2021-01-12

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2021-01-12 12:09 pm
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Bingo! (And a fill)

First, I got a blackout bingo on my Fresh Starts bingo card! Second, I managed to write 20 fills without getting a single line bingo (this wasn't on purpose at first, but after poem eight or nine it became deliberate). Third, here is the first of today's poems, a Roundabout for the "recycling/upcycling" square on the Public Activities Card for Fresh Starts Bingo Fest.

Renewal
a roundabout

Paper goes here, plastic goes there,
save whatever you can.
Could be food scarps
or cardboard flaps,
save whatever you can.

Saving the world starts with a plan;
donate the old things, perhaps?
Plastic to yarn,
worn socks to darn,
donate old things, perhaps.

Re-used items can fill in gaps
when new can't be called on.
Come, let us share
to show we care
when new can't be called on.

Resources gathered in the barn,
it's a renewal fair.
Look at the span
and load the van,
it's a renewal fair.
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2021-01-12 12:21 pm
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One prompt, two fills

So, for the "redecorating a room" square on the Public Activities Card for Fresh Starts Bingo Fest, I originally wrote a Lai, but after two versions I still wasn't very happy with it. After leaving it alone for awhile, I went back and wrote a Nonet for the square as well, that I like a lot better. I'm going to post them both here for you to see, and if anyone has any critiques or feedback (especially on the Lai), I'd be more than happy to hear them.

New Style
a lai

Pictures taken down
to be moved around.
New style,
modeled off a gown;
colours will abound.
A trial;
perfect balance found
'tween bright hues and brown,
it's final.

Changing Things Up
a nonet

It's springtime and change is in the air.
The curtains are looking tired
and the paint is wearing thin.
Swap plain brown for bright blue,
to let more light in.
Soft yellow walls
and new art;
it's a
start.
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2021-01-12 12:29 pm
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Bingo fill

Here is a Spenserian for the "taking on a new role" square for the Public Activities Card for Fresh Starts Bingo Fest.

The Promotion
a spenserian

I started out on the bottom,
doing my work without a care,
but this most recent autumn
my opinions I was asked to share.
They said the promotion was fair,
that I had proved my value;
when this happened I'm not aware.
This change in role is new
but it sure is nice, having the boss listen to you.
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2021-01-12 12:37 pm
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Fourth Poem

And today's final fill is a Kyrielle for the "starting with nothing" square for the Public Activities Card for Fresh Starts Bingo Fest.

Making Do
a kyrielle

Whatever shall I do?
I want to make something new
but my stores are bare,
not a single part to spare.

The goal; a present for my crew.
It's time to think with care;
is it really true,
not a single part to spare?

Experience says, "Be creative, you."
Nature whispers too
of all the ways to eschew
"not a single part to spare."

I'm determined to see this through
and make the world aware
of all the great things that can be done with
not a single part to spare.