HAIKU: AUTUMN IS ENDING

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Autumn Is Ending

HER WORDS DANCED

A TRIBUTE TO MAYA ANGELOU
By Charles Robert Lindholm

Her Words Danced
Off The Page
And Made My
Heart Sing

THE HERE AND NOW

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Dreams Of The Future
Bring The Sweetness
Of Possibilities
And Hope

INSPIRE ME WITH YOUR WORDS

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Love To Read Poetry
And Watch The Way
Talented Writers
Use Their Words

A National Graduation Tassel Day Poem

Today Is National Graduation Tassel Day. There is a class of students annually across the country celebrating their academic achievements and accomplishments, and this National Graduation Tassel Day on May 17th is just the start. The day celebrates not only the successes but the future of every graduate! – National Day Calendar

Congratulations and Mazel Tov to all who will be celebrating.

YOU’RE AN INSPIRATION TO ME

By Charles Robert Lindholm

When I Read Your Words

Promise

The Holy Spirit is my muse
and all I have is His to use.
No other spirit need I choose.
Through Him there’s living water.

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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “promise” to be used in this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poetry, Short Prose and Walking.

John 4:10
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

A National Piercing Day Limerick

Yes, I have a pierced ear. This picture was taken five minutes ago. I don’t wear it very often, now very rarely. I wear it when I do a set of stand up but that’s about it.

True story. I got my ear pierced on my 40th birthday.

GRATEFUL

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Of All The Days In The Year
The One That Means The Most To Me
Is Thanksgiving Day

A National Chocolate Chip Day Limerick

In 1937, Ruth Graves Wakefield of Whitman Massachusetts must have been curious about what a little bit of chocolate would add to her cookies. While working at the Toll House Inn, she added cut-up chunks of a semi-sweet Nestle chocolate bar to a cookie recipe. The cookies were a huge success and in 1939 Wakefield signed an agreement with Nestle to add her recipe to the chocolate bar’s packaging. In exchange for the recipe, Wakefield received a lifetime supply of chocolate. The Nestle brand Toll House cookies were named for the Inn. – National Day Calendar

HAIKU: EVIL DREAMS

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Bozo Has Dreams Of

A National Decency Day Poem

National Decency Day on May 14th celebrates the basic standard of civility that every American deserves. DECENCY is a non-partisan grassroots movement launched to inspire decency in everyday life – in both conversations and actions. By raising awareness, the movement aims to encourage schools and local community groups to embrace DECENCY and integrate it into both curriculum plans and service projects. – National Day Calendar

RINGS AROUND THE SUN

By Charles Robert Lindholm

It Was A Birthday Gathering
With Cake And Lots Of Candles
Blazing On Top Of It
Waiting To Be Blown Out

A National Apple Pie Day Limerick

It amazes me that so many foods have their own day. But I have found that some are inspirational and I have had fun writing a limerick for those special days that capture my fancy. And as I am a pie lover, I love a pie limerick. Here’s one more.

A Couple of The Beard’s Sex Appeal Is Real Limericks

I love seeing stuff like this on social media. It amazes me after all these years that whenever I see a picture/meme like this that a limerick (or two…) pops into my head. This one I can personally relate to as I have been a beard guy for a long time. Whiskers hide my weak chin. And, as what very little hair I had left turned gray, so did my beard, which added character to my already being somewhat of a character. During my single years, I stayed busy thanks to that “character” combination.

IN BETWEEN THE LINES

By Charles Robert Lindholm

There Is A Secret
Hiding Place
I Have
That I Keep

Unknown
To The World

HAIKU: MEMORIES OF THE SEA

By Charles Robert Lindholm

AN ENDLESS RAUCOUS

CHIT AND CHATTER BRINGS DAYDREAMS,

A Few National Limerick Day Limericks

May 12^th is National Limerick Day!

“A limerick is a type of humorous or nonsense poem, consisting of only five lines of verse. The first and second lines rhyme with the fifth line, while the shorter third and fourth lines rhyme with each other. The subject matter for these little poems can be just about anything, although typically they are funny, witty, and feature turns of phrase and word play.” – Smithsonian Institution Archives

There is no shortage of things that lend themselves to jokes. I am able to write jokes in the form of a limerick. I have written close to 800 limericks. Most have been traditional humor limericks. I call limericks “five lines of wisdom, wit and rhyme” – 4 lines of set up and a fifth line punchline.

A Mother’s Day Golf Lesson Limerick

This lesson is all about course management and the course of your marriage.

A National Eat What You Want Day Poem

Observed annually on May 11th, National Eat What You Want Day sets diets aside for a day of indulgence. It’s about having one day a year of eating with no regrets. – National Day Calendar

The grocery store is my Magic Kingdom
And I improvise when I go shopping.

THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Lived With A Woman
Who Was Passionate
And Wildly Exciting
And It Was Thrilling

A Brain Scan Limerick

I have been dealing with something for almost three years now and it has been trying. Fortunately, I have had a positive response to treatment. Several things have helped me stay mentally positive. My wife has been incredible in every way. And I have tried hard not to lose my sense of humor. Thank you to everyone who has helped me with that by enjoying the silly limericks and poems I publish at Poet’s Corner. That said…

SMOKE SIGNALS

By Charles Robert Lindholm

You Think Things
Are Going Well
You’ve Been Together
For Awhile Now

Thrive

Our seeds, we planted. Now, we wait.
The hundredfold won’t hesitate
nor rush beyond a righteous rate
rejoicing in the Lord.

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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “thrive” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge.

Matthew 13:23
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

A National Lost Sock Memorial Day Poem

May 9th recognizes a fun and unique holiday,National Lost Sock Memorial Day. It is time to say “good-bye” to all of the single socks, the ones where their mates have been lost to the unknown.

HAIKU: THE GHOST OF NIXON

By Charles Robert Lindholm

The Ghost Of Nixon

Haunts Bozo While He’s Sleeping

IS HEAVEN FOR YOU?

By Charles Robert Lindholm

You Stand Condemned
Of Being Complicit
If You Remain Silent
And Approving

A National Coconut Cream Pie Day Limerick

I am a self admitted pie lover and I love writing limericks about different pies on their “national day” almost as much as I love eating pie…almost. Coconut Cream Pie was a childhood favorite of mine and a special dessert treat when my family had dinner at a restaurant that had it on its dessert menu.