The Cactus Blooms, A Poem

Christmas is near,

The blooms now flare,

With holiday cheer,

No longer bare,

This cactus green,

Waves flowers now,

A brightened scene,

It knows, somehow,

It’s time once more,

To light the dark,

With joy of yore,

Good tidings hark.

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Our Christmas Cactus, so named because it tends to bloom in early winter, has donned its lovely bright petals.

Curiously, the original species is known as Schlumbergera and came from Brazil where they are known as a ‘May flower’ due to the time of blooming in the southern hemisphere.

There’s a bit of Jeopardy type knowledge to start your day 🙂

Thanks for dropping by and have a great day!

Jim Sponseller – mindescapes.net – 2019

Four Horsemen, A Tale of the End

Yet another nuclear bomb exploded beyond the mountains, lighting up the sky. The world had gone mad and fallen into war. The last war.

The Four Horsemen, now summoned, were riding forth, the Apocalypse stirred in their shadows. They would ensure that humans would never again inflict such harm to the Earth and each other.

Today, the entire world would become Ground Zero.

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Written for Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #43

Four horsemen image by Devanath at Pixabay.com

Fandango’s One Word Challenge: inflict

Word of the Day Challenge: zero

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Jim Sponseller – mindescapes.net – 2019

Political Poem, Limerick Form

There once was a man from Japan,

Who divulged his stunning bright plan,

A proposal quite new,

To the voter be true,

And on that simple platform he ran.

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Guess we know this is pure fiction. OK, there are the rare gems in politics that actually try to represent those whom vote for them. Shame they are drowned out by the noise of the rest.

Even crazier that we keep managing to elect the same undesirables to office.

I guess this would have been more appropriate, in the States at least, if I had written in back in time for the November elections.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge: divulge

Word of the Day Challenge: proposal

Hope you are having a wonderful day!

Election image by marc-hatot @ pixabay.com

Jim Sponseller – mindescapes.net – 2019

Just Relaxing, A Quick Poem

Nothing radical,

Not much is new,

Just relaxing,

How about you?

Well. I wish I were relaxing on a tropical beach somewhere. Instead, relaxing at home will have to do.

Are you getting a chance to relax this holiday weekend?

Word of the Day Challenge: radical

Hammock on the beach image by Pexels @ pixabay.com

Thanks for reading and enjoy the rest of your day!

Jim Sponseller – mindescapes.net – 2019