Three Word Wednesday- Flowing through generations

Habitual, adjective: done or doing constantly or as a habit, regular; usual.

Illustrious, adjective: well known, respected, and admired for past achievements.

Jumbled, verb:  mix up in a confused or untidy way.

The raised voices

Habitually 

The reverberating sound

 Of flesh hitting flesh

Illustrious

Woman’s soft heart

Used to forgive and forget

Broken

The children their minds jumbled

Learn

The responses given

The boy child grows up

Fiercely

To repeat his daddy’s crimes

Boldly

His wife cowering in a corner

Beaten

His children fearing his wrath

Reconditioned

The girl child thinks it’s normal

To be beaten and cursed

Her job in a relationship

To make everything nice

To turn the other cheek

So it can be 
Struck 
Again

Behind closed doors

The secret remains

It cycles through generations

Again 
And
Again

It’s time to speak up

Teach our children

In communities in schools

If violence is not permitted

No raised voices in school

Then violence against women

Is 
Forbidden 
Too

For only through condemnation

Can the violence be stamped out

Beginning in the minds

Of the next generation

Who can be better than us

And teach society

The way to behave

To loved ones

Is with 
Kindness 
And 
Love.

 ©Sheilagh Lee November 25, 2015

Three Word Wednesday - Remember

Three Word Wednesday - Remember 
Prompts:

Venom, noun: a poisonous substance secreted by animals such as snakes, spiders, and scorpions and typically injected into prey or aggressors by biting or stinging, extreme malice and bitterness shown in someone's attitudes, speech, or actions.

Wiggle, verb: move or cause to move up and down or from side to side with small rapid movements, (wiggle out of) avoid (something), especially by devious means; noun: a wiggling movement.

Distracted, adjective: unable to concentrate because one's mind is preoccupied.

Remember

Remember the men

The venom 

The build up to battles

That brought us to the brink

Of pain and suffering

Too hard to bear

Remember the reasons

We went to war

And try to prevent

Any wiggle room

To distraction from

Such evil coming to fruition again

But remember the past

For those who forget the past

Are doomed to repeat it

Remember those who gave their lives

To keep us free

Honour their memories

By living happy free lives

But say a prayer for them

Every once in awhile

And thank them

                                                                            ©Sheilagh Lee November 11, 2015

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

Three Word Wednesday-Share

Three Word Wednesday-Share

Prompts: Thoughtless, adjective: (of a person or their behavior) not showing consideration for the needs of other people, without consideration of the possible consequences.

Uptight, adjective: anxious or angry in a tense and overly controlled way.

Woozy, adjective: unsteady, dizzy, or dazed.

Thoughtless uptight people

Who wander through life

Grabbing everything

And anything

They want without a care

For others needs

Selfish and obnoxious

Not willing to share

Land, crops, or wealth

They make me woozy

That they cannot see

We are all part

Of the bigger picture

All of us connected

To mother earth

If we are fortunate

Let us truly share

One planet, one earth

For all

©Sheilagh Lee September 30, 2015

Three Word Wednesday-Tree Killer

Prompts: Pathetic, adjective: pitiful, pitiable, piteous, moving, touching, poignant, plaintive, distressing, upsetting, heartbreaking, heart-rending, harrowing, wretched, forlorn, feeble, woeful, sorry, poor, pitiful, lamentable, deplorable, contemptible, inadequate, paltry, insufficient, unsatisfactory.

Righteous (LIVING), adjective: good, virtuous, upright, upstanding, decent; ethical, principled, moral, high-minded, law-abiding, honest, honorable, blameless, irreproachable, noble; saintly, angelic, pure; (RIGHTEOUS ANGER) justifiable, justified, legitimate, defensible, supportable, rightful; admissible, allowable, understandable, excusable, acceptable, reasonable.

Sedate, verb: tranquilize, put under sedation, drug; adjective: slow, steady, dignified, unhurried, relaxed, measured, leisurely, slow-moving, easy, easygoing, gentle, calm, placid, tranquil, quiet, uneventful; boring, 

dull.

                                                                  Tree Killer        

I am a tree killer

Do I feel righteous?

Or pathetic?

That I didn’t cut down the tree

The neighbour did

I cry and defend myself

Even though

I hated this tree

For following natures edict

And growing on its own

Too close to the fence

Sedate it was not

It spread and grew

So that the fence

Began to give way

I hate myself more for

Letting it grow

Too long

Strong and tall

Letting it imagine

It could live

When I should have

Pulled as a sapling

Had I noticed it

At all

Now I am complicit

In its demise

And I must do penance

By planting trees

That shall grow and grow.

©Sheilagh Lee September 23, 2015

Three Word Wednesday-The Holy Roller

The Holy Roller

The haphazard way

The tank seems placed

Behind the hedge

Is actually protection

From the elements

This great grand old lady

Nicknamed The Holy Roller

Believed to be

The only tank

That survived D-Day

 A tribute to the Canadian war effort

To 700 men of the First Hussars regiment

A place where children now come

To climb and where scores of adults

Once those children, tell their children

Of the sacrifices made

When soldiers laboured to the shore

Through noxious fumes, from bombs

Gunfire and dead bodies

To save their comrades

And begin

The turning of the tide

To end the war.

©Sheilagh Lee September 16, 2015

Listen to the People

Amusing, adjective: causing laughter or providing entertainment.

Deeply, adverb: far down or in; intensely (as a modifier).

Elastic, adjective: (of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after contraction, dilatation, or distortion; able to encompass variety and change; flexible and adaptable; noun: cord, tape, or fabric, typically woven with strips of rubber, that returns to its original length or shape after being stretched.

It is not amusing

Nor trendy to deflect

The blame to media

For mistakes made

Take the blame politicians

For it is deeply felt

Amongst  its citizens

That our government has failed us

Not only us 

But others who need them

To live and thrive

I cry tears of shame

That in making decisions that exclude

Refugees from our country

People have died

When that is how these officials families

Arrived somewhere in their ancestral line

It's simply

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

The government’s elasticity is gone

If it ever truly existed

They are letting fewer people arrive

I cry tears and I’m shouting loudly

Let those people in

Share the wealth

Don’t let one more child die

Let them come and let them thrive

Canada is for multiculturalism

But sometimes it feels like

They’ve turned a deaf ear

Maybe it’s time

To turn a deaf ear to them?

And elect a government who listens

To the people.

©Sheilagh Lee September 3, 2015