This month, June of 2024, I will write a poem everyday. Sometime I will stick to the form of a Cinquain, which is five lines with a count of words. I can repeat this form  in five stanzas. Sometimes I will veer off the course of formality. And just stick to the number 5 as a guide to my inspirations. I will often use prompts from the Poetry Circle in a favorite organization called Garden-of-Neuro.org.

Today’s prompt is: “I want to play!”

I Want to Play Granny

Cookouts filled

With Texas accents and

The smell of cigars and whiskey

Wear new outfits, play croquet, badminton, sparklers and

Icebox rolls.

I want

To play cookout with

Grandchildren now and prepare them for

Behaving as a human beings with elegant understanding

Gratitude and…

To be

Comfortable with strangers while

Serving them and release the need

To scream for attention but instead pay attention

Where to

Listen now

To the family stories

Long tales — they grew each summer

Learning how to clean-up as stories unfolded and

Pour bourbon

To gain

Perspective on the lap

Of a great aunt laughing like

An old roller-coaster, her cheeks shiny with blush,

Kind eyes.