Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I was driving home from a school visit in outstate Minnesota when this hay-filled truck passed by. Took a few pix without looking, and this one came out ok.?Here’s what?this picture?makes me think of:
1)?A little critter who was nibbling on hay and suddenly finds himself zooming down the highway
2) If the truck turned over and all the hay spilled, we could end up with a meadow instead of a highway. Well, not really. But you know, kind of.
3) If this truck parks at a truck stop and the driver goes in for lunch, a whole herd of cows could descend on the truck from surrounding farms and eat his whole cargo.
And here’s my poem first draft:
How I Nibble
Nibble hay.
Nibble my way.
Munching, crunching
in my shy way.
Nibble, nibble
down the highway.
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
Shoot. I’m one word over–oh, well.?What do you think of when you look at this picture? Quickly jot down a 15 Words or Less poem. No polish, no pressure. Just a bit of wordplay:>)
56 Responses
Huh? dear me!
How can this be??
Eating snack,
Suddenly, SMACK!
On this truck…
WHEEEEEE!!!!!
Cute picture, Ms. Salas!!! LOVE your poem- the quirky little nibble is great! Loved all your ideas!
Off to school.…..
This is great, Amelia! I love the little baffled but adventurous voice you’ve captured here! Wheeee, indeed:>)
Huh? dear me!
How can this be??
Eating snack,
Suddenly, SMACK!
On this truck…
WHEEEEEE!!!!!
Cute picture, Ms. Salas!!! LOVE your poem- the quirky little nibble is great! Loved all your ideas!
Off to school.…..
This is great, Amelia! I love the little baffled but adventurous voice you’ve captured here! Wheeee, indeed:>)
If I had seen that on the highway I would have been scared to death that the straps would let go and I’d be buried in hay! Not a good way to go, especially for someone with allergies!
My poem appears to be 16 words, but I’m counting Van Gogh as one word.
21st Century Farmer’s Question
Would Van Gogh
and Monet have
made art of haystacks
so perfectly round
and without light?
© Diane Mayr
Wonderful!
Sweet mama of mercy that’s gorgeous, Diane.
That ending grabs me, Diane. Something about the “without light.” It makes me feel the density and weight of hay, and of course brings the art into the line, too. Nice!
If I had seen that on the highway I would have been scared to death that the straps would let go and I’d be buried in hay! Not a good way to go, especially for someone with allergies!
My poem appears to be 16 words, but I’m counting Van Gogh as one word.
21st Century Farmer’s Question
Would Van Gogh
and Monet have
made art of haystacks
so perfectly round
and without light?
© Diane Mayr
Wonderful!
Sweet mama of mercy that’s gorgeous, Diane.
That ending grabs me, Diane. Something about the “without light.” It makes me feel the density and weight of hay, and of course brings the art into the line, too. Nice!
Waves of summer wheat
rolled into bales.
Now they?re cresting
on a concrete sea.
~Elisabeth M. Priest
Oh, this is just gorgeous, Beth! I always love the waving grain as ocean waves metaphor, and you’ve put a whole new spin on it. Thanks for stopping by and playing!
Waves of summer wheat
rolled into bales.
Now they?re cresting
on a concrete sea.
~Elisabeth M. Priest
Oh, this is just gorgeous, Beth! I always love the waving grain as ocean waves metaphor, and you’ve put a whole new spin on it. Thanks for stopping by and playing!
Wandering walls
Make it easier
To segregate–
No matter where
We go.
Ooh, I’m intrigued by those wandering walls, Diane. And so true that we find ways to segregate…
Wandering walls
Make it easier
To segregate–
No matter where
We go.
Ooh, I’m intrigued by those wandering walls, Diane. And so true that we find ways to segregate…
TP SALE!
Mr. Giant’s special order
emptied out the store.
Twenty-four double rolls
delivered to his door.
LOL
LOVE this!
I love toilet paper poems. I love toilet paper. Lots and lots of toilet paper. I am Mr. Giant’s target customer. ;>
Oh dear–too funny! May I recommend triple rolls for Mr. Giant? TP is getting so big that I imagine pretty soon we’ll just be rolling one huge role down the highway home!
