Gypsymooncat

FanStory wrote to Gypsymooncat: No Fairytale finished second in the contest "Senryu Yourself"

FanStory wrote to Gypsymooncat: Indisposed finished third in the contest "Day 20"

FanStory wrote to Gypsymooncat: My Mate Ray finished third in the contest "Share A Story In A Poem"

FanStory wrote to Gypsymooncat: Take Nothing For Granted finished second in the contest "How Has Covid-19 Affected You?"

FanStory wrote to Gypsymooncat: To Love A Cat finished first in the contest "Question"

Gypsymooncat:
My butt is sore from sitting down
my neck and shoulders ache.
My fingertips are wearin' frowns;
they need a bloody break.

I feel some guilt because the sun
is shining really bright.
But in my head there's stuff inside
that needs to see the light.

I love the sunshine's rays but
crave the light of readership.
My bum is square, and as I said,
I flogged those fingertips.

Why can't I get off from the chair
and get some Vitamin D,
instead of planting myself there
for all eternity?

Yes, I could take my phone out
in the sunshine for a stint;
and screw my eyes up squinting
at that tiny screen and print...

...no, I will keep on sitting
on the pc tweaking pomes;
I'll break the cord next week
and sit among the garden gnomes

Gypsymooncat:

There are folk who stir up trouble
everywhere they roam.
I'd really like to burst their bubble,
from my chair at home.

They write reviews with ratings, low
and think that's pretty cool.
They "talk" like they are in the know,
and take us all for fools.

I wish they would just go away;
their comments are absurd.
Or at the least, cut what they say
in half ... or maybe third!

FanStory wrote to Gypsymooncat: A Skewed Perception? finished first in the contest "I Am Not Perfect"

FanStory wrote to Gypsymooncat: The Perfect Wife finished first in the contest "Forgiveness Poem"

Gypsymooncat: I once was told that a person can achieve a lot by doing nothing.

I've done nothing and still the house looks like a bomb site.

FanStory wrote to Gypsymooncat: The Bugle (Grandfather George) finished second in the contest "REMEMBERING VETERANS (free verse) "

FanStory wrote to Gypsymooncat: Disinclined finished third in the contest "Writer's Block 5-7-5"

FanStory wrote to Gypsymooncat: Conceited or Just Hopeful finished first in the contest "Oh, you are... are you?"

FanStory wrote to Gypsymooncat: The Last Word finished third in the contest "Naani Poetry"

Gypsymooncat: On the tail end of my series "I Hate It When", two people have suggested I write about what makes me happy.

How does one write about what makes them happy and make it FUNNY? I know this sounds like a question that should have an obvious answer, ie, what makes a person happy will be funny. But I beg to differ. What annoys a person will always be funnier than what makes a person happy. I'll support my theory thus:

What makes me happy:

Flowers. They're pretty and bright and make my garden look like Eden. What's funny about that?

What annoys me:

Underpants that don't fit. Because they roll underneath my belly and make me feel like I'm wearing a thong on backwards. Now, THAT'S funnier isn't it?

So, if anyone sees this, please advise me on how to write about what makes me happy that in turn will make you lot LAUGH!

Meanwhile, I'll wrack my brains trying to think of ways to write what makes me happy that will be amusing rather than tiresome!

FanStory wrote to Gypsymooncat: I Hate It When... finished third in the contest "What things annoy you? "

Gypsymooncat: My eyes are going square, I need to close em soon
Can't keep the darn things open and it's only afternoon!
I need a little nanny nap
But a cat is sleeping on my lap
To shoo him, I don't have the heart
But he'll take off when he hears me f**rt!!

FanStory wrote to Gypsymooncat: The Fledgling finished first in the contest "In Their Memory"

Gypsymooncat: Hmmmm .... I don't know what my thoughts are at present. Although, it's been a very nice day today and I've hardly set foot outside in it. I've been holed up writing and reviewing and getting a sore neck. Not to mention an overworked mind. I'll be retiring tonight with rhymes and meters and all sorts of stuff going over and over in my head.

Yea, 'tis a trueism -

we Poets think in rhyme and meter. Always.
Simon says. And so does Peter.

Give it up!! Quit while ahead
Where's the cup and where's the bread ... ?

Can writing all day cause a person to be
like a drunk when they've done nothing alcoholically?
I think so for I feel a lot like I've
Imbibed a bottle or...hic...twenty-five

Gypsymooncat: Hormones suck.

Gypsymooncat: I love it when I enter a contest thinking I still had time to enter it, only to find it ended the night before. I didn't see EST on the deadline time, did I? LOLOLOLOL!!! We're not all stupid in Australia ... really

Gypsymooncat: A constructive critique should always be
accepted very graciously

And if improvement is much needed
constructive critiques should thus be heeded

Gypsymooncat: No matter how dark the night, how cold the day or unforgiving the road, hope floats eternal.