Inspired by and written for Simply 6 Minutes – thank you, Christine

Form: Envelope Sonnet

A day at the beach, that’s what we had planned
On the long winter nights before lockdown
And life stopped in every city and town
But we kept dreaming of sun, sea, and sand
By then this Covid will have gone away
And once again we’d all be running free
Did you see the crowds on last night’s TV?
There is a spike coming or so they say

Social distancing we don’t stand a chance
Other precautions will have to be made
And then Steve said he had an awesome plan
So here we all are prepared in advance
Covid won’t stop us we won’t be outplayed
And we’ll surf some waves however we can

Time: 10 minutes
Word count: 116

©JezzieG2023

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I would never have thought that a little white haired lady, who was so quietly spoken that you could hardly hear her, would have been scuba diving. She shocked us all. There we were after the Service having coffee, everyone talking at once, and suddenly Ruby came out with that. She was such an unassuming and seemingly unadventurous lady but she obviously had hidden depths. Just like the water she went in. I had a job to hear what she was saying as I was blind. Not that you listen with your eyes, but it is amazing how much you rely on sight and seeing peoples’ lips move to tell what they are saying. I really wanted to hear this. What was scuba diving like? It was not something I would have dared do. But then I am not very adventurous and you certainly would not have got me…

Over the rainbow I flew happily
Landed in grey and rainy 
Had not packed my pair of 
At my forgetful self I was so mad

Airport Cabbie took a  route
When I asked, he gave a snarky retort
My cream  was drenched and I shivered
It kept my temper up and humour wry

Should I stop for an appealing ?
I'd have a  with it if I could
Too many things had gone awry today
I'd come down to earth to my 

"Buttercup...", I soothed myself quite gently
There is still the  to cheer you up

Mindfills © 2023  For Murisopsis ~ Nonce poetry forms scavenger hunt ~ Zig-zag sonnet; NaPoRiMo~ Day 27

13.The Zig-Zag Sonnetby Christine Bialczak – a nonce form of sonnet where the first word of L1 rhymes with the last word of L2 and the first word of L3 rhymes with the…

Christine is our host for the Simply 6 Minutes photoprompt challenge.
Great choice this week from https://inktank.fi/cool-1940s/!!
Captions from me:
I’ve heard of themed weddings, but isn’t this taking it a bit too far?

OK. Joke over. Where’s the rest of the kit?

You want us to do what?

When you said you were forming a band called The Divers, this isn’t exactly what we had in mind.

You mean we have to walk to the boat moored out there?

I thought you said ‘Sharp dresser’, not shark dresser.

We have these really neat diving helmets that are supplied with air that is pumped from the surface and we are going to collect a lot of sponges today.  People are using more Natural Sea sponges ever since it was reported that the synthetic sponges can take up to 200 years to breakdown, so this is certainly more friendly to the environment and it is ethical because sponges don’t have a nervous system, so they possess no consciousness.  Sure, we could run into a giant octopus or even a shark, but we do not fear the depth, the dark, or the unknown.  There is always a chance that we could catch a lobster or two while we are down there and that would be icing on the cake.

Written for Simply 6 Minutes hosted by Christine Bialczak.