Three Word Wednesday-Politicians

Three Word Wednesday-Politicians

Prompts : Crisis, noun:  stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point, a condition of instability or danger, as in social, economic, political, or international affairs, leading to a decisive change, a dramatic emotional or circumstantial upheaval in a person's life.

Decayed, adjective: decomposed, decomposing, rotten, putrescent, putrid, bad, off, spoiled, far gone, perished; moldy, festering, fetid, rancid, rank; maggoty, wormy.

Embarrassment, noun: mortification, humiliation, shame, shamefacedness, chagrin, awkwardness, self-consciousness, sheepishness, discomfort, discomfiture, discomposure, agitation, distress; shyness, bashfulness, difficulty, predicament, plight, problem, mess, imbroglio, bind, jam, pickle, fix, scrape, surplus, excess, overabundance, superabundance, glut, surfeit, superfluity; abundance, profusion, plethora.

Politicians

A crisis of leadership

Shakes the beliefs of the citizens

The decayed relationships

An embarrassment for the government

The citizens campaign for better management

Change is made

A star is born

Fences mended

But still the citizens worry

Politicians are politicians after all.
Thank goodness for the journalists
Who call them on their bull!!

©Sheilagh Lee May 17, 2017

Three Word Wednesday- Doc & Take me out to the ball game

Seductive, adjective, tempting and attractive; enticing.

Tilt, verb: move or cause to move into a sloping position, change or cause to change in favor of one person or thing as opposed to another, engage in a contest with; noun: a sloping position or movement, an inclination or bias.
Urgent, adjective: (of a state or situation) requiring immediate action or attention, (of action or an event) done or arranged in response to a pressing or critical situation, (of a person or their manner) earnest and persistent in response to a pressing situation.

Doc

The seductive way

You tilted your head

The urgent noise you'd make

And then the words came

"Doc's a good boy. "

So we knew that

You'd been truly bad

©Sheilagh Lee May 3, 2017

 




My Grandmother and Doc

My Mom and Doc

NB:Doc was an intelligent crow my mom and dad rescued. They rescued three eggs when the cat killed the mother. Two eggs hatched but only one survived. Doc imprinted on my mother and grandmother; but he was always my mother's bird and called her Maw or mom. Doc had a huge vocabulary for a bird unfortunately he also picked up a few swear words from his misdeeds of taking things from neighbours that were shiny. My mom was always returning pins, rings etc. Luckily he didn't do that too far from home so they could be returned. Doc would always say he was a good boy when he was scolded or when he knew he' done something wrong. Doc lived 27 years until a skunk sprayed him and it killed him.

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Take me out to the ball game

Take me out to the ball game

where the stadium's

one hundred and forty years old

The seductive lure of cork

Hitting home runs

And men tilting at the bases

Urgent running to beat the ball

As many a game was won.
©Sheilagh Lee May 3, 2017

Happy Birthday Labatt's Memorial Park!!

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

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

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

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

Three Word Wednesday.- Emperor has no clothes

Three Word Wednesday.- Emperor has no clothes

Dazzle, verb: blind temporarily, deprive of sight, overwhelm, overcome, impress, move, stir, affect, touch, awe, overawe, leave speechless, take someone's breath away, spellbind, hypnotize; noun: glare, brightness, brilliance, shimmer, radiance, shine, sparkle, glitter, brilliance, glory, splendor, magnificence, glamour; attraction, lure, allure, draw, appeal.

Erupt, verb: emit lava, become active, flare up; explode, break out, flare up, start suddenly; ensue, arise, happen, appear, break out, flare up, come to a head, suppurate, emerge.

Flimsy, adjective: insubstantial, fragile, breakable, frail, shaky, unstable, wobbly, tottery, rickety, ramshackle, makeshift; jerry-built, badly built, shoddy, chintzy, gimcrack, thin, light, fine, filmy, floaty, diaphanous, sheer, delicate, insubstantial, wispy, gossamer, gauzy, weak, feeble, poor, inadequate, insufficient, thin, unsubstantial, unconvincing, implausible, unsatisfactory.

You dazzle me

With gifts

Meant to wow

You dictate every word

I am to think and print

But your flimsy attempts

Just make me sad

Then your nature

Gets the best of you

And you erupt

In anger

Condemning me with

Broad strokes of your brush

Fake news you shout

As the truth is printed

Painting your true intentions

But when you fail

The first person you call

Is me

Pleading your case

Painting your world

Erupting when I do my job

And tell the world

The complete story

You yell ‘Fake news!!’

Yet again

The emperor has no clothes

©Sheilagh Lee March 29 ,2017
Ps there is fake news that does not come from news sources but when you hear it over and over again question the source and why they claim fake news.

Books

Books

I read their pages

My heart races

My brain follows

The adventure

Begins and I follow

Each page leading to

New situations

New places

New experiences

Enfolding for me

I am taken away

For a few hours

Or a few days

I live in books

©Sheilagh Lee March 24 ,2017

Three Word Wednesday- The Ides of March

Taut, adjective: tight, stretched, rigid, flexed, tense, hard, solid, firm, rigid, stiff, fraught, strained, stressed, tense, uptight.

Underestimate: verb: underrate, undervalue, underappreciate, lowball, do an injustice to, be wrong about, sell short, play down, understate; minimize, de-emphasize, underemphasize, diminish, gloss over, trivialize; miscalculate, misjudge, misconstrue, misread.

Vigorous, adjective: robust, healthy, hale and hearty, strong, sturdy, fit; hardy, tough, athletic; bouncing, thriving, flourishing, blooming; energetic, lively, active, perky, spirited, vibrant, vital, zestful, strenuous, powerful, forceful, spirited, mettlesome, determined, aggressive, two-fisted, driving, eager, zealous, ardent, fervent, vehement, passionate; tough, robust, thorough, blunt, hard-hitting.

The Ides of March

With vigorous scrolling

Of newspaper articles

We conclude

The Ides of March

Are upon us

Should we be taut

With worry and fret

That the world

Is coming to an end

Or should we put our trust

In moral, noble people

Who seek to fix

What’s wrong

Through protest and voice

Never underestimate

The goodness in the world

For someone with virtue

Can rule the world

If they choose the right time

But it seems it’s a waiting game.

©Sheilagh Lee March 15 ,2017

Three Word Wednesday- Wind

Wind

Painful, adjective: sore, hurting, tender, aching, throbbing, angry, disagreeable, unpleasant, nasty, bitter, distressing, upsetting, traumatic, miserable, sad, heartbreaking, agonizing, harrowing.

Raspy, adjective: hoarse or harsh-sounding.

Shifty, adjective: devious, evasive, slippery, duplicitous, false, deceitful, underhanded, untrustworthy, dishonest, shady, wily, crafty, tricky, sneaky, treacherous, artful, sly, scheming, snide.

The wind whips

Leaves hidden

Below the melted snow

The evergreen sways

Its branches flowing

Sounds unidentifiable

Raspy and shifty in nature

Maybe the sounds

Of metal and cement

Lifting in the wind

My hair is full of leaves and dirt

Painful to the scalp

I scurry to the house

Entering my home

I sit in my chair

The lights blink

As I listen to the wind

I feel safe

Surrounded by four walls.

 ©Sheilagh Lee March 8,2017