DAP Poetry Monday: Give me a D. A. P.

 

WANTED.

Seeking a cheerleader.

Skills required: Encouragement and Tenacity

Applicant must know how to give a D.A.P.

Must know what it spells

And what it means to support.

Ability to get along with other cheerleaders,

Real or Imagined; a plus.

(Head-high kick to head-high kick)

Yeaahh!

DAP Poetry Monday: No fun in funeral

 

Writing together

(Click, delete)

Laughing together

(Click, delete)

Arguments, Hugs, Plans

Together

(Click, delete)

Memories of all above

From the sister I chose…

(Click, save)

https://new-mypostcovidlife.blogspot.com/

DAP DAT Inspiration 6422

22 Martyrs of Uganda 

A bronze, bas-relief of the 22 Catholic Martyrs of Uganda, gifted to Presentation College, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago. It was given in 1960 to the Christian brothers who founded Presentation College. Photo by Sean Crepin

The Uganda Martyrs are a group of 23 Anglican and 22 Catholic converts to Christianity in the historical kingdom of Buganda, now part of Uganda, who were executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887. They were killed on orders of Mwanga II, the Kabaka (King) of Buganda.

22 of the Catholic martyrs were canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964. They are commemorated on June 3rd.

Click here for 5 facts on the 45 Uganda Martyrs

St. Kizito being baptised by St. Charles Lwanga at Munyonyo, who was just 25 when he was murdered.

Poetry Monday: Admiration

 

We smile when the food comes to the table.

Polite smiles until the waiter walks away.

We needed this food

To swallow 

A long day 

With mixed emotions.

There is quiet at the dinner table.

Rhythmic chewing and swallowing takes everyone 

Into their own thoughts.

Knife into fork.

I'm finished.

Baby girl began speaking.

Proud parents are smiling.

An effervescent Joi,

Captures her audience then releases them to a moment of silence. 

"What?" 

A statement than a question 

To her dreamy eyed mother,

Me.

"Just looking."

I smile

She smiles

We smile and she knows, but still asks

"Why?"

"Because you exist. Can't I admire you now and then?"

Admire her as one would a blue sky

Or misty mountains.

I see her.

She sees me.

She smiles.

I smile.

We smile.

  

DAP Poetry Monday: Hungry like a wolf

 

Hungry like a wolf

Howling to be seen and heard

Barking at the past

 

Hungry like a wolf

Ushering the dawn of change

With my noshing teeth

 

Hungry like a wolf

Conjuring my own food source

To a permanent plate

DAP Poetry Mondays: #CorpLife

 

Today is World Poetry Day. Held every year on 21 March, World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity. Practiced throughout history – in every culture and on every continent – poetry speaks to our common humanity and our shared values, transforming the simplest of poems into a powerful catalyst for dialogue and peace.

World Poetry Day was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999, "with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard".

Here is my contribution...

Corporations aren't...

People, Loving. In to you.

Life is optional

Living that CorpLife.

Hashtag; Nobody cares, bro.

Hearts are optional

--DAP Tales

DAP my characters: Kenji

 

Meet Kenji. I am currently working on his story and this is what I imagine him to look like. To be fair, I have been working on this story for over 12 years. Eeep! Sometimes, to help develop a character, I put the name in Google images, just to see what a person with this name would look like in general. Usually it fits. LOL!

Kenji Watanabe

Capricorn (December 22 – January 19)

Likes wood-working and does that for a living

Muscular 

A Hermit (most of the time)

Hasn't had a relationship for 10 years 

Christian

Once engaged but not married

A good cook

Only visited Japan once.

Monday poem -2-7-22

 

A vase shattered

In the smallest pieces.

Years of humble cracks

Withstanding the torments of tempests.

But now,

With nothing but a baby's breath,

The vase shattered.

Small pieces of painted daisies,

Scattered.

Only to find,

It isn't hollow

But,

Terraformed steel. 

A DAP new year

 

"Meow — it’s a good time to be you. So long as you live, love and dress yourself with the guiding principle that fortune favors the bold, there is no limit to what you can attract or to what heights you may ascend."-- Predictions from the NY times

Here's to hoping that every word of this prediction will come true.

DAP-Poetry Mondays

 

A haiku is often a three line poem that consists of a phrase and a fragment where two of the lines comprise the phrase and the other line is the fragment.  The fragment is either in the first or third lines.

Haiku are written in 17 syllables or less - preferably less according to the many online reputable sites. Haiku in English work the best around 10 to 12 syllables, otherwise they can become too wordy and this can cloud the image.

These days a haiku captures one or two moments by using clear and vivid images...roses evoke spring, fallen leaves relate to autumn, etc. The poets go outdoors and observe their surroundings; they write down images to capture a succinct scene. A reader should be able to read the haiku and "see" the images from the words. It's challenging. Basically a haiku is an unfinished poem - the readers interpret what it means by putting the images together.

On September 15, 2013, I uploaded to poemhunter my first poem. I was (and still am) proud of it.

Fingers like lighting

Now, typing insatiably

The printer vomits

Now this is my new poem for 1-24-2022

Seeking, 22 windows

The median in a house

Filled with our sunshine

 

I haven’t decided if I want to make this a podcast as yet. I really need to work on my video editing skills, so my poem exercises may come in handy.

Feeling this today!