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| I've added a new entry to my book, "These Are My JOTtings, Part #2" : " The Daily Fives" With the prompt of five lone trees in a snowy field, I've made a poem of allusions to The Daily Fives. This poem has been created to meet the challenge of
I hope you enjoy reading this humble attempt at the prompt. Blessings, All! Jay O'Toole |
| Prayers are requested. A physical setback put me in the ER for a few hours, yesterday was a week ago (So, not yesterday's Monday, but the previous Monday.) I saw the specialist, today. Surgery is scheduled for Thursday, 11:00 AM (WDC-Eastern Time) in two days (March 5th). It doesn't look to be a major operation, but I have been in varying levels of pain for over a week. I'm looking forward to the surgery with a mixture of relief and anxiety. If you have questions about
then please contact, Dave  , until you see my first after-Thursday notebook post. I hope to keep up with the current activity of 26 Paychecks today and tomorrow, but things are a little Ify after that. Thanks for your concerns, considerations, and prayers. Jay O'Toole |
Amethyst Angel ♡  - Amen. Thank you so much. |
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Reply| I've added a new entry to my book, "These Are My JOTtings, Part #2" : "Header Chosen" Today's poem has been created for
The prompt is "Header." Each of the verses of my poem highlights are different way in which the word, "header" can be used. I hope you enjoy reading it. Blessings, All! Jay O'Toole |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "These Are My JOTtings, Part #2" : ""My Tummy Hurts"" Today's poem has been created for the prompt from
The prompt is an illustration of a child on a swing. We're supposed to write the poem from the Point of View of a child." I loved to swing as a child. Wish I could now, but not as many opportunities. Sunday lunch was such an impediment. I loved to play always. Mom might shout after me, "Don't play fast for a few minutes! You just ate!" This poem is the aftermath of this AD/HD child, who loved to play fast, no matter how recently he ate. Maybe you can relate. on Church Day, Sunday, March 1st, 2026 by Jay O'Toole, (Little Jay's older friend) |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "These Are My JOTtings, Part #2" : "Hand, Over My Heart" My last poem of February, 2026 has been created for the contest,
I'm pretty sure this is where I ended last month, too. Military service is so all-encompassing. Gratitude seems so meager to fully express. The debt of gratitude can never be fully paid. RESPECT is the lasting currency. Truly Hand, over my heart! Jay O'Toole |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "These Are My JOTtings, Part #2" : "Free-Spirit Dandelion" This poem creation came in response to Prompt #22 of
The prompt was comprised of an illustration of a girl, her cat in her backpack, a bottle of water, and a dandelion pod of seeds to blown into the sky. We were enjoined to create a narrative poem with this illustration as our inspiration. If think my example turned out pretty well. I hope you come to the same opinion. Blessings, All! Jay O'Toole |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "These Are My JOTtings, Part #2" : "Sijo: "The Want to and the Can"" Today's poem has been created in response to today's challenge from
I'm not as familiar with the Sijo (Korean) form of poetry as I am with other form poems. I've enjoyed this exercise. I hope you will enjoy the read. Blessings Always, Everyone! Jay O'Toole |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "These Are My JOTtings, Part #2" : "Worthy Reach" This poem was written in response to Prompt #15 (February 15th, 2026) for
The photo-prompt showed the picture of an arm with a wristwatch reaching out to a landscape of what can be imagined to be The Emerald Isle. We were told to write in the second person. I borrowed a great deal from imagination. I hope you enjoy the poem. Blessings, All! Jay O'Toole |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "These Are My JOTtings, Part #2" : "Duplex: "Living Peaceful in a Messy World"" This poem has been created for the weekly challenge issued by
This form, that Jericho Brown created is powerful, and meaty, full of meaning. I hope you enjoy reading it. Blessings Always, Everyone! Jay O'Toole |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "These Are My JOTtings, Part #2" : "Board of Surfing" Today's poem is in response to Prompt #8 (February 8th, 2026) for the challenge group,
This day's prompt was the picture of a man on a surfboard or standing on a reef or possibly a concrete wall when the roiling waves overtake his footing with apparently grim consequences. Since we are to end the poem at the immediate aftermath, we are left to wonder of his situation. Is it ultimately good or bad? A follow-up poem seems most appropriate, but alas not today... Be blessed, Everyone. Jay O'Toole |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "These Are My JOTtings, Part #2" : "The Triple Threat" Today's poem takes up today's prompt at
The prompt is "Triple", and requirement is to write about "Triple" in tercets as the threes are multiplied throughout the poem. I hope you enjoy my offering. Blessings Always, Everyone! Jay O'Toole |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "These Are My JOTtings, Part #2" : "Leather Lasts" Today's poem has been created in response to Prompt #23 (February 23rd, 2026) at
The prompt is the word, "Leather." Leather works well for gloves to the interior of cars, but as with everything else, you get what you pay for. "Full grain leather" can "last for decades," according for my research. However, "genuine leather" is the third level down from the top in quality. (I wasn't expecting that.) https://thewalletshoppe.com/grades-of-leather/ I hope you enjoy this poem, that discusses leather. Blessings, All! Jay O'Toole |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "These Are My JOTtings, Part #2" : "Relics of the Jam" Today's poem has been created for Prompt #7 (February 7th, 2026) in
The prompt word is "Relic," but there are taboo words to avoid as well. Instead of taking the typical tactic to express a relic, I have chosen to use four other meanings. I hope you enjoy reading this creative attempt. Blessings, All! Jay O'Toole |
| I've added a new entry to my book, "These Are My JOTtings, Part #2" : "Of Few Words" Today's poem is another catch-up poem for
The whole scenario is from my imagination, based on the picture prompt #11 for February 11th, 2026. Please, forgive my assumptions, but all I have to go on are visual cues. For instance, I am left to assume, that the couple on the bench is middle aged to senior citizens, since the man is balding, and the woman is wearing a woven hat, the kind some wear when having a less-than-favorable day with her hair. They are potentially of retirement age, since the backpack and casual clothes indicate vacation, traveling, and spending time in a resort location. This is based on the palm trees, and the lighting of what looks to be restaurant venues. I am left to assume, that they are South Pacific islanders, even though I cannot see their faces, but the features of the man's face in profile seems to indicate Oriental descent, which could mean Chinese, Malaysian, Japanese, Tagalog or some other language background. Therefore, I have written the poem in ESL, since I do not know these other languages to write in them, and many of my readers would not be able to read those languages, either, I think. As a former ESL teacher, I have tried to show both accuracy and respect. I understood fully why a number of my former students would repeatedly ask me, "Can you help me to learn to speak, like a native speaker?" My response was consistently, "I will do my best." However, I my mind, there is always the humor of the thought, I am not sure I know how to speak like a native speaker. Why? English is fraught with so many dialects, that I can travel to a different state in the United States, and I can quickly become confused because I don't understand the expressions, that are being used. In a world filled with so many cultures, and so many ways of speaking, the heart attitude must always be the desire to learn, who this person is to whom I am speaking, and how do I show respect to this person as he or she truly is. Jay O'Toole |
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