Showing posts with label Reena's Exploration Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reena's Exploration Challenge. Show all posts

Sunday, September 18, 2022

30 Days of Haiga 2022: Remembering When

 

Original photo
Taken 7 May 2017
Denver Aquarium 

Haiga created 18 September 2022


text

remembering when

like passing through a doorway

looking back on then

such a wonderful moment

treasured point in history


notes

You are welcome to use both the photo and the Haiga, but please credit Cara Hartley/Ornery Owl and provide a link back to this blog.

The photo was taken on 7 May 2017 at the Denver Aquarium restaurant. My son and I were celebrating his 27th birthday (which actually falls on May 8) and Mother's Day. It's a wonderful day that I'll always remember.

The following prompt inspired me:

https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2022/09/15/reenas-xploration-challenge-248/

Prompt phrase:

passing through a doorway in history

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

Once Upon a December 2021: Once Upon a Yesterday

 


Once upon a December yesterday

We shattered each other's hearts saying unsuitable things

I press my eyelids closed and try to remember

Standing by your side as the cardboard sea rose and fell

Butterflies danced in my soul, and I wanted to swim away in your eyes

Violet, sapphire, sage, and all the colors of the broken rainbow

You seemed to drink me in as I told you stories of my strange life

The longing look you gave me made me feel bubbly

As if my spirit danced to the music of eternity

Before I met you, I always felt like a secondary character in my own story

Suppressed memories from my traumatized younger years caused my soul to splinter

I hurried in a flurry on a hedonistic flight

Chasing each new escapade as if resting was a crime

Endless adventure and celebration were my cross to bear

Playing the part of the lost soul to perfection

My addiction to adrenaline a drain on my psyche

My mind lacked cohesion at the moment in time when you found me

Dumped near the milestone where I gave up hope for better

I was hanging on by a thread as slippery as spaghetti

Not much wanting to live but not quite ready to die

Like I was lost in a corn maze when the state fair left town

On entering a tunnel, I left hope by the roadside

I threw in the towel and gave up on the world

I swore that never again would I give my heart

But I melted in your hug because it felt like you meant it

I laughed when you ran through the sprinkler like a kid

We teased and joked as we lounged together

Shivering in the cold trailer, trying to stay warm

When you took the garter from my plus size thigh

I couldn’t believe that you could like what you saw

My insecurity was a thorn in your side

I understand now that you really tried

I sometimes still feel you when I’m driving alone

When I need someone to love

You’re the only one I think of

From now until eternity

I hope that you are thriving on the other side

For Gem

369 words

prompts used



Prompt: Never Again








The prompt was to write something to do with corn. The phrase "corn maze" appears in the poem.


Prompt: On entering a tunnel


Prompt: Write a "yesterday" poem



The Icky, Sticky, Nit-Picky Legalese If You Please (Or Don't Please)



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Sunday, November 28, 2021

November PAD Challenge 2021: Ankle Soup

 

Image by kzeomdceswk on Unsplash

running out of time as the money drips in and the reserves dry up

there is still no triumph as I trot through pelting dust to my grave

my brain has too many tabs open in place of morning papers and still I wonder why

my engine is running down, my wings have been clipped, but I can never be free 

the truth is, the price for striving to own the newest shiny object is too high

you are my witness as I split myself down the middle, leaving one half of me to slow down and make ankle soup from the pork hock in my freezer

~ornery owl~

prompts




Prompt: Money


Prompt: Write a "slow down" poem



Prompt: The picture



Prompt: Reserve



I hope that's all of them. It's so irritating when I have to come back and add one in after publishing.

Here's the cool 70s prog rock soundtrack that I was listening to while writing this poem.




Here's the link in case you can't see the video.

https://odysee.com/@TerminalPassage:c/sahara-subject-esq-%281972%29-sunrise-%281974%29:9?r=GTwnGJ4fFBQfzuJgpHVpfKBKaC9b8B16

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Saturday, November 27, 2021

November PAD Challenge 2021: We are Grateful (Not) for the Theatre of Pain

 


There are those who proclaim that I should be grateful

For my opportunity to star in the theatre of pain

But I can’t help being cynical about praising a situation

That has left me wishing I could succumb to the inevitable

More than once I wanted to retreat to home sweet home, but I had nowhere to go

You better hasten your hustle, unwanted ugly girl with no rhythm in her shoes

Keep your eye on the money, spread your velvet wings, and make your heartbeat rustle

You’ve gotta be louder than hell if you hope to make anyone listen

Use it or lose it before the creases in your face increase

Raise your hands to rock and fight for your rights

Before the sun rises on the day when a burst blood vessel in your brain paralyzes your body

I used to try so hard to show that I could become one of the Beautiful People

Begging the ones who rejected me to love me now that I can dance

Memorize these quotes to consider and maybe we’ll take a second look

I felt like my identity was stolen by those who never had time

To do anything but look down their noses at me

It never occurred to any of you that those of us who were smoking in the boys’ room

Were trying in our own outcast way to save our souls

Your way didn’t work to ease our pain

I took too many ill-advised lovers in a vain attempt to quell the ache of loneliness

In the end, I ran out of money, and my city girl blues got the best of me

Now I try to ease the pain under vast prairie skies

Where I still am not accepted as I am

Where I have people praying for my broken body to miraculously heal

So I can become the right kind of pretty to please their gaze

So I can become a devout Stepford wife, happy to serve

So I can be anything but the wretched thing that is me

Why don’t you just let me be?

