Nose hairs crackle in minus.
One degree less
and the whole thing blows.
‘Cause cold means COLD.
Even equators know that.
In 1972, I still remember
you were the town crone —
and our summer thrill.
Your name is given,
but it is up to you
whether or not to use it.
If you do, what it means
is for you to choose,
not the dust from which
it arose.
In the pantry near soup can
a row of lima beans
patiently waits. Please,
remove and donate.
Yes, I’m sure.
A crow in verse flies twice
See the fine print on each feather
Renew, silhouette in rising sun!
Assume that once
the van has circled
the block slowly
five times, the
sumb*tch needs
to have cops
called on him.
Are you aware
that caves of chocolate,
crusts of sea foam,
and raspberry creams
are God’s work?
I decided to use them all. These are disjointed and probably surreal, but they were fun to write. Thanks, Kim, for the creative challenge.
Kim is today’s host for dVerse’ Poetics. Kim says:
Look at these sets of words that she got from the eye doctor test:
nose – one – cause – even
were – crone – our – summer
name – use – means – arose
near – can – remove – sure
crow – verse – see – renew
assume – once- van – sum
aware – caves – sea – cream
Your challenge is to choose one or two sets of words and write a poem using them in the order in which they appear.
Tao Talk 
I love the opening line, Li, and I love the surreal soc. It is like watching a black and white movie.
I too had lot of fun writing to the prompt. 🙂
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Love your feedback, Punam. It was a great prompt for sure.
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Disjointed and surreal is good, as it triggers creativity, and gives the Reader’s mind a role in finding a pattern. Well done!
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Also known as Ain
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Ain, thanks much for the feedback :)
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You’ve created a fun poem Li. Wonderful 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Thanks much, Sadje!
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My pleasure dear friend
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Hi Lisa, an imaginative response..
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Thanks, Robbie :)
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Well done for incorporating all the words, Lisa, and for making me shiver on a bright January morning. My nose hairs haven’t crackled in a long time. I love the conversational tone of your poem, especially in ‘even equators know that’. And I love these lines:
‘A crow in verse flies twice
See the fine print on each feather
Renew, silhouette in rising sun!’
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<3 Such wonderful feedback, Kim. Thank you for the out-of-the-box prompt, which inspires creative thought.
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You are most welcome, Lisa!
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You master classed the prompt! Bravo!
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:::blushing::: Thanks, V!
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Fun write, Lisa! It’s crazy and disjointed with traces of Lucy In The Sky-talk. I just have one question: what do you have against lima beans? 😂
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Thanks, Nancy. What can I say, lima is a 4-letter word. Call them butter beans though and …
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My husband loves limas; me, not so much. 🫢
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I like them (sparsely) in vegetable soup.
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What fun, Li!
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:) Glad you enjoyed, Nolcha!
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I love this truly random poem Li
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Paul, I used my last remaining daily allotment firing synapses to write it :)
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I know that feeling when the nose hairs freeze. That’s cold!
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All last week.
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I love love love your surreal poem, Lisa. Not hard at all to be drawn into its flow and what fun! I think, having read most of the poems submitted to this prompt and intending to read them all, that it has been the most fun to read and people have written the most original poems.
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Judy, many thanks. I agree that the poems coming out of Kim’s prompt have been outstanding and original as you said.
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This was a wonderfully creative poem. I loved it.
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:) Thanks so much, Colleen. Glad you enjoyed it.
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You’re welcome, Lisa.
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What a hairy rollercoaster the reclective crone (or not) goes on with you, Lisa. And I’m sondering, is such a ride called a Skinnamarink? Do tell … my Dict-and-Harry is in Scotland and I have Googled (actually I use Ecosia) enough for one day…
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This is where it came from:
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P.S. I just found out a little more info on its origins:
https://americansongwriter.com/meaning-behind-the-nursery-rhyme-skinnamarink/
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Oh this is quite, quite a revelation for me! 1910 (my father’s birth), Broadway, and one, no two elephants.
I watched the youTube clip which is so touching (and dated) and found connection with Sesame Street (which I never saw)… And was thoroughly entertained, while finishing supper and getting ready for bed…
Thank you Lisa for filling me in on those Great Moments in a Life, which had hitherto passed me by!
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You’re very welcome :)
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it reads like a stream of consciousness Lisa with some nuggets of gold to pan
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Laura, I like what you see in it <3
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So much fun to read, but the caves of chocolate is the best one.
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A cave of chocolate has so many possibilities!
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You really embraced the stream of consciousness. Lots that could be expanded into stories here. (K)
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Love the feedback, K <3
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I like how that covered a lot of ground!
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:)
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It’s magic – Out of base word flour, rises fluffy croissants !!!!
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haha! :)
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These are great, Lisa! The van one made me laugh out loud.
Yvette M Calleiro :-)
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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LOL. for real for real. Thanks, Yvette!
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OMG OMG OMG OMG!!! Don’t know where to begin. The first / hysterical. They just kept getting better and better. The van circling the block? Raucous laughter. Thank you thank you thank you! [and thanks for leaving me a comment]
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So happy to have pleased you, Helen. You’re welcome :)
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These were fun, Li. I can imagine these like what someone was thinking as they went through their day–the lima beans, the van, etc., which both made me laugh.
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Welcome to my mind! Thanks, Merril :)
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😂
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The world and many of our minds are disjointed, so it worked! I enjoyed these pieces, Lisa.
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Steve, thanks.
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I salute you for using all of them. Love the last one!
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So glad you enjoyed the last one. It was a playful exercise.
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Surreal, yes, but from crow, crone, cave and crusts of cream, I found myself enjoying the dream-ride!
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Dora, I dare you to say that 5 times fast :) Glad you enjoyed it.
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😂
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“In the pantry near soup can
a row of lima beans
patiently waits. Please,
remove and donate.
Yes, I’m sure.”
Reminds me of going through my pantry and cleaning out things that have expired. Though I’ve never had a row of (canned) lima beans in there.
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:)
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