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Monday, February 27, 2017
Squiggly by fireflies
here is home-
windows turning to clouds
warmed by steaming chicken broth
couch holding storybooks
with giant hands and feet
walls squiggly-marked with pink-
beds giggled-soft by pillows-
floors hiding burpy
belly laughter
and ceiling lights-
fireflies
bright as wiggling-balloons
going
up
& away
Posted for D'verse Poets Pub - Quadrille - 44 word post with the word GIGGLE. Come and join us when the pub doors open at 3pm EST. Hosted by De Jackson.
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I love what you see in a home... there are so many possibilities to giggle and laugh... we need that.
ReplyDeleteA little humor found in the day can go a long way
ReplyDeleteOh, Grace. This fills me with a sort of helium-hope. THANK YOU. So much to love here. I think that "burpy belly laughter" is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteJust lovely, sweet & poetic--love the line /beds giggled soft by pillows/. The right amount of whimsey, with a message as soft as a grandchild's lips; with slobber & giggle included.
ReplyDeleteThe giant hands and feet of the couch are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteWhat a warm home, I love the 'windows turning to clouds warmed by steaming chicken broth' and your 'beds giggled-soft by pillows' :o)
ReplyDeleteI liked the fireflies flying away like wiggling balloons.
ReplyDeleteI love your description of home, especially windows turning to clouds with the steam of chicken broth.
ReplyDeleteGiggly homes are lovely!
Kind regards
Anna :o]
This is delightful ... a real sense of snugness here. Lovely take on the prompt
ReplyDeleteOh this is an absolute treat!!❤️
ReplyDeleteThe kind of laughter and observation only children are capable of.
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of children laughing. Giggling. Playing. This describes that so very well. Nicely done.
ReplyDelete'Beds giggled soft by pillows' is such a lovely line
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely, Grace, radiating warmth and comfort from the 'steaming chicken broth', the giant hands of the couch and the 'beds giggled-soft by pillows'. The firefly balloons give the ending such a lift - I'm so glad it ends on a beautiful light note.
ReplyDeleteReading this feels so cozy. (:
ReplyDeleteDelightful Grace, smiles all round..
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice happy home this is! I love the lines in this and the happiness and giggles and fireflies - all of it.
ReplyDeleteDoWn in these pARts
ReplyDeletegirl giggles are a thing
of the past and
present
allowed
in school
and on the
playground too..
Thanks God Boys can
actually Giggle now too..
as who the F can take reaLiTy
seriouSlY now.. Trump it with a Giggle
is all
tHeRe
is left to do..;)
You paint a cozy picture. I like it.
ReplyDeleteHey, we're you watching my afternoons with my grandkids? Lovely setting.
ReplyDeleteA comforting picture of home. Such a nice feeling. :)
ReplyDeleteI especially love the couch holding storybooks with giant hands and feet! Best kind of couch ever!
ReplyDeleteTaken away by happiness. Delightful
ReplyDeleteGiggle is a wonderful word and you have created such a joyful, cozy, vespertine capture with it. ~ sigh ~ lovely.
ReplyDeleteAh Grace, what a gift is children's laughter. This is delightful.
ReplyDeleteThis poem is certified, Giggly. I love 'burpy belly laughter'.
ReplyDeleteThis is giggly perfect!
ReplyDeleteLove the image of giggling softening the pillows!
ReplyDeleteChicken broth and storybooks...it doesn't get much better than that!
ReplyDeleteLOVE this description of a snuggly, comfortable, nurturing home! :) sigh...
ReplyDeletewould that this kind of home could be had by everyone!
Leaving to return to Boston this afternoon....so just reading a few giggles before sitting on our deck overlooking the harbor one last morn. Shall finish today's reading from yesterday and today (giggles and mementos) in my comfy Boston den....missing these aquamarine waters till next year.
Your poem makes our leaving easier....as my den, our home, has this comfy feel! :)
This makes me think of parents with small children having a tickle war :)
ReplyDeleteoh that's lovely...warm home...I see little girls playing!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely vision of home--warm, comforting, and full of joy!
ReplyDeleteI love: "beds giggled-soft by pillows-
floors hiding burpy
belly laughter"
A beautifully warm and soft portrait of a home where laughter is welcome and plentiful.
ReplyDeleteYou didn't mention children but I pictured them in this home nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteI could use a cup of warm chicken broth...
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