Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Three Word Wednesday -Fight

Pluck, verb: remove, pick (off), pull (off/out), extract, take (off),  pull (at), tug (at), clutch (at), snatch (at), grab, catch (at), tweak, jerk, yank, deplume, remove the feathers from, strum, pick, plunk, thrum, twang; play pizzicato; noun: courage, bravery, nerve, backbone, spine, daring, spirit, intrepidity, fearlessness, mettle, grit, true grit, determination, fortitude, resolve, stout-heartedness, dauntlessness, valor, heroism, audacity; informal guts, spunk, gumption, moxie.

Rebel, noun: revolutionary, insurgent, revolutionist, mutineer, insurrectionist, insurrectionary, guerrilla, terrorist, freedom fighter,  nonconformist, dissenter, dissident, iconoclast, maverick; verb:  revolt, mutiny, riot, rise up, take up arms, stage/mount a rebellion, be insubordinate,  recoil, show/feel repugnance,  defy, disobey, refuse to obey, kick against, challenge, oppose, resist; adjective:  insurgent, revolutionary, mutinous, rebellious, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, renegade,  rebellious, defiant, disobedient, insubordinate, subversive, resistant, recalcitrant; nonconformist, maverick, iconoclastic.

Shady, adjective: shaded, shadowy, dim, dark; sheltered, screened, shrouded; leafy, bosky, tenebrous,  suspicious, suspect, questionable, dubious, doubtful, disreputable, untrustworthy, dishonest, devious, dishonorable, underhanded, unscrupulous, irregular, unethical, fishy, murky.

Fight
They say she has pluck
Because she seeks to battle
Shady characters
Who seek for their own gains
Maybe she’s a rebel
But she wishes others would fight
For their fellow citizens
It would make this so much easier
If they all fought for each other’s
Ability to do good
In the world
Instead of fighting for the almighty dollar.
Trampling the weak and the poor.


 ©Sheilagh Lee April 26, 2017

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Three Word Wednesday- Jungle Game


Prompts: Meander, verb: zigzag, wind, twist, turn, curve, curl, bend, snake, stroll, saunter, amble, wander, ramble, drift, maunder, mosey, tootle, toodle.

Nameless, adjective: unnamed, unidentified, anonymous, incognito, unspecified, unsourced, unacknowledged, uncredited; unknown, unsung, uncelebrated, unspeakable, unutterable, inexpressible, indescribable; indefinable, vague, unspecified.

Oafish, adjective: stupid, foolish, idiotic, cretinous; ungainly, loutish, awkward, clumsy, lumbering, apelike, cloddish, Neanderthal, uncouth, uncultured, boorish, rough, coarse, brutish, ill-mannered, unrefined, rough-hewn; informal blockheaded, moronic, boneheaded, half-witted, lamebrained, thickheaded.


Jungle Game

                Smart little bird                   

Hiding in the grasses
Hiding from the oafish cat         
Next door who thinks my yard
The cat’s own
      Poor little bird             

It’s red plume however
A dead giveaway
Pray the meandering cat
That nameless fiend
Doesn’t come
Or the bird      

Can fly away
In time
To beat the kitty

At its jungle game
©Sheilagh Lee April 19, 2017

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Three Word Wednesday- Osler’s Lake


Jabber, verb: prattle, babble, chatter, twitter, prate, yap, gabble, rattle on, blather; yak, yammer, yabber, yatter, blab, blabber, bloviate; noun: prattle, babble, chatter, chattering, twitter, twittering, gabble, blather; informal yabbering, yatter, blabber.
Knowingly, adverb: deliberately, intentionally, consciously, wittingly, on purpose, by design, premeditatedly, willfully.
Lasting, adjective: enduring, long-lasting, long-lived, abiding, continuing, long-term, surviving, persisting, permanent; durable, constant, stable, established, secure, unchanging, irreversible, immutable, eternal, undying, everlasting, unending, never-ending, unfading, changeless, indestructible, unceasing, unwavering, unfaltering.


Osler’s Lake

Dad it seems like such
A short time ago
I was six and
Jabbered incessantly
You listened intently
Baiting my hook
I bagged my first fish
Up at Osler Lake
A tiny little sunfish
I was so proud
Until I realized
 It would be dead soon
I began to cry
You took me aside
Told me not to cry
Put the fish back in the water
And we watched it swim away
You explained
We don't knowingly harm them
We only take fish we eat
Not to torture them
I saw humanity in your eyes
How the creatures suffering
 Affected you too 
I admired my strong father
Who could carry me on his shoulders
And be so tender too
Who could fix anything
With his brilliant mind
Who could quote poetry
At the drop of a hat
Who could wax
About every subject under the sun
Who told me stories
Which made my imagination come alive
The lasting memories we made
Still live on
How I miss you so
But take comfort that you're with mom

©Sheilagh Lee April 12, 2017


Happy Birthday. Dad



Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Three Word Wednesday- Vimy Ridge-100 years

Gloomy, adjective: ark, shadowy, sunless, dim, somber, dingy, dismal, dreary, murky, unwelcoming, cheerless, comfortless, funereal, despondent, downcast, downhearted, dejected, dispirited, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, crestfallen; depressed, desolate, low, sad, unhappy, glum, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, mournful, forlorn, morose; informal blue, down in/at the mouth, down in the dumps, pessimistic, depressing, downbeat, disheartening, disappointing; unfavorable, bleak, bad, black, somber, grim, cheerless, hopeless.
Haunted, adjective: possessed, cursed; ghostly, eerie, scary, tormented, anguished, troubled, tortured, worried, disturbed.
Intense, adjective: extreme, great, acute, fierce, severe, high; exceptional, extraordinary; harsh, strong, powerful, potent, overpowering, vigorous, passionate, impassioned, ardent, fervent, zealous, vehement, fiery, emotional; earnest, eager, animated, spirited, vigorous, energetic, fanatical, committed. information on the


Information on the battle of Vimy Ridge April 9-12, 2017 see: http://www.warmuseum.ca/the-battle-of-vimy-ridge/


Vimy Ridge- 100 years 

Gloomy, haunted, and intense
Vimy Ridge protected with artillery
It’s view a gift to German troops
Their ability to see all
Kept the ridge from allied troops
The Canadians sent to take it back
Came in like a railroad train
A barrage of machine-gunners,
Rifle-men and grenade-throwers
Fought bravely to succeed
Pounding the enemy
Incredible bravery and discipline
Even when those in charge were killed
They battered on, weary and threadbare
Four days of hell and death
All four Canadian divisions attacked together

Win the battle to advance
To win the war
A decisive battle over hundred years ago
The sacrifice of our men
A country’s men united to take the ridge
Hill 145 the land
The Canadians lived and died for
Became a monument
To those brave men
A gravestone
A poignant reminder
Of 11,285 Canadian soldiers
Killed in France
No known graves
Forever remembered
In our hearts and minds

We thank them still.
©Sheilagh Lee March 29 ,2017