The following is an unpaid
Public Smile Promotion:
A sprite of sunlight
Rippling on the water
Monarch marionettes
Dipping in and out of
Milkweed flowers
That first sip of champagne
A fizz and shimmer on your tongue
The warm brown eyes of
A happy lab
Yeasty warm bread, melted butter
A smile from a fellow shopper
Erasing your focused frown
(from trying to choose the least hard melon)
A morning, and evening hug
With a snuggle while you sleep
There's plenty
More, keep
Thinking...
Celebrate your smiles
Time to up the ante
Kids smile 400 times/day
Adults only twenty
This is from the prompt (thank you Mary!) at Poetryjaam.blogspot.com
Please leave one of your favorite reasons to smile--c'mon get happy! :-)
Public Smile Promotion:
A sprite of sunlight
Rippling on the water
Monarch marionettes
Dipping in and out of
Milkweed flowers
That first sip of champagne
A fizz and shimmer on your tongue
The warm brown eyes of
A happy lab
Yeasty warm bread, melted butter
A smile from a fellow shopper
Erasing your focused frown
(from trying to choose the least hard melon)
A morning, and evening hug
With a snuggle while you sleep
There's plenty
More, keep
Thinking...
Celebrate your smiles
Time to up the ante
Kids smile 400 times/day
Adults only twenty
This is from the prompt (thank you Mary!) at Poetryjaam.blogspot.com
Please leave one of your favorite reasons to smile--c'mon get happy! :-)
This is lovely - always so much to smile about. And I enjoy your self-description on the left:)
ReplyDeleteThank you Sherry! It was fun to write :-)
DeleteI love the spirit of this. There are indeed so many things to smile about.
ReplyDeleteThank you Peggy, your beautiful photos always make me smile :-)
DeleteI like the images, especially "monarch marionettes" and the spirit too. I especially like the contrast in the statistics about childrens' and adults smiling behavior.
ReplyDeleteThank you Victoria!
DeleteEvery reason to be happy :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad ;-)
DeleteWhy, your poem made me smile!!! Thank you for the gift.
ReplyDeleteHelen you always make me smile with your kind words--thank you so much--
DeleteI love how you set this up to mimic a PSA, very clever indeed. Lots of great images in this, I'm also quite drawn to "monarch marionettes." I have to agree, we all should smile a little more :) Thanks so much for sharing this over at Poetry Jam!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the great prompt Mary! Glad you liked the "monarch marionettes" Love the way they move :-)
DeleteInteresting to learn that kids smile 400 times a day and adults only 20. We've got to do something to change that. I love 'the warm brown eyes of a happy lab.' Now THAT would make me smile!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mary! Me too, pretty much any doggie will do :-) (though, not doggie doo...) *wink*
DeleteLove this! Kids do indeed smile 400 x a day. I love my life because my grandson is smiling in it and when I am with him, I smile 400x a day too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Barbara! A child's smile is definitely contagious--glad you're you're smile muscles are getting plenty of exercise :-)
DeleteMany reasons to smile and be grateful ~ We need to remember such lovely gifts ~ Nice share ~
ReplyDeleteThank you Grace!
DeleteYes, Sara!!! Such a great idea...is that true by the way 400 versus 20...wow, if so, sad.
ReplyDeleteHappy thoughts...dragonfly landing on my sun-kissed skin and the baby seeing that for the first time...delighted eyes are the ultimate prize!
BIG warm smiles to you, Sara!!
Hannah! Such wonderful images and kind comments--Thank you! Unfortunately, that number is true. However, after all the lovely words from fellow poets here, I'm sure I'm up to at least 100--Big warm smiles back to you :-)
DeleteI'm still alive - and so are those I love!
ReplyDeleteThat's a perfect reason. Thank you for stopping in and commenting :-)
DeleteSo many reasons for celebration. I love that you can find so much to find joy in.
ReplyDeleteThank you Judy, you stopping by with such a lovely comment is one more reason! :-)
Deletei am def all for more smiling....and i like your resons & imagery....reason to smile...it usually has to do with being with my boys honestly...smiles.
ReplyDeleteThank you Brian! My boyz bring out the smiles in me too :-)
DeleteLovely poem. Some lovely imagery here. I liked the challenge of "Time to up the ante." I'll try to smile more! Your poem is the start of a revolution!
ReplyDeleteND, I can only hope! :-)
DeleteThank you so much for stopping in and commenting.
Thank you Loredana, nice to see you here again :-)
ReplyDeleteoh heck..way to go for us adults..def. need to smile more.. yeah...time to up the ante..thanks for reminding us..
ReplyDeleteOh, Sara, this actually made me smile reading it. I didn't know that statistic... frightening. OK, my favorite reason to smile is when I hear my daughter Riley's ringtone on my phone, because she's calling to hang with her old mom. And for a 24-year-old woman, that's such a nice quality. Also anytime Lex walks in the room... Peace, Amy
ReplyDeletehttp://sharplittlepencil.com/2012/06/18/an-honor-plus-a-poem-passionate/