Steven Kent

Not OK, Cupid

My beau was a bore; every word left me tired
   The first time old Cupid misfired.
He then missed again with his Number Two bolt;
   That one after Two was a dolt;
His subsequent tries all fell short of the prize—
   I think now he's closing his eyes.

Steven Kent is the poetic alter ego of writer and musician Kent Burnside (www.kentburnside.com). His work appears in 251, Asses of Parnassus, Light Poetry Magazine, Lighten Up Online, New Verse News, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Philosophy Now, Pulsebeat Poetry Journal, The Road Not Taken: A Journal of Formal Poetry, Snakeskin, and Well Read. His collection I Tried (And Other Poems, Too) was published in 2023 by Kelsay Books.