DAILY PHOTO: Houston’s CBD
1
Fool’s Wisdom [Free Verse]
license to speak
is
license to think.
the jester can say,
apparently in jest,
what he feels to be real,
and, if he does so with
sufficient linguistic dexterity
to not be murdered by the monarch,
he has fool's wisdom.
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
Tiny Fungi [Haiku]
a tiny mushroom grows from a tiny twig, dropping countless spores
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
PROMPT: Internet
Do you remember life before the internet?
Yes. Travel was dicier because you just showed up in a random town and took whatever room you could find. Sometimes going door to door, making inquiries.
But people occasionally paid attention to what they were doing and to other people in their immediate vicinity, so that was kind of nice.
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
DAILY PHOTO: Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago
Skink Limerick
The reptile known as the Five-Lined Skink is silent, but not as covert as you'd think. From the front end it blends, but its bright blue back end catches the eye no matter how slowly it slinks.
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
Light & Color [Haiku]
light makes greens greener,
and clouds glow brightly; its lack
makes the blues bluer
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
Fish Drift Relativity [Haiku]
"the fish's world is always in drift," thinks I, from the bank.
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
DAILY PHOTO: Hungarian Parliament, Riverside
Image
Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.
In Captivity [Free Verse]
bars at your back,
and their stripes
permanently etched
into one's field of vision.
so much so,
that you feel they're
a ubiquitous feature
of the world beyond.
the cage should be a hated place,
but one can grow to love the cage.
the cage is shelter.
the cage is delivery address
for food & water disbursements.
the cage forms rollbars --
like on a dune buggy --
protection in the event
of a sudden & unexpected crash.
the cage offers one a range --
narrow as it might be --
of distances at which one's captor
may be kept,
and, as long as the cage is shut,
that gives one a delightful
illusion of control.
what a hated place a cage should be,
and yet how conflicted are the captives?
Tiger Riding for Beginners 