Teeth-gnawed yellow #2 pencil stubs.
One Avon Coral Pink lipstick.
Rosary missing crucifix.
Emery board. Eleven rubber bands.
Antique roller skate key.
Three packs Juicy Fruit gum,
never opened.
One white Sunday glove.
Thirty-two S&H green stamps.
A gathering of . . . what?
Written for dVerse where I’m hosting Quadrille Monday, asking folks to write an exactly 44 word poem (sans title) that includes the word, or a form of the word, gather. Junk drawers: quite a gathering place. Do you have one?
lillian the home poet 
DNA?
Just kidding. These are my favorite items:
“Antique roller skate key.
Three packs Juicy Fruit gum …
One white Sunday glove.”
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Ha! I think we all have junk drawers to some degree 🙂
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Proof of time travel. An awesomely quirky collection gathered into a fun poem!
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Oh yes…..those junk drawers that many of us have take years to accumulate all their artifacts! 🙂
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I hate to say it but, besides books and my writings, I have few artifacts for future archaeologists to unearth.
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It gives one another perspective on someone to see what gathered around them.
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Exactly!
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Your poem reminds me of my grandmother’s various drawers and cupboards, a real treasure trove for children!
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Oh yes .. always fun to rummage in the rummage drawers!
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What we keep in junk drawers is an interesting mish-mash of things, isn’t it?
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Oh yes indeed!
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Really well done!
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Thank you!
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the mismatched gathering of these objects is a touching treasure trove of your mother’s life – lovely rhythm to the list Lillian
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Oh the junk we fill our drawers with… I can see a whole prompt on that.
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Great idea! Maybe my next Poetics? 😊
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I must say that by way of this poem I got prompted, spurred on and all that was necessary to write my first dVerse quadrille and I shall be posting it shortly. Thank you.
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Hurrah! That’s wonderful news. I’ve loved the Quadrille since I was introduced to it here. It just seems a very good length to me. 🙂
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A themeless drawer? The poem intrigues and alarms, as I might have a drawer or two where stuff just is. Yes, you may have prompted a prompt.
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Love this!
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I’m afraid there are a few junk drawers in my house. Excellent use of gathering!
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