The Old Victorian House
...I dreamt about an old Victorian house that was abandoned
It was dilapidated and left vacant for years and was starting to decay
It was hidden down a long dirt driveway aligned with overgrown lilac ...
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Categories:
wingback, dream, fantasy, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Winter's Heat
...“Don’t fall for a man
with shiny shoes,”
she told us,
gin and tonic in hand,
decades left-over smokey southern voice.
Five o’clock sharp
she sat in the wingback
looking over us at iced-over ...
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Categories:
wingback, love,
Form: Free verse
Private Residence
...Private Residence
Sign at the gate – no solicitors –
Beyond the rosewood door sanctuary in seclusion
Untouched by hands racing round
A face framed by chimes and alarms –
Measures of mincing mi...
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Categories:
wingback, home, house, universe,
Form: Free verse
Fair Share
...Pierre was a billionaire living in BelAir
A most successful concessionaire
Handsomely suave and debonair
Loved reading excerpts from Voltaire
Played for hours games of solitaire
His favourite la...
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Categories:
wingback, betrayal, lust, marriage, success,
Form: Monorhyme