March On
...The ides of March are upon us,
With spring to follow closely in step.
As we begin to welcome St. Patty,
And all those Easter eggs lie ready to prep.
Seen and heard is the madness of...
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Categories:
adding machine, change, march, spring,
Form: Light Verse
Classified Ad a Satire
...*** Classified Ad — “Position Wanted” ***
((The following is from ad details written on the ad draft form submitted by the ad’s purchaser, who, while here was briefly helped by clerk ES Slinger,...
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Categories:
adding machine, fun, humor, imagery, joy,
Form: Narrative
Through the Rear View Mirror
...You were in the rear view mirror of my life
That one chance encounter to last a lifetime
What a wonderful day it was
Frolicking about the pool two strangers in a foreign land
The ocean waves be...
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Categories:
adding machine, emotions, love, romantic,
Form: Free verse
The Candlemaker's Office
...The Candlemaker’s Office
was sparsely filled.
The worn brass door knob —
a patina
countless hands
slipping over its surface,
polished and discolored
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Categories:
adding machine, boy, childhood, family, father,
Form: Free verse
Absurd Silliness
...Seven layers of fodder litter my desk
some of it golden
but mostly just mess
A flashlight -
should darkness suddenly fall
as I sleep at the switch
in case you don’t call
Three AA batteries...
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Categories:
adding machine, funny, life, parody, me,
Form: Free verse