Paint Chip Poetry Prompt #27
We’ve reached the second half of the year and I decided to mix things up a bit. Today’s prompt still includes paint chips, but also includes a word from my deck of angel cards. I’m planning to make this modification to the prompt once a month. Well, unless there’s a huge backlash because no one likes it.
The catch is that I’m requiring all the words to be used. This week it’s all about family. The paint chip words and phrases are banana split, key lime, mystical, and grandma’s hydrangeas, and the angel card word is gratitude. You are allowed to use the angel card word in your title only, if you desire.
I see poems where eating dessert runs in the family or maybe growing flowers is a family legacy. I hope this prompt inspired some sweet childhood memories. But fictional poetry is also an option.

My Poem
I’m going in the fictional direction myself. My grandma’s both died before I got to know them very well. But if I remembered more about either of my grandma’s, this is how I imagine my memories.
Family Gratitude My grandma's hydrangeas, in white, red, and blue, were topped only by her recipe book. Her key lime pie, requiring fresh key limes(no everyday limes allowed), was to die for. It was my favorite birthday treat, better than any ordinary chocolate cake. The recipe for banana splits described the perfect ripeness of the bananas for the split but otherwise offered options to make it your way. Her mystical muffins were also a big hit with the grandgems, sometimes with chocolate chips, other times with blueberries. My gratitude overflows as I think about how her love of cooking and eating runs in the family.
Your Turn
Okay, now it’s your turn. Share your poem in the comments, or post it on your own blog or website and share a link in the comments. I can’t wait to see what kind of family traditions you all decide to write about.
I’d also appreciate feedback on what you think about this prompt format.
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Here is mine!
https://revivedwriter.wordpress.com/2020/07/08/mystical-changes/
I will try this and see what happens tomorrow! I was surprised that you shook up the prompt a little bit, but I’m willing to try it!
I look forward to reading what you come up with.
It Runs In The Family
We note quite young, facts of our self, that others tend to see
Later in life we realize they’re inherited from our family tree
Our height, our eyes, our nose and hair, and yes our general looks
Are passed down the generations, we don’t buy them from a book
But what about the way we walk, the way we hold our head?
Are they traits we learned or the mystical ingredients of DNA instead?
Grandma’s hydrangeas were things of beauty over by her fence
Now your fence line has them too, is this really a coincidence?
When faced with a choice between a banana split and key lime pie
Your answer may be preordained, making it useless to even try
Accept with gratitude those little things, that add up to make you you
Just remember, they’re not yours alone, many ancestors had them too
Genealogy has many facets and is much more than just a tree
That quirky trait of yours, you may discover, that it runs in the family
Very well done! I am a bit jealous. 🙂
Grandma enjoyed her mystical key lime hydrangeas while eating banana splits
With gratitude I do the same, it runs in the family, and that’s as good as it gets
Cute!
That was my own challenge — to see how concise I could make it
My try @ https://myforever.blog/2020/07/03/2087/
Linda I love your delicious memories, even if fiction!
I’m in! Here is my offering. Wasn’t sure about “It runs in the family” being a phrase to use. I threw it in at the last minute. https://mehflowers.wordpress.com/2020/07/03/gratitude-in-the-air/
My attempt! 😊
https://myfreshpages.wordpress.com/2020/07/03/gratitude-for-average/
Interesting twist- I like it, willing to give it a go! 😊
Looking forward to reading what you’re inspired to write.
https://padresramblings.wordpress.com/2020/07/03/gratitude-for-our-inherited-traits/