Poem A Day Challenge-A Shakespeare Word Poem

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I’m doing double duty today. You’ll find the last Poem a Day for April on today’s blog and if you’ll hop over to the SMP Author blog, I’m talking about taking a chance on peas. Yes, you heard it right peas. That green, round veggie most of us hated as kids.

Anyway, here’s today PAD poem. It’s from day 26, and the instructions were to create ba poem using a word invented by Shakespeare. Who knew Shakespeare invented words? Not me.  No wonder I couldn’t figure out what he was saying back in high school. I chose GREEN-EYED. And I made the poem a sonnet. It just seemed right to do so being Shakespeare inspired.

The Green-eyed Monster ©

By

Catherine Castle

 

For someone who is green-eyed there seems no

ogre in her. No hint of discontent

when he looks another way. Yet I know

what lies ‘neath jaded gold. I’ve seen the wrench

and jerk of hooded emerald irises

dart backs of roaming-eyed, unfaithful men.

She’s no different than all of us misses.

Protecting what we deem our own, we send

messages males don’t see to those who dare

encroach and poach and step into our space.

No jealous bones? Hah! Men and girls take care.

Great covetousness dwells in fair of face

and unprepossessing. We cannot flee

from the green-eyed monster of jealousy.

 

What about you? Did you know Shakespeare invented words?

Poem A Day Challenge-A Vegetable Poem

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Today I’m showcasing day five of the Poem A Day challenge–write a vegetable poem.

 

 

 

Here’s my veggie poem.

Okra©

by

Catherine Castle

Who knew spiny okra

had hibiscus-like flow’rs?

Not me. When I saw it

I called my girlfriend and

exclaimed over the bloom.

“Silly girl,” she said. “Don’t

you know vegetables have

blossoms? That’s where the fruit

comes from.” I didn’t. I

had never seen okra …

outside a frying pan.

 

What about you? Do you have a veggie poem or a surprise story about vegetables? I’d love to hear them.

A Machine Poem–2015 Writer’s Digest PAD Challenge

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It’s April, and the 2015 Writer’s Digest Poem a Day Challenge began April 1st.  I discovered this poetry challenge in 2013 while surfing the internet. That year I wrote 8 poems based on the 2013 prompts. It was fun. So when I remembered it happens in April I hunted up the blog posts. I’ll be sharing some of my poetic attempts in the next few Tuesday posts. Since I didn’t check on the challenge until four days into April, I’m already behind for the WD Poetic Asides blog anthology of top poems from each day of the challenge, but that’s okay. I take this challenge mostly for my own benefit, not to be part of the anthology. Today’s poem will be from day number 3—a challenge to write a machine poem.

According to Robert Brewster, WD poet and blog host of the PAD challenge, a machine could be a car or a robot, obviously, but simple machines include levers, pulleys, and screws. There’s also “machine learning” and “deus ex machina.” But there are many other ways to come at this prompt as well.

Here’s my poem, Heated Seats.

Heated Seats © 2015 By Catherine Castle

Heated leather seats

have made me soft,

hugging my chilled bones.

Halting winter’s chill.

Seated in a plush

sedan, my backside

scorns other cars,

seduced by technology.

No riding in

non-bum friendly

Neons or Jeeps.

Not for me-nevermore.

Great-Grandpa never had it so

good with his horse and buggy.

Glowing coals at their feet kept

Grandma and him warm.

Their cold bums resting on

the rough wooden seats,

they wouldn’t believe what t

he world has today…

even if they could see it.