water swirls around smooth, wet rocks, entrancing me
Calming Chaos [Haiku]
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Flame Mind [Common