middle-class resides
huddled
somewhere in middle
muddled
‘tween everywhere/now(here)
befuddled
dead doors safely
bolt-lock
living close(d) to neighbors
on block
empty chairs fill porches
undocked
choice of school (lots) pay
to play
public schoolers should not
(not) pray
buses take young snotty
tots away
hard(est)-working to
impress
absent dad hopes mom
knows best
all seem blessed, why sooo
depressed?
Check out dVerse Poetics, where Oloriel invites us to submit “suburban poems”
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Feb 26, 2017 @ 17:54:54
“empty chairs fill porches” – this image captures the suburban vibe. 🙂
Feb 26, 2017 @ 20:49:04
Glad you noticed that line😊
Feb 23, 2017 @ 17:57:09
Your poem is certainly close to how those in suburbs live…. Diane
Feb 23, 2017 @ 16:56:04
I really love the form, it was twisting and turning, and you raise some excellent and sad points.
Feb 23, 2017 @ 17:07:12
Thanks for an interesting prompt, Oloriel!
Feb 23, 2017 @ 11:50:12
I like your sharp blurbs on the da burbs ~ Depressing is mild, I say ~ Enjoyed this one Lynn and clever title too !
Feb 23, 2017 @ 14:17:41
😁
Feb 23, 2017 @ 10:46:43
What clever and catchy rhyming. It encapsulates it all in a most enjoyable read!
Feb 23, 2017 @ 14:16:02
So glad you liked it 😊
Feb 23, 2017 @ 09:43:46
Perfectly done! You captured it all.
Feb 23, 2017 @ 09:58:03
Thanks, Annell!
Feb 23, 2017 @ 09:22:31
I like this poem—the wordplay is well done and the depiction of lives. Your poem along with others I have read is getting me to think more about suburbs…there are many experiences rich, middle class and poor outside a city –at least outside the one I was last in (Toronto)…
Feb 23, 2017 @ 09:57:17
I appreciate your thoughtful comments, Janice. I grew up in the big city, now live rural.
Feb 23, 2017 @ 20:29:40
I now live rural near a small city, grew up in a bigger city, and lived for many years downtown and in suburbs of an even larger city….(for what that’s worth 😉
Feb 23, 2017 @ 00:41:46
“all seems blessed, why sooo / depressed?” how perfectly you’ve captivated this ailment of our modern times in the lines…we’re so alienated…sigh…
Feb 23, 2017 @ 07:43:50
A very human problem…
Feb 22, 2017 @ 23:10:03
Love those rhymes.. like repetititio of the monotone.
Feb 23, 2017 @ 07:42:07
Thanks 🤓
Feb 22, 2017 @ 21:47:22
I liked these lines: “dead doors safely
bolt-lock”
Feb 22, 2017 @ 21:48:54
Thanks for reading and commenting!