Wilda Morris

Earthquake Trashheap

                        armchair                                 crankshaft                    
                                    windshield                     stovepipe                  stepladder
               wallboard   
                        floorboard                       doorknob                dustpan 
peanuts                                        buttermilk                popcorn
                        timepiece                                            teaspoon   
                    toothbrush                  washcloth                 wardrobe                 hairbrush 
            briefcase                      billfold                        penknife    
                                                                        paperback
   shoelace                               shoehorn                                             necktie  
             nightshirt                                 nightstand                                     pillbox
headboard                               bankbook       
                                       homework                            textbook   
            scrapbook                                baseball                                    ballbat   
                        guidepost                                            gravestone         


Wilda Morris, Workshop Chair, Poets and Patrons of Chicago and past President, Illinois State Poetry Society, has published widely in anthologies, webzines, and print journals. She has won awards for formal and free verse and haiku, including the 2019 Founders’ Award from the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. Her latest poetry book is Pequod Poems: Gamming with Moby-Dick (Kelsay, 2019). Her blog, Wilda Morris’s Poetry Challenge, features a monthly contest for poets.