April 2022 – Green Bottles, Alan's Ark & COVID Odyssey: Alan Grace's vir[tu]al journey

1 Green Bottle. Today’s prompts for 30 April 2022: GREEN & STAIRWAY

Stairway To Heaven Poem If tears could build a stairwell And memories were a lane, I would walk right up to Heaven And bring you home again. No farewell words were spoken, No time to say good-bye… You were gone before I knew it, And only God knows why. https://www.memorialcardshop.co.uk/blog/stairway-to-heaven.html Sadly my mum passed away…

2 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 29 April 2022: GREEN & CURVE

Somewhere over the rainbow Green birds fly Birds fly over the rainbow Why then, oh, why can’t I? https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/judygarland/overtherainbow.html The endangered Kakapo, a flightless New Zealand parrot. Below is one of my favourite prints I have: kakapo and chick by Merrilyn Jaquiery https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/merrilyn-jaquiery-art-print-840891866 go grow a rainbow learning curves rainbow red, orange, yellow green, blue,…

3 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 28 April 2022: GREEN & SOLITUDE

Solitude: To Yoda, An Ode Green bark a prism creates, Feel the pull of earth, you must. Rotates, a slime of endless hates, Can hold me not, this world’s crust. Friendship’s ties, isolation Deflates, Succumbs, my spaceship, to bitter rust. Mist, my soul forever permeates, Lift-off, booms the rocket’s thrust. My spirit when light returns,…

4 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 27 April 2022: GREEN & MASK

I Do Not Like Wearing A Mask … A poem (loosely) based on Green Eggs and Ham. See: https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2020/09/25/dr-seuss-mask-poem/ This month’s WordPress prompt is GREEN (for April 2022). Combine GREEN and today’s daily prompt (recycled from 2016) if you wish. I suggest that the WordPress monthly prompt initiative is likely to be more successful if…

5 Green Bottles. Today’s [advance] prompts for 26 April 2022: GREEN & CROSSROADS

Anzac commemorations Poppies standing tall in each row On Crosses dignity bestow Cherish the memory So our military Never off to world war will go Alan Grace 25 April 2018 (Revised 25 April 2022) 25 April is ANZAC Day in New Zealand. Hence this post one day early. For my other ANZAC Day posts see:…

6 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 25 April 2022: GREEN & WHISPER

The Call of the Forest What does the forest whisper With every wind-stirred leaf, From many-centuried oak tree To hour-old blossom-sheaf? What does the forest whisper When nightingales are dumb And cícadas fall silent? The forest whispers, ‘Come’. Urgyen Sangharakshita For the rest of this poem see below or at the end of this post….

7 Green Bottles. Prompts for 24 April 2022: GREEN & BORROWED

We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Native American Proverb What did you do in Earth Week to make our planet great for children in the future? This month’s WordPress prompt is GREEN (for April 2022). Combine GREEN and today’s daily prompt (recycled from 2016) if you…

8 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 23 April 2022: GREEN & DISAPPOINTMENT

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope Martin Luther King Jr, 4 April 1968 It was a great disappointment to many when WordPress stopped daily prompts at the end of May 2018 and continues to not allow new posts (including GREEN) to be added to the old Daily prompts site. See: Black…

9 Green Bottles. Happy Earth Day! Today’s prompts for 22 April 2022: GREEN & EARTH

The Joy Of Little Things It’s good the great green earth to roam, Where sights of awe the soul inspire; But oh, it’s best, the coming home, The crackle of one’s own hearth-fire! You’ve hob-nobbed with the solemn Past; You’ve seen the pageantry of kings; Yet oh, how sweet to gain at last The peace…

10 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 21 April 2022: GREEN & LOCKED

Lockdown (an acrostic) Locked down nation Open vaccination Cancel vacation Keep limitation Domestic education Odd organisation Work domestication New normalisation Locked down nation Open vaccination Cancel vacation Keep limitation End congregation Doomed sales generation Unsure duration Political obfuscation Alan Grace 20 April 2022 For my other acrostics see: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/?s=acrostic My poem was inspired by the…

11 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 20 April 2022: GREEN & FOG

This month’s WordPress prompt is GREEN (for April 2022). Combine GREEN and today’s daily prompt (recycled from 2016) if you wish. I suggest that the WordPress monthly prompt initiative is likely to be more successful if we combine the prompt GREEN each day with the daily prompt for the same date in 2016. Sadly new…

12 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 19 April 2022: GREEN & FAKE

13 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 18 April 2022: GREEN & CLOSET

14 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 17 April 2022: GREEN & BREATH

15 Green Bottles. Daily prompts for April. Today’s prompts for 16 April 2022: GREEN & DISASTER

This fragile green world is slowly dying. We can’t turn back the clock to days of bliss: Of lush flowers & forests & mountains: Now time is short; the ice caps are melting. Fear ancient prophecies of fire & flood! This fragile green world will soon become grey. It is now looking old and polluted….