TP SALE!
Mr. Giant’s special order
emptied out the store.
Twenty-four double rolls
delivered to his door.
LOL
LOVE this!
I love toilet paper poems. I love toilet paper. Lots and lots of toilet paper. I am Mr. Giant’s target customer. ;>
Oh dear–too funny! May I recommend triple rolls for Mr. Giant? TP is getting so big that I imagine pretty soon we’ll just be rolling one huge role down the highway home!
Make way, make way
for the royal hay!
The king?s own cows
must eat today!
?Kate Coombs
They do look a bit royal, no loose sticking out bits. Love this!
I love “own” in there. That wording of that line really gives me a medieval feel, somehow.
Make way, make way
for the royal hay!
The king?s own cows
must eat today!
?Kate Coombs
They do look a bit royal, no loose sticking out bits. Love this!
I love “own” in there. That wording of that line really gives me a medieval feel, somehow.
My first thought of your photo was to worry about you driving and photographing at the same time. Sorry Laura…I’m being an old crank/worrywort. You really don’t need my
Advice for Laura
Hands grip the wheel,
cellphone’s away,
steer down the highway–
avoid bales of hay.
Amen Sister! My thoughts exactly. Can’t let Buffy be the only crankipuss. 😉
Love this, Buffy. I should have kept all the horrible photos to reassure you. I don’t look at my phone as I take the pics–I just pick it up and click the button in the general direction of an interesting sight I pass. So 90% of the pics are all whopper-jawed and don’t even get most of what I was hoping I was aiming at!
My first thought of your photo was to worry about you driving and photographing at the same time. Sorry Laura…I’m being an old crank/worrywort. You really don’t need my
Advice for Laura
Hands grip the wheel,
cellphone’s away,
steer down the highway–
avoid bales of hay.
Amen Sister! My thoughts exactly. Can’t let Buffy be the only crankipuss. 😉
Love this, Buffy. I should have kept all the horrible photos to reassure you. I don’t look at my phone as I take the pics–I just pick it up and click the button in the general direction of an interesting sight I pass. So 90% of the pics are all whopper-jawed and don’t even get most of what I was hoping I was aiming at!
Oh that is so cute, Laura and I love your points too.
Precious cargo
not far to go
stop! Hey wait!
says the cow at the gate.
Hehe–that’s like me if a donut or cupcake truck passes by:>)
:0)
Oh that is so cute, Laura and I love your points too.
Precious cargo
not far to go
stop! Hey wait!
says the cow at the gate.
Hehe–that’s like me if a donut or cupcake truck passes by:>)
:0)
The Mean Kid on the Side of the Road Makes a Wish
Who stacked
and packed
these piles
of hay?
If those
bales fell
Oh happy day!
-Pamela Ross, totally being dopey, a doofus dummy about all things non-urban 😉
p.s. normally post from Twitter account but having technical issues getting it work here this morning; even Twitter knows I have no right ruminating and rhyming about hay. xox
I know your title tells us this is a mean kid, but you know what? I was totally hearing Witchie Poo from HR Pufnstuf and the Wicked Witch of the West. There was just something gloriously cackly about this poem!
The Mean Kid on the Side of the Road Makes a Wish
Who stacked
and packed
these piles
of hay?
If those
bales fell
Oh happy day!
-Pamela Ross, totally being dopey, a doofus dummy about all things non-urban 😉
p.s. normally post from Twitter account but having technical issues getting it work here this morning; even Twitter knows I have no right ruminating and rhyming about hay. xox
I know your title tells us this is a mean kid, but you know what? I was totally hearing Witchie Poo from HR Pufnstuf and the Wicked Witch of the West. There was just something gloriously cackly about this poem!
MISSION: POSSIBLE
Stacks
of
hay
Strapped to semi truck,
Their mission?
Feed the world.
© Charles Waters 2013 all rights reserved.
MISSION: POSSIBLE
Stacks
of
hay
Strapped to semi truck,
Their mission?
Feed the world.
© Charles Waters 2013 all rights reserved.