Saturday, September 18, 2010

One Single Impression: Joie de vivre [Joy of living]




happy little joey skipped and sang
freely waltzing down the street
sing the tune your father wrote
sing of the apples in the trees
sing of the pickers in the grove

joey's glad it isn't him who climbs
climbs the ladders to the trees
climbs the ladder of success and
escape. escape from the orchards where
both his father and the pickers are enslaved

joey danced on down his way
success is his to keep
though his father wants success and escape
success he has escape he wants
joey has both success and escape
joey is free from apples and the trees

Joie de vivre [Joy of living]
thanks to his father's succes


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Prompt words, Joie de vivre, suggested by Leo at I Rhyme Without Reason
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The sign by the roadside orchard says, "piquer c'est voler," meaning 'bite is stealing.' The red 'dot' in the picture has an apple inside an international circle with a diagonal 'no' line. This all is to say, 'do not eat apples from the trees, it is stealing.'

Picture was taken on Île d'Orléans, QC, Canada (link with map), just north of Quebec City, on the St. Lawrence River.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Food ~~ Sensational Haiku Wednesday

Food


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penny for your thoughts
gluttony surely is sin
gone nickel ice cream



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Sensational Haiku Wednesday is hosted by Jenn. Please click on the logo to the right for info about joining in and for more Haiku Wednesday participants.

Seated above, left to right, is my BIL Jim W, sister Lois, and Mrs. Jim. All of us have Texas Chicken Fried Steak except for Mrs. Jim. She has fried catfish, hush puppies, and coleslaw. We all had the self-service salad bar too. .

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Sunday, September 12, 2010

One Single Impression: The Passing

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The smile

we passed on the street
started with a little flirt
sweet gentle smile
I will always remember
my poor heart went pit-a-pat


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Prompt word, Choices, suggested by The Dark Lord
at
The Dark Lord's Blog; the essence of creation

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