Down by the River

This poem is for Crimson’s Creative Challenge #45. Standing on the shoreline I gaze across the river The day is chilly but yet I stay put and shiver Daydreaming with memories of my childhood Of all the times when I’d come here to collect driftwood The water back then was always choppy We’d ride down

Childhood Memories

This is written for Wordle #128.  Use all the words in the picture creatively. 1. 1960s 2. Insert 3. Rush 4. Tag 5. Unknown 6. Svelte 7. Temporize verb (used without object), tem·po·rized, tem·po·riz·ing. to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting. to comply with the time or occasion; yield temporarily or ostensibly to prevailing opinion or circumstances. to treat or parley so as to gain time (usually followed by with). to come to terms (usually followed by with ). to effect a compromise (usually followed by between ).   8. Complex 9. Curls 10. Heiligenschein (German for “halo” or “aureola”, pronounced [ˈhaɪlɪɡənˌʃaɪn]) is an optical phenomenon in which a