Oak

no longer cool.

My kitchen cabinets and a great deal of the rest of my house is oak. These cabinets are the same color as mine, but this is definitely NOT my kitchen!

It's wood of kitchens, dressers,
of desks and of armoires,
of cabinets and moldings  
and shelves and chairs and floors.
But now, they say it's passé; 
it has been for a while. 
It’s cherry or it’s walnut 
that now is all the style!
And don’t forget that maple!
Mahogany's unique!
There’s always good, old pine wood
and beech, bamboo and teak.
I think I’ll keep the oak stuff
as long as I’m around.
Like me, it's also antique,
it’s sturdy, and it’s sound!

I’ve never really been stylish. I also don’t like renovating my house to keep up with the latest fad. I live around a great deal of oak, and it’s held up well, so it will continue to age, like me. I’m also not in the phase where I want to paste tile to everything or have everything in my house come in white, off white or gray. I do love color! So be it.

Prompt for this poem is again from Petra Hernandez at Petra Glyphs for the 2026 February Poetry Challenge.  I'm so grateful for ideas!

https://open.substack.com/pub/petrahernandez/p/february-poetry-adventure-2026?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer