November PAD Challenge 2021: An Ode to Thanksgiving Night

 

Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay

I can still remember childhood thanksgivings

rising fresh in the morning full of hope

climbing from wrinkled sheets, up for breakfast

break the yolk of the egg to mop up with toast

appraising the voluptuous turkey

thawing in the sink, soon to begin roasting

spending the day with storybooks and games

bringing out the tablecloth and good plates

wanting to be first to dig into the feast

savoring the potatoes and rolls with gusto

sparkling apple cider for my brother and me

a little wine for my mother and father

there was more compassion in our voices

no obnoxious bluffing or phlegmatic masks

eating so much it felt like I swallowed

a flotation device or a bundle of rubber

none of us felt terribly Terpsichorian

we weren't even up to practicing philately

we swaddled in blankets on the couch

to watch a movie on television

decades later I memorialize

the luck I had being so very blessed

to be able to spend Thanksgiving night

with you, my family of origin

today is Thanksgiving and I have grown old

I will prepare dinner for my son and me

a smoked turkey breast we got from the butcher

some roasted potatoes and pumpkin squares

no eating till we feel stuffed, we don't enjoy it

I am grateful for the memories of splendor

equally grateful for the new simplicity

~ornery owl~

Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it

prompts

https://godoggocafe.com/2021/10/23/brave-recklesss-november-creativity-prompt-challenge-autumnblings/

https://dversepoets.com/2021/11/25/open-link-night-305/

https://earthweal.com/2021/11/22/earthweal-weekly-challenge-praising-is-what-matters/

https://amanpan.com/eugis-weekly-prompt-compassion-nov-25-2021/

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-25

Prompt: Write a Thankful poem

http://www.octpowrimo.com/2021/10/day-12-ode.html

Prompt: Write an Ode

https://poets.org/glossary/ode

I believe this is a Horatian ode, sort of.

https://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/2021/11/whirligig-346.html

https://myjustsostory.blogspot.com/2021/11/words-for-wednesday-24112021.html

I was listening to this cool acid jazz from 1973 while writing the poem, which probably influenced its rhythm.

https://odysee.com/@TerminalPassage:c/kollektiv-%E2%80%93-live-%281973%29:5?r=GTwnGJ4fFBQfzuJgpHVpfKBKaC9b8B16

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November PAD Challenge 2021: Balloons Over Broadway

 

Image by Requieri Tozzi from Pixabay

whatever happened to the girl

who once dreamed of balloons flying over Broadway

as an awesome sign of admiration 

for her latest cinematic triumph

she would be given the key to the city

a parade would be held in her honor

the clop of the horses would become a rumble

for the most amazing icon, the very best

she would settle for nothing less

did she have a stroke of bad luck

or was she too scared to compete?

she was never the right fit 

for the part of the femme fatale

her face was much too ordinary

her hips were much too big

some may say it's sad what became of that girl

but she can't complain

she moved out to the country

her audience consists of horses and squirrels

who don't pay much attention

she likes baking pies

and living where folks don't have to lock their doors

she isn't keen for just scraping by

but she was never cut out for glitz and glamour

the high life would have brought her low

probably put her six feet under

it may be redundant to ask

if anything of that girl who hoped

for balloons over Broadway

and parades in her honor

remains hidden in the shadows

of the mind of an unglamorous old fat woman

who lives in a town small enough

that she could pedal to the sole store within minutes

perhaps the girl realized who she really was

or perhaps she couldn't live with the reality

either way, it's probably for the best

that her glitzy dreams never came true

beneath the sea of ubiquitous pretty faces

and impossibly slender bodies

courtesy of cocaine and starvation

Hollywood's heart is cold

~ornery owl~

Free use image from Open Clipart Vectors

https://godoggocafe.com/2021/10/23/brave-recklesss-november-creativity-prompt-challenge-autumnblings/

https://amanpan.com/eugis-weekly-prompt-shadows-nov-18-2021/

Prompt: Shadows

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/11/22/wordle-267/

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-24

Prompt: write a response poem

I posed a question and wrote a response to it.

http://www.octpowrimo.com/2021/10/day-11-horses.html

Prompt: Horses

There are horses mentioned in this poem.

