#SampleSunday – A Poem

There used to be a restaurant in our town named Donahue’s. It had the best Prime Rib and the best bleu cheese dressing IN THE UNIVERSE. The Donahues retired, and Mr. Donahue took the secrets of the Prime Rib and salad dressing with him to The Great Beyond.

MRS. DONAHUE REVIEWS THE TROOPS

Starched along the counter

Starred along the bar

Salt and pepper soldiery

Marching as to war

Enemies of blandness

Battlescarred brigade

Salt and pepper warriors

Zebraesque parade

Narrow at the shoulders

Narrow at the waist

Salt and pepper sentinels

Guardians of taste.

A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: Write a poem or a paragraph of poetical prose about the least poetical thing you can think of.

MA