Hello everyone! Hope you are all doing well during this crazy time we are living in. Here we are at paint chip prompt #14 and I’m writing this the day of once again. I’m hoping to get back on track to get these prompts scheduled ahead of time by next week.
The Challenge
Today it is your Good Fortune to be faced with the easiest prompt yet as I am only requiring players to use two of the following words or phrases in your poem: nuts and bolts, in your eyes, sand castle, iron, tickled pink, sweet ‘n’ sour, and sunburst.
My Poem
Here’s my poem for today. It’s kind of silly, which I’m going to blame on the odd choice of words.
A Fortune Cookie Day
A got a fortune cookie
with my lunch the other day
and was tickled pink by its message
like a sunburst behind a cloud
I never called a bookie
the sand castle stakes to play
and blow all my weekly wage
such nonsense isn’t allowed
I feel like I’m playing hooky
not going to the office today
in this odd work-from-home age
like iron being plowed
Your Turn
So what good fortune do you have to share today? Can you work either the word good or fortune into your poem? Post your poem—silly or serious—in the comments. Or post it on your own blog and share the link in the comments.