Riddle-Ku of the Day
? ? Oh, no! Don’t shoot me! I like to gather, not hurt?pigtails, papers?please? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ?
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Photos by Laura Purdie Salas
TITLE (AND ANSWER):
RUBBER BAND
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36 Responses
Red, orange, blue
I wanna hug you!
Green, purple, white
I’ll always hold on tight!
I love the tone of your poem, Mrs. Salas! Very cute 🙂
I like this voice–so super-enthusiastic, which fits a rubber band somehow! And thanks:>)
Red, orange, blue
I wanna hug you!
Green, purple, white
I’ll always hold on tight!
I love the tone of your poem, Mrs. Salas! Very cute 🙂
I like this voice–so super-enthusiastic, which fits a rubber band somehow! And thanks:>)
Pastel “Oh” Rings
My uses are many,
I love what I do;
choose a color
special to you.
Love the pictures associated with today’s Riddle-Ku. Is the blue one shown on a doll’s hair?
Yep, it is. A knockoff American Girl doll–the old toys in the basement do come in handy occasionally:>) This makes me think of how kids get to choose their rubber band colors on their braces now. Maddie had a purple/pink smile one month, then orange and yellow the next, etc.
Pastel “Oh” Rings
My uses are many,
I love what I do;
choose a color
special to you.
Love the pictures associated with today’s Riddle-Ku. Is the blue one shown on a doll’s hair?
Yep, it is. A knockoff American Girl doll–the old toys in the basement do come in handy occasionally:>) This makes me think of how kids get to choose their rubber band colors on their braces now. Maddie had a purple/pink smile one month, then orange and yellow the next, etc.
Rubber bands are so pretty today. In my youth, a rubber band only came in tan.
The Mind
Like a rubber band
it needs to stretch.
Enough to embrace,
but not to break.
Diane Mayr, all rights reserved
Makes me think of the phrasing when we say someone “snapped.” Lovely 3rd line.
Rubber bands are so pretty today. In my youth, a rubber band only came in tan.
The Mind
Like a rubber band
it needs to stretch.
Enough to embrace,
but not to break.
Diane Mayr, all rights reserved
Makes me think of the phrasing when we say someone “snapped.” Lovely 3rd line.
Don?t Know
Don?t know
what shape
my day will take.
I can stretch
but will I break?
?Kate Coombs
Ha! Wonderful wordplay…and I ask myself this same question on some days…
Don?t Know
Don?t know
what shape
my day will take.
I can stretch
but will I break?
?Kate Coombs
Ha! Wonderful wordplay…and I ask myself this same question on some days…
After the Orthodontist Appointment
“Metal mouth,
tinsel grin,
rubber-banded
to your chin!”
Awkward stare?
Bracing glare?
A wide-eyed reply?
(Is rubber-banded legal, or am I again a hyphenating cheat? I cut this down from 20 words but couldn’t pare any more.)
I’m really enjoying your riddle-ku series, Laura!
Thanks, Buffy! I’ll cut you some slack on rubber-banded. Love your first four lines especially. Reminds me of those sore, after-appointment days…
After the Orthodontist Appointment
“Metal mouth,
tinsel grin,
rubber-banded
to your chin!”
Awkward stare?
Bracing glare?
A wide-eyed reply?
(Is rubber-banded legal, or am I again a hyphenating cheat? I cut this down from 20 words but couldn’t pare any more.)
I’m really enjoying your riddle-ku series, Laura!
Thanks, Buffy! I’ll cut you some slack on rubber-banded. Love your first four lines especially. Reminds me of those sore, after-appointment days…
My colors Stretch
Across worlds
Hand circle hand circle
Weaving bracelets of
Hope and pace
By Jessica Bigi
I like your poem Laura
Lovely, Jessica. Have you seen the banding together project? http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/03/banding-together-with-joyce-sidman-and.html Your hand circle hand circle reminded me of what a couple of schools are doing together as part of this project!
thanks for sharing this this is so wonderful I had never heard of this group 🙂
Hope and peace
My colors Stretch
Across worlds
Hand circle hand circle
Weaving bracelets of
Hope and pace
By Jessica Bigi
I like your poem Laura
Lovely, Jessica. Have you seen the banding together project? http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2014/03/banding-together-with-joyce-sidman-and.html Your hand circle hand circle reminded me of what a couple of schools are doing together as part of this project!
thanks for sharing this this is so wonderful I had never heard of this group 🙂
Hope and peace
Sadly Not Made of Rubber
Stretched thin.
Pulled this way and that.
Tension building
till I snap.
The riddle-ku series has been fun.
I see others thought of breaking point. I was remembering my working Mom days.
I can so sympathize! And many days, I’m not as flexible as I should be :/
Sadly Not Made of Rubber
Stretched thin.
Pulled this way and that.
Tension building
till I snap.
The riddle-ku series has been fun.
I see others thought of breaking point. I was remembering my working Mom days.
I can so sympathize! And many days, I’m not as flexible as I should be :/
RIDDLE-KU
Elastic rings cinch
Waterfalls of strands smoothing
Each to perfection.
CLASS ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Eyelids
Drowning,
Elastic flick
Ricochets off
Forehead,
Best friend
Smirks
Across the
Aisle.
© Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.
Ha! I can totally see that scene in the second one.
RIDDLE-KU
Elastic rings cinch
Waterfalls of strands smoothing
Each to perfection.
CLASS ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Eyelids
Drowning,
Elastic flick
Ricochets off
Forehead,
Best friend
Smirks
Across the
Aisle.
© Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.
Ha! I can totally see that scene in the second one.