From zilch to zing: A-Z verses from vintage visages

From zilch to zing

Rhyming views on returning hues

The stairway from boring to bright

Brings frustrated frowns back to light.

From grainy and chipped

To zany and zipped,

We zoom to the zest and ignite.

As zombies, kept captive beneath,

No image of worth to bequeath,

We huddled and shook

As long as it took.

Till false proved the evil one’s teeth.

Our colors now glow without lamp.

Our spirits are no longer damp,

As boldly we stride,

No joys still denied.

For we from the gloom did break camp.

c2016 by Linda Ann Nickerson

This poem was posted for the April A to Z Blogging Challenge and National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo), as well as these prompts:

Daily Post: “stairway”

Meme Express: “zany” and “zip”

Simply Snickers: “zest” and “zoom”

 Image/s:

Public domain photo –
 vintage image

(Thanks to Sepia Saturday

for this image.)

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