Subtle shafts of sunlight Soft, they bathe the sand. Shells of earth-tone, smooth Soothe the palm of hand. Effervescent #seafoam, Washes on the beach, And Sally sits in pure content, Munching on a peach. Her mind drifts in dreamscape Floating on the sand Swooned by ocean's song Crooning to the land Waves of worry swept away Far down the shoreline beach Now Sally sits in pure content Munching on a peach. ~Beyond the Onions~ Ross McDermott ~

#vss365 #seafoam #writing #poem #poetry #blissful #calm #soothing #rhymetime #HappyFriday

~Munching on a peach~ 🍑

Reißt dir die Hos früh in der Bahn musst du wohl halb nackend fahrn 🙆‍♀️

(fml und so) #rhymetime

onomatopoeia I'm really glad to see ya! I love a #word that makes the sound of what is being described. A cat will sometimes yowl, a dog will often howl; and there's an owl hooting, to express that wisdom vibe. An ode to every word that sounds like what we heard I'm always glad to see ya onomatopoeia. ~Beyond the Onions~ Ross McDermott ~

#vss365 #word #rhymetime #poem #writing

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Its hard to run in a sleeveless jacket
and bare feet slips on morning #dew
the fence made quite a racket
but I climbed it quiet
no one knew
the shackles limit strides
but my feet keep moving true
fleeing from the #hospital
coming after you! 🤪

#2wordprompt #rhymetime #poem #TheLunaticIsOnTheGrass

Ist die Oberleitung futsch ich ganz schnell ins HO rutsch! #rhymetime #öffisputt Wenn man nicht minütlich checkt, ob was auf der Strecke is, ne?

the village was #remote
no place for an excursion
they say the tour got lost
the tribesmen tell a different #version
the tour just paid the cost
for their arrogant incursion
pounds of flesh
moist and fresh
lunch - not a perversion.

#2wordprompt #poem #rhymetime #horror #firstcontact #cannabism

All the #rich folk
in a #hurry
golden shovels
dig with worry
for all the sins they need to bury
before the new day dawns.

#2wordprompt #poem #poetry #rhymetime

What say you to a #salary?
Equitable for you and me
A meagre sum,
but more to come,
if you kiss the boots and bend the knee.
You'll rise in ranks #internally.
Just you wait.. just wait and see.

#2wordprompt #writing #rhymetime #poem

What's that in the lake? July 9, 2001 at approximately 2:15 p.m. I was a reporter/photographer for the local newspaper of record, The Peachland Signal, when I watched and snapped this photo of something strange breaking the surface of Okanagan Lake. I was familiar with the legend of Ogopogo, the creature purported by some to reside in the lake. I appeared silently and briefly, then submerged once again, like it was never there. Even to this day I'm not sure what I captured on my Nikon, but still I ask myself: What's that in the lake? Photo by Ross McDermott *previously published in The Peachland Signal and the Kelowna Capital News.

An article I wrote, published in the Kelowna Capital News, telling the story of something strange I photographed rising from the depths of Okanagan Lake. written by Ross McDermott photo by Ross McDermott

#vss365 #poem #rhymetime #truestory #PressPhotography
#cryptozoology #LakeMonster? #Ogopogo

The #illusive Ogopogo
rarely seen to rise
captured in its mystery
right before my eyes
zooming in for clarity
it surely can't be true
and yet it breaks the calm
of Okanagan blue.

So goes the cloud man... from the archives - a foot-shaped cloud descends from the sky. Photo by Ross McDermott

So goes the cloud man
a bolstered and proud man
He's not side-stepping;
he's stepping aside
There's bigger clouds comin'
You can hear their drums drummin'
announcing their arrival
like it's something they could hide.

#skyphoto #skyscape #poem #poetry #writing #photography #rhymetime -old pic.

Big Bad approached the shack
just sticks of #wood, would do no good
no #challenge for the wolf's attack
He huffed and puffed as Big Bad does
and blew it down, simply because
he knew he could
and thought he should
remind the little pigs of that

#2wordprompt #rhymetime #poem #poetry #writing
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A clown with out a parade snapping his suspenders staring at his big clown feet refusing to surrender Downturned - his mouth now drooping he #wavers in his thoughts: the lonely sting of centre ring the lights, the crowds, forgot Now standing on the pavement Big tops folding at his feet that clown without a parade, he sees the grand charade, as grease-paint smears from real clown tears now tasting oh so bitter sweet. ~Beyond the Onions~ Ross McDermott

#vss365 #waver #poem #poetry #rhymetime #writing #amwriting #clowns 🎪

~ the highwayman ~

"Stand and #deliver!"
So commands the highwayman.
His lower lip quivers,
as does the flintlock in his hand.

His fear a thing to #study
to try to comprehend
for I hold just a purse string
while he grips tight to my life's end.

