Past, Future, Present

By H. N. Vinas

We always seem to live in the future and the past

When the past is something to be learned from

Not held on to

And the future is coming at us

At an exponential rate

Let's just live in the present

Enjoy, improve, and love

The very moment

We are in

Because

We are luckier than

We think we are

To be here

In this moment

In this point of time

Than we realize

A little guest blogging today--My oldest son loves quotes--he showed this to me the other day and I thought it was something he'd gotten from the internet--then he told me he'd written it for a friend who was feeling down!  Well, color me "Proud Mama!"  So, I had to share. ;-)  This is offered for Poets United Poetry Pantry, where every poem is a present.

License to Love

Sun setting
On me and the day
Focused on HOME
When a license plate
Appears ahead
GDBLSU
Smile replaces
A grim line
Joy peeks out
Who
Is driving this
Message?
A car that's lost
It's gloss
Model type
Intrepid
(of course)
And the intrepid
Messenger?
Guessing a teen
Most likely female
No
A beautiful man
Mahogany statue
Focused forward
Perfect angles
and planes on his face
Smooth, burnished
Reflecting setting sun
His window down
I reach to press the
Button
Open my window
Speak across the space
"Bless You Too!"
But the light has
Changed and
I
Must turn
Away
(still smiling)

Of course true story--I can't make this stuff up--I love that when people put love on their license plates. Pulls me out of my "DRIVE" mode and makes me smile.  This is offered for Poetry Jam, where Peggy asks us write about "reflections" poetryjaam.blogspot.com, thank you Peggy!! and also was going to be offered to Poets United where Kim had suggested for Wednesday a reaction, but I missed the deadline, However, I'm going to take a stretch here, since this was inspired by an object, to link up with Dversepoets (because I love y'all) and go with positive capability, because that's the way I like to roll, at  dversepoets.com--BLSU all :-)

A Stone's Throw

Frustrat-

ion

From no cooperat-

ion

A continuing obligat-

ion

Of your business

A lodestone

That's never unloaded

The end may be

A stone's throw

Away

But the wait

Holds you down

Nose to the grindstone

This is thanks to De from Whimsygizmo, who suggested that I might "rock" this prompt from Trifecta http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/ (making a little pun there, De?) ;-)  Also sharing this (Sunday) with a place that I definitely share some chemistry Poets United poetryblogroll.blogspot.com  The prompt is to write a 33 word poem using the word "stone" they chose stone from the third element in the periodic table "Lithium," hence my fun with the word "ion."  Unfortunately, based on true frustration--we have our own business, my husband's been out of town for 4 days and right when he landed and was about to come home, (where I was waiting with wine and hopes of relaxing outside) crisis struck and he had to go to the office--sigh.  However, there's always a bright side, I had time to write a poem! :-) P.S. Sunday, got my wine, hubby and sunset fix (not necessarily in that order...)

In a Wink

He flashed

A wink

That ellipti-

Call

Promise of a kiss

or More

Shaft of passion

Refracts

Tracks straight to my

Heart

Strong and sure

Don't ever want

a Cure

This was written for the prompt at Poetry Jam, poetryjaam.blogspot.com to write about a prism, and for Kim's prompt to write about a cure at Poets United poetryroll.blogspot.com, had a great idea to write about curing hatred, but then my husband winked at me, and here we are. Never been able to resist his winks. ;-) Also shared with dversepoets.com Open Link Night, where winking is encouraged.