two lanes over makes a left turn (rather than lane change) in front of me 500 feet before the light forcing me to brake. I miss the driveway and had to make two lefts at two lights to go where I needed to. I even recall him motioning with his hand as if to swat me out of his way like I was a common housefly.

The coup de gras were my very unneighborly neighbors that live in the apartment above me. The same ones who: blast their subwoofer’s at all hours with either bass forward music or explosions from movies, enjoy the occasional 2:00 am argument they have, stomp about as if to step as hard and loud as possible, make noise sliding chairs dropping objects (with huge thuds), and are often hammering nails into the wall it seems. For an encore, until at least 1:30 am last night, a drunken stoned chorus of girls singing at the top of their lungs, and dancing and clamoring about. I did what I could to cover it up, closing my window, cranking up my fan, and my television.

Loving Thy Self Not Thy Neighbor 

The age of selfish 

Everyone wants their own thing 

Such a disregard 

For anyone else around

Swelling with narcissism.

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Where are our neighbors?

Busy fulfilling themselves 

With tunnel vision

Not a single care to give 

Save their own best interests.

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They will cut you off

On the highways and byways

Or in the store lines 

Without a trickle of care 

Lest their sole dreams and desires.

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When did it all change?

Covid did play a big role 

We became hermits 

Then people forgot to care

About their community.

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If things do not change

We’re doomed in a new dark age

Of such carelessness 

And egregious selfishness 

That it hurts and hinders hope…

-AAA 10/15/2024

QOTD: #210

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What could you try for the first time?

There’s so many things. I’ve tried that I’ve never done before recently, a good friend go once a month to do one of those painting deals where an artist has a painting and here she teaches you how to paint it and you do it step-by-step. I’m not an illustrator or an artist by any means and painting is not my forte so it’s way out of my comfort zone, but it’s been very very liberating. Trying new things like that.

New poetry forms, I have tried about 20 new poetry formats and I intend on trying all 168 that I can see eventually. It’s stimulating and terrifying at the same time.

We all need to venture out of our comfort zones to be better people and grow and I’ve done so much of that in these last few years and I’m gonna continue doing that the rest of my life. I’ll start coming up with a list and start knocking those out!!! I suggest you all do the same if you can!

As always, thank you for reading…

-aaa

Nearly Halloween 

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It’s almost Halloween

Feel it in the air 

Children carving pumpkins

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Adults buying candy

Then eating some of it 

Then buying more.

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Costumes are ready 

Special stores pop up everywhere 

Selling seasonal goods.

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Doctors skeletons ghosts

All costumes under the sun

For a price.

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Parties invitations plans

Dreams soon to be realized 

On October 31st…

-AAA 10/13/2024

Silent Contemplations 

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What is forever?

I cannot say.

What is never?

Less by one day?

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How far away is far?

Time can only tell.

Can you get there by car, 

or taxi as well?

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How much is too much?

What would be the weight?

Is a lot a bunch?

Tell me don’t hesitate.

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Does love conquer all?

The great poets say so.

We all rise and fall.

As life takes its toll.

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When is enough enough?

Is it less than a lot?

I’m shooting here from the cuff.

Show me what you got. 

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How deep is space?

Astronomers don’t know

Does black matter displace?

Quantum theory think so.

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How difficult is hard?

Can I quantitate?

In this query’s regard,

I must hesitate. 

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When will this poem end?

I think it’ll end now

Thank you for reading my friend

Now go in peace, and how…

-AAA 10/13/2024

Fun in Crab Kay

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It’s the happiest day 

to all living on Crab Kay

Friends, neighbors and family alike

Come to the beach on a short hike

Blankets are down radio’s play

Providing a soundtrack to the warm beach day

Picnic baskets and lunches are many 

The ultimate potluck of all and any

Cool fried chicken ready to eat

Cherries and grapes just can’t be beat

Children, giggle, and dance on the beach

With the cool ocean waters just out of reach

Gentle breezes fill the air

A very pleasant, warm affair

Eat balls, fly, and giggles follow

On this day, that’s far from sorrow 

Others swim, where the waves just break

Having all the fun they can take

All this playing and positive mood

Increases the need for some yummy food

Barbecues fire hotdogs cook

With every fixing in the book

Corn on the cob melted butter

All prepared while the goers scutter

Potato salad cold slaw and fruit 

An assured full stomach on all this loot

Is the sun moves from overhead to west

The town goes home for a well earned rest

The sunsets now on quiet Crab Kay 

Is it residence dream of this beautiful day…

-AAA 10/13/2024

QOTD: #209

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What principles define how you live?

There are a few principles that I live by. Being an empath I always try to put myself in other people shoes since I can kinda sense and even feel where they’re coming from better than they realize.

Also, I believe in the golden rule, do onto others as you’d want them to do on you. And also even if they don’t, I try to turn the other cheek and be the bigger person which isn’t always easy.

