To say you love, but require change
is so deeply fishy.
To mold the nature of your love
as if her soul were squishy.
Suspect Alterations [Common Meter]
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DAILY PHOTO: A Bangalore Bungalow
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What Lurks Below? [Lyric Poem]
I'm swimming in the lake -
miles from one and all,
feeling peace and calm - when
the monster comes to call.
What could drag me under?
I'll never, ever know.
Some will always wonder
what caused the undertow.
The lake is surface calm,
and should be at its depths,
but in its muck lie bones
of those pulled under breath.
Some will swim tomorrow,
and in the days to come.
Most will come and go,
and just feel blissful numb.
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PROMPT: Friend
What quality do you value most in a friend?
Thoughtful, & conversationally fluent, on a variety of topics.
Must not play the bagpipes.
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Midnight Metropole [Free Verse]
Trains are done running.
Shops are shuttered,
except in the red-light districts
where the neon circuits burn.
Food carts are set up
under streetlamps,
sending out plumes of
fried food & grilled meat aroma.
Plumes meant to catch drunken strollers
looking for an affordable bad idea.
Tonight, the city accommodates all,
finding a bad idea to
fit each price range.
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DAILY PHOTO: Bangkok Skylines
Second-Order Harmony [Haiku]
i watch surfers watch the waves, attuning to their attunement.
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Rock Spires [Haiku]
Whitman’s Eye [Free Verse]
Walt Whitman saw the world
with its ubiquitous beauty
laid bare.
He saw it in dock workers
& painted ladies &
swimmers & walkers &
Presidents & paupers.
He saw it in every hue &
sinew, and danced it into hymns.
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PROMPT: Religion
Do you practice religion?
Not even a little.
I thought of starting my own, but having seen what people have done with ones founded by genuinely wise and good individuals (e.g. Buddha & Jesus,) I became preemptively disheartened about the prospects for one started by the likes of me.
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