Saturday, January 20, 2024

Two Micropoems by Kelly Moyer


The Empty Cupboard 
Pardon the leaf litter.
We’re doing renovations
on the mushroom house.
I’d offer you honeyed milk 
or a bun of some sort,
but my husband 
brought them to the queen
with a giggle and a snort.

Book Covers 
The mouse told me
the mochi were tainted, 
so he traded a smoke 
for the entire lot.
I should have known
it was just his racket,
tho’ you gotta wonder
whether I, myself,
am a bit of a troll or not.

© Kelly Moyer
North Carolina, USA 
unfazedmoon@gmail.com

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