I’m trying to learn how to not react and put space between me and my emotions. It’s a big challenge and it’s gonna take time. I’m still working on it. As people say things and do things that hurt us we tend to want to react which is a knee-jerk deal. I’d rather take pause and realize where things are coming from and not taking things so hard.

Another big one for me is that it starts and ends with us. We make bad choices and we pay for them. Those are our fault so we’re not victims take control of what’s happened in our lives and realize where things came from and find peace ultimately grace in the lessons. Don’t get me wrong. Those have done wrong to us their responsibility for their actions, but we also bare responsibility for allowing them to do it and putting them in a physician to do it.

As always, thank you for reading…

-aaa

Where Did We Go Wrong? Everywhere…

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Politics of hate 

Currently no debate 

Cacophony of rhetoric 

Fractured nation state.

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Differences aside 

Drop foolish pride

Look for commonality

We’re the same inside.

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ANTIFA or QANON shrews 

No lives and nothing to do 

Create insane conspiracies 

And pass them off as news.

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What happened to compromise

Creative thinking and improvise

Using our mere brains 

Rather than buying into stupid lies.

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What happened to science and sooth

Instead there’s heresay by the uncouth 

Spatting of myriads of falsities 

And passing them off as factual truth.

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These past few years idiocracy has boomed 

With the real facts buried, entombed

We’d better find the common truth fast 

Or as a society we are doomed…

-AAA 10/13/2024

QOTD: # 208

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What have you been putting off doing? Why?

I won’t lie I’ve been putting off seeing the doctor.

After I had a extended lapse in my visit to the dentist. My most recent one was quite the worst. I had to have four teeth pulled than an implant put in one of the most traumatic dentist visits of my life (I posted about that in here earlier this year).

I know it’s dumb and irrational but that first trip in while is always the worst.

I fear they’ll find something more wrong with me, and I’ve had a decent share of that in my life already!!!

But not everything has to be the worst like all fears I’ve had in my life. I’ll get over this one too, soon, very soon.

I will go soon, we all have to. Knowledge is power and self care, crucial to happiness and longevity.

-aaa

Gary Numan & The Tubeway Army: Me I Disconnect From You 

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Most people think of Gary Numan and think of his huge hit song Cars, which is a great song. 

But, the album he recorded with the Tubeway Army (Replicas) has a lot to offer. As it is a highly experimental album with really something for everybody. 

Aside from new wave and even some songs borderlining on Punk there’s some pretty good rock songs on Replicas as well. The album’s opening track though is still my favorite, Me I Disconnect From You.

This is truly a sonic explosion of music. Some of the earliest new wave ever recorded and it’s amazing and it’s really really intriguing.

The synth sound here is really different. I don’t think I’ve ever heard these notes together like this except in this song. Also, it has a really catchy beat and I really do enjoy the vocals on this song.  Definitely feel there might be a bit of a Kraftwerk influence here as well.

So ahead of its time 1979 this is what music would become in the early 80s when new wave really took off. 

I don’t know if there is a term such as Proto new wave, but that’s what this could be or postpunk.  I’m making a new words up here, everybody (lol). 

So please to check it out, Me I Disconnect From You off the replicas album by Gary Numan & Tubeway Army.  And if you get a chance, check out the rest of the album it’s really great. Has a lot of different stuff on it.  Great for listening to while you’re writing or while you’re reading.

As always, thank you for reading and listening… 

-aaa

My Last Poem, Or Is It?

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My last poem 

For this warm October Friday 

My day complete.

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Just until Saturday

Then I’ll write some more

So don’t worry.

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I’ll be back 

With many more creative ideas

On Sunday too.

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On that note 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone 

Live it up.

-AAA 10/11/2024

Qotd: #207

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When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)?

Before I share my answers to this daily question, I want to put a qualifier out there. I’m not casting any aspersions or negativity on Millennials or Generation Z people out there. This is just from my experience and it’s a very very humble opinion not fact, and not any kind of judgment. That being said let’s get started.

I feel like I’ve always been an adult. I know it’s a sad thing to say but things we grow up and go through in our lives can make us into adults very young.

I was incessantly picked on as a young man, and that made me learn to grow independent and have to deal with things on my own.

Dealing with death for the first time at age 6 (my paternal grandfather), and many others before I even hit young adulthood, also aged me considerably.

Having some relatives that were alcoholics or addicted to drugs, also forced me to grow up very young. 

Finally, being an empath, and realizing I was one now in retrospect at age 6 after my paternal grandfather, passed away. I was picking up on emotions around me by adults and not understanding what they were, also forced me to grow up very young.

I feel like this being a member of Generation X pretty much destined us all to becoming adults, young. That’s why I find it so shocking that a few Millennials and definitely many Generation Z’s I’ve encountered in my life, can’t seem to adult even when they’re over the age of 18 or 20.

As always, thank you for reading…

-aaa

Kitten Smitten

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Pit pat 

Little cat

Split splat

Just like that.

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Pounce pounce

Skip and trounce

Little ounce 

Jump and bounce.

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Fling a string 

Fun it brings 

Purr and sing

Angel wings.

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Flip flop 

Cannot stop

Pitter pop

Restful drop.

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Shadows fall 

Curl into ball 

Kitten dreams call

Rest then crawl.

-AAA 10/11/2024

I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times 

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This for me is definitely one of Brian Wilson’s Magnum, opus’s of a song. 

He wrote the brilliant stunning, goosebump music to this song along with the brilliant lyrics by the brilliant Tony Asher. 

It’s hard to pick a favorite on pet sounds because the whole album is absolutely brilliant and it’s one of the albums. I’d have with me if I was ever stranded on a desert Island. 

It’s probably my number three album of all time and this song to me, expresses the troubled, genius of Brian Wilson and how he had a hard time finding those that he could relate to and could relate to him. 

     “ I keep lookin’ for a place to fit in

        Where I can speak my mind

        And I’ve been tryin’ hard to find the   

        people That I won’t leave behind

        They say I got brains But they ain’t 

        doin’ me no good I wish they could”

Note, the interesting use of the theremin towards the end of the song that he’d later use on the masterpiece Good Vibrations as well. 

The Wrecking Crew is present here in full force, I love this staccato eighth notes, running up and down the bass guitar by the amazing bassist Carol Kaye. And the countermelody on the keyboards and stuff is absolutely very, very different and it makes you stop and take notice and then the lyrics are amazingly poignant and heartbreaking.

The great master percussionist and my hero Hal Blaine likely playing the wood blocks in the background, which I also love by the way.

And Brian Wilson singing the lead solo alone, echoing in the cold with only the warm harmonies of himself and his colleagues in the Beach boys, providing the background melodies. 

Please enjoy…

-aaa  

QOTD:#206

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If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to?

This is again a hypothetical that’s really difficult because you kinda need to think about what you do for yourself and those nearest you before you take care of those furthest from you if you had a large excess of money like $1 million.

I would definitely help many if I did have access monies though and in that vein, I will share a fun little song by a band. I’ve liked for a long time and it always makes me laugh when I hear it.

As always, thank you for reading, seeing and listening…

-aaa

What?

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Potato Baroque pudding pops.

Slimy sturgeons.

Purple pineapple parakeet.  

Amuse

Day and night do not have any letters in common.

I’ve been arrested by the dream police.

Cacophony of reconstituted pickle relish remains untouched.

Everything related is unrelated.

Time is everything and nothing simultaneously, occurring forever…

-AAA 10/09/2024

Words Of Old

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Words of old 

Are all told by many 

With such experience.

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Great legends unfold

From hero to penny ante

With frequent recurrence.

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Cowardly or bold 

There’s no limit to any

Shallow or dense.

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Read and sold 

These stories are in plenty

Providing a recompense…

-AAA 10/09/2024

I Was Disgustingly Yours

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I once was yours 

In that vain 

Endless chores

Pouring rain.

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Hateful notions

Thrown at me 

Lackluster devotion

In an empty sea.

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Promises given 

But never delivered

Agendas hidden

Coldness shivered 

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Heartless mental abuse 

At your very hands 

In my pain you’d amuse 

Making other sticky plans.

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Inside was out 

And outside in 

Matriarchal clout 

Cold ice within.

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You though you were clever

That I’d eternally chomp at the bit

Until I saw never, your forever

Then I wised up and quit.

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Less and less I look back 

All the lessons have been learned

I greatly suffered from your lack

Someday, your karma will be returned…

-AAA 10/09/2024

Fall Harvest Bounty 

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The crops are ready

The time is now

Work them rocksteady

Get off your plow.

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Grab all the baskets 

Fill them to the top 

Work and be tacit 

As you harvest the crop.

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Time is of the essence

Make your work fast

Only with your presence

Can this bounty last.

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With aggregate need 

You tussle and toil 

So that many will feed 

From this fertile rich soil.

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Grab the trucks

And your van 

Load them with your bounty 

As fast as you can.

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For hunger grows 

In this small town 

God only knows 

This horrible noun.

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The trucks are gone 

With food in tow 

The fields move on

With new crops to grow…

-AAA 10/09/2024

FOWC With Fandango – Birthday

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Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).

Today’s word is “birthday.”

Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.

Once you are done, tag your post with #FOWC and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Please check to confirm that your pingback is there. If not, please manually add your link in the comments.

And be sure to read the posts of other bloggers who respond to this prompt. Show them some love.

EARTH DAY BIRTHDAY   

Earth Day 

Was his birthday

He shared this occasion

With some ovation.

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Some elation 

And celebration

Pomp and circumstance 

Some songs and dance.

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Cake for all 

Relatives call

Sharing fun 

Under the sun

Until the day is done

And next year, a better one…

-AAA 10/09/2024