The Daily Poem Poetry Collection

The Seven Deadly ... Resolutions

The Seven Deadly … Resolutions


The calendar has flipped a page
and a new year has set the stage
for making changes in my life …
at least according to my wife.

Gluttony's on top my list;
too many snacks I can’t resist.
Twenty pounds, my final goal …
starting after the Super Bowl.

Next up would be to work on greed
I really have all I could need –
'til Publisher’s knocks at my door.
There’s always room for a bit more.

Pride is one I think is sneaky.
I feel, at times, "how great is me!"
Perhaps that feeling is uncouth –
but then I think it’s just the truth.

I just re-read the one above;
perhaps a touch too much self-love?
I feel my anger rising up
but wrath is not my favorite cup.

Envy’s really not my style –
when others brag, I simply smile.
Still, I suppose I've felt its sting –
but just a graze, not a big thing.

I’d like to think that lust is still
a part of me. The bitter pill
is at this stage of my long life –
the lust I feel is for my wife.

That leaves just sloth and so I vow
that I’ll work hard .... and anyhow,
my wife won’t let me gather moss.
She’s trained me well on who’s the boss!

The deadly sins mostly have died;
at least in that I can take pride;
they stood no chance against my bride.

An entry for the December 31st round of "The Not-So-Daily Poem" 
Prompt: write a poem about anything you like, but you must include at least 25 of the 118 symbols for the elements.
1. he - helium 2. fl - flerovium 3. ne - neon 4. ag - silver 5. k - potassium 6. ge - germanium 7. li - lithium 8. c - carbon 9. n - nitrogen 10. o - oxygen 11. ac - actinium 12. po - polonium 13. na - sodium 14. b - boron 15. al - aluminum 16. s - sulpher 17. no - nobelium 18. th - thorium 19. p - phosphorus 20. i - iodine 21. ti - titanium 22. h - hydrogen 23. co - cobalt 24. f - florine 25. cu - copper
Poetry Form: Quatrain  
Line Count: 35