Neighbors

Neighbors seem a friendly lot
Talk about what they’ve got
Talk about themselves a lot
But neighbors? I’d rather not.

Wild Roses

Petals peeking
Perfume pleasing 
Pistils pearly

Highway 

Pavement drumming
Tires humming
Lines overrunning 
Looping exits
Please no texting
Speeders vexing

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Cheryl Wood is a mom and grandmother who enjoys scribbling some words, hopefully with humor. She started writing in 2015 after a second bout of cancer to keep busy while recuperating. Cheryl was featured in 2020 and in 2022. You can find her work HERE. Selected pieces of her work were published in The Short of It – Volume 1 & Volume 2. This is her second feature this year.

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