And then there is the Zappai, like a… —

Waka poetry —

Wow, how could it be that many already? — In December 2021, my gift to myself was to write on Medium. I had been reading but not as a member, and not even every month for several years. I love to read. I didn’t know I would love to write. …

Eyes, cheeks, lips, and skin! You may ask, what about eyebrows? And I would say, yes what about them! Too many people are focused on eyebrows only or making their eyebrows stand out. What is wrong with that? …

Do you celebrate or wait until the Friday after for Native American Heritage Day to celebrate? — When I placed a turkey message on my page on Facebook and got no feedback from family or Native American friends, I knew what that was about. A friend who is very in tune with the Native American culture commented about not “Celebrating Taking Day.” I responded by saying I…

I am no fair-weather fan! — The villanelle, like the other French forms, does have many of the same properties as the rondeau: plenty of rhyme and repetition. This French form was actually adapted from Italian folk songs (villanella) about rural life. …

Happy h-tautogram humorous — Her husband has hard, huge, hefty hee haws, her hubby has hobo humor! He has humorous, heavenly hits! ~ Has Honey had horney humiliation? Honey has hat hair. Her hymen, his humble home. Humping, hugging, humming, Ho ho ho. ~ Hell has heavy hot heat! Hippies have huge hearts. Ho, how Hope helps handle him. Her head has horse hair. Her hotel host…

I dropped it on the floor! — Sonnet — a fourteen line poem with a variable rhyme scheme originating in Italy and brought to England by Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, earl of Surrey in the 16th century. …

A rhyme for you! — 10. Absolutely no gories 9. I take no inventories 8. You will see no orgies 7. I write about many glories 6. I stick to the community mores 5. I read yours for reading for these 4. Some material is aging, memories of the forties 3. I will throw in a little used word, like lorries 2. And…