Fair Game
Have you ever known anyone
who seemed unappealing
for snatching and stealing
the highest position at the workplace glass ceiling?
who seemed unappealing
for snatching and stealing
the highest position at the workplace glass ceiling?
Out of Bounds –
A Limericked View on One Who’d Outdo
A woman who yearned for great fame
Refused to make honor her aim.
She reached for prime time,
On others to climb,
And so she was left with the blame.
‘Tis true that success was a stretch,
Beyond what her talent might fetch.
Still, nose in the air,
In pride, unaware,
Superfluous speeches she’d sketch.
For monuments built out of place
Contribute, not fame, but disgrace.
And trophies to self
In dust on the shelf
Do little to help one save face.
c2010 by Linda Ann Nickerson
Photo: public domain
Posted for a variety of prompts:
Monday Poetry Train (poem/s)
Mad Kane Limericks (“A woman who yearned for great fame…”)
One Single Impression (“monument”)
Theme Thursday (“stretch”)
Weekend Wordsmith (“face”)
