Holidays

Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate.

Holiday cheer
The holiday's
Near, ya hear?
Celebrate with 
Corks a-poppin'
Merriment and
Lots of hopping 
Life is for the
Celebrant. Life
Is what we hail.
And a life fit and
Hale is  hearty.
A heartfelt life.
One to cheer 
And say hear-
Hear. Cheers
To that. To life.

Have you the time?

I have never stressed more over
The loss - or is it the gain? - of an
Hour. Fall back. We give away a
Bunch of them when we travel.
Those timezones cost, and pay
For the pleasure of meeting a
Daring Frenchman or a dashing
Brit. After our trip, we fall into
A different time. It's not ours, it
Is theirs. Are we in Rome! Oh my,
What time is it? I've lost track.

Bliss

What’s something you believe everyone should know.

Ignorance, is it really bliss?
The less you know, the more
You miss. Know truth from
Lies and lies from fantasies
Appreciate fiction, but live a
Life that's real. Sure, it's true,
Sometimes, facts are stranger
Than anything you could make
Up. Then there's the surreal, too.
You say to yourself to your friends
To any interlocutor "you know 
You just can't make this stuff up."
But ignorance? Nah leave it behind.
Bliss is in the knowing, knowledge
It's powerful and will give you joy.

How the moon?

How much would you pay to go to the moon?

The moon in daylight
Is it worth a penny, as it might be
For your thoughts, or millions as
In "it is out of reach and far away?"
Your thoughts are very lofty if you
Are focused on the moon. For some
Of us just navigating the earth is
Challenge enough, and that doesn't 
Require packing for the unfamiliar
Atmosphere of a distant delicate 
Moon, cold and yet still romantic.
Our moon is symbolic of all things 
Love and loving. Lovers meet below
A blue moon or celebrate a yellow
One. Its phases are phrases of awe
And praise. Full moon or crescent
Where will you land? Will you go?

Random

Conversation if you are not a
Participant is so much random
Noise and emotion. Mainly, it's 
An outpouring of feeling, often
In a foreign tongue where the
Speaker is wrapped up in those
Moments that are intimately felt.
You pass, not sure if empathy is
Called for and not knowing which
Sympathy to extend or to whom.

Accomplished

What are you most proud of in your life?

When I peek back, through some poems 
I have listed, the skill -of some of them-
Pleases and surprises. I hope for this kind
Of success. I look for the kind of skill I find
In these. I am proud to have achieved it.
When I look back to see everything fit,
I feel accomplished. I experience pride.
Pride of authorship. Proud. Satisfied.
I wrote this. And that. With skill so I know
I have succeeded. I wrote it and it's good.