An Object of Beauty

Posted on December 28, 2022 by apontius18 
Belly buttons
Cigar smoke
Tuna fish
Dirty jokes

Escalators
Busy roads
Items borrowed
Money owed

Hairy spiders
Snow and ice
Excess noise
Unsolicited advice

Expired coupons
Wilted flowers
Cancer cells
Loss of power

Climate change
No cell service
Expectations
Feeling nervous

Wrinkled clothes
Car is sick
Writing stalled
No magic

Night arrives
Prose rejected
Poem is beauty
Unexpected

About apontius18

Amy Pontius is a former educator residing in southwest Florida and summering in northern Vermont. Her work has been published by Kaleidoscope™ Reflections on Women’s Journeys: In My Shoes; Voices of Cleveland: A Bicentennial Anthology of Poems; and Bacopa Literary Review (TBA). Her writing has also been recognized and published online by Press 53, Florida Weekly, Gulf Coast Writers Association, and Kaleidoscope WoJo.
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2 Responses to An Object of Beauty

  1. talebender says:
    December 29, 2022 at 9:41 am

    Your title fooled me as I started to read your list…..great twist at the end. Also loved the rhyme and rhythm throughout.

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  2. gepawh says:
    December 28, 2022 at 8:57 pm

    Great minds! Yours is greater! Well done.

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