I have to gather the information
So I can analyze the implications
I need to examine all the considerations
So I can ponder the ramifications
All before I can make my decision
This post is written for Patricia’s In Other Words prompt from Patricia’s Place. This week’s challenge is to write a story or poem of five or fewer lines using the word “ponder.”
Black leather shoes, black socks, and suit of gray
Pressed white shirt, Oxford striped necktie all the way
And then one day I decided to retire
Now I dress down and wear whatever I desire
T-shirts, blue jeans, and sneakers, hooray!
Written for Patricia’s Place “In Other Words” prompt. This week, we are to “write a story or poem of five lines or fewer using the word “dress up.”
There are some things about myself I’d like to change.
But change doesn’t come easy for me.
I could chance a making a change
Or I can stay the same.
You can keep the change.
Written for the “In Other Words” prompt from Patricia’s Place. We are tasked with writing a story or poem of 5 lines or fewer using the word “change.”
Poor Donald Trump
Old cronies are starting to flip
His approval rating is starting to slip
He seems to be losing his grip
Impeachment may be more than a blip
Written for the In Other Words prompt from Patricia’s Place. We are asked to “write a story or poem of five lines or less using the word poor.”
“Donald, you can’t continue to sow discontent on the American people,” the president’s lawyer told him. “Ultimately you will reap what you sow, and it won’t be pretty.”
“I know what I’m doing, believe me,” the president said. “I’m a very smart person, a genius, a stable genius.”
“All due respect, Mr. President,” the lawyer argued, “even you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.”
Written for the “In Other Words” prompt from Patricia’s Place, where the word is “sow.” We are asked to write a story or poem of five lines or less using the word “sow.” Image credit: Kate Salley Palmer.
