Stopping Shoe Shopping

I’d rather chuckle than simply buckle.

My shoe collection needs a buff.

Girls never seem to have enough.

I’d love to go the extra mile,

Kick off the season, step in style.

The choice today is mighty fine.

It’s hard sometimes to toe the line.

Behold the sandals, clogs, and flats –

I’ll skip the matching handbags, hats.

Those pretty slippers, mocs, and mules,

Oh, how to stay within the rules!

Alas, I know that I must stop,

The other shoe is sure to drop.

My footwear flies me far and wide,

Attending meetings multiplied.

They race through corridor and street,

Or anywhere I must beat feet.

No loafer, I have miles to stroll.

Would be a shame to scuff my sole.

My sneakers have put up a fight,

But shoestring budget ties us tight.

Still, shopping’s not yet stopped, kaput –

The shoe is on the other foot.

His brand-new boxes still arrive,

Bright pairs that seldom see test drive.

I hope they charge not by the inch,

Although I aim not to be Grinch.

And I don’t mean to drive a wedge,

So pass the polish on the ledge.

I’ll brush and scrub and smooth and shine

To make old favorites mighty fine.

My Yankee hands can pinch a buck.

Just keep me from the shop. Good luck.

c2017 by Linda Ann Nickerson

Image:

Adapted by this user from vintage artwork.

This poem was posted in response to these prompts:

April A to Z Blog Challenge

National Poetry Writing Month / NaPoWriMo

Meme Express: “kick off”

Six-Word Saturday: See subtitle.

#atozchallenge

#napowrimo

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Tax against the wall

All present and accounted for? Maybe.

Tax Against the Wall

How can fiscals fly so fast?

Documenting, I’m aghast.

Confident? Put down that pen.

Push to shove? It’s “when” again.

Help! By papers I’m harassed.

Tax prep time! I have to focus;

Need a little hocus-pocus.

Easy money? That’s a joke.

Busted! Now I think I’m broke.

My accountant’s gonna choke.

Pounding buttons, hand to plow.

Look at me, subtracting now.

Number-crunching confidante?

Maybe I am part-savant.

Finished, but I don’t know how.

c2017 by Linda Ann Nickerson

Adapted by this user from public domain artwork.

This poem was posted in response to these prompts:

Meme Express: “easy money”

Simply Snickers: “confidante” and “confident”

Six Word Saturday: See subtitle.

Stream of Consciousness Saturday: “how”

#SoCS

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Of Mice and Mien – A poetic glance, perhaps askance

Of Mice and Mien – 

A poetic glance, perhaps askance  

 If your life story was a book, what would it be titled? What would its chapter titles be? 
(Imagination Prompt - Creativity Portal)

Of Mice and Mien

A hunk of cheese a mouse may catch,

Enticing him beyond his match.

Reward’s allure

May him assure

To meet the one who’ll him dispatch.

A gifted gamer, most intense

With interest in his own two cents

Might toss a chip,

Shoot from the hip,

To banish common sense from thence.

An easy mark with meek mien,

The jackpot seeker goes all-in.

He eyes the prize

With bleary eyes.

The trap is set in danger’s den.

Across the table, truth awaits

And watches folly, sans debates.

He holds his peace

With elbow grease,

The mouse to snare with fortune’s baits.

Occasionally, treasures rot –

Like rich rewards intense, hard-fought.

A jumping joint

May disappoint

And bring a fouler food for thought.

The cheese ferments and casts a scent.

The mousey man, alas, poor gent --

The die was cast

To flabbergast,

And he must yet come up with rent.

c2014 by Linda Ann Nickerson

This poem incorporates these blog prompts:

“disappoint” – One-Minute Writer

“food for thought” – 52 Poetry

“interest” – Theme Thursday

 “gifted,” “intense,” and “rot” – Three Word Wednesday

Book title poetry – FPR Poetry Prompts

Life Story Book – Creativity Portal

Image/s:

Public domain / vintage clipart

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