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Category: poetry
Cheeky Monkey Mischief
The sun came up today but Cheeky Monkey sent the poem out the bright sun yesterday
Enjoy the sun
enjoy the poem
stay cheeky
Zip Odes
Invented by O, Miami and WLRN
Use your zip code
For place based lyrical celebration
Write your zip code vertically
Giving you the number of words per line
For example
I live in 33133
3 I love Miami
3 The sun shines
1 Brighltly
3 The Latin Cluture
3 Outshines the sun
What does 300 pieces of writing mean?
Hemingway
Hemingway liked short sentences
With few adjectives
Minimal repetition
Telling big stories
Using few words
For sale, baby shoes, never worn
A poetic hand grenade
Tossed into your mind
Exploding your imagination
Shrapnel adjectives sting
Speaking volumes
Talented chef
Simple meal
Small portions
Bursting with flavor
Eat slowly
Party in mouth
Subject photographed
No background
Draws you in
Glorious closeups
Incredible beauty
Warts and all
Music plays
One instrument
Few notes
Long pauses
Empty silence
Full thoughts
Short walk
Becomes a journey
Marathon achieved
Without sweat
Empty finish line
No medals
Your brief nap
Filled with dreams
Are you able to enable the memory of Mable
Shopping in Coral Gable
With her best friend Mable
She sticks to a strict timetable
Lingering in the aisle marked vegetable
Enquiring if its available
Carefully reading the label
Verifying it is sustainable
Is the packaging totally impermeable
Did the shipment have a green waybill
Checks the ingredients are stable
Buys as much as she is able
It will go well with the everything bagel
Serves it on her table
Uses her antique ladle
With the invaluable appraisal
That she found in a stable
Hidden behind some old cable
Its true its not an old fable
You can verify with Mabel
Even if she is a bit unstable
Her memory you can enable
By stimulating her nerve that is vagal
stale poems
the downside of writing daily poetry
is that every day is a new day
nobody remembers old poetry
yesterdays poem disappears into cyber dust bytes
everybody expects something new today
a freshly baked piece of creative writing
served on a gourmet plate
reeking of garlic and fresh basil
but what about those who might read it in the future
for them my daily writing is just a bunch of stale old hypertext
a list of random words unrelated to the day of reading
that bothers me intensely
because I distribute my writing in real time
sharing my dreams and fantasies of the day
with those who dare to dream with me in real time
future readers may never understand the meaning of the now
but fear not you daily readers
if you do not have time to read my daily writing every day
there is now an archive section in my poetry blog
you can go back and read all the old stuff
It may have gone a bit stale with time
apologies if its not as fresh as you want
you can always sample my daily fresh poem in real time
you can only read this if you are eating cornflakes
Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee
that was said by Mohamed Ali
I wish I had said that
or something equally funny
instead I bring you quotes from famous people
while I sit here waiting for inspiration to come up and bite me
not that I wish to be famous at all
I just want to write stuff that rings your bell
stops you in your tracks
makes you spit out your cornflakes laughing
but maybe you don’t eat cornflakes for breakfast
I cannot imagine folks spitting out granola or smoked salmon while reading my words
it has to be cornflakes
all I need to do now
is think of a funny quote
maybe a bowl of cornflakes will inspire me
“ask not what your cornflakes can do for you
– ask what you can do for your cornflakes”
The monkey never tires from being cheeky
In just a few short months, I have posted 100 poems on Cheekymonkeypoetry.com
It has been a fun to write, select photographs and publish something daily
I have enjoyed reading all the feedback comments
Thank you to all the followers for creating a thriving community of poetry readers
A big thank you to Addison and Abby for developing and maintaining the website
There is something magical about achieving a century
Whether its riding a bike for 100 miles
Or writing 100 poems in 100 days
Or scoring 100 runs at cricket
Or reaching the grand old age of 100 years
Reflecting on important milestones reminds you of your achievements
Its also a good time to reset your goals
Who knows what lies ahead for any of us
For as long as I am able to turn my thoughts into a piece of poetry
I plan to keep publishing something daily
The monkey never tires from being cheeky
Solving the poetic equation of LIFE
I have always liked music
Literature plays a big role in my life
I am very fond of art
I always believed these were three completely different things
Each having its own unique place in the world
Something happened recently to change that
Upon noticing my music streaming App had a lyrics button
I started to read the lyrics while listening to the music
I discovered a new dimension
The singer was delivering a message with both words and notes
Allowing me to understand his feelings
I now listen to music in a different way
Searching for the feelings of the songwriter and composer
…………………………..
I have been watching lectures on the history of European art
All virtual thanks to the pandemic
So enlightening that art has been continually developing for centuries
Movements emerged as new artists experimented
Finding new ways to express their feelings
I now look at paintings in a different way
Searching for the feeling that the artist wanted to convey
……………………..
Poetry warms my soul and make me feel different about life
The process of converting creative thinking into poetry is pure joy for me
I started to wonder if painters and songwriters felt the same way
…………………….
Then it hit me
Literature, art and music all have a common thread
They are all forms of poetry that convey feelings
………………………
Literature gives us poetry in words
Music is poetry with sounds
Art is poetry with light
My Engineering background lit up the old gray matter
It can all be explained with mathematics
………………………….
Words = Poetry
Sounds = Poetry
Light = Poetry
Words + Sounds = Songs
Words + Light = Theatre
Sounds + Lights = Fireworks
Words + Sounds + Light = Life
Words + Sounds + Light + Wine = Happy Life
Words + Sounds + Light + Wine + Chocolate = Very Happy Life
Bravo if you are now reaching for the wine bottle and chocolates while listening to your favorite music
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