I wasn’t sure if I would continue the April challenge for a poem a day into May or not. Decided why not try. I think I’m going to continue with my three line thought. I decided yesterday to compose two poems for today. The first comes from what my April thirty was actually like. It rained and stormed into the early afternoon with showers until evening. I watched as the palm fronds seem to wave due to the wind. I turned on the early morning news only to find it was just a repeat of what I heard the night before. The quarantine and lockdown which they said will be lifting by phases beginning the first of next week; the weather which was to be rain all day. In the end I tuned out the news while having coffee. By the time the noon news came around, I decided enough was enough. It had to be five o’clock somewhere so I had a beer (different brew).
I look up the weird/wacky holidays for every day. I found that May the first is NO PANTS DAY. You need to Google this holiday. Literally it’s no wearing of pants. I’m sure some will take it to heart and not wear pants. I decided to write up a funny piece in honor of the day. Why not. I had ten minutes to come up with it (timed challenge by my husband). As for my three line daily thought. Well April is a memory and I wonder what a new month will bring.
Until tomorrow....wear pants or not...it’s up to you. I’m putting on skirt and tee shirt today.
May 1....THREE LINE THOUGHT
April is now a memory and a new month
begins today....I am wondering
Will flowers of May flourish from showers
of April
Will we still be quarantined....if so how
much longer?
BREWS AND NEWS ON A
STORMY DAY
© Scottie-ann Murphy
Like April....National Poetry Month bids us
farewell
April’s last day....stormy....dreariness
seeping inside my four walls
Awaken by the thunder....lightning flares
light up the sky
Sound of rain on the roof disturb my
dreams
Coffee....
coffee....
coffee....
the caffeine fix to jump start my day
Enjoying my first cup the elements
outside forgotten
Rain continues....palms fronds
wave from the blowing breeze
occasional booms heard from a darken sky
On television day break telecast provided the latest updates of the same old news in
the world.... just different day
‘Phase I of the state reopening to be forthcoming.... rain in forecast for most of
the daylight hours’
I listen while savoring my mug of brew
It will suffice until noon when
again I’ll listen to the news updates while
sipping a mug of a different brew
WACKY HOLIDAY TO START MAY
(Tribute to No Pants Day...for Murph)
© Scottie-ann Murphy
A wacky holiday for the first of May
NO PANTS DAY
If we’re to wear no pants....then what shall
be worn?
Women can don a dress....skirt and top or
pair of shorts
NO SHORTS....sorry
Shorts are just pants reaching only to the
knees or thighs
Odd...quite odd....
So what’s a fellow to do?
Run around in skivvies?!
That is the idea behind the day....
REALLY
But not all men will celebrate
alternative clothing items will be worn
I notice my husband eyeing my tie dye
sundress
now I need to find another outfit to wear
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