May 7, 2013

• silversteinish

  Ations

  If we meet and I say, “Hi,”
  That’s a salutation.
  If you ask me how I feel,
  That’s consideration.
  If we stop and talk awhile,
  That’s a conversation.
  If we understand each other,
  That’s communication.
  If we argue, scream and fight,
  That’s an altercation.
  If later we apologize,
  That’s reconciliation.
  if we help each other home,
  That’s cooperation.
  And all these ations added up
  Make civilization.

  (And if I say this is a wonderful poem,
  Is that exaggeration?)

  That’s a poem by the delightful Shel Silverstein. (from A Light in the Attic)

  #wintsh 25. Read a collection of poems by one individual and write 3 poems inspired by or in the style of their work. #npm extended because I’m me.

  I think I’m allergic to morning
  It comes without warning
  Nighttime I’m mourning
  The alarm hurts my ears
  Steals some of my years
  A dream disappears
  My covers attack me
  Tentacles though fuzzy
  Hold on exactly
  When I get out of bed
  I fall on my head
  Thinking it my feet instead
  You can’t make me get up
  What? There’s coffee in my cup?
  Sleepyhead- catch up!

   

  where winds up over there
  why whistles in the sky
  when willy nilly ends up then
  what will you make of that
  but…
  who happened to miss the memoo

   

  I think I’ll have a yellow day
  just like a daffodil
  or perhaps purple is the way
  to go, if you will.
  Sometimes the day requires red
  with its powerful refrain
  or a soft pink instead
  as I stroll down life’s lane.
  It’s best to avoid the black
  of storm clouds in the night
  and brown shows a lack
  of brightness to my sight.
  When so many colors are around
  the choice is yours to make
  a color day that brings you down
  or a color that makes you wake.

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