He was finally a bookworm.
So he'd cracked open the champagne
and tasted the victory,
all it had needed was consistency,
with a sprinkle of meticulous attitude
and the boundaries had been breached,
the glass ceiling shattered -
escaping the chasm of 'can't' or 'won't'
which used to draw him in.
But, now he had the will, the nerve, the enthusiasm:
he had the gumption!
Another glass of citrus bubble divine
outweighing tomorrow's
swallowed implications,
foot-tapping along
to jazzed-up songs,
misty-eyed no more,
alive with the yellow daffodils of spring.
Oct 21, 2025
Oct 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM UTC
He was finally a bookworm.
So he'd cracked open the champagne
and tasted the victory,
all it had needed was consistency,
with a sprinkle of meticulous attitude
and the boundaries had been breached,
the glass ceiling shattered -
escaping the chasm of 'can't' or 'won't'
which used to draw him in.
But, now he had the will, the nerve, the enthusiasm:
he had the gumption!
Another glass of citrus bubble divine
outweighing tomorrow's
swallowed implications,
foot-tapping along
to jazzed-up songs,
misty-eyed no more,
alive with the yellow daffodils of spring.
Published in Poetry Potluck Volume 2 United States of America second issue 2025. Anthology put together by Kelsey Bigelow and Caleb "The ***** Artist" Rainey
Poetry potluck words used: bookworm, boundaries, ceiling, champagne, chasm, consistency, cracked, divine, gumption, implications, jazz, meticulous, misty, sprinkle, swallowed, victory, yellow.
Poem copyright: Joshua Reece Wylie
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