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April 21 to APril 25 Poems

by jake cosmos aller

Fan Story Posting April 21 to April 25 poems

April 21â?"Salient Image (poem based on one concrete thing you remember at day's end)

Every evening when I fall asleep
I see my wife of 42 years
Coming to me.

And every morning
I wake up
Feeling her love
.

And I realize
That the one good thing
I have done in this life

Is marry the lady
Of my dreams.

April 22â?" Serio-comic dilemma

2024 Election Choices Trigger Warning -Anti-Trump Rant!

The election of 2024
Presents an existential choice
Which old white grandpa dude

Both past their prime time
Do you support for president?

Friendly, grandpa
Who has been president
For the last three years?
Presiding over a decent economic expansion
Amid war in Europe and the Mid-east.


Or the former chaos president

Facing multiple court cases
Owing settlements for fraud
Sexual assault and defamation?

Who promises more chaos
And retribution against his enemies
In the deep state, and media.

Calling them all communists
As if an international communist threat
Was it still a thing?

Promising to deport
Illegal aliens
And possibly withdrawing from nato
And other alliances,

and impose crippling tarrifs
on all imports?

Yet to his supporters
Has been anointed by god
To vanquish his enemies.

or vote for RFJ, JR
or Cornel West
or Jill Stein
or the liberarian candidate

or just boycot the election.
staying home in disjust.

Sadly, that is our choice
On election day.

April 23â?"Let Shakespeare be your inspiration

My true love story
Almost seems like
A fairy tale romance.

Romeo and Julian almost.

Two lovers met
From different worlds
And find themselves.

Also has elements
Of "Mid-summer night dreams"
Sonnets and poems.

And other classic romance
Dramas, poems, and stories.

And classic romcoms.
Including Sleepless in Seattle
And Bollywood and K dramas..

But in my story
I dreamt of meeting
And marrying my dream lady
Traveled to Korea
Where she was waiting for me.

And despite opposition
From her family.

There was a happy ending
And we are still together
42 years later.

April 24â?"Unexplored Desire

As one gets older
One often looks back
At all the things you did
In your life.

The good, the bad, and the ugly
And we all have those moments
Because we are human.

And some things you desired
But never pursued.

For me, it was a dream
Of becoming a famous writer
While I can write poems
And short stories,

My greatest desire
Was to write
The Great American Novel.

And sadly it will remain
An unfulfilled desire
As I don't have the patience or energy .

To edit my six rough draft novels
Turning them into something publishable
And they may die when I die.

And I am in good company.

The rule of ten rule applies
Of one hundred people
Who want to write a novel
Less than ten percent finish it
Of those less than ten percent publish it
Of those less than ten percent make any money
Of those less than ten percent make a living
At writing their novels.

April 25â?"TV series

One of my favorite shows as a child
Was the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.

Featuring Rocky the squirrel.
Bulwinkle the Moose
And associated bad guys.

Including Boris Badnioff
And Natasha Fatale
Vaguely Eastern European communists.

Rocky and Bullwinkle
Like the Simpsons, Futurama,
American Dad and Family Guy

Were children's show
They were also quite subversive
Satire on modern life.

But Bulwinkle remains my favorite
Years ago I binged watched episodes

And remember every episode
Even though I had last seen them
Almost 50 years before.





These poems were based on Writing Com Dew Drop Inn prompts. I have additional poems based on Writers Digest and NaPoWriMo on my blog and additional unposted poems based on PSH prompts.
You can find these and other of my April Poems on my blog page at the following links
April 1 to 6 poems https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2P4
April 7 to 14 poems https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2Qh
https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2QB April 15 -20 Poems


April 21Salient Image (poem based on one concrete thing you remember at days end)
every night I fall asleep thankful I had met and married the lady of my dreams.
April 22 Serio-comic dilemma

2024 Election Choices Trigger Warning -Anti-Trump Rant!
obvious choice for this prompt was the current re-match in the U.S. pitting Trump Vrs Biden and three to four third parties. what a farce it is in my mind. In a country of 335 million people these are our choices?

April 23 Let Shakespeare be your inspiration


I likened my true love story to a Shakespearean drama or sonnet as it had elements of Romeo and Juliet and Midsummerâ??s Night Dream among other plays and sonnets. I have written a lot about my fairy tale dream romance in my portfolio and on my blog.

April 24Unexplored Desire

The rule of ten is a meme that applies to many things. I have seen it applied to novel writing, acting, politics and sports. The point being that most people fail to achieve their dreams and there are only a few professional athletes for example although there are millions of people who have played the game in high school or college, few ever make it to the major leagues. Similar thing applies to novelists, only a few people ever make money from writing a novel. Among Actors they call it the 1 percent rule, of people who try acting, only 1 percent will ever make a living from being an actor full time. and politics of all those who aspire to be President, only 45 have ever made it, and 44 were white males, and one black man.



April 25 TV Show Rocky and Bullwinkle background info

Bing Co-Pilot provided useful background information


Certainly! The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, commonly referred to as simply Rocky and Bullwinkle, is an American animated television series that originally aired from November 19, 1959, to June 27, 1964, on the ABC and NBC television networks. Produced by Jay Ward Productions, the series is structured as a variety show, with the main feature being the serialized adventures of the two title characters:
1. Rocket J. (â??Rockyâ??) Squirrel: An anthropomorphic flying squirrel.
2. Bullwinkle J. Moose: A moose.
The main antagonists in most of their adventures are the two Russian-like spies:
Boris Badenov
Natasha Fatale
Both Boris and Natasha work for the Nazi-like dictator Fearless Leader. The show also features several supporting segments, including:
Dudley Do-Right: A parody of an old-time melodrama.
Peabody Improbable History: In this segment, a dog named Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman travel through time.
Fractured Fairy Tales: Classic fairy tales retold in comic fashion.
The series has left a lasting cultural impact and continues to be beloved by audiences. Although the current blanket title was imposed for home video releases more than 40 years after the series originally aired, the show was broadcast under different titles during its television run:
Rocky and His Friends (1959-1961)
The Bullwinkle Show (19611964)
The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (or The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle) in syndication
Another interesting factoid the writers of the show were Berkeley High school students in the late 50s when I was born.



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