Black is the new Easter Green; 16 Green Bottles #Green#Bottle

New Easter Green Dark blacks are the new Easter Green New Pingbacks are no longer seen On the daily prompt site They don’t appear alright Bring back prompt pingbacks to the screen Alan Grace 13 April 2022 Green paua shell cross I’m a mere mathematician Not even a statistician Embossed paua shell Silvered cross well…

Random Recycled Prompts & 17 Green Bottles #Green

Random prompts are green! Please pretty [green] please WordPress Prompts need to seem a success I hope you have seen Random prompts are green We thank you WordPress God Bless Alan Grace 10 April 2022 Click below to see: Posts for two random recycled prompts starting with Y & Z from 2016 – 2018 [Link…

Pingbacks for GREEN #Green#Screen

Pingbacks A pingback for GREEN May always be seen You will get the gist Your post on my list Up upon your screen Alan Grace 13 April 2022 In your post, when you link to some else’s post, WordPress will automatically create a link “pinging” back to your post (at the bottom of the post…

COVID-19: When will NZ go Orange or Green? #Green#Newspaper

Traffic light green I’m not a mighty magician Or even a statistician When will NZ be seen With a traffic light green I’m a mere mathematician Alan Grace 11 April 2022 Update: NZ went to Orange at 11.59pm on Wednesday 13 April. New Zealand has now had 500 deaths with COVID-19. See: 7,592 community cases;…

Bloganuary 27 Jan #Green#Solitude

My answer: Into the bush Bloganuary We’ve now Bloganuary seen Many bloggers seemed very keen For best solitude Could you go bush nude Would background seem better dressed green Alan Grace 10 April 2022 Green Solitude Share your best posts (with a prompt) Share your best posts Click above to see the posts. Copy and…

MetaPromptZ is Green! Add more prompts! I’m feeling green! #Green#Screen

Add more prompts! WordPress may seem very green We heard a prompt may be seen For over a week We do want to seek More new prompts up on the screen Alan Grace 8 April 2022 GREEN is this month’s WordPress WordPrompt. See: https://wordpress.com/tag/wordprompt We look at recycling old prompts from 2016 – 2018 starting…

WordPress prompt GREEN ~ Try out these sites! A blast from the past!#Green

Historic Green Prompt Please pretty [green] please WordPress Prompts need to seem a success Please don’t be mean Keep GREEN prompt green We thank you WordPress God Bless Alan Grace 8 April 2022 GREEN is this month’s WordPress WordPrompt. See: https://wordpress.com/tag/wordprompt Please look at the links below for posts with the prompt GREEN. I hope…

Resources for the prompt: GREEN#Green

Originally posted on Share Your Best Posts:
Below we have resources for GREEN and GENIUS. This may provide inspiration for this month’s WordPrompt. WordPress has started a new monthly WordPrompt. To join in on the fun, add “WordPrompt” as a tag to your post, allowing your content to be discovered more easily in the Reader,…

Will we get Daily prompts soon?#Green#Inchoate

Progress? Once ’twas really obscene Worse than we’ve ever seen Daily prompts were all gone With monthly prompts turned on The traffic light’s now green Alan Grace 6 April 2022 WordPress has started a new monthly WordPrompt. To join in on the fun, add “WordPrompt” as a tag to your post, allowing your content to…

Greenpeace: Rainbow Warrior III visited Auckland in 2018 #Green

Originally posted on Green Bottles, Alan's Ark & COVID Odyssey: Alan Grace's vir[tu]al journey:
Rainbow Warrior Rainbow Warrior’s wonder won’t cease Blown up down under by French caprice Despised disguised spies Unwise sky high lies Lo please help save the world with Greenpeace Alan Grace 13 September 2018 I share my…

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You are welcome to share your best posts on this site: https://guestdailyposts.wordpress.com/ This may attract more traffic to your site. Your posts do not need to have a prompt. My purpose is: To provide a place for you to share your posts To provide resources for you to help improve your posts (see links at…

Help me get out of this COVID Rabbit hole! #Green#Clarity#Swallow

COVID Rabbit Hole I was caught down a rabbit hole It sought to take my mind and soul My sanity depended on Ending my fight with OMICRON I thought it might swallow me whole Alan Grace 2 April 2022 Warning: Don’t get caught down a Rabbit hole! A flash of clarity! See: https://wordpress.com/dailypost/prompts/Clarity/ https://wordpress.com/dailypost/prompts/Swallow/ #Warning…

Tentative decisions; More T.S. Eliot

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Tentatively, you may like to try to solve some puzzles … see my competitions. NZ has a general election in progress. The Leader of the Labour Party, Jacinda Ardern, initially wanted to leave the decision about introducing…