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November PAD Challenge 2021: The Thanksgiving Visitor

 

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My brother unplugged from his normal busy life in Tucson to visit family and friends in Colorado for Thanksgiving. He tries to come down here twice a year. We were close as close could be in childhood. As adults, the distance between us widened, although we are working to bridge the gap.

My brother stayed with my mother, and my son and I made the two-and-a-half-hour drive from our home in Northeastern Colorado to Golden. We had leftover meatloaf rather than turkey with all the trimmings as was always the norm in years past. My son and my brother had a good conversation while I dozed. I did not sleep well the night before.

I hope that you know

I'm always glad to see you

may you travel well

~ornery owl~

prompts

https://godoggocafe.com/2021/10/23/brave-recklesss-november-creativity-prompt-challenge-autumnblings/

https://godoggocafe.com/2021/10/23/brave-recklesss-november-creativity-prompt-challenge-autumnblings/

Prompt: Write a Haibun about something you are thankful for.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-23

Prompt: Write an unplug or plug in poem

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November PAD Challenge 2021: The Turkey's Side of It

 

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barbaric creatures

humans, greedy and stupid

think with their stomachs

~the turkey~

prompts

https://godoggocafe.com/2021/10/23/brave-recklesss-november-creativity-prompt-challenge-autumnblings/

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-22

Prompt: Write an Animal poem

Kismet!

I most certainly did not write this poem on the 23rd and backdate it to the 22nd. I would never do that!

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November PAD Challenge 2021: Duck for Turkey

 

https://timvandevall.com/turkey-and-duck-clipart/

Duck for Turkey

Turkey for Duck

Never feel like you are stuck

Lost and blue without a friend

If you're lucky enough to have a friend till the end

Be thankful to be just like Duck and Turkey

~ornery owl~

prompts

https://godoggocafe.com/2021/10/23/brave-recklesss-november-creativity-prompt-challenge-autumnblings/

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-21

Prompt: Write an ekphrastic poem.

I kind of selected the picture after I wrote the poem.

Don't tell anyone.

https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2021/11/21/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-187/

Prompt: Lost

https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2021/11/20/weekend-writing-prompt-236-blue/

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STARDREAMING With Sherry Blue Sky: The End of the Rainbow

STARDREAMING With Sherry Blue Sky: The End of the Rainbow:   The book of poems that is my life has an arc - decades of hope and optimism, faith and trust, love of the natural world: a rainbow of poss...

This reflects the way I feel. We're living in the dystopian future that the sci-fi writers of the past warned us about.

November PAD Challenge 2021: How to Bake the Perfect Pecan Pie for You

 

Image by sinapy from Pixabay

question and reply

how would you bake pecan pie

good enough for compliments?

I desire no insults

when I serve pecan pie to you

~ornery owl~

prompted

https://godoggocafe.com/2021/10/23/brave-recklesss-november-creativity-prompt-challenge-autumnblings/

https://dversepoets.com/2021/11/18/poetry-form-the-wayra/

Prompt: Write a Wayra

The elements of the Wayra are:

1.a pentastich, a poem in 5 lines.

2.syllabic, 5-7-7-6-8

3.unrhymed.

I know I broke the rules by rhyming my first and second lines, but it just worked so perfectly that I couldn't help myself.

https://earthweal.com/2021/11/19/earthweal-open-link-weekend-93/

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-20

Prompt: Write a Blank You poem.

Not wanting to write the obvious, I wrote about how I'm trying to bake the perfect pecan pie for your undeserving ass.

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/11/20/opposing-forces-saturday-mix-20-november-2021/

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