9:47 a.m. — San Antonio
listening to That Old Black Magic sung by Peggy Lee — for most of my growing up years, I gave dad Lee’s newest album, for Christmas
Hello, all. My apologies for the non-appearance, Thursday. Life happened. (It has that habit, doesn’t it?) Today’s prompt is one you can have fun with. List all things you can think of that join: the conjunctions of life. Obvious: bridges. Not so obvious: the ear canal.
1] Be literal.
2] Be metaphorical — that’s an option, literal people, not a must. I can feel your panic.
3] Weave a couple of the not so obvious joins together.
4] Use joining things as a motif, a thread throughout the poem.
The joining things can be a small part, or the entire focus, of what you write.
I’m looking forward to what you come up with. I will see you Thursday for stuff, and Tuesday for our next prompt.
Happy writing, everyone.
Margo Roby: Wordgathering 
Jane Dougherty
19/01/2016 at 10:31 am
What a strange coincidence! My last week’s poetry challenge was on the theme of bridges. I’ll reblog in case people haven’t finished with the idea.
Jane Dougherty
19/01/2016 at 10:32 am
Reblogged this on Jane Dougherty Writes and commented:
More bridge poems required. If you want to post your bridge challenge poems to Margo’s site too, go ahead. If you still have more to say on the theme, this is the place for it.
margo roby
19/01/2016 at 10:48 am
Very nice. Thanks, Jane — much appreciated.
Misky
19/01/2016 at 10:48 am
And now … back to chopping up fish.
https://miskmask.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/five-and-half-seconds-if-you-read-fast/
julespaige
19/01/2016 at 11:52 am
Has to be here… the stew or porridge pot has been stirred again:
Rejoinder?
I
Off the rickety bridge into quicksand
How long can you be still to prevent further sinking
Expecting love to be unconditional
After you, yourself have placed so many restrictions
Upon the relationship that never really existed?
Love without respect is like the extension of
That rescue stick but only being pulled back with one hand.
The process is going to be extremely slow
Especially when all that sand gets to weighing
All the options you never gave, when you were able…
II
On the table three bowls of porridge lay in wait –
The biggest one is too hot, the medium one too mushy.
That little one seems just right, but if you don’t share –
Well really what did Goldilocks expect to gain?
Taking that which was not hers…it’s all individual choices.
You continue to attempt to gain free access to my heart
Expecting years of neglect to be idled away by a few half
hearted symbolic gestures. But are you willing to really
pay the toll? Do you think of me as the Troll? When the
thought has crossed my mind that all you want is my money.
©JP/dh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldilocks_and_the_Three_Bears
Interesting origins…
whimsygizmo
19/01/2016 at 12:44 pm
Jules, I love these Goldilocks thoughts, especially. 🙂
Debi
20/01/2016 at 7:39 am
ouch…. experience teaches to be cautious
Debi
20/01/2016 at 7:45 am
Ouch…. experience teaches caution
purplepeninportland
20/01/2016 at 9:47 pm
Who can trust someone named Goldilocks? Love this, Jules.
georgeplace2013
21/01/2016 at 5:29 am
Sometimes it pays to be cautious. Nice job
margo roby
26/01/2016 at 8:56 am
Rejoinder… hah! Clever.
julespaige
26/01/2016 at 5:42 pm
I try…
whimsygizmo
19/01/2016 at 12:43 pm
LOVED this.
https://whimsygizmo.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/a-confluence-of-sidewalks/
b_y
19/01/2016 at 2:58 pm
Hope the world wasn’t too much with you.
https://fredherring.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/attempting-to-re-engage/
margo roby
26/01/2016 at 8:58 am
Enh… up and down.
Hey, I’ll take ten degrees of your weather for ten degrees of mine.
Hannah Gosselin
19/01/2016 at 7:39 pm
Life has been doing that to me, too…good to see you Margo and thank you, for the inspiration as always. 🙂
https://wordrustling.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/bridges/
And this caught me…a poem as a bridge to the ear canal and beyond… 🙂
I’ll be back to read when it’s brighter outside. Thank you!
Debi
20/01/2016 at 7:46 am
https://debispoems.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/tessellations-of-kindness/#respond
Debi
20/01/2016 at 12:36 pm
https://debispoems.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/tessellations-of-kindness/
purplepeninportland
20/01/2016 at 9:41 pm
Interesting prompt, Margo.
https://purplepeninportland.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/individual/
georgeplace2013
21/01/2016 at 5:27 am
https://debispoems.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/tessellations-of-kindness/
Elusive Trope
21/01/2016 at 10:30 am
Originally written for Jane Dougherty’s prompt. Serendipity and all that.
http://elusivetrope.com/2016/01/16/off-ramp/
margo roby
26/01/2016 at 8:59 am
Good to see you here.
memadtwo
24/01/2016 at 9:06 pm
Late again…
https://methodtwomadness.wordpress.com/2016/01/25/threshold/
margo roby
26/01/2016 at 9:00 am
Someone has to be the anchor!