Gone to Seed [Free Verse]

abandoned farmstead --
a blip in the flat-wide spaces
of the industrial-agro-manufactured prairie

the barn, dilapidated
the vehicles & implements, rusted

weeds growing from every crack

tall, blonde grass -
waving like ripe wheat -
stands in both front & back yards

something has died on the prairie
something is returning to dust & weed
something is lost

Bali Limerick

There was a digital nomad of Bali
who took to micro-dosing Molly.
Once, his dose wasn't micro-,
he fell in love with a crow,
and decided chugging coffee made for less folly.

Pelted Blossoms [Haiku]

spring flowers
hang limply, after
the downpour

Vang Vieng Limerick

A tourist tubing on the river Nam Song
drifted into a nap that went a little too long.
Six rivers later,
he bumped into a freighter
in open seas, and knew something'd gone wrong. 

Agra Limerick

A magician & driver from Agra
was master of the abracadabra.
He'd get forty in a car...
(with a hook and crowbar.)
Told he could get ten more outside, said, "Huh?"

Tomb of the Diver [Lyric Poem]

Plunging into darkness,
there is no other way.
In the tomb-like silence,
the mind begins to stray.

To roam, to roam, to roam,
or does it simply sink;
with neither light nor eyes,
one might just be hoodwinked.

Slovak Limerick

There was a young man from Slovakia
who wheedled his way into the mafia,
but he couldn't run smack
or conduct a "whack."
So, he trafficked fake caviar from Sofia.

A Place of Death [Rubāʿī]

I walk past row on row of granite stones.
The grass is usually freshly mown,
but lately vegetation doesn't seem to grow,
and so, I kneel where seeds have been sown.

What the Grass Loves [Haiku]

a cold, rainy day,
but the green grass thrives --
well-watered / air fresh

Helsinki Limerick

There was a cafe owner from Helsinki
whose coffee shop was often called "dinky."
"You must pack them in --
the fat and the thin --
to save on heating, not to be kinky."