Brassy, sassy, brash but gutsy
all us bold girls at the party
sparkling with our repartees 

one top shy of striptease sleaze
globe-trot cruising yacht convoys
cash cached all the fat-cat boys 

when we dropped the big B bomb 
were old, retiring, with aplomb. 

31 thoughts on “Hark back”

1. Love the boldness here… and retiring with aplomb is not bad (especially after having caught a fat-cat boy turned to man)

   1. Boldly growing old

2. I love the rhythm here – very sassy.

   1. Thanks Sarah – the rhythm chose itself from that first line

3. A fun boldness, Laura, and I enjoyed getting my tongue around the rhymes! I was never brassy or sassy but sometimes wish I had been.

   1. This is not necessarily autobiographical 😌

4. I had fun reading this one. My dental appliance almost fell out while doing it. lol

   1. Tongue twisting and dental dislodging – some poem!

      1. 🙂 ❤

5. This was such a fun one, Laura! Oh those sassy girls!

   1. This took me by surprise as I’m usually more serious 🧐

      1. Even more fun then!

6. good fun, loved it

   1. 🙏

      1. 👍

7. Brassy bold aging broads….:)

   1. what a great line Lillian

8. I enjoyed the off-rhyme and word play.

   1. thank you Maria – the fun was as much in the words as the topic

9. Nicely done poem.

   1. many thanks

10. What fun. The second stanza was scandalously delightful.

    1. literally pushing the boat out with that one Ali 😉

11. 🎆🎇 keep sassy!!

    1. I’ll try!

12. Adore this sassy and the word play. Nice.

    1. its not really my style so I don’t know where this came from!

13. Loved the rhyme. 🙂

    1. most unusual for me Kitty

14. I love the idea of boldly growing old! Woo hoo!

    1. its worth a try!

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