Word Shaper

Word Shaper

I have just started writing

It is quite exciting

To put words on paper

Does that make me a word shaper?

© Phil Renaud 2015

I am such a Clown

I am such a Clown

I had a poem clanking around in my head

It was a cool one about the Dead

But I am such a clown

I did not write it down

Now I forget

That nifty little sonnet

So I wrote this little ditty

All the while thinking “It’s such a pity”

That I forgot

To think of a plot

And if this jingle

Makes you tingle

And smile

Then it’s all been worthwhile

© Phil Renaud 2015

Friends

Friends

Cyber, pen-pal, in-need

Best, frenemies, with benefits,

In high places, long lost

Close or passing acquaintances

These are a few of the many types of friends.

Like the rose friends come in many shapes, sizes and colors. Roses are white, red and blue. Sometimes roses are a bush. Sometimes they are single plant. And other times they are a bouquet. So it is with friends.

Friends are to be cherished as one would cherish a prize rose. The rose must be fed, watered and nurtured to be strong and healthy. So it is with friends.

Friends can be like two ships passing in the night. Occasionally the ships sail together. And other times they are together for a short period and then they are gone. So it is with friends.

Like a peaceful meandering river, friends are fluid. Sometimes the river pools and stays in one spot. Most times the river just flows along aiding growth and giving life to the land. So it is with friends.

Friends are part of everyone’s life. Friends are to be loved and held dear. Friends can last a lifetime. Be nice to your friends and treat them respectfully.

© Phil Renaud 2015

The Blues Show

The Blues Show

Went to a concert last night

John Hammond James Cotton and Charlie Musslewhite

Played Blues music with all their might

It was outta sight!!!

John Hammond was first

Out of him burst

Blues music so full of soul

It filled my whole

Being with joy

The crowd welcomed Charlie Musslewhite to the place

He filled the space

With dulcet sounds from his harp

So crystal clear and sharp

The guitar player in his band

Got a little out of hand

He wowed the crowd

Playing fast and loud

The final act of the show

Came out real slow

James Cotton shuffled to centre stage

Clearly showing his age

He played Blues music

It was all very cubic

Music with sight sound and feeling

Was bouncing off the ceiling

John Hammond James Cotton and Charlie Musslewhite

Played Blues music to excite

Blues Hall of Famers all three

As I am sure you’ll agree

That the honor was justly deserved

As we just observed

The Blues show came to a close

And everyone rose

Applause rang out

Leaving no doubt

That what had transpired

Had rewired

The memory

Of the gathered assembly

© Phil Renaud 2015

Inspiration

Inspiration

Reading poetry

Looking for inspiration

For my haiku works

© Phil Renaud 2015

Fall 2

Fall 2

The downward cycle

Of life begins with autumn

Leading to winter

© Phil Renaud 2015

Summer

Summer

The sun glared down boiling the earth. The heat was oppressive, covering the area in a steamy clammy blanket of still air.

The hot muggy air precluded all movement.

Cattle grazed in open fields, standing silently, statue-like in the heat.

Dogs lay sprawled on verandas. Their limp tongues drooled saliva which pooled creating a lake of slobber.

Flowers drooped and sagged under the weight of the humidity. Trees were still. No breezes in the stagnant air.

Kids cooled off running through lawn sprinklers, their arcs of water falling like a gentle rain on laughing sweaty children.

It is summer. The weather is hot and the days are lazy.

© Phil Renaud 2015

Mid Life

Summer 2 – Mid Life

Mid

Life

Crises

Begin with

Passing teenage years

The summer of your life is now

Do enjoy these times as summer passes by quickly

© Phil Renaud 2015

Muse Monday #33

Muse Monday #33

Groovy Times

Inhale deeply on the joint

It’s an attitude turning point

Peace, love and freedom now dominate

Groovy times and music intoxicate

Flower power and wellness of being suffocate
Me,

What an astounding dream

Inspired by a smoke or so it would seem!

© Phil Renaud 2015

Image © Rebecca Del Sanchez 2015

Writing

Writing

My poetry course is all done

No more writing under the gun

All the assignments have been sent

It’s time to get bent

Now comes the waiting

To get my rating

The illustrious final grade

That I Made

All is not lost

Through this course I crossed

Over to poetry writing

And it is exciting

Writing poetry has opened my mind

It’s as if I were blind

To the thoughts in my head

That went unsaid

So it is with great joy

That I can deploy

On a regular basis

My writings to Poets Oasis

© Phil Renaud 2015

Word Mash-up #2

Muse Monday #32 – Word Mash-up #2

Torsos wish for kinship

While bold enchanting lotus flowers

Devious in their nature

Are inspiring strange stories

That make sleep alluring

© Phil Renaud 2015

Photo courtesy of Bekkie Sanchez

Sunset

Sunset

The warm setting sun

Brings outs many bird species

Chirping songs of joy

© Phil Renaud 2015

Loneliness

Loneliness

A lonely person

In a house full of people

Makes life terrible

© Phil Renaud 2015

Word Mash-up

Muse Monday #32 – Word Mash-up

Alluring lotus flowers

Inspiring strange stories

Makes enchanting poetry

A devious wish

Gives kinship and

Bold sleep to torsos

© Phil Renaud 2015

Photo courtesy of Bekkie Sanchez

Winter 1

Winter 1

Wind howling loudly

Snow coming down heavily

Welcome to winter

© Phil Renaud 2015

Spring - The Beginning of Life

Spring – The Beginning of Life

A new season begins,

Flowers rise up out of the earth

Reaching for the warming sun,

Trees sprout buds

Which turn into green leaves,

Grass grows

Green

Upon the ground,

Animals give birth

To their offspring.

The cycle of life

Continues on.

© Phil Renaud 2015