Poems

The sheriff soon realized
that the frantic caller
was not drunk
and was not complaining about someone
with a sunny disposition

Author notes: wc 20

Too late, he understood
that the maiden of iron in her rocking lockbox
was not some weird chick with a quaint chastity belt
that he could pick at will and have his way with,
but rather a device to secure
his full cooperation.

Being a superspy, he escaped unpenetrated
But shaken.

A shimmer of the alpine lake
reflects her alabaster down.
Her perfect neck, though, wears no crown;
an instinct tells her what’s at stake.

A moment, and she’s poised to fly.
Her angel wings respond in kind;
beat mightily, but from the blind
a shotgun intercepts the sky.

She struggles for a beat or two,
still climbing as if hope remains.
The effort coursing through her veins.
Soon she might make it out of view!

But then she falls, no more ballet;
no swan to grace the alpine lake.
Blood gushes out in a red spray
and forms new ripples for her wake

Author notes: wc 102 image from Pinterest https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784287-Fantasy-1025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNQFB0TDfY

Getting tired of looking
at Xeroxed behinds circa 2019
John was looking forward
to this year's Xmas Office Party

Author notes: image is eponymous movie poster. https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784462-Brevity-contest-Christmas-in-July

Sadly, the job applicant
had to be removed by security
after insisting on recreating the scene from Big
over and over again

Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784475-Photo-prompt

rest easy
fearless storm rider
we love you two times

Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784477-Poem-about-Jim-Morrison-of-The-Doors

Death and destruction visited on gunpowder merchants
on June Twenty Sixth, Eighteen O Seven
Death from above. A lightning strike.

Author notes: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lightning-strikes-in-luxembourg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsJ4O-nSveg

new headgear fashions
the age of Aquarius
a fishbowl of fun

Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784374-Pen-to-Picture-Contest-

if you want to walk on water
without the sacrifice
find a frozen pond

Author notes: wc 14 https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783811-The-Photography-is-your--only--prompt..

didn't know
that California dreams
would turn into soap bubbles
on Knots Landing
and then shrivel
and become dry kindling
for California nightmares

Author notes: 7. The Mamas and the Papas ("California Dreamin'") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK6JnyFmk https://knotslanding.fandom.com/wiki/Michelle_Phillips Image from uDiscover Music

their embrace lifted them clear
of the pools of water
collecting on the dirt road
their clothes soaked
but their souls dry and warm

Author notes: wc 24 https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783917-Artwork-Inspired-Prompt

I got my boscolousio
My mama was so proud
It was in Villa Loggio
In front of a big crowd

A smidgepigion, quite quizzical
did wish me all the best
I found it porodoxical
Perhaps it was in jest

My prize was no, not a gazelle
I find them stuffy, stuffed
But a complete tokengratzelle
And I went home all puffed

Author notes: Unword Prompt: 1.  Boscolousio 2.  Smidgepigion 3.  Tokengratzelle 4.  Porodixical https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784341---Another-UNWORD-Contest--to-whet-your-poet-noguest