A to Z Reflections - 2016

Another Blogging from A to Z Challenge conquered, and I'm happy with my April presentation.

I met some new steady readers and I hope they continue to enjoy my blog. My theme for 2016 was very short poems for the letter of the day and the impending transition to the next day. I wanted a flow from Apropos to Zeal. I meandered from serious to light (and got folks hungry for waffles). All in all, it seemed as if folks enjoyed the journey.

In turn, I browsed the A to Z list the first week and landed on a selection of blogs that I chose to read every day. I had planned to explore more of the list but was time challenged.

Thus - some new found friends and faves include:
www.nilabose.blogspot.com - tremendous limerick, poetry, and mad writing skills. I'm blown away

www.stephie5741.blogspot.com - she explored unsolved mysteries. Good writing.

www.andrea-maybeitsjustme.blogspot.com - a fun look back at movie soundtracks. Oh we must have been music buddies back in the day.

www.viewsfrombenches.blogspot.com - Betty gave us a tour of Arizona. She brought the heat in a cool way

www.rhymetime24.blogspot.com - Pat Hatt's wacky rhyming ass had me laughing every single day

www.lifeafloatarchives.blogspot.com - I sailed away and learned about living aboard a boat

And I have to give a shout out to two steady faves - Al at Penwasser Place and Robyn at Life by Chocolate. Standing ovation and kudos to their humor and presentation. YUGE,  Absolutely YUGE.

Another good blog friend is Sue McPeak at Collectin Texas Gal - an artistic mix of pictures and words

And thanks Alex Cavanaugh for being everywhere in blog world - amazing and generous

As far as the A to Z team - thanks for all of the support. I had minions visiting - they were everywhere. I think it's all well presented and well documented as to how to participate. The artwork letters are gorgeous. The only frustration is going to the list and spending time clicking on links where folks aren't participating or give up. I don't know how (in the world of software) you could auto delete them due to lack of activity (?).

I look into the blog pool and reflect on the talent in this world. I am in AWE of April A to Z.

A to Z Challenge - Zeal

Zeal

I am a zombie by now in my zest

to zoom through letter poems

zany ride to the

zenith

we zipped along together

zigzag

alphabet zoo

thanks for joining me

from

A to Z

A to Z Challenge - Yonder

Yonder

hop aboard your yacht or a yak

take a year

spin a yarn

tales of yore

reflect on yesterday

yodel or yell

with

zeal

A to Z Challenge - X

X

make a mark and move on

yonder

A to Z Challenge - Waffle

Waffle

I prefer blueberry or maybe one with strawberries and cream

You expected me to wade into a bigger issue?

War, waste, welfare?

Nah, let’s whistle or whittle

waft on a breeze into the wild and

ask why?

Why not eat a waffle for dinner – maybe smother it in honey and pecans?

Why write this poem?

to make my mark in this world

my

X

A to Z Challenge - Vacillate

Vacillate

valiant effort to vacate

my negativity

vague yearnings in vain

to remove the villain in my life – me

I need a vision or a vacation

vital desire to

win or

waffle

A to Z Challenge - Undertake

Undertake

to understand the human condition

I always feel like the understudy in my life

caught in the undertow

in my underwear

certainly undermined by doubts

universal need to unlock key to utopia

I vacillate

A to Z Challenge - Thirst

Thirst

for knowledge, yearn for enlightenment

quench the spirit and soul

slake the dry parched throat

then cram words into the brain

quite the

undertaking

A to Z Challenge - Sojourn

Sojourn

soldier on he says

solemn in his faith

her soul is struck by Neil Diamond’s

Song Sung Blues

they separate

she staggers, he stomps

stalemate

synchronicity simplicity

she salivates for his love

he seeks salvation

both quench a

thirst

A to Z Challenge - raison d'etre

Raison d’etre

justification for living

sounds fancier in French

urgent and compelling

rationale for the rat race

realistic razzle-dazzle 

the more I read, the less I know

rave or resign

revelation or revolution

still seek a reason and

succumb to the 

sojourn



Note - dear friends - I am having some toe surgery today - yes, I'm a klutz and tore a tendon. Very stupid, but I'll have good drugs and Ray's taking care of me. Sorry, I won't be responding to comments. However, S and T shall show up and I'll wake up and we'll catch up. So please keep reading my blog.  Thanks!!!

A to Z Challenge - Quack

Quack

writer quandary

question quality

quietly quenching a thirst

sharpen the quill and query

characters quarrel

wander to the quay

final quip

your day job…

don’t quit

seek another

raison d’etre

A to Z Challenge - Paralyze

Paralyzed

panicked  deadline passed

blank page paranoia

writers’ curse

peel  plot onionskin to reveal

puff pastry, piffle

penchant for dismal prose

perpetrate petty poetry

pronounced a

quack

A to Z Challenge - Obstacles

Obstacles

obliterate dreams

obvious traps occur

overrule offbeat operations

opt for opportunity

remain optimistic no matter

the ordeal

too easy to oscillate

overwhelmed

preparation, perspiration

overcome

paralysis

A to Z Challenge - Never

Never

nuzzle a porcupine

sidle up with care

nuggets of wisdom

not appreciated

notice the mood,

numb to nosegays  or nuance

don’t be a nuisance

numskulls nudge rather

than nurture

observe obstacles

A to Z Challenge - Melody

Melody

memorable tunes conjure magic

maze – years of journey

made mystical or mushy

Motown beat

ball of confusion

stopped us in the name of love

all there in a toe tapping moment

myriad years of soul, rock, pop

newfangled disco or grunge

set the mood

 for now or

negligee or

never


Happy Friday.....Happy or Sad Tax Day....halfway through April

A to Z Challenge - Labyrinth

Labyrinth

layers of levity

liberal doses of labor

languish in languages of love

easy to be lackadaisical

easier to lapse

marriage license to laziness

unacceptable

no limits to listen

and learn and look

and explore the labyrinth

of love’s

madcap marvelous

melody

A to Z Challenge - Kiss

Kiss

so keen, moment keepsake

keystone of our essence

kickoff to our karma

kismet

knitted, kneaded, and knotted

knowledge leads to our

life and love

labryrinth

A to Z Challenge - Juicy

Juicy

grapefruit ruby red

slurp jump starts the day with a tang

multi-napkin breakfast

oh, you were expecting  juicy gossip?

I’ll never tell, I jabber in jest

my real life bores on paper

muddle along, stay out of the way

of trauma, drama, and jargon

oh I can kvetch, kibitz, and throw

kindling on the bonfire of conjecture

or smile and wink on the subject  of kink

seriously…it was just a

kiss 

A to Z Challenge - Infinity

Infinity

that’s my love for Ray

he deserves a shout out in a poem

puts up with so much stuff

artsty need to putz

create and bizarre humor

twenty something years of marriage

he’s carried my crap

with a smile

and well, maybe I’ve done my share too

we are together for infinity

life is

joyous, jubilant, and juicy

A to Z Challenge - Hell or Heaven

Heaven

heavens to betsy, this poetry has gotten

far too serious. Now hell would be serious, warm and toasty

but probably not fun like heaven

so let’s go light or lite and think about rainbows,

chocolate, seeing folks we miss (my Mom, my Nana),

and being young and thin and carefree again

or still old and pudgy but carefree again

throw away the glasses, no aches or pains

green grass, blue skies, and fields of flowers

beaches, and butterflies, mountains, and fountains

heaps of mashed potatoes, and endless enchiladas

whimsical roundtables with endless laughs

soaring music with choirs of rock angels

peace and love and peace and love

and peace and love and peace and love

heaven should be peace and love to

infinity