She lived happily ever after
She did – Though it took some rearrangements

She fired the duck
that had grown razor blade teeth
to protect its ducklings

She released the hare
who stood so tall
when her leverets were threatened
that she blocked the sun

She laid off the lioness
who had learned to
whisper sweet nothings to
distract the enemy who aimed at her cub

She lived happily ever after
She did – after hiring new staff

She employed a duck
to flap its wings
and quack sweet nothings

She hired a hare
to run
at full speed
when circumstances required it

She engaged a lioness
with sharp claws
mighty paws
and a loud roar
to play with her cub

She lived happily ever after
She did – A force to be reckoned with

The prompt for #NaPoWriMo day 10 was to write a portrait. I had this one ready for tomorrow, when I’m away all day and won’t be able to write or post. But my tummy bug is still bugging me and this poem kind of fit the prompt, so I decided to be lazy.

There’s a ball underneath the remote control
and I wonder how I got there
I try every possible explanation I can think of
but will never guess
it was put there
by a rubber spider man glove
filled with leftover grains of sand
and a lego dragon I’ve longed for
for over a year

I decide to write this down
with a pencil found behind a box with my administration
that has been standing in the living room for 11 months now
I would love it if I found my old cd player in there
the Philips cd 104
one of the very first models
a hand me down from my parents when they bought a new one
Instead I find a memory of drinking coffee in a small, quiet place
surrounded by beauty

But how do I fit in a pea
found in the left boot of my pair of boots
that still have a stale smell of beer
from that one day a year that I wear them to a festival?
Or the tractor that may or may not have been left behind at a brewery
when we went there to have dinner?
And a two headed chicken bought in Guatemala?

There’s no way I’ll leave my memories behind.

Today’s prompt on napowrimo.net was to write a fortuitous poem. We got the following instructions for extra help –>

Create the following lists:
1. List 1 – 3 random objects. (Smaller tends to be better.)
2. List 1 – 3 random but specific locations. (Think in the cookie jar, or under my seat…)
3. List 1 – 2 objects you’ve lost and a few notes on their back-story.
4. List 1- 2 objects you’ve found and few notes on their back-story.
Now, choosing an object from List 1, a location from List 2, and connect them in a poem with ideas from Lists 3 & 4 and Voilà! A fortuitous poem!