Madam Toole

November 5, 2022Na'ama Yehuda Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Uncategorized, Writing Tags: Creative writing, Ditty, Eccentric, Just for fun, Micro Poetry, Rhyme, rules, Silly, Weekend Writing Prompt 13 Comments

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Madam Toole

Had a rule:

No one sitting

On her stool.

That chair

Was her

Jewel.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt of “rule” in 16 words

Turned Out Well

May 7, 2022Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Writing Tags: Flash Fiction, Good luck, Just for fun, Micro-fiction, Plans, Rhyme, Spontaneous, Weekend Writing Prompt, You never know 6 Comments

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She was never big on plans.

It drove her parents mad, but her impromptu projects did turn out well more times than they did bad.

So they said nothing when she began digging a hole in the backyard.

And weren’t sad

When gold was found

Amidst the sand.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Impromptu in 48 words

I Am NOT!

February 12, 2022Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Writing Tags: Capricious, Contrary, Decisions, Just because, Micro Fiction, Opinions, Poetry, Rhyme, Self-acceptance, Weekend Writing Prompt 23 Comments

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I am NOT,

She insisted,

Capricious

Or blind.

I am bold.

I am loud.

I am the life of

The crowd.

I speak up.

I won’t hush.

My decisions

May clash.

My opinions indeed

Tend to

Unwind,

And it’s true that

I’m good at

Changing

My mind.

But I am not,

(At this moment)

Arbitrarily

Inclined.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: capricious in 55 words

Laid-Back Lizzie

January 29, 2022Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Creative writing, Ditty, Just for fun, Micro-fiction, Poetry, Rhyme, Saunter, Silly, Weekend Writing Prompt 34 Comments

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Laid-back Lizzie

Would not be pressed

Into a tizzy.

She left herself

With ample

Time,

To saunter to and

From her

Crime.

She kept pace

When sirens blared

And ambled on

As others stared.

She did not hold

With running

Fast.

But strolling was what

Caught up with her

At last.

For Sammy’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Saunter in 51 words

Mary Quite Contrary

April 3, 2021Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Absurd, Argumentative, Contrary, Current events, Just because, Poetry, Refusal, Rhyme, Stubborn, Weekend Writing Prompt 21 Comments

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She was Mary

Quite contrary.

She refused to read what others wrote

And claimed all facts are anecdotes,

And when food was on her plate

She’d allow it to stagnate,

And then predictably complain

That she was made to abstain.

Any piece of news she heard

She declared to be absurd,

And if science dared be presented

She turned extra discontented.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Absurd in 61 words

Magical Immersion

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Speech Language Pathology, Writing Tags: books, Bookworms, children, Delightful, Family, Immersion, Literacy, Magic, Photography, Poetry, Reading, Rhyme 17 Comments

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When the sunlight ends early

And twilight follows

Close,

Grab a book and dive into vast

Worlds where anything

Goes.

Immerse yourself into the realms

Where magic is the

Norm

And ride the wings of imagery

All night into the

Morn.

Note: I just had to share (with permission, of course) the absolute delight of this photo of my grand-niece and grand-nephews so utterly absorbed in their books. A bookworm myself, I’ve spent many an evening immersed in reading. Still do. It shaped my life. This gift that keeps on giving offers riches that all the money in the world cannot, and I am so so heartened to see it in children. I hope you read. I hope you read to your children. Your children may well follow your lead, and love of reading is a ‘bug’ well worth ‘catching.’