Three Word Wednesday- Essence
Prompts :Goodbye, exclamation: farewell, adieu, au revoir, ciao, adios; bye, bye-bye, so long, see you later, see you, sayonara; bon voyage; cheers; noun: parting, leave-taking, send-off.
Memorize, verb: commit to memory, remember, learn by heart, get off by heart, learn, learn by rote, become word-perfect in, get something down pat.
Haphazard, adjective: random, unplanned, unsystematic, unmethodical, disorganized, disorderly, irregular, indiscriminate, chaotic, hit-and-miss, arbitrary, aimless, careless, casual, slapdash, slipshod; chance, accidental.
I memorized your face
Every line every nuance
That you made is etched
In my mind
The way you lifted your eyebrow
The way your eyes tilted
To echo your smile
The way you
Placed your hands on your hips
When you questioned something
Someone did
Your voice husky, yet musical
Echoes with things you said
No haphazard remembrance
Will do
You kindness to others
Always my guide
People insisted I said goodbye
That I should forget
But how do you forget
The mother who nurtured you
Loved you spurred you on
You don't
You just use the things she taught you
Memories always keep her close
So her essence can go on
©Sheilagh Lee June 28, 2017
Ode to Three Word Wednesday&Thom
Thom gave us haphazard words
To play with, write our hearts with
Every week we wrote
Poetry or stories
Feeling our way
To feeling good
About our offerings
Thinking we might
Be able to please
Someone with our imaginations
But now it's come the time
To say goodbye
All I can say is thank -you
My fellow writers and Thom
For all you've done
To make me feel
A part of Three Word Wednesday
And how you're encouragement
And comments have improved my writings
Thank- you
Lovely tribute to your mother. You look like her. Best of luck Sheilagh. Thank you for all your comments over the years.
ReplyDeletethank you that is a great compliment Rallentanda.
ReplyDeleteand thank you too for all your helpful comments over the years
DeleteA wonderful tribute to a great lady.
ReplyDeletethank you Martin
DeleteLets hope we can meet up again in the future Sheilagh. The sites suitable for serial stories seem few now but there are many poetry sites.
ReplyDeletethank you old Egg I will certainly continue to read your blog
DeleteIt is goodbye Sheilagh. Thanks for the company through the years!
ReplyDeleteHank
thank you Hank for all your comments.
DeleteYes a wonderful tribute - may you always keep writing
ReplyDeletethank you Jae Rose
DeleteA cannonball of talent, no doubt. What a wonderful tribute to TWW! And the poem about your mom was heart-tugging.
DeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeletethank you for everything Thom Three Word Wednesday has made a great difference in my writings and I'm sure in many other writers that have participated in the last ten years.
ReplyDeleteBoth the tributes are so heart warming to read.
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely read
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