weekend wordsmith 201

keys lost, discarded
a truer self kept safe
few dare pick the lock


inspired by weekend wordsmith prompt 201:  lock

weekend wordsmith 200

i cared more last time
watched di's wedding and funeral
this time i slept in


inspired by weekend wordsmith prompt 200: royal

weekend wordsmith 199

cloudy, chance of rain
April's abundant showers
perhaps May brings sun


inspired by weekend wordsmith prompt 199: sun

weekend wordsmith 197

fuming, indignant
veins throbbing, spittle flying
sputtering, incensed



inspired by weekend wordsmith 197:  incense

Miller High Life

weekend wordsmith prompt: champagne

Dad's rare indulgence
The champagne of bottled beers
One juice glass only

Whacked

weekend wordsmith prompt: contract

A failed coup d'etat
Plot discovered, leader found
He sleeps with fishes

Expired

weekend wordsmith prompt: passport

Early trips abroad
England, France and Italy
Passport long timed-out

Ice

weekend wordsmith prompt: ice

Crystalline branches
snap and take down power lines

A winter hazard

Linked

weekend wordsmith prompt: time

Today’s Dad’s birthday
We’re both February babes
Yesterday was mine

We’re some ways alike
As dads and daughters can be
Much to Mom’s chagrin

We had our issues
Now all I have are questions
Dad’s dead twenty years

It was our cancer
Over at fifty-seven
He missed the good stuff

Melanoma – thief of time

Reward: 1994

weekend wordsmith prompt: reward

Wanted: Lulubelle
For crimes against poetry
Last seen in Blogville

Wanted Dead or Alive

weekend wordsmith prompt: reward

Jon and Richie live
Concert for New York City
An apt song choice

Holy Haiku, Batman

weekend wordsmith prompt: boom

Boom! Bam! Slap! Slam! Pow!
Caped Crusader rides again
Robin calls shotgun