OCTET plays the summer bandshell circuit with
CAMEO occasionally from Clyde McCallister, who’ll
STRUT in with his oboe, crowds practically throwing
MONEY at this magnetic sex symbol.
Shout out to the Sonnet
OCTET before sestet, in Petrarch’s wake,
CAMEO, in first four lines, of the concern:
STRUTs heavily through four more, at stake.
MONEY, the resolution, drops after the turn.
Concise definition of the Italian sonnet at the blog of our fellow Quordle poet, Steven Robertson.
Even better, some Italian sonnets by Steven! https://notesbysteven.wordpress.com/tag/italian-sonnet/
One second of fame
STRUT my stuff in the movie for a piffling amount of
MONEY. My full day’s work ends up in a tiny
CAMEO where I’m glimpsed for a second as part of an
OCTET, gawking, and playing the piano.
Limelight
OCTET of aspiring stars
STRUT onstage with a semblance of poise, hoping this
CAMEO will be the bended knees before the jump into pools of
MONEY.
See more at Notes by Steven.
2023-02-08 words
OCTET, CAMEO, STRUT, MONEY
Thorough Scrub
SIGHTing fingerprints of ink and
OXIDE stains around the sink
NANNY scrubs ‘til all smells
PINEY, then scrubs the slippery tot who’s whiny.
What Big Eyes
PINEY–fresh, rather–smell in the forest clearing,
OXIDE–rust, rather–makes the cabin’s hinges grate,
NANNY–granny, rather–looking worse for wear,
SIGHT–fright, rather–what big eyes she has.
Dream of my childhood
NANNY comes in sight along the narrow piney path. The
SIGHT of her brings images of hot soups, warm biscuits, sweet
PINEY smells from the trees at the back of her garden, the
perOXIDE she still uses to clean everything, including the bath.
2023-02-07 words
PINEY, OXIDE, NANNY, SIGHT
Chiliast in a Canoe
SHONE that day the last sun,
WRIST watch down to final second
CHILIast marked the moment at falls’ lip,
CANOE almost hovering before the tip, then the plunge.
Note: I felt that the normal uses of canoe were taken by the time I got to it.