Three Word Wednesday- Memories

Three Word Wednesday- Memories

Prompts: Fatal, adjective: deadly, lethal, mortal, death-dealing; terminal, incurable, untreatable, inoperable, malignant, disastrous, devastating, ruinous, catastrophic, calamitous, dire; costly.

Gaping, adjective: cavernous, yawning, wide, broad; vast, huge, enormous, immense, extensive.

Harmonious, adjective: tuneful, melodious, melodic, sweet-sounding, mellifluous, dulcet, lyrical; euphonious, euphonic, harmonic, polyphonic, friendly, amicable, cordial, amiable, congenial, easy, peaceful, peaceable, cooperative; compatible, sympathetic, united, attuned, in harmony, in rapport, in tune, in accord, of one mind, seeing eye to eye, congruous, coordinated, balanced, in proportion, compatible, well matched, well balanced.

Memories

Is it fatal?

This gaping hole

Where memories used to be

Of childhood recollections fading

Some memories so clear

Others have gone

To that black hole

Where recollections fade

Some to be resurrected

Only when someone

Close to you

Brings up that

Embarrassing moment you forgot

Yet life goes on so harmonious

Making new memories

But what of the old?

I’ll write down what I remember

Talk to those who are still here

And resurrect the past

With words I’ll paint

My memories engraining them

In my mind

Sharing them with my family

And other folk

They shall live on.

©Sheilagh Lee July 20, 2016

Three Word Wednesday- Secret life of a Comedian

Three Word Wednesday- Secret life of a Comedian

Three Word Wednesday Prompts: 

Carefree, adjective: she's nothing like her carefree mother: unworried, untroubled, blithe, airy, nonchalant, insouciant, happy-go-lucky, free and easy, easygoing, relaxed, mellow; informal laid-back, loosey-goosey.

Deadpan, adjective: blank, expressionless, inexpressive, impassive, inscrutable, poker-faced, straight-faced; stony, wooden, vacant, fixed, lifeless.

Ear-splitting, adjective: extremely loud. 

Carefree, adjective: she's nothing like her carefree mother: unworried, untroubled, blithe, airy, nonchalant, insouciant, happy-go-lucky, free and easy, easygoing, relaxed, mellow; informal laid-back, loosey-goosey.

Deadpan, adjective: blank, expressionless, inexpressive, impassive, inscrutable, poker-faced, straight-faced; stony, wooden, vacant, fixed, lifeless.

Ear-splitting, adjective: extremely loud.

Secret life of a Comedian

An easy manner

She seems carefree

A deadpan display

Of being happy

A job in plain sight

But when she gets home

She screams so long

An ear-splitting shriek

As she bemoans her life

Her job, her home

Tears flow from her eyes

A wall of emptiness

Overwhelms her

She tries to fight it

And succeeds

This time

She needs to be loved

So that she matters

She needs the spotlight

The jokes, the banter

To keep going

As she smiles

In private

She has the tears

Of a comedian

When no one’s around

©Sheilagh Lee July 13, 2016

The Streets of London

The Streets of London

The streets of London

Lined with trees

Foliage, bright green,

 To autumn vibrant colours

To the winter’s frost

The seasons change

But one constant remains

They are good people here

Caring individuals who speak-up

When others err

Speaking out against injustice

We want that warm small town

Feel of neighbourhood

Cars people commuting

From work shopping and home

People going about life

Most people wanting to answer

The call to neighbourliness

Arms opened

With friendliness

And acceptance

Wide to refugees

Far and wide

Young people, Old people

And in between

Welcoming and warm

We want new blood to make us

Bigger, brighter, better,

Than before

Only through understanding

Tolerance and learning

Can we be

The richest city in the world

Only through community

Can we achieve

The truest riches of

Peace and harmony

For the then streets of London

Will be paved with love.

©Sheilagh Lee June 27, 2016

Rose Moon ,Strawberry Moon

The Strawberry Moon occurs in the northern hemisphere on Monday the 20th of June 2016. The sun will rise at 4:45 a.m. and sunset will be at 10:34 p.m. but the moon turns on  June 20 at 7:02 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.  It's the longest day of the year and Summer Solstice. Both of these will not coincide again until June 21, 2062 so enjoy tonight.

