A friend of mine once asked me “Hey, may I borrow your library card?”

To me this question was freaky, so I was cautious. And on-guard.

I replied by asking my friend: “What happened to your…own card?”

Then he told me he lost his.

…THAT’S REAL GENIUS. THAT’S REAL SMART.

Now I know I could not trust him

if he borrows stuff that’s not even mine.

If I let him use my library account

I might accumulate a giant fine.

And so I told him “No”

and that he could pay a dollar for a replacement.

Hopefully he’ll take better care of what he has

and save it rather than waste it.

***

Library Card Sign-up Month (September)

reminds me of these rhymes (in this post: they’re entered).

This poem Card was in a Milpitas Post issue;

the memory of my poem still does continue.

Many a flashcard make memories more sharp

help students be more smart,

can help them earn top marks.

Each and every flashcard

contains two parts.

Questions, answers: they spark

to not be kept in the dark.

***

National School Success Month (September)

reminds me of these rhymes (in this post: they’re entered).

This poem Flashcards is in Orangevale View

on page 10; here’s the link to its issue:

https://ovview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/issue-16-vol-13-8.28.20-final.pdf .

The tourist went to the circus,

but he only saw fumigators

poison termites.

It was a freaky show with a big tent

(that also has large stripes).

***

A different subject is up next

about cloth that goes around one’s neck:

A scarf collection does not necessarily need

more than one scarf to be a collection

as long as that one is an infinity scarf…

***

A connection:

World Tourism Day and National Scarf Day (the 27th of September)

remind me of these thoughts (in this post: they’re entered).

These 2 poems Tourist and Scarf Collection were published by Milpitas Post;

continuing is the memory of these poems I wrote.

The name Wade sounds like wait;

so Wade can also sound like someone

who is patient and who works well in sentences

that describe where Wade can be. Examples include:

Wade in line, Wade over there, Wade over here,

Wade in a pool, and Wade on my mind…

***

National Wade Day (the 25th of September)

reminds me of these thoughts (in this post: they’re entered).

This poem The Name Wade was published by Milpitas Post;

continuing is the memory of this poem I wrote.

And while I may be sharing this one day late,

I’d rather share this now than have to wait.

On a pillow is an image of a skull

implying the following is possible:

One who slumbers on it might feel dead tired

(maybe at night, after day expired).

Maybe one relaxing on it deeply sleeps;

perhaps that deep sleep seems like resting in peace…

***

This poem has a name and that name is Skull Pillow.

It might seem haunting; it keeps it real though.

A bathroom decorated

with bats can be called bat room;

decor of a place

can be like its costume.

Bats might appear in flight

like a witch on broom

(especially if

Halloween happens soon).

***

Bathroom is this poem’s title

(while pointy is its characters’ style).

People in autumn think of many a costume

(for Halloween, a time which is awesome).

They might dress up as a goblin,

a creature from a coffin,

a zombie, a possum, or a hero like Robin.

Their outfits: they’ll be rockin’.

On doors, they’ll be knockin’

and making new memories

(or moments unforgotten).

***

The start of this year’s fall (the 23rd of September)

reminds me of these rhymes (in this post: they’re entered).

This poem Autumn is in Orangevale View

on page 23; here’s the link to its issue:

https://www.ovview.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/issue-18-vol-12-final-9.27-1.pdf .

In its 9/22/23 issue, Orangevale View published my poem “Introductory”

on page 2.

I will post the link to the issue when OV View posts the issue online.

For the record, this poem is a longer version of my work that Milpitas Post published years ago.

While that work is one sentence, the version in OV View has four sentences.

Both forms of Introductory can also be found in this blog via the following link:

Introductory tour of a course

A fistfight inside a container

that’s filled with sand

is sandboxing…

***

On another subject and worth blogging:

The candle was being eaten

and it was peeled with ease.

Then I learned it’s not a candle;

it’s really string cheese.

***

National Punch Day (the 20th of September)

and National String Cheese Day (also 20th of September)

remind me of these thoughts (in this poem: they’re entered).

These 2 poems Fistfight and The Candle were in Milpitas Post issues;

the memory of my poems still continues.

People must vote especially when woke. It’s a way to say nope

to what’s scarier than a ghost.

To heal what got broke,

to achieve what is hoped,

folks from coast to coast

devote their time to vote.

***

National Voter Registration Day (the 4th Tuesday of September)

reminds me of these rhymes (in this post: they’re entered).

This poem Vote is in Orangevale View

on page 5; here’s the link to its issue:

https://ovview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/issue-19-vol-13-10.9.20-FINAL.pdf .

Southern Forest Arts also published Vote for the 2020VISION exhibition.

Painted Tree Gallery: where it was within.