Redefinition
Timothy Robbins
home in the valley
hut in the village
hutch in the vegetables
house in the vineyard
hearth in Virginia
halls in Valhalla
hail the invincible
hail the invigorated
hail inconspicuous viceroy
hail intolerant veterans
hoops of inner velocipedes
hybrid inert vehicles
hover in vitality
haloed in vaccinations
hammered insensate by Valentinos
hummingbirds in the vicinity
hyenas’ insistent voting
hopeless inveterate vampires
hawk inherited valuables
honored instinct for victory
hallowed is thy vanity
heed intestinal ventriloquists
Hamlet in vitro
Helen in Valinor
Hector in Venezuela
Ho in Vietnam
huddle in vexation
hungry insectivores
herd insects of vanity
hinder injurious Vikings
hoist ingenious vanguards
heal infertile volcanos
hot in veins
holy invection
hush intrusive Valkyries
hush impenitent Vesuvius
hush incurable vendors
hush inconstant vigilantes
harpsichords interrogate virginals
heroes imbibe vanilla
heroines inhibit virility
hop-scotching in the vestibules
humping in Vancouver
humping in Verdun
humping in the vale of sorrows
humping initiated valedictorians
hatching indecent valentines
hover in vaults
of heartless insidious Vaticans’
homilies indulgences votaries
home-made interactive videos
hips in vandals
haunches in Victorias
harbingers in the Vedas
heralds in violet
halved in veils
hymns intoned vivify
Hildegard von Bingen
humping impertinent vagrants
hollowing incandescent vagabonds
heeding the internal vamoose
hoarding infernal vermouth
heaved in vocabularies
to heaven inviolable
hissing inaudible vocals
harkening to ineffable vows
hurled invalids
hasten inevitable vanishing
hoovered insomniac vacuums
honored in Vaudeville
hamstrung in voodoo
hymnals intoning vendettas
hedgehogs in vellum vessels
hamsters in velours
Homer in the vernacular
holy days’ itinerant voyeurs
holidays’ inchoate vistas
haggling immigrant vacationers
highways interstates velocity
highways interstates Viagra
headstrong indomitable vitamins
hoarfrost in veins
haggard i.v.’s
haggling in vain
hopped-up invertebrates
hooded in vengeance
holes irrigated in vaseline
hallways invading Versailles
heathens’ indelicate veracity
helium inspired vigils
howling invocations
Holst’s imitation of Venus
harmonious intervals
Haley’s interplanetary vroom
hazardous invitations
hilarious investigations
hollering inbred Victrolas
humana inverted vox
his master’s intombed voice
hiccups involuntarily involuntarily
his is vanquished
his is varnished
his verily (I say unto you)
hell is vacant
heaven is ventilated
hosannah invictus
his immature voice
halcyon invocations
of Hebrews’ iniquitous verses
Hugo Ionesco Villon
Herbert Isherwood Verlaine
heirs to innuendo’s vision
Handiwipes in vestries
hankering introverts
harvesting illegal vines
homespun igneous varieties
half-wits igniting vitriol
hail intermittent vasectomies
heil implicit vilification
hail institutional vindication
hail intrepid virus
hail invraisemblable
hail irreversible
hail invidious
hail involuntary
hail invariable
harried innocuous virus
Timothy Robbins teaches ESL. He has a B.A. in French and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics. He has been a regular contributor to Hanging Loose since 1978. His poems have appeared in Three New Poets, Slant, Main Street Rag, Adelaide Literary Magazine and Off The Coast. His collection Denny’s Arbor Vitae was published in 2017. He lives with his husband of twenty years in Kenosha, Wisconsin, birthplace of Orson Welles.