#2wordprompt #poem #poetry #rhymetime #writing

My poem 'Larry the Leprechaun' is here! 🍀 He's not a fan of *that* color. What color is it? Find out!
#Poetry #FunnyPoetry #KidsPoetry #RhymeTime
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There it is again
in the #corner of my eye 👀
just a fleeting movement
each night it comes to spy
beneath my puffy pillow
I muffle fearful cries
"Get behind me phantom" 👻
but rarely does the ghost comply.

#vss365 #poem #rhymetime #horror #haunt #amwriting #writing #poetry & #prose

Another piece of my prose and a piece of my mind.

Some days my thoughts are very unkind. On days like that - I try to get out of my head and remain present. Grounding helps!
#poem #poetry #poetrybymikki #thoughts #unkindmind #poetsofbluesky #rhymetime

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Last day to fill out our survey! #rhymetime

I hear if you tell us what you thought of Back to Black you'll be as cool as the Squirtle Squad

black joy heck yeah!

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"We THE PEOPLE, in order to form a more perfect union..." What is the current state of that union? #BOYCOTT #SOTU
Because:

#POTUS is demented
#POTUS is depraved
and all the founding fathers
are rolling in their graves.

#rhymetime #poem #writing what ever I feel like. #politic #humanity

All my sneezes come in threes's
A single #sneeze need not apply
The third clamps down
A #valid reason
Squeezing sneeze-tears from my eyes.

#2wordprompt #rhymetime #poem #poetry #aachooo!

#2wordprompt #poem #rhymetime #dog #springerspaniel #bestfriend #rip

An Ode to my friend Sam - may he rest in peace.

A puppy with #purpose
he wanted to go
but poor Springer Sam
was too #tall to show.

She presses her patience to slowly ascend, to break through the moist of the earth. In purple plume, in fragrance she bends, craving the light and all of life's worth. Twitching and drifting in the warmth of desires, softly she breathes, spores rising higher, the crown on her head, a bloom to inspire, her face filled with threats of blood and of fire. The drone of cicadas speaks to her power. The heat of the day is her finest hour. Dare you embrace and succumb to sharp bristle, Look but don't #touch my fine Scottish thistle. ~Beyond the Onions~ Ross McDermott ~

#vss365 #touch #poem #poetry #writing #amwriting #summer #heat #nature #thistle #skypoetry #rhymetime

He stares forever gruesome, with his granite grin Grey eyes spy the lost horizon growing dimmer, ever-grim As bugs, they pass beneath him, through the village square below But one who can release him, they pause to stare; they know He senses now the breath he takes, not measured by the stone Visceral, he feels the ache, the tremor quake, a past he’s known In misery he wallows, cathedral’s spire his throne Forever gargoyle gruesome In stone left to atone. ~Beyond the Onions~ Ross McDermott

#vss365 #ache #poem #poetry #writing #amwriting #rhymetime #gargoyle

Of #Slender Man I have no fear
#Ten times I've summoned him, appear!
Dare not, does he, to show up here
I have friends of my own... 👻
Mu ha ha ha haaaaa!

#2wordprompt #poem #rhymetime #writing #amwriting 😏

#Hefty was this sack of skin
permeating meaty #treats
Grizzled juices wet his chin
Brown bear settled in to eat.

#2wordprompt #poem #rhymetime #poetry #bear #writing

Carl the Crow spares me a glance. photo by Ross McDermott

#BirdofTheDay #eyecontact #photography #nature #rhymetime #poetry

I call him Carl
He's just a crow
The fact that he sees me
is a fact that I know
But Carl's in denial
He says it ain't so

two plants once growing in a pot
heard their #thrum:
'... forget me not...'
lost in the hum,
we plumb forgot
and commiserate
an empty pot.

#vss365 #poem #rhymetime #writing #amwriting #poetry

#2wordprompt #try #since #poem #poetry #rhymetime #writing #amwriting #vss

We must #improve our cryotubes,
if we wish to fulfill the #promise
reflected by
the unblinking eye
of Web.

#2wordprompt #scifi #rhymetime #writing #amwriting #cryosleep #space #time

Was it they way she flipped her hair behind her ear? The way she would quip when only you could hear? The curve of her hip that lured you to draw near? The #quiver of her lip; the glisten of a tear? The flash of her eyes; a smile to light the skies? Or simply just the fact that you had one too many beers? ~Beyond the Onions~ Ross McDermott ~

#vss365 #quiver #poem #poetry #rhymetime #writing #amwriting #blueskypoetry

The words rise #unmoored
in clear #bluesky - it's plane to see 😉
the silver shimmer of the wings
the reasons words soar high, fly free
it's when it's right, come day or night 🌙
it's when I write for #me.

#vss365 #rhymetime! #poem #poetry #wunderbar