I’ll post the link to it when OV View posts it online.
“At 4:44” can also be found in this blog via the following link:
A clock that says 4:44 on 4/4 can seem like fourever o’clock; a knot-like writer’s block
For a list of my other poems that OV View published, and for lists of my poems that are published submissions outside of Orangevale View, they can be found (at my other blog) via the following link:
List of poems by Z.F. Thrimej that got published by Orangevale View
(while carrots might be near).
This poem’s based on a photo from the Guardian of the Woods.
The following link leads to it (worthy of multiple looks).
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=519191509778617&set=a.356169239414179
with more than 1 canine.
This poem’s inspired by a post by Rachel Mankowitz
of the blog The Cricket Pages (I recommend this).
The link to her post: https://rachelmankowitz.com/2022/04/09/moms-birthday-bench/
(where there’s also photos of curious furry friends).
got topped by this thought.
To move from 4 to 5 can make one feel more alive
and also more free when that time does arrive.
U and ! can be turned n and i: how I decipher.
Word play has potential to be a reminder
that can lift spirits higher, make readers wiser,
encourage a writer, and maybe inspire.
For Easter happening on April 1, maybe Jesus fools people who thought he was done.
Before Easter, he appears to have croaked.
April first Easter makes that seem like a hoax.
The following is a link to my poem (“Easter”) in its original form:
A new day and new month is a chance to be reborn.
between true and false)
(or a compromise
that’s really just a ruse?).
Ten years ago, I wrote this poem on my other blog.
April Fools’ Day reminds me of these thoughts
that can also be found via the following link:
https://zfthrimej.wordpress.com/2012/03/19/true-false-truse-5/
Questioning what is real can change how we think.
When Deadlines Become Zombies 