via When we see some drunken lout
Causing havoc to those about
What holds us back from a reprimanding shout?
Is it fear, or just self-doubt?
Category Archives: Daily Prompt
Interesting noises
via Some of these you may have heard:
Abacuses adding, babies breathing, clams closing, diners drinking, examples explaining, feathers flying, gates gaping, horns hooting, images illuminating, jesters joking, knitters knotting, laughter lifting, machines making, noise nagging, options opening, people partying, questions querying, ramblers roaming, snowflakes settling, time travelling, umbrellas unfurling, voices vocalising, wind whistling, xenagogues explaining, yaks yawning, zephyrs zigzagging
Childbirth
Nine months gone, labour begun
Pain and panting through gritted teeth
Pushing, urging, willing, wanting
Baby from its muscled sheath
A boy, a girl, it doesn’t matter
But let it be healthy, ready for life
Bear down now, it’s nearly here
Comforting words, from the midwife
One more push, I can see the head
Arms and shoulders make their way through
Baby’s out, crying for mummy
Wait just a second, we’ll pass him to you
A magical moment, as mum takes the child
Wrapped in a blanket, content as can be
Mother and son begin a new journey
Held to the breast, lovingly
Penmanship
via Daily Prompt: Craft
Of all the different types of craft
Like air and space and hover
The skills of stage and wood and even witch
Are ones worth some endeavour
But it’s the writers’ craft I yearn for most
To please some poetry lover
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