I wish that I could truly say

You ain’t got a hold on me

369 Words


Ornery Fucking Owl is done with everyone's shyyyyyyt
Free use image from Pixabay

prompts and acknowledgements



Prompt: Quotes to Consider



Prompt: Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)


Prompt: Today's prompt asked poets to do a remix of their own poems written throughout November. I will do that on December 1. This poem incorporates the titles of all the songs from Mötley Crüe's 1985 Theatre of Pain album.




Prompt: Stolen Identity


Acknowledgements

Theatre of Pain is a 1985 album by Mötley Crüe. 

Theatre of Pain is also the name of a song by German power metal band Blind Guardian, appearing on their 1992 album Somewhere Far Beyond.

You Ain't Got a Hold on Me is a song by AC/DC, initially appearing on the band's 1975 album High Voltage, which was only released in Australia. This album is not to be confused with the 1976 High Voltage album, which was released worldwide and had a different track list. You Ain't Got A Hold On Me was later released on the band's 1984 album '74 Jailbreak.

Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance) is a song written by Berry Gordy and performed by The Contours, appearing on their 1962 album of the same name.

videos

Here is the horror of me reading my poem. I would request that if you can't say something at least reasonably polite then keep your gob shut and your hands off the keyboard. I am going way out of my comfort zone sharing this because I really dislike both my voice and my physical appearance. However, when I read the poem aloud, I appreciated the power of my anger and I felt like my raw emotions should be recorded along with my words.


Here is a link to the video in case you can't see it.

Here is the funky Krautrock that I was listening to when I created this poem.


Here is the link in case you can't see the video.

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Saturday, November 13, 2021

November PAD Chapbook Challenge 2021: The Book of Delights

 


from inside my bubble, or maybe from outside yours
I canvassed your activities and proclivities
your enterprises and exercises fascinated and inspired
I wished I could be part of your world

I canvassed your activities and proclivities
I would have loved to grace a canvas with your image
I wished I could be part of your world
but could not find a way to breach the bourne between us

I would have loved to grace a canvas with your image
I inscribed your name in the book of delights
but could not find a way to breach the bourne between us
now the hour has grown too late

I inscribed your name in the book of delights
alas, the dream of amour shall never be born
now the hour has grown too late
grief for a potential lost is borne by me alone

alas, the dream of amour shall never be born
lucky in love means unlucky at cards so they say
grief for a potential lost is borne by me alone
as it happens, I'm lousy at playing cards too

lucky in love means unlucky at cards so they say
as time goes by I take comfort in tradition
as it happens, I'm lousy at playing cards too
It's time for fresh starts, a change of direction

as time goes by I take comfort in tradition
to quiet the ache within for what was lost or never happened
it's time for fresh starts, a change of direction
sometimes on cool nights, I remember my old dreams

to quiet the ache within for what was lost or never happened
your enterprises and exercises fascinated and inspired
sometimes on cool nights, I remember my old dreams
from inside my bubble, or maybe from outside yours

For Gem

prompts



Prompt: Write a luck poem.
Some might say that the poem I wrote illustrates bad luck, but I'm not sure it does. It simply illustrates an outcome. It is what it is.

Prompt: Write a Pantoum
I guess what I wrote is a Pantoum. Poets.org does not indicate that a Pantoum needs to rhyme. The Society of Classical Poets suggests that it does. Decide for yourself.




Three prompts to choose from.
Write a story from inside a bubble.
Augmented reality
Metaverse

I wrote a poem involving bubbles and, to some degree, including a metaverse, as there were a few potential outcomes. 



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Thursday, November 11, 2021

November PAD Challenge 2021: Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back

 

Image by Vladislav Nahorny on Unsplash

A Senryu for Three Line Tales

I remember her
thirteen moons times seventeen 
music sustained her

Thoughts for Six Sentence Stories

Sometimes my heart breaks for the girl I used to be.

She loved music and the world did its damndest to kill her desire to play and snuff out the light in her soul.

Music is still a big part of her life although she has not played in more than 30 years and at this point has no desire to start playing again except maybe for something with a haunting sound like the recorder, and then only for herself.

I can see now that many of her seemingly bizarre actions were a means of placing armor around herself.

I know now how much she was hurting, and the things that were done to her weren't right.

The way I speak of her as if we are two separate people is a reflection of trauma that can never be erased.

notes
If I am committing a carnal infraction by combining these two prompts into one post, please feel free to delete my link. They worked together so I did what works.

a request
For those who are considering saying something like "I hope this isn't a true story," please don't. It is autobiographical. Everyone is not blessed with halcyon days in their youth. Some people have difficult lives. We should be allowed to express ourselves without having to feel guilty that our words might upset someone's belief in a perfectly just world. Such a thing does not exist.

prompts

Prompt: write a memory poem



Prompt: The Image

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