Zip dive and the final drive

Zooming from A to Z

The challenge is sealed with a kiss,

Each writer’s mind now an abyss.

No letters remain

The brain so to drain.

Today, A to Z we dismiss.

c2014 by Linda Ann Nickerson

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Yikes and yow and nearly ciao

You reek-a

“You reek-a,” she said with a groan.

“But that’s nothing new. Hold the phone.

Please put on your shoes.

I won’t blow a fuse.

But stop with the noxious cyclone.

“I’m not sure how long I can cope

With terrors of this broad a scope.

You want me to stay?

Then stop the decay.

Why don’t you invest in some soap?”

c2014 by Linda Ann Nickerson

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Extortion in small portions

Without eXcuse

A publisher’s due for exam.

It’s time to shed light on his scam.
You ask, “Does he dare?”

He’s full of hot air.

Look out, or he’ll go on the lam.

The trouble began with a pop.

But soon, fellow writers talked shop.

His ship sprang a leak,

Inciting our pique,

And caused the best wordsmiths to stop.

We’re guessing his fortune’s reversed.

Perhaps he cannot be coerced.

But writers disdain

And experts retain,

Expecting to be reimbursed.

c2014 by Linda Ann Nickerson

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Wrestling with Wonder

Wincing or convincing?

We wrestle wildly, watching winds.

We fluff our feathers, flap our fins,

And number woes –

God only knows

We fail to find when joy begins.

When wonder waits with every stride,

Why do we dare to be denied?

What vision vies

To catch our eyes,

While we whirl on, fit to be tied?

c2014 by Linda Ann Nickerson 

"And He said, 

'Let me go, for the day breaketh.'

and [Jacob] said, 
'I will not let Thee go, except Thou bless me.

(Genesis 32:26, KJV)

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Vanishing ventures

Vertigo’s victim

He’s veering, vexed, into the void –

A journey not to be enjoyed.

The world revolves,

And nerve dissolves,

As vertigo leaves him annoyed.

Thus violated, does he stand,

A-trembling in either hand.

He knows the cause,

But still takes pause,

Preventing tumbles never planned.

c2014 by Linda Ann Nickerson

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