in the savanna, a butterfly finds one bloom amid the dry plants
Blossom Finder [Haiku]
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Hypnotic Limerick
There was an anesthetist / hypnotist whose patients could never resist. 'Twas the even drone of his flat monotone. Even the surgeon fell asleep in his midst.
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Ganesha [Free Verse]
Ganesha: Obstacles removed & Good luck brought All yields to the elephantine forehead & elephantine learning Seemingly immovable when seated, but I've seen you swing; hoisted by a crane & dangled out over the water But the pendulum arc was short & stiff & precarious: as if it might flip the crane -- every remover of obstacles must leave a detritus of past obstacles in its wake
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Hamlet Limerick
Eugène Delacroix (1855)
There once was a wavering Prince of Denmark whose uncle replaced his dad as monarch. The ghost of his dad said, "Kill 'em, my lad!" Too bad he took that stab in the dark.
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Lazy River [Haiku]
Helen of Troy [Limerick]
There was pretty lady named Helen whose beauty had all the boys yellin'. No arrows from Cupid; her glance made 'em stupid. But did her face split a thousand melons?
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Wood Strong [Haiku]
Stone Birds [Haiku]
two stone birds carved into a temple plinth: still impermanent!
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Anti-Social Media [Limerick]
There once was an evil internet troll who spouted like the proverbial blowhole. He snarked to the void like a flaming hemorrhoid, but remained an anonymous A-hole.
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Loss; or, 21st Century Kafka [Free Verse]
They claimed theft, but what was stolen? They could not name it, but said they felt its loss. They demanded recompense, but weren't sure to whom they should send the bill, and so they just shouted the demand out to the universe. This thing which could not be named or described could be missed; its loss felt deep within. They would rage for it (if in vague terms) by violent means if necessary.
