“Zest is the secret of all beauty.
There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.” ~ Christian Dior
I look around in wonderment
The sun is shunning bright
A feisty breeze flirts with my hair
I breathe with a rhythmic beat
My heart keeps up the tempo…
So why not I live my life zestfully!
A smile hovers around my lips
There’s a twinkle in my eyes
There’s a bounce in my step
and I am humming a tune all right…
So why not I live the day zestfully!
Lo, there’s love in the air
romance lurking in every corner
where every step has a dance
and a melody on every lips…
So why not I live the moment zestfully!
~05/12/23
~Contest: Writing Challenge 'Z' words
~Sponsor: Constance La France
WHAT I’VE KICKED OFF MY BUCKET LIST.
Kicked off to do’s before I knew,
the term called,” Bucket List.”.
What we teens termed, “chasing our star”
”our dream” or … our heart’s “wish.”
With twenty -five bucks chased dream, from
Georgia, New York, on a train,
Chasing dream involving fashion,
chase little piece … of fame.
“Times” Classified Men's ad. answered,
interviewed by Vice President.
Didn’t get job, we’re fifty years wed,
glad on interview …went!
Christian Dior my design used,
next a New York award.
Georgia’s Woman of Achievement”
humbly … thanked my Lord.
In Macon, Georgia I started
“First Fridays” events here.
Through namesake, Joycine’s Art Gallery”
my art and others … cheer.
Deathbed promise made a best friend,
poetry publish and write.
In “P.S. Anthology,
a bucket wish … delight.
My Bucket list greatest, check off,
was my son Paul's birth.
Of all awards received in life,
God’s gift… greatest on earth!
Contest What Have you Kicked off Your Bucket List
by Chantelle Ann Cooke
King of the runway in my Christian Dior pantsuit
Accessories as well right down to the boots
Not a well known fact
These designs fill my racks
A poet of sophistication in this limerick loupe
King of the runway in my Christian Dior pantsuit
Accessories as well right down to the boots
Not a well-known fact
These designs fill my racks
A poet of sophistication in this limerick loupe
Giant Tiger or GT Boutique, has gained tremendous fame
A classy discount shopping thrill, I'm not pulling your chain
Mo said if money's your concern
It's means less money to burn
You and Christian Dior might be seen boarding a plane
I'm the king of the ball in my Christian Dior pantsuit
With accessories by Donald and Goofy in cahoots
Not a well known fact
Their designs fill the racks
Of poets and poetesses here on the Soup
The Clothes Horse
Joanna Davis
He rode her in autumn, winter and spring,
In summer he bought her everything
Balmain, Chanel… the finest couture,
This lonely clothes horse with elegance wore
Each affair she saw through her designer lens,
And with Christian Dior he make amends
In every debauchery he could safely wallow,
As his shackled filly would every lie swallow
So heed this lesson and don’t be spoon fed,
Or you’ll be a horse’s a** instead of a thoroughbred!
Anger
Slits the dark throat
Of day
Light bleeds
Into morning windows
Begging bones through the dirty glass
street traffic
Seeking even the garbage can lids Essent dislocation
Hiding shadows beneath a shining disinfectant
A woman’s body washes off
The draining water of filth
college money
Pristine illuminated office
100 floors up the skyline heaven
christian – Dior rich ***
Still sits on a toilet
Manhattan above the plumbing fixtures
The precise silence sleepless clocks
cold calculation ,relentless
In it’s gathering mouth
The wheat priced out from the walled street
Up again ****
Tattoo shell game of law – clean shirt tie covered
Rateing interests
mobility at the speed of foreclosure
Rattling bars till Bills liqueur store opens
And ties me another bag of endings
Oscars
Oscars night is here again,beautiful women and gorgeous men.
Play acting is what they do on the silver screen for me and you.
Some will win some will lose,the film academy will chose
Fasion statements galore with Gucci armani,and Christian dior
Rubies and diamonds shining bright,bringing sparkle to the night
Backless,strapless and shoulder less gowns some worn with a frown
Helen mirren as the queen looking quite pristine
Penelope Cruz in her Jimmy choo's
What a spectacle what a show and when they won wow