Ruby Tuesday

Mag 103

Swaggering
Yesterday's
Redemption

My ruby
My Tuesday

© 2012 by Tammy Newman. All rights reserved.

This week's photo prompt on The Mag, instantly made me think of Ruby Tuesdays at The Girls. Wanting to have a weekly special for our customers, something that was a gem of a deal, and being the music fans that we are, we decided on a Ruby Tuesday each week. Two, maybe three years running, and we still have a lot of fun with it.

Morning Thoughts

Mag 102

What?!
Seriously?
Ugh.
I need to ping Erika again
Coffee
Or maybe I should
Damn
That's going to make a mess
Yep, there it is
Whoa
So that's what a sunset looks like
I need her notifications tags
Sunset? Sunrise
Pretty
Grr
Why always around my feet?
And of course with the purring
Think you're that cute do you?
Or do I...
Can I write it without the tags?
I'm coming, I'm coming
Enough whistling already
I need one of those
Automatic makers

© 2012 by Tammy Newman. All rights reserved.

This week's image prompt by The Mag make me think of jumbled thoughts so I decided to do a steam of consciousness. Unfortunately, too many thoughts got away from me. I couldn't capture them. Visit The Mag and see all of the ways others were inspired.

Roomy Shell

My home
A shell
I side crawl
Defensively around
Near
Far

Memories
Stopping the door
Open
Room for more

© 2011 by Tammy Newman. All rights reserved.

In response to Magpie Tales picture prompt this week.

Intuition

My gut

Smarter than me

Tells me so

Before I see

© 2011 by Tammy Newman. All rights reserved.

In response to Magpie Tales picture prompt this week. Also contributing to One Stop Poetry, Free Verse poetry. My kinda thinking.

Second Haiku

I mean what I say
But not as you hear me now
Spring understanding

© 2011 by Tammy Newman. All rights reserved


My second attempt at a haiku as I learn from the creative individuals at One Stop Poetry and inspired by this week's Magpie.

The Sled

Magpie 44

Mittons with strings
And pink colored faces
Mufflers knitted and 
Brakes prehistoric

A dray
Hauling goods
And toboggan
Luging

Standing tall
Against the wall

Mom's painting of a Christmas
Tradition: Animal's Tree

Winter playgrounds
Waiting on

© 2010 by Tammy Newman. All rights reserved.
 
Inspired by Magpie Tales photo prompt and old memories that were also painted by my mother and posted on her folk art blog. And oddly that is the correct spelling of luging (derives from luge) according to online dictionaries. Shrug.

The Trophy

Magpie 42

High on your pedastel
Hands on your hips
Impervious to
Time slipped by
Lime light
Tarnished beauty
Basking in a memory

© 2010 by Tammy Newman. All rights reserved.

This snippet is in response to this week's Magpie Tales photo prompt.

Time Chimes

Magpie Tales Photo Prompt

Bing - Math Class
Ring - Recess
Gong - School's out
Clang - Graduation
Chime - Somebody's married
Tink - Happy hour drink
Ding - TGIFing
Dong - Monday returns
Chung - Not enough done

© 2010 by Tammy Newman. All rights reserved. 

Sorry to pull out an old one but unfortunately time has gotten away from me again this week so I'm posting it to this week's Magpie Tales prompt. I'll try to get a better handle on time...um next time. :)

What do we know?

Photo prompt from Magpie Tales.

Fact or faith
What’s the difference?
Two and two are four
Is it?
What is two?

Knowing it is different
Than feeling it
I know hard
Have faith it will hurt
Feeling it lacerates
I know love is good
Have faith it is beautiful

Feeling it is euphoric

My grandmother was right
“Nobody knows”

But there is faith

© 2010 by Tammy Newman. All rights reserved.

Inspired by this week's Magpie Tales photo prompt.

Fried Chicken

This cock crows
Thrice
Fatter than he is
Eating with all
Three
Chest puffed
Breast white
Titillating
Strut triumphant
Roost in this house

Inspired by this week's Magpie Tales and the conversation around me. Nothing like friends for fodder. Also tossing this hat in to One Shot Wednesday.

Magic Knowing

Swell, swoon, swirl
Dipping
Holding her garments high
Blind meeting
Birthday gift
Christmas stocking
Magic knowing
Mind echos Yes
On tongue's tip
Love

Midnight, New Year
First kiss
Fire place and works
Flame to ember
Steady glow
Snow and angels
Magic knowing
Sunset in her pocket
On tongue's voice
Love

This entry was inspired by this week's Magpie. The image invokes thoughts of a winter romance for me, which is how mine began.

Tipped (Draft 1)

Mary Kline-Misol: Chicken Act, Balance Ball

I have no balance
Juggling on a ball
My feet try hard to grip
Running running running
Circles
Going nowhere
Battery dying

Chargeable existence
Seeking source
What feeds me?
Disciplined pausing
Rusty pipe reaching
Stretching to center
Directing
Formally directed
New shoes

Once consuming
Shelved in order
Looking for space
Fragile center
I claim me
Matter is rising
Downward dog

This is inspired by a recent effort to reclaim balance in my life, by Magpie Tales, and ABC Wednesday's letter D. I already have plans to revise this but thought I would post the first draft anyway, which is why it's a different photo than the Magpie photo. Look for the new post...soon I hope. :)

Head Butt Eve

He looked at what He created
And it was good
It was good

Silvery snake tongue
Try the apple hun

She bought it, ate it up
Then shared her cup

When I get to Heaven
I'm gonna head butt Eve

Pieces from a "song" I wrote years ago when a friend commented that she wanted to head butt eve. It made me laugh. I was reminded of it today when I saw mom's magpie posting so I am piggy backing on her insightful post.

Check out Magpie Tales for other great inspirations!

I should also add that I am a Christian and love my God. No disrespect is meant. :)

Savouring Toes and Shiny Knight

Picnic and a blanket fort
Peacocking his building bent
She prepares the mealy banquet

Shoeless in the moment
Twirl on savouring toes
Spontaneous tangos

Falling angels in the
Blanket's wrinkle
Tipping gently bowl

He tames dragon shadows
On a fluttering wall
Her shiny knight tall

Inspired by ABC Wednesday's letter S, Sunday Scribblings' Dragon, the Magpie Tales picture shown above, and Theme Thursday's Wrinkle. Click each to participate and see how these prompts inspired others.

Also inspired by a date a friend of mine had recently where they had a picnic and built a blanket fort. Giggle. Sweet Romance. Love it!

Plenty of Fishes

Plenty of fish
In the sea
Big variety of fishes
Small variety of fishes

Cutle Fish
Octopus
Plenty of fish
In the Sea

This was written in response to this week's Magpie Tales. Visit the Magpie Tales site to participate or visit others who have.

This was also inspired by a sign I saw in Naxos, Greece a few years ago. It made me giggle then. It makes me giggle now.

Quandary

Honey and Lemon
Stir
Tink clink chink

Swirling black
Sip
Ahhh

Rattle
Bone on bone
Glances

Silence blankets
A drone ahead
Blah blah blah

Heads nod
Lulling or agreeing?
It's a mystery

Sip
Hours of minutes
Ladies room beckoning

Shift
Courage swells
Fades

Sigh
Sip
Shift


A very silly response to ABC Wednesday's letter Q: a conference room quandary, Theme Thursday's Mystery, Sunday Scribblings' Courage, and Magpie Tale's photo of a saucer (bone china?). Click each link to see other creative juices flowing.