Short Eked Poems

Snow banked high against the gate
Walking to school,never late

Milk left solid on the cill
Ears well muffled,against the chill

Rationed coal,eked ,bit by bit
Fire grates, so rarely lit.

Nights of cold,run into weeks
'Til grass through iron soil,peeked....

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My
thoughts - as
words - sputter
as they’re eked out
from my wellspring of imagination.

Phrases become rhymed and metered lines that
start gushing as
I pump them
into 
poems.

For Micahael J. Falotico's
Where Your Poetry Comes From" 2 Tetractys only Poetry Contest...

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Broken Promises one fail to keep has a
condition and oftentimes one will huff and
puff when things doesn't confirm what was
lead to expect was a result of broken promises
Ought not be eked out. One should lean towards one's  will give it one's own  best shot 
Think about others feelings, Once a child now
an adult for some hearts are fragile than others....

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