Almost Smiling
August 2009
#007
Almost Smiling
I saw him across the counter
a small frown as he watched.
Behind him, the cigarettes
the queue lengthened.
I sat in my chair
waiting for my escort.
I saw him glance in my direction
was that a Smile.
(c) Sally Flood
Almost Smiling
She squirmed her way around it
Waited for someone else to do it
Wished she didn't have to do it
Worried she wouldn't do it well
Wanted it to go away
And then...
Finally...
When all the
wishing,
wanting,
worrying,
waiting
and wanting
had not worked at all...
She did it
She wrote her challenge for the month
And - almost smiling -
She went to sleep
Ashley Jordan
GROW
Merely Smiling
I've been idly whiling
away my time, nearly smiling.
Until the reminder bit
that I haven't writ
a word, not a whit
of challenge for this August month.
What rhymes with month?
Nothing! or so 'they' say.
I thought I'd found one onth,
but it was merely the dental jab;
that icy frozen stab
that made my jaw numb,
made my tongue numb.
Sitting made my bum numb
in that dental chair.
And later, I swear
my mates were whiling
their time, hugely smiling
at my discomfiture
with my dentiture.
And while they were piling
on the agony;
I was nearly, merely smiling.
Dave Chambers
(Newham Writers Workshop)
The First Smile
Like sunshine bursts
through a cloudy sky,
a rainbow filled with colour
that brightens up the day,
I will always remember
the first time I saw you.
I held you in my arms
and saw the beginnings
of a smile,
the pucker of the lips
the wonder in your eyes
and then you smiled.
(c) Sally Flood
Beta People
Beta dogs and beta b...
are meeting in the basements
of the churches
and learning how to live
without crutches.
They are learning that:
Alpha dogs and alpha b...
do not play by the rules.
Of course they are ones
who create
and change the rules
to meet their plans.
We are beta dogs and beta b...
working on various projects
like to create
and watch domino effects
and ripples in the water
after throwing the stone.
Marie Neumann
POW & GROW
Almost Smiling
Each day it dies, but then I smile again
For the golden sun to reign again
Each rainbow arch - to catch my smile
It is hidden, tears they cry, but sigh
Angels they appear, you do not realize
A friend, a stranger, words they tell
Flowers they blossom,
They almost smile, and travel the road, and swell
Behind the Bluebell field
Where the sun - smiles
Friendship begins - No sin -
but a big - big smile.
(C)21.7.09 Josie Lawson All Rights Reserved
GROW