Two Poems By Bonnie Solloway

THE WALKS OF L.A. LIFE

Some walk with determination
as if they’re running late
Phone talkers slow walk crosswalks
while drivers wait irate
Tourists on beachfront boardwalks
stroll four and five abreast
Oblivious to the runners 
whose lanes’ now dispossessed
Gen-Z Girls with phone charms 
sashay in provocative wear   
Talking and giggling and happy
like the rest of the world’s not there
The Homeless trudge with a hesitancy
a slow yet methodical gait
Where could they possibly go
Day after day after day?
We dare not ponder too long
our lives have their own disarray

The ADD’s of POETRY

Poem writing
Settle down
Visions flying
All around

Theme selected
Ready…set…..
Pencil missing
Search begets

Bathroom stop
Eyebrow tweezing
Pillow fluffing
Bedspread pleasing

Pencil found
Notebook too
Theme forgotten
Start anew

Glance outside
Gorgeous day
Quickie swim
Sunblock spray

Under water
Sudden cheer
Perfect rhymes 
Flowing clear

Hurry out
Toweling dry
Back inside 
Energized

Pencil, Notebook
Favorite Chair

Ready… Set….

      Nothing There.

Bonnie Solloway relocated to Los Angeles from Florida, to pursue her Poetry full-time, after leaving multi-year Print and Broadcasting careers. She most recently was a TV Executive producer and Programming Creator/Developer. Her passion is Formal Verse in which she uses her own real-life observations and experiences to validate and empower readers. Her favorite Poets range from Mary Oliver and Langston Hughes to TS Eliot and Shel Silverstein. Her overall goal is to follow the fast evolving creative presentation alternatives available to Poets today.