Extinct (Notevember 2021, #24)
A privileged gentleman of some repute
claimed that I had ruffled his feathers
He was so upset
by my breach of etiquette
that he could hardly keep it together
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Leak (Notevember 2021, #23)
“Hortense, did you – and I’m not angry if you did – but did you break this Potion of Ocean?”
“No, mistress. And you would be angry if I did…
Open (Notevember 2021, #22)
Four froggy companions
Through mountains and canyons
Had traveled on roads leading home
They had walked for a week…
Fuzzy (Notevember 2021, #21)
The dockhand laughed in my face.
“You can’t be serious?” He laughed again. “You foreigners will believe anything, won’t ya? What’s next, you want to hunt the Midwinter Rabbit, too?
Sprout (Notevember 2021, #20)
Peaks and valleys, rivers daunting
But the greatest I have seen
Leaves all other miracles wanting;
‘Tis the “gold among the green”
Loop (Notevember 2021, #19)
I recognize this corridor
That checkered pattern on the door
That rugged mat and slanting floor
I feel it in my feet
Moon (Notevember 2021, #18)
No time like the present
You have to eat it while it’s a lunar crescent
The taste is strange but pleasant
Tart, and almost effervescent
Collide (Notevember 2021, #17)
I haven’t learned just when to shut my trap
This one was earned and I made someone snap
I think I’m falling, I think it’s a wrap
They will be calling it a “cosmic slap”