Checks Unbalanced

Love is needed
but won’t come
What gets heeded
involves sums
Who pays the most
makes the rest ghosts
unseen on screen

© Stephen W. Buchanan 2022

Originally published advertising free at “If You Haven’t Got A Sonnet”

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Hidden Inside

You may not know
what truth you hold
and may not show
how you’d be bold
But times could rise
when you’d surprise
in ways worth praise

© Stephen W. Buchanan 2022

Originally published advertising free at “If You Haven’t Got A Sonnet”

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Friendly Façade

What lies beneath
the surface truths
shall bare their teeth
put out their booths
once the hook's set?
No idle threat
beguiles with smiles.

Originally published advertising free at “If You Haven’t Got A Sonnet”

Hey! My daughter Bee has an Etsy site for “Hand sewn decorative items” – RaccoonStitches! Please check it out!

I saw the phrase “what lies beneath” in a lot of posts lately, which made me think it was a prompt, but I can’t find it if it is. So I’ll credit Christine E. Ray’s poem “What Lies Beneath?” on her wonderful site “Brave & Reckless” for being the muse.