Oops

Wise men say

pride goes before a fall

for pride is folly,

sent to trip

the haughty.

Wise men say

pride goes before a fall

and regret follows

in its wake.

Wise men say

pride goes before a fall.

But for me,

before a fall

there are usually

high heels and wine involved.

This is for G-Man at Friday Flash 55.

Image by: Mike4354 on Flickr

Blood Work

   Doctor Charles Drew

   swam against the current

   when he first banked blood

   The Red Cross

   was at cross purposes

   with the  business of

   saving lives

   They forgot

   (or pretended not to know)

   that blood cells

   are red and white,

   not black and white

   The job at hand is to transfuse

   blood not bigotry

Dr. Charles R. Drew was an African-American doctor who developed methods for blood storage and transfusions in the 1930's.  He was an outstanding person in many areas, and well worth reading more about.  One place to start is The Black Inventor Museum.  And these 55 words about him are for G-Man.

Danger: Thin Ice

Danger: Thin Ice

watch your step

too much weight, pressure

may crack the surface

From that central point,

hairline fractures

jaggeding their way out

weaken the cold, slippery crust

It’s dangerous

 breaking through,

plunging into the dark, swirling

so-cold-they-steal-your-breath waters

 beneath

You could be swept away

never finding your way back to the

safer surface

Image by old.ho99.com 

These 55 words are for G-man.  You should click here to see lots more offerings!

This Isn't Really a Poem

But I’m so excited I had to tell you

The TARDIS landed in my living room

today at 3:38 PM

It really is bigger on the inside!

I’m so happy –happy –happy

I’m doing the time travel jig!

Now I just need to decide

WHEN

to go to first!

WOOHOO!


55 really, really happy words for G-man at Friday Flash 55

Why Bread Triumphs Over Death

Whenever I bake bread
Grandma is here.
I knead dough on

the board in her kitchen,

scoop flour from her bin

She hovers, ibbur-like

as I settle the dough to rise

in her thick, ocher bowl

I slide glistening loaves

in the oven and wait

in her arms

breathing in the aroma

of warm bread

This is for G-man and his kick-ass FF55 where you can read lots of cool 55 word long bits and pieces.

Image: realbakingwithrose.com

Secret Smile

Ohhhh Mona

you sweet, sweet thing;

who put that smile on your face?

Ermmm… right, that would be

Leo.

He put the smile on your face

and the twinkle in your eye,

with a turn of his wrist

and the soft tickle of

his well-placed brush stroke.

He is truly an old master.

55 foolish words for G-Man and his collection of 55 word long gems over at Mr. Knowitall: Friday Flash 55. Click on the link to see 'em all in one swell foop!

Image from google 

Every Day

    Photo credit: Google Images Free-photos.biz

Another day, another sunrise, another miracle

scattered along the path.

Ho hum.

I count them off with tally marks

 otherwise I would lose track

Smooth stones

each one makes ripples in the pool

as I drop them

plunk

     plunk

          plunk

the circles spread apart

farther and farther

Shadows meet and bow and dance


This was written for Mr. Know-it-all's Flash 55 where you can find a whole bunch of 55 word gems.

Autumn Migration

    Photo credit: Google image, Muskrat's Photos

Cold grey geese

wing away;

smudges dancing between the lines

of earth and heaven

fill my sky

and my ears

Migration is necessary for survival;

time is passing

earth is rotating

seasons are slipping away

And here I stand, rooted

in this sheltered glen

dead leaves at my feet

watching it all

pass by

This is for Mr. Know-it-all Friday 55.  Go there to find lots of 55 word gems.

Dragons

One

day I’ll
come for you
scale your tower
save you-

but now
I battle my dragons,
slaying them all, but
one.
How can I put
the three-sided
blade through
that last dragon,
the last
one?

Meanwhile, you wait
growing grey and
singing blue

One
day I’ll
come for you
scale your tower
save you


Written for Friday Flash 55. Click on the title to go there
Image from dragondreaming.wordpress.com

Memo from the Desk of: God

From: God

To: Rapturites

FYI:
1. 
You’re not the boss of me,
so don’t go telling me when to do that whole
rapture thing.

2.
Hello - I’m God!
you think I don’t know how to
keep a secret?

3.
You’re still here, but
how do you know that you just didn't
make the cut?

Written for Friday Flash 55, where Mr. Knowitall, aka G-Man, challenges us to write 55 words on a topic.  This week's is the Rapture kuffuffle.   Click on the title to go see for yourself.