Three word Wednesday- Hallowe'en

Three word Wednesday- Hallowe'en

Prompts: Nondescript, adjective: lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics.

Placid, adjective: (of a person or animal) not easily upset or excited, (especially of a place or stretch of water) calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity.

Quirky, adjective: characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits.

Hallowe'en

Is a nondescript costume

The way to go

For Hallowe’en?

Something placid

Or is quirky better?

It doesn’t matter.

For it’s Hallowe’en

Time to have fun

Dress up adult and child alike

Be something you’re not

For just one night

The world is a magical place

Of goblins ghouls and witches

Pirates, policemen and firemen

Nurses, showgirls and the lot

All of them something that

There not

Childhood fantasy reached again

For just one night.

©Sheilagh Lee October 28, 2015

Three Word Wednesday - Election

Three Word Wednesday - Election

Prompts: Jab, verb: poke (someone or something) roughly or quickly, especially with something sharp or pointed; poke someone or something roughly or quickly with (a sharp or pointed object or a part of the body); noun: a quick, sharp blow, especially with the fist, a sharp painful sensation or feeling.

Laboured, adjective: done with great effort and difficulty, (especially of humor or a performance) not spontaneous or fluent.

Makeshift, adjective: serving as a temporary substitute; sufficient for the time being; noun: a temporary substitute or device.

With a jib and a jab

The candidates weave

Stories of how they’ll govern

They’ve laboured to convince us

That they’re right

That the makeshift plans

They’ve made

We’ll make everything better

We cast our ballots

Hoping X truly marks the spot

To moving into a better world

More caring, more loving

Of fellow citizens

Our candidate wins

We rejoice, but a nagging voice

The inner self who has heard

All the promises broken

Over the years of their life

Asks will they follow through?

The inner child untouched

By lies, says yes

It will all happen

Now

                                                                             ©Sheilagh Lee October 21, 2015

Three Word Wednesday-Duck

Three Word Wednesday -Duck

Prompts: Greasy, adjective: covered with or resembling an oily substance, producing more body oils than average, containing or cooked with too much oil or fat, slippery, (of a person or their manner) effusively polite in a way that is felt to be insincere and repulsive.

Hellish, adjective: of or like hell, extremely difficult or unpleasant; adverb: extremely (used for emphasis).

Ignite, verb: catch fire or cause to catch fire,  with obj.] arouse or inflame (an emotion or situation).

Duck

Some people prefer duck

For Thanksgiving or Christmas

I think I'd prefer the duck

Swimming around

I find duck greasy and unappetizing

Maybe because of my hellish experience

Eating it in a fancy restaurant

Having duck delivered first with

Head neck and all

When all it did was ignite

Acid reflux for a week

Or was it two?

Repeating the taste

Forever more

If only in my memory.

©Sheilagh Lee October 14, 2015

Three Word Wednesday - Kindness should abound

Three Word Wednesday - Kindness should abound

Prompts: Absorb, verb: take in or soak up (energy, or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action, typically gradually, take in and assimilate (information, ideas, or experience), take control of (a smaller or less powerful entity), making it a part of oneself by assimilation, use or take up (time or resources), take up and reduce the effect or intensity of (sound or an impact), engross the attention of (someone).

Certain, adjective: known for sure; established beyond doubt, having complete conviction about something; confident, specific but not explicitly named or stated.

Empty, adjective: containing nothing; not filled or occupied, (of words or a gesture) lacking meaning or sincerity, having no value or purpose; verb: remove all the contents of (a container), remove (the contents) from a container, (of a place) be vacated by people in it.

Three Word Wednesday - Kindness should abound

Prompts: Absorb, verb: take in or soak up (energy, or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action, typically gradually, take in and assimilate (information, ideas, or experience), take control of (a smaller or less powerful entity), making it a part of oneself by assimilation, use or take up (time or resources), take up and reduce the effect or intensity of (sound or an impact), engross the attention of (someone).

Certain, adjective: known for sure; established beyond doubt, having complete conviction about something; confident, specific but not explicitly named or stated.

Empty, adjective: containing nothing; not filled or occupied, (of words or a gesture) lacking meaning or sincerity, having no value or purpose; verb: remove all the contents of (a container), remove (the contents) from a container, (of a place) be vacated by people in it.

Absorb the light

And not the dark

Lift up your face

To the warmth

Of human compassion

Be certain that there is charity

In the world

Do not leave someone

Empty handed

Spread the benevolence

Spread the feelings

Around the world

Simple kindness should abound

©Sheilagh Lee October 07, 2015