HAPPY 2015

It is 2015
and I'm so happy.
I was up really late.
I need a nappy.


    Oops, I'm not so sure this poem works because in Great Britain a baby's diaper is called a nappy.  But, I mean a little nap. 
    On my walk this mornig I had the local radio station on listening to music.  As often happens a line of music will stick in my head.  The line was something like--put your sexy on.  As that rolled around in my head, I got to thinking what putting your happy on would look like.  Using all five senses, sight, sound, smell, touch and taste; what is happy?


I'm Happy

I'm happy as the mud on a hog.
I'm happy as the fleas on a dog.

Happy as bubbles in your bath.
Happy as a popsicle split in half.

Happy as a pumpkin on the vine.
Happy as a cowgirl dancing in line.

Happy as a preacher saying grace.
Happy as the smile upon your face.

Happy as the grass covered in dew.
I'm so happy I know you.

Happy to write poems and bring cheer
Happy to start a new year.

I'm so happy with friends like you.
In 2015 what makes you happy too?


   This poem is written in rhyming couplets.  Can you practice writing a few couplets?  What makes you happy?  What are happy smells or tastes for you?  If you'd like, you can leave your couplets in the comments below.  If HAPPY doesn't work for you, try this same format on other words like grateful, excited, smart, pretty, or a word of your choice.  Have fun writing your poem.

2013 DAYS OF MIRACLE AND WONDER

These are the days of miracle and wonder.  
  Paul Simon

New Year's Eve day
I'm sitting on the beach
watching the sun rise.

The chickens sing
their morning song.
Life is good.

I see a dragonfly
zip along.
Someone is plunking
a ukulele song.

Life doesn't get
any better than this.

A stunning rainbow
bright color and  energy
appears over the 
crisp salty waves. 

And I think
I am living
my best life.

What more
could I want
on this heavenly isle?

Then all in a flash
I see a whale breach
and I smile.

ALOHA.

      My thanks to the talented Sandy McMaster for this poem. She is the inspiration.  Sandy plays ukuele to accompany her husband Doug McMaster, slack key wizard,  who recently was declared one of Hawaii's island treasures.
     I hope your first day of 2013 is filled with miracles and wonder.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

    Your writing challenge for today is to write a short poem about the first thing you notice in 2013.

Happy New Year

Midnight,

Horns blare.

Fireworks flare.

Bells ring.

Glass flutes ting.

Confetti flies.

The old year dies.

2012 is finally here.

May it be a year of cheer.

May your days be blessed

with creativity and happiness.

May your riches abound

as elegant rhymes are found.

May you find much inspiration

and be rewarded with publication.

Happy 2012.