Unspecial Delivery
One
night it
arrived, a
perfect package
though so many are damaged in transit.
The carrier ignored the sharp return
to sender scrawled
resenting
on the
face.
In
deep black
two stars fall
overnighted
express, and still she sees only junk mail.
April~May 2012
Karin Gustafson hosts this weekend, and she's asked us to pick a profession and write a poem using the verbs associated with it--or using an occupation as a springboard. I have sort of mixed up the whole prompt with a Cuisinart, using the terms of a postal worker's lot at random.
Kerry's Mini Form Challenge: Tetractys
Quoting Kerry: "Tetractys, a syllable counting form invented by Ray Stebbing, consists of at least 5 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 syllables (total of 20). Tetractys can be written with more than one verse, but must follow suit with an inverted syllable count." This is a triple one.
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