Poetry Picnic Week 13: Childhood, Dreams, Books, Role Models

Welcome to Jingle Poetry at The Gooseberry Garden Poetry Picnic Week 13, we have loved your Puurfect and poetic participation last week.

This Week, we will handle cases on Childhood, Dreams, Books, and Role Models, which means that, you are going to dig deep,  study these terms, write about how they position, impact,  and add light to your life. 

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Life in Verse and Morning welcome You to the 13th Poetry Picnic today! 

Next Week, we will have Kay Salady hosting poetry picnic week 14, GET E_X_I_C_I_T_E_D!

Please read some of the most talented, amazing poets from below and submit your own to share!  BIG SMILE!!! ;)

Through Rose Tinted 
By 
CC Champagne

A childhood memory through rose-tinted glasses,

is a dream I want to maintain.

The aroma of my grandmother's cinnamon buns,

I wish I was there again.

The softness of her loving embrace,

the ease of life at that age,

when the future is all unwritten,

and life is a blank, white page.

A childhood memory through rose-tinted glasses,

is a dream I want to maintain.

But in my mind, whatever my age,

I can revisit it all again.

Writers and Novelists

By

Umamaheswari Anandane

Birth :

Words flow through a hand

writings its own mind by a pen

A new page written every time

as a new day dawns.

I flow with every move

of that invisible fingers

Marriage:

Open the index that points to

the sweet twist in my chapter

Wherein I have asked you

to join me to unfold new pages

So that we can reproduce

a sequel in the coming days ahead.

Death:

Among the ups and downs ,

I had my best writings

to be reproduced into editions

for generations to come.

I still ...

I still live through them

So never repent

even if hear someone says that

My Chapters have been closed. 

Butterfly
by
Shashi

Look, there she is, there on the window pane

A new friend from the dreams last night

As she promised to teach me how to fly

In sunshine and in rain

She is bright and beautiful, pinker than my ma’s cheek

Her wings have so many colors

Like the rainbow I painted last summer, for Pa’s Birthday

Before he left for the war, to make money for us to eat

Tell me butterfly, how does one eat money?

How does one go to the war?

I don’t want Pa to go to the war; I don’t want any money to eat;

You know, whenever I hug him, I don’t feel hungry at all

Oh! Butterfly, why are you flying away - so far?

Out side, the day is still full of light; sure you can wait a little more?

Ma will be back soon, from her night shift, and will let you in

Don’t you see, I can not; I am in the bed, too sick to unlatch the window bar

Butterfly, my dear Butterfly, you have teach me how to fly

I promised Pa - a hug tonight, I know where he “wars” now;

Ma showed me the other night, when she cried

“There, Kalina, there he is, the Evening Star”

You know Butterfly; I love him so much,

Much more than I love Ma,

Really! You must teach me to fly, as I have to go now

You see, my Ma does not even smile much

________________

@Shashi Oct, 2010

 

To Each in Stardom is Born to be Forlorn
By 
A. B. Thomas

To be adorned in the robe of youth is to wear upon the sleeve,
One’s desires and wish of boundless achieve,
To strut upon the spot lit center of society’s stage,
Confident that though script-less the audience will engage,
A new star with an almost impish air of mischief,
Yet instead doesn't society pan and insist youth to humbly receive?
The unwritten tome of expectation placed in civilized cage,
To sit idly whilst it is whittled down to a pamphlet page by page,
Society provides the focus to be but a player of knowledgeable disbelieve,   
Whilst within deep for the improvise acted naught secretly grieve.

Clouds in The Attic

by

Shashi

As she walked ahead

In her enthusiastic little hop, skip and jump - steps

I fell behind, in my own thoughts; old and aging

Yet keeping pace with her fresh world

That turns in, with a burst of rainbow

On every turn, flying like a butterfly

Across her little universe of wonder

Now she stops; the deep forest

Climbing up the steep incline of the mountain

Has her attention; complete with one hand under her chin

And I know, she knows what to ask,

With a sweet little smile behind her knit wool gloved little hand

And stump me with her wide charmed eyes

“Why those clouds are leaving the mountain alone?

Do you think Grandpa, Peakoo* will be happy without them to play?

Do you think they are coming over to play with us?

Can you give your extra blanket to put them up, in the attic for the night?

Grandpa, it’s very cold now, you know, they will shiver

Before I could think an answer and say,

“Kalina, lets go now, it’s going to rain”

She has already moved on

Playing with the soft cold breeze, moving up from the valley

With her hands out stretched, running, almost flying

Like the autumn leaves, that joined in to play, in her wake

________________

@Shashi Oct, 2010

*Peakoo = She calls the mountain peak in her own world of friends.

November Birthday Celebrations:    

November 2, Tootsie: Tootsie 
November 3, Eric Alder: Eric 'Bubba' Alder 
  November 15th, Dakshima, Dakshi 
Square sunshine, November 23, Poetry24  

Methods of Submission to Our Poetry Picnic:

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Weekly poetry collection starts on Sunday, at 2pm (CDT), and will stay open till Wednesday, 8pm (CDT),  78 hours for you to share your poetry with us...

