Poems from Quilled Quintains anthology, Merry Bombadils, MSPS branch poets

 TANKA

89-year-old house

getting its first fire

extinguisher

   now, what will extinguish

   rodents in the basement?

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TANKA

huge poinsettia--

granddaughter's Christmas gift

before Thanksgiving

   no matter that her dad bought

   and delivered it to me

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A NEW DAY

(Tripod)

Perfectly

clear blue sky except for

a silverfish-sized, rumbling airplane

early in summer's

cool morning.

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FIRST, I SMELLED IT

(Tripod)

Now, I hear

the rain on the far porch

that's uncovered. And the roadway sings

as vehicles zing by.

Yes, it's rain!

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 OR EAT FROM THE RIND

(Cinquain)

Using

a grapefruit spoon

on a small discount fruit,

but easier to cut in small

pieces.

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