Stanley’s
OTTER fur coat, diamond studded
WRIST watch, and gold rings flashed with a
FLAIR for the frou-frou
EVOKE notions of excess and snobbery.
Author: Sharlyn Guthrie
Hyper critical
COUCHing his careless comments in
SHEAR shameless fashion, he mocked her
MURAL mercilessly with his oral
ORGAN, citing terrible textures, techniques, and tones.
Cabin Life
CRUDE cabin, few comforts- save for
LAYERs adding padding;
AMBER sparks, crackling embers;
DITTY strummed on an old guitar
Eerie Geocache
While
RIVETed to the stash in an unearthed geo-
CACHE, a
CREAKing cellar door sent a rash of
CHILLs tingling down her spine.
In the Frost
DRAFT of frigid air makes me quiver
JERKY shivers, and I
BLINK a
DOZEN winks but teardrops freeze as the breeze takes my breath and sends it out in a cloud ahead of me.
Token Rhymes
AMAZE, inspire, entertain
MANGA-kanga, zippity-zane
BOOZY-shmoozy, quippity-quane
TOKEN rhymes I shan’t explain.
Trust in What is True
TRUST in what is true; in the One you
EXIST to glorify.
TAROT cards? Seers? Dismiss with a
FLAIR. They’ll mislead or even horrify.
The Protector
ODDLY she held out her gathered skirt,
QUITE disdainfully shielding us from the
CAMEL cigarette ad playing in black and white on the TV behind her- LOYAL to her belief that she was saving us from certain ruin.
Reshaping
FLUTE of wine in my fingertips,
FOLIO spread on my knees; musing,
LEACHing inane words from
PROSE; reshaping it into poetry
Scamping at the Dump
SCAMPing at the dump in a polka-dot
SHIRT and red plaid skirt,
(CLASHing in more ways than one)
Yet no one sane would
REBUT her claim to all she unearthed and won: such as a
SNARE for critters looking like new; a
CHUNK of styrofoam busted in two; a
TURBO pipe all rusted through; plus a dirty old
CLEATed soccer shoe (pee-yew!)