poetry thursday, math-second-time-around

i wish i would have checked the poetry thursday
website earlier, because the prompt this week
is repeat of one of my favorites, building on a line...
i loved this the last time it was done,
but sadly,
i'm a day late and a dollar short
so in the spirit of rejuvenated prompts
i offer you a mathematical piece
that i did for a past prompt
but chose another to post at the time
but the more i look at it now,
the more this one speaks to me
in equations and graphs.

i offer you subtraction
to replace the minuses
you were given.
what you hate
i try to take away
or at least
divide by half...
i offer you
flimsy mathematical
magic tricks,
and behind my sleight of hand,
you laugh.

get up and go tuesday!

well, it's tuesday and Easter has come and gone
in a flurry of snowflakes, freezing rain and wind.

we were stormed in for saturday and sunday,
so the downside is we missed easter-at-my-parents
but the upside is everyone did,
so next sunday will be our second easter!

the kids were happy with what they got
(webkinz and tamagotchis abound)
the downside is when they talked to their friends,
their friends said, "that's all you got?"
sigh.

i know it is a good opportunity to talk about
commercialism and family differences and
standards and politeness
but it is still hard to hear.

other upsides and downsides:

-watched babel...am not sure that i liked it really...was
thoroughly irritated with the ending
-made a pair of socks, although they are simple and
really just a knit tube to put your feet in :)
-spend some time drawing and was pleased with the outcome
-finally let go of a commitment that had been weighing
me down and even though i am kind of sad to let it go,
i am happy to be free of the detailed planning
-a friend saw my pumpkin hat and booties and asked me
to make her a pair to buy so that she could give them as a
baby shower gift...yay!

oh...and my blog turned TWO on the seventh....hard
to beleive that i have been doing this for two years...
and that i still love doing it...i think if i hadn't have
found the creative/crafty/artsy/poet/photo-taking/writerly
side of blogging, i would have lost interest....
but everyday, i come to the computer and am amazed
at what people can do, can achieve, can dream up
and pull into focus...of what people can give and share
and support....and i appreciate anyone that reads,
and my thanks and hugs to anyone who has been
coming back...i don't do it only for the comments,
but boy, they sure are a huge bonus!!!

ack.

wow.
time is flying by me
and i am finding it hard to get to the keyboard....

what have i been doing?

-knitting my first sad attempt at socks

-eating asparagus for the first time

-planning a new gym strategy, an attack on the winter weight

-reading past issues of gardening magazines
and dreaming about warm earth and seeds and flowers

-watching this movie which stayed in my head
for hours after....

-work, work, work, work, work. blah.