Short Homeowners Poems

Gun in nightstand
Drawer slowly opened
Homeowners demise...

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 tanka 

during the wind storm
Nature grumbles
trimming the trees 
disgruntled homeowners 
gather in much disarray


31 March 2015...

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Cousin To Each of

Cousin To Each of 
thinks the rubble of 
homes after 
earthquakes should be 
shared, swapped, between the 
homeowners.
...

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Always beware of the termite
Wise homeowners constantly fight
Incredibly destructive foe,
Exterminators surely know 
A buyer’s most off-putting sight.

Termites have no respect, you see
For you or your prized property,
They will devour your precious floor
Then look around for something more
You must show them no sympathy!

Written September 25, 2022...

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A Victim of Florence

We are having to stay at Comfort Suites
in Cary, NC until Thursday and hopefully
by then highways and roads will be clear
and we can safely return 150 miles home
to Bolivia, NC. It is costing us $100 a night
and hope our National Homeowners Insurance
will cover some of it. I have not written a 
poem in a week now. Florence has really
been messing over my mind.

Jim Horn...

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A wild plant despised by many
...the dandelion may be cursed;

cursed with bright yellow petals
that flutter in the wind,

cursed with white pompom centers
enjoyed by honey bees,

cursed with light airy seeds
that float on the summer breeze,

cursed to land freely, in any yard or field
 or whatever it wants to begin,

cursed it may actually be...
as gardeners and homeowners pull it free....

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Underwear to hold your leaks,
Meds with crazy names -
These are products touted
As I watch the Aussie games.

Homeowners’ insurance,
Make-up, cool expensive cars 
Advertised between the sets
Of vaccinated stars.

Scenes of lovely Melbourne
By commercial crews they’ve hired
Hoping that some tourists 
Will be well-enough inspired.

Since I can’t fast-forward,
Every ad I’m forced to see,
Although the target audience
Is certainly not me....

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On the surface the town appears
Like any town, perhaps your own;
It has its share of low-cost homes
Segregated from the splendid
Houses by an invisible
Well defined demarcation line.
The inferior homeowners
Dine out when they can afford to
At fast food places like Wendy’s;
Whereas the well-to-do- frequent
Eateries with French sounding names;
You can distinguish these people
From the rest of us by their dogs:
They’re the prissy pooches with bows....

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I’ll never get used to alarms
Though homeowners see all their charms.
It’s too easy to make
Just one tiny mistake
Which can cause some to be up in arms.

To disarm one you need fob or code
Or you’ll wake an entire abode
For the noise it emits
Blows one’s eardrums to bits
And those woken from sleep may explode.

In the city, alarm use is rare
And it isn’t that people don’t care
But a doorman and lock
Chase the thieves from the block
To the suburbs – alarmers beware!...

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ancient oak got on his knees
the best he could considering he is older
and his roots are creaking, and his knees no longer bend
he needed guidance, and he knew where to go.
God heard and answered ancient oak’s plea.
a few months later ancient oak was put into a house.
making lovely banisters, poles, window ledges
thank you! Ancient oak said to God.
he had always wanted to be appreciated.
“look at this beautiful oak flooring!” the new homeowners said.
his prayers had been answered....

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