Author: Charles Scherer

  • Visions of Working Life

    Visions of Working Life

    The job I’d had in mind paid silly cashTo take extended boozy business lunches,Let me expense a client’s birthday bash,Rewarded risks and frequent reckless hunches. And every day my desk would be the same.I’d put my briefcase on the varnished oakThat bore a golden plate that bore my nameThat bore significance for chartered folk. I’d…

  • For P.D.

    For P.D.

    …who saw an obnoxious slogan which irked her. The easy way to get the ladies supineIs slow and steady, while remaining lupine.‘Tween man and beast there isn’t such a gulf –“A gentleman is just a patient wolf.” Featured Download: If you would like a resource to help you write poetry like this, CLICK HERE.