A Tea Party Moment

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-4 I lately attended a tea party In a local garden in my neighborhood All was so delightfully prim and… Read more A Tea Party Moment

As Pleased As Pulcinella

Pulcinella was a kind of a goblin Who prowled about my neighborhood Every time he caught someone doing something naughty… Read more As Pleased As Pulcinella

By Invitation Only

Are you Ready for the dawning of a new era The music begins as the bride marches down the aisle… Read more By Invitation Only

Epistle to Beatle John

O mighty walrus where are you now Angry four headed pied piper What gardens do you now tend What is… Read more Epistle to Beatle John

Good~Bye To Simple Common Decency

I am Common Decency I want to get onto a plane At Kennedy Airport And to leave. Simple manners And… Read more Good~Bye To Simple Common Decency

Wanting Coffee

Coffee black is as Stark and harsh For the body As absolute reality is For the heart and soul. A… Read more Wanting Coffee

Distinctive Cinquain

Music Flashy Predictable Changing Distorting Repeating Voice of a Generation Pop This is a remix version of

Sooner Or Later

There’s hope of course. Time goes both straight ahead And in circles. See the analog clock. We didn’t all vote… Read more Sooner Or Later

Appreciation

Each of us must Doff his hat In gratitude and humility. Girls, curtsy. Boys, bow. Genuflection is The normative posture… Read more Appreciation

Sweet Clara

When I first saw Sweet Clara I swam three million miles Through zombies and past elephants And charging crocodiles. Church… Read more Sweet Clara