in the temple, chaotic swirls of smoke echo my mind
Smoke Mind [Haiku]
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Category Archives: Poetry
Milky Moonlight [Haiku]
milky moonlight paints all things pale -- all but the shadows
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Storm Front [Free Verse]
Rain is coming. I can smell its sweet whiff on the breeze. A storm prowls out there beyond my eyes power to see. But dark clouds hunker in the fore: the storm's vanguard. The birds know it's coming. They've vacated the skies to... I know not where.
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Nellie Bly Limerick
There was a reporter named Nellie Bly: decided she'd give the asylum a try. 'Twas just for a story. Doctors lost all glory when they couldn't tell a nut from a spy.
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Influencer Limerick
There once was a YouTube Influencer who always ran afoul of the censor. Her most common wrong was stealing pop songs, but redacting wardrobe malfunctions incensed her.
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Many Worlds [Free Verse]
Fictional cities pile upon each other, spreading like blood puddles until they spill into yet others at their amorphous edges. And distinction is lost -- homogeneity wins -- but that lysergic sadness remains.
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Late Day Sun [Haiku]
late day sunlight fires the yellow temple top while shadows harden
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Westward Run [Free Verse]
Put the sun at your back and run headlong toward the darkness. Killing days at record speed, leaning into the terminus, and you wake up in the light and prepare for another westward run.
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Stowaway [Limerick]
There once was a mischievous macaque with a knack for invading knapsacks. When a zipper stuck, 'twas his terrible luck to get locked in a trunk & run out of snacks.
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Quick Peek [Kyōka]
a weaver pokes its head from the nest, looks both ways, & decides to stay in. i know the feeling.
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