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Happy's at Poetic Asides...

again!

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

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Happy's over at Poetic Asides!

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

"You better watch out..."

It'll be here before you know it...

HO HO HO!

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

Happy Thanksgiving

Dust off your pilgrim hat

The land of hope awaiting

Across the seven seas

Beyond the great divide

Let’s brave the odds, we’ll bat-

ten down the hatches, fighting

the storm until it yields.

Have faith – God will provide

Live for the Love of it,
Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

More on dog's life

Every dog has his

snoozeday

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Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

Staring contest

I will not move, or blink 

I'll make her hear

my silent plea...

Oh, will she ever  think

to scratch my ear...

and PLAY with me?

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

Second childhood. A sonnet.

I would be cunning if I were to say,

“The second childhood does not bother me,

I do not care ‘bout keeping it at bay,

I won’t be troubled should I live to see

Its cruel effect on my petite grey cells,

My somewhat high (if questionably) mental

Capacity.” True, as the time propels

Me toward the finish, I get sentimental –

I love my brain. Yet, I would gladly choose

The soft’ning of its squiggly-wiggly matter

O’er hardened heart. I would not bear to lose

My quirks and laugh lines, specially the latter –

I’d go all wrinkly lest I fail to joy

In things like puddles, fireflies, or a toy.

Live for the Love of it,

Happy  

My dog is something else

Nothing like a nap in the sun...

with a good comfy pillow...

a dog's life...

Live for the Love of it,

Happy

Happy Hour: "Bowl Trouble" (limerick)

More on Kyle and his Pup. :-)

"They moved my bowl."

~ Bowl Trouble ~

- Pudel said you can heal a dog’s soul…

Tell me, doc, am I losing my role?

Kyle is not so bad,

But he sure got me mad,

When he – listen to this! – moved my bowl!

- Things are not all that grave on the whole,

Though Kyle is attempting the role

Of the alpha, you’re right,

I will help you to fight

For what’s yours.  Man will not move your bowl!

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur

Image credit: Charles Barsotti

Happy Hour: "Homo sapiens...?"

The other day our dog tried to get us to do something for quite a while (as we realized later.)  When we finally got it - threw his blanket on the couch, so he could curl next to us - he gave out an especially long sigh.  I wonder what he was thinking...

"It's not going to throw itself."

Homo sapiens, they say?... I don’t know… 

How sapiens can be so slow?

I’ll keep nudging the ball,

Like it’s nothing at all,

Till he gets through his head: he should throw.

Image credit:  Charles Barsotti

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The Happy Amateur  

'Merciful Pup'

You might remember my limerick about a merry chap Kyle and his not-so-happy dog that one day teaches him a lesson:

~Every Dog Has His Day~

There once lived a merry chap Kyle,

Had a doggy that never did smile.

There and back in the blink

Of an eye, “Where’s my drink?”

Kyle is sad, but his dog’s got a smile.

  

I remembered Kyle and his pup, too, and decided to pick up where we left off:

"Well, I think you're wonderful."

~Merciful Pup~

He, who once was a merry chap Kyle,

Has been sad for a very long while,

So, his pup shows him mercy:

Pours him gin, puts on Purcell,

Wails for him, “Shall your cares beguile!”


 
We'll see if we have an update on Kyle and his pup next Thursday :-)

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur


Image credit: Charles Barsotti

'An Old Dog'

Poetic Bloomings encouraged us to write a poem with a word 'old' in the title.

"We do all those old tricks electronically now."

~An Old Dog~

“Time for your lesson, Mama!”

(Oh, hear my silent cries!)

He won’t see the drama

I carefully disguise.

“Watch, Mama, how I do it,

It’s so easy, see?”

(Oh, help me suffer through it!

Oh, woe, woe to me…)

He’s only just discovered

His sister’s DSi*,

“Look, Mum, I got it covered.”

(Why me?  Oh, why, oh why?...)

He’ll probably think I’m slow,

My son, he’s only six,

He is too young to know

About old dogs and tricks…

* DSi is a handheld game system created by Nintendo.

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur

Image credit: Charles Barsotti

Happy Hour Thursday

Thursday

A smile is a good thing.  A chuckle is great.  Laughing out loud is healthy.  Anything that gives me a happy grin is OK in my book.  This could be an image, a comic strip, a limerick…  I celebrate humor every day, but one day a week I’d like to honor it.  So, if it’s Thursday, it’s time for…

Happy Hour

Drop by, maybe you’ll find something that will brighten up your day!

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur