demon shadows play
mock me from bedroom ceiling
as I lay sleepless


demon shadows play
mock me from bedroom ceiling
as I lay sleepless



pawsit pawsitive
pawsibilities upawn
pawsing pawnderings
(posit positive
possibilities upon
pausing ponderings)


early morning walk
shadowed by fleeting shadows
come noon they’ll be gone



The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Transient

squirrel planted you
sun, rain, and soil nurtured you
I will protect you
The Daily Post one-word prompt: Collaboration

fences, chains, barbed wire…
there to keep danger away
or hold it within?


The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Danger!

without the remote
you can’t control me but you
still push my buttons
The Daily Post daily prompt: Control

We’ve made it through the #AtoZChallenge, and hopefully you enjoyed it as much as I did. But wait! There’s that 27th letter of the alphabet: &.
The ampersand is a ligature of the letters “e” and “t,” for the Latin word “et,” meaning “and.” The word “and,” displayed as &, used to be considered the final letter of the English alphabet. Wikipedia has an entry that tells all about it. I won’t attempt to go into it, because I would only confuse myself, and probably you as well. Interesting reading, though, if you’ve ever wondered about ampersands and such
In the spirit of being thorough in completing the #AtoZChallenge, I herewith offer my post for the 27th and (at one time) final letter of the English alphabet:
& so it began
& from A we went to Z
& ended with &
Now that’s really & truly the end.
![survivor-atoz [2017] v1](https://whatrhymeswithstanza.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/survivor-atoz-2017-v1.jpg?w=584)

zebra dog on couch
zealously flaunting his stripes
zestful pretender
Z is for zest, zeal, zebra and zip.
#AtoZChallenge: 26 posts in April, topics to proceed alphabetically. Theme optional.
My theme: a three-line poem each day (5-7-5, haiku form) with the first letter of each line the same as the letter of the day.

young naiveté
yields to curiosity
yet to be betrayed
Y is for youth.
#AtoZChallenge: 26 posts in April, topics to proceed alphabetically. Theme optional.
My theme: a three-line poem each day (5-7-5, haiku form) with the first letter of each line the same as the letter of the day.

xanthous egg yolks run
xylophones shine in the sun
“x” words are far flung
X is for xylophone.
#AtoZChallenge: 26 posts in April, topics to proceed alphabetically. Theme optional.
My theme: a three-line poem each day (5-7-5, haiku form) with the first letter of each line the same as the letter of the day.