What About Next Week!!

For Week 14, we will have theme ”This is what I’m thankful in life!”, because it is the week to celebrate Thanksgiving Holiday, of course, Random poems are also welcome! What fun, that's next week!

Morning Appreciates Your Continued Support, Please Feel FREE to share, encourage, and get inspired! Random poems are welcome too!

 

H-A-P-P-Y P-O-E-T-R-Y P-I-C-N-I-C!

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Discover your childhood dreams, have fun sharing!

1.	Steven Federle	44.	Lord Emmanuel	87.	anjum wasim dar	130.	Noble
2.	Rach	45.	Manicddaily	88.	Lilly	131.	K. Shawn Edgar
3.	Ankoku Hikaru	46.	Uneven Stephen	89.	RiikaInfinityy	132.	Steven Federle
4.	"i"	47.	blueplatypus	90.	Susie Clevenger	133.	Psychedelisia
5.	Dawn	48.	zongrik	91.	shreya	134.	Janaki Nagaraj
6.	Someone is Special	49.	Rinkly Rimes	92.	Amropali	135.	Mohana
7.	The Cello Strings	50.	Blue Ocean Waves	93.	fiveloaf	136.	Die Reise meines Leben
8.	Grace	51.	mm	94.	Sina	137.	deLi
9.	Craig Watson	52.	becca givens	95.	Chimnese	138.	Nel [directionallyimpaired]
10.	Andy	53.	Ted Richards	96.	dakshi	139.	Chapters Of A Song
11.	Craig Watson	54.	Form Poetry	97.	Chèvrefeuille	140.	pure2core
12.	Craig Watson	55.	Love	98.	Tigerbrite	141.	pure2core
13.	Terri (Something Wicked)	56.	Still Life	99.	Megz@Eugenicist	142.	Journey to Eternity
14.	EMK (Take me there now)	57.	dan	100.	Artwriter	143.	Daily Journey
15.	Terri (Brothers)	58.	jacqui binford-bell	101.	Kez	144.	bendedspoon
16.	Morning	59.	Timoteo	102.	Ed Williams	145.	The Orange Tree
17.	Lucky&Me	60.	Halfway Between The Gutter	103.	Jared A Muscat	146.	lovers in the run
18.	Classic NYC Story (disappearing)	61.	gautami tripathy	104.	Childhood	147.	Magical Mystical Teacher
19.	poetry corner	62.	Marousia	105.	William Leed	148.	Abby
20.	Classic NYC Story (a wholesome life)	63.	Random Scribblings: Pretty Little Things	106.	something to hold- by papo	149.	abby
21.	robin	64.	blackswanpoetry	107.	JP + Laura	150.	Shadiatique
22.	robin	65.	Paulo Guimaraes	108.	Cold Water	151.	Jennifer Ratcliffe
23.	robin	66.	AshBee	109.	Your Melodious Tune	152.	Samuel Peralta / Semaphore
24.	Daydreamertoo	67.	Sherrie Theriault	110.	Dry	153.	Eva Von Pelt
25.	Larry Meredith	68.	AshBee	111.	Morning	154.	Jagring
26.	Marbles in My Pocket	69.	Gigi Ann	112.	Love is life	155.	Jagring
27.	Richard King Perkins II	70.	marit	113.	C.L. Sostarich	156.	Suzy
28.	Becky Sain	71.	Dennis Go	114.	Rohit	157.	NTXHaiku
29.	The Lonely Recluse.	72.	Tickly Turtle	115.	2partsDead	158.	NTXHaiku
30.	Steven Federle	73.	Meena	116.	Wes	159.	NTXHaiku
31.	Steven Federle	74.	Welkin siskin	117.	Paulo Guimaraes	160.	somewhereamelody
32.	Steven Federle	75.	Kremo	118.	Tekia	161.	Simran Kaur
33.	Steven Federle	76.	Tweety	119.	Blue Blood	162.	Unshod Feet
34.	Umamaheswari Anandane	77.	Stephanie M.	120.	The Departure	163.	Up Above The Hill
35.	Fairy Tale	78.	Hema Rao	121.	Alex Dissing	164.	Jj Roa Rodriguez
36.	c rose	79.	Elaine Danforth	122.	tigercity	165.	Templeton's fury
37.	Kodjo Deynoo	80.	Elaine Danforth	123.	Zoe - Moonlight and Shadow (Sorrowful)	166.	David
38.	LifeInVerse	81.	Elaine Danforth	124.	maureen walsh	167.	lolamouse
39.	Kodjo Deynoo	82.	Lynna	125.	K. Shawn Edgar	168.	saya
40.	nan	83.	Christopher Raley	126.	K. Shawn Edgar	169.	Rosie
41.	dan	84.	siggiofmaine	127.	Moon's Reign	170.	Adura Ojo
42.	Victoria C. Slotto	85.	RS 400th 2nd Anniv..	128.	A morning sip of dreaming	171.	Adura Ojo
43.	Nelson	86.	thingy	129.	Halfway Between The Gutter	172.	ds

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