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 :-)
DeleteI love your optimism! True, we do have so much to smile about. :) Wonderful poem with cheerful images :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Loredana, nice to see you here again :-)
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.
oh 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
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