Several Etheree poems

PROBLEM

A

hummer

trapped inside

the screened-in porch--

it wouldn't be shooed,

hov'ring above door frame

bumping 'gainst transparent walls.

No butterfly net handy. But

an open wire hanger just might work:

hook red feeder on open door. Voila!

1997 ~~~

FRUGALITY

I

go through

coupons clipped

four months ago

from papers' inserts,

note expiration dates--

some 3 months old, some three days

past, which I separate and trash,

add current ones, still full of the hope

that I might save a dime or two next trip.

1998~~

THE SWIM SUIT AD

You

see this

bathing suit?

Now, do you see

the model pictured?

Is she a size 16

in women's, for heaven's sake?

More like a 6, but hey, her top

enhances her like mine: it smashes;

the waist minimizer feature doesn't!

2000~~

DR. JOHNNY WINK, OBU

His

satchel

in one hand,

a paper scrap

in the other, the

English professor walks

to class on the city's bike

trail and memorizes poems.

Once, I offered him a found pencil.

"Thanks. Some student always comes without one."

2001~~

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