Top 10

piano keys

When I become a song writer,
my Top Ten hits will be:

Heartless Love Song
First Lip Lock
I’ll Meet You in Cell Block A
The Keg’s Gone Dry and the River’s Gone Yeller
(a country hit)
I Left my Cart in Sam’s Tan Bistro

Ursa Major in E minor
Beer Belly Tango
My Boots Died, but They’re Still Kickin’
(another country great)
If I Were a Bitch, Man
Wine and Ding Dongs


In response to NaPoWriMo challenge, day three: write a list poem in which all the items are made-up names.

Eight Things

Eight things I wouldn’t want to be:

I.  A big fish in a small pond.
8 big fish

 

II.  Just another brick in the wall.
8 brick

 

III.  The lone fire hydrant in a dog park.
8 fire hydrant

 

IV.  A sitting duck.
8 sitting duck

 

V.  On a train to nowhere.
8 train

 

VI.  A thorn in someone’s side.
8 thorn

 

VII.  Moss on a rolling stone.
8 moss

 

VIII.  Caught with my back — or butt — against the wall.
8 back to wall


The Daily Post Discover Challenge: The Poetry of List-Making