Short Placard Poems

When Martin Luther King told me,
"Civil Rights suit me to a T"
I could see what he meant
For my placard was bent
So it read, " ruth will make you free!"...

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i'm in the room
with no number
but a name it's
secure so then

you may ask
why the panic
attacks and
exactly why

i'm acting like
this and not
that feeling
of blissful

mind on cloud
nine riding a
wave hanging 
ten then i dust 

off the rest of
my room's 
placard real
izing it's not 

"secure"
but
"in
secure"...

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 He got down from the train with baggage
Walked out through a dirty soiled passage
His attention was captured
By a bold lettered Placard;
‘KEEP THE TOWN CLEAN’ atop piles of garbage!


June.3.2022

A Funny Limerick Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Tania Kitchin
Nine syllables each in lines 1, 2 and 5
Seven syllables in lines 3 and 4...

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The old stained coffee cup mocks me
It is old enough to protest
But fortunately
Cannot shout
Nor hold a placard.

We’ve been together
Through several generations
Of offspring
Thus, the PAPA
On its face.

We share many secrets
And as with my dogs
I know the cup can be trusted

The one who presented it to me
Has graduated from college
The one who now points to it
And says: “PAPA”
Is not yet in pre-school.

Thus, do I sit
Gazing into an empty cup
Overflowing
With memories....

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