Rose Moon, Strawberry Moon 

Strawberry moon

A deceptive name

For it's amber

In its colour

Hot Moon, Honey Moon 

Long Night Moon

A Rose Moon by any other name

For Summer Solstice

Seventeen hours of sunlight

Followed by bright lit sky

The sun super high

The moon super low

Coexisting in one sky

Fragments of light

Across the spectrum

Creating amber glow

Filling the sky

With warmth

Bringing a feeling

Of peace and love

Look up, enjoy

For the Strawberry Moon

Will not be again nigh

Coinciding with Summer Solstice

Until June 21, 2062

So seek out its warm and guiding light

Let go of all the inner fight

Hold on to the peacefulness 

Of the night

Embrace the energy 

Dance and rejoice 

Eat and be merry

In the waning hours

Of the moon

                                                     ©Sheilagh Lee June 19, 2016

Three Word Wednesday- Sassy

Three Word Wednesday- Sassy

 Prompts: 

Quick, adjective: fast, swift, rapid, speedy, high-speed, breakneck, expeditious, brisk, smart, hasty, hurried, cursory, perfunctory, desultory, superficial, summary; brief, short, fleeting, transient, transitory, short-lived, lightning, momentary, whirlwind, whistle-stop, sudden, instantaneous, immediate, instant, abrupt, precipitate, 4 she isn't quick enough to advance to the next level: intelligent, bright, clever, gifted, able, astute, quick-witted, sharp-witted, smart; observant, alert, sharp, perceptive.

Raw, adjective: uncooked, fresh, unprocessed, untreated, unrefined, crude, natural; unedited, undigested, unprepared, inexperienced, new, untrained, untried, untested, unseasoned; callow, immature, green, naïve, red, painful, tender; abraded, chafed, bleak, cold, chilly, bone-chilling, freezing, icy, icy-cold, wintry, bitter, biting, strong, intense, passionate, fervent, powerful, violent; undisguised, unconcealed, unrestrained, uninhibited, realistic, unembellished, unvarnished, brutal, harsh, gritty, graphic.

Sassy, adjective: lively, bold, and full of spirit; cheeky



The quick way he smiles

Melts my heart

Showing my raw emotions

Of desire and love

His eyes twinkle 

He says he loves

When I am sassy

And I flirt with him 

So I smile simper

And weave a spell

That keeps him by my side

Forever more.

©Sheilagh Lee June 15, 2016

Three Word Wednesday - Open your eyes

Three Word Wednesday - Open your eyes

Prompts: Enchanting, adjective: delightfully charming or attractive.

Fanatical, adjective: filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, obsessively concerned with something.

Giddy, adjective: having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy, disorienting and alarming, but exciting, excitable and frivolous; verb: make (someone) feel excited to the point of disorientation.

She was enchanting and fun

He was fanatical and dull

Crunching numbers every day

She was giddy with life

Seizing it in both hands

He watched her from a far

Wondering what she had

To be so happy about

She was poor

She worked too long

As a waitress and a cook

Yet her smile never wavered

He decided he needed her

So he could take her joy

And make it his

For his life was miserable

And oh so tedious

Surely such a treasure should be his?

He spruced himself up

Put on fake smiles and manners

But she saw through him

And refused him

Yet she continued to smile

One day when he came to the diner

She wasn’t there

The other waitress sullen

And deadly  dull

Told him she’d married her true love

He vowed to change that day

And find joy within and without

That’s when he opened his eyes

To the woman who had

For ten long years

Smiled at him

Every morning at the coffee shop

On her way to work

She was the one

He decided 

His own true love

He'd found his happiness

Won

                                                       ©Sheilagh Lee May 18, 2016

Three Word Wednesday- Matter

Three Word Wednesday- Matter

Babble, verb: talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way, reveal something secret or confidential by talking impulsively or carelessly, make the continuous murmuring sound of water flowing over stones; noun: the sound of people talking quickly and in a way that is difficult or impossible to understand, foolish, excited, or confused talk.

Cherish, verb: protect and care for (someone) lovingly, hold (something) dear, keep (a hope or ambition) in one's mind.

Damned, adjective: (in Christian belief) condemned by God to suffer eternal punishment in hell, used for emphasis, especially to express anger or frustration, used to emphasize the surprising nature of something (damnedest).

I babble when I meet new people

I’ll be damned if I know why

Or maybe I do

I’m nervous and shy

I speak of the weather

Sometimes I say too much

About family or me

But I remember to listen

Intently to what they have to say

For I cherish the company

The stories they bring

The worlds they open up to me

Just paying attention

Can make their day

And mine

Brighter, happier

Feeling like we both matter.

                                                           ©Sheilagh Lee May 11, 2016

Happy Mother's Day Mom

Mom it doesn't seem so long ago

I had to say goodbye

Although as the years have gone bye

I still find my self thinking of you

I miss your loving smile

And your warm embrace

The changing expressions on your face

I miss your encouragement

Your steadfast love 
And you always being there
I pick up the phone
And want to call you
To tell you 
Good news and bad

Somehow it doesn’t seem fair

That you are not there

To see your grandchildren

Succeed and grow into adults

To see me finally succeed
In writing  and publishing my books

But I know you’re there in heaven

Though it’s been many long years
Without you

That you watch over us 
And look in a time or two

And still whisper encouragement 

That we know is from you.

I want to wish you 
Peace and joy and say

Thanks Mom for being you
Thanks for your patience
And love
Even when you struggled yourself
And being there all the days

I had with you 
Because they were the best, 
All good because you made it so    

Because you loved your children

And showed us each and every day

How lucky we were to have you 

And show us the way to be the people 
We are today.

Thanks Mom 
I'll always love you.
Happy Mother's Day
©Sheilagh Lee May 8, 2016

Three Word Wednesday - Daughter Mine

Prompts: Tantrum, noun: an uncontrolled outburst of anger and frustration, typically in a young child.

Tear, verb: make a hole or split in (something) by pulling it or piercing it with a sharp implement, come apart; rip; noun: a hole or split in something caused by it having been pulled apart forcefully, a spell of great success or excellence in performance, a brief spell of erratic behavior; a binge or spree.

Tender, adjective: showing gentleness and concern or sympathy, (of food) easy to cut or chew; not tough, (of a plant) easily injured by severe weather and therefore needing protection, (of a part of the body) sensitive to pain, young, immature, and vulnerable, requiring tact or careful handling.

Daughter Mine

When she was very young

My daughter used to go on a tear

When she didn't get her way

She was spoiled 

People said

They didn't seem to understand

She just would become overwhelmed

Throw tantrums and lose her way

She couldn't remember 

What she wanted anymore

It was embarrassing for her parents

We couldn't take her anywhere 

For long, or tears would erupt 

We'd let her chill out 

Tenderly giving her time

To calm and then she'd be okay

Eventually she outgrew them 

By the time she went to school

She was never meek, never mild

She was however polite

A little headstrong 

But advanced beyond her peers

Taking special advanced classes

She excelled and blossomed

She's all grown up now 

She's found her way

She is a children's librarian

With extra patience on her side

The children love her

Quiet strength and wonderful programs

That make them laugh and smile

She's a wonder 
And I'm so proud of 

That beautiful brilliant

Sweet loving daughter

Of mine

 ©Sheilagh Lee April 27, 2016

Three Word Wednesday- Peacemaker

Pacify, verb: quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of, bring peace to (a country or warring factions), especially by the use or threatened use of military force.

Rage, noun: violent, uncontrollable anger, an instance of aggressive behavior or violent anger caused by a stressful or frustrating situation, (the rage) a widespread temporary enthusiasm or fashion, intense feeling, especially prophetic, poetic, or martial enthusiasm or ardor; verb: feel or express violent uncontrollable anger, continue with great force or intensity, (of an illness) spread very rapidly or uncontrollably, (of an emotion) have or reach a high degree of intensity.

Scarce, adjective: (especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand, occurring in small numbers or quantities; rare; adverb: scarcely.

Peacemaker

I like to pacify

Conflicts I like to avoid

For I like the peaceful waves

But once in awhile

Though scarce it’s true

A rage builds in me

And things spill out

Verbal diarrhea of all the things

That people have done to wrong me

A wave of anger

Swiftly gone

Peace comes over me

For a few moments

Until regret is there

I apologize

Peace reigns. 

©Sheilagh Lee April 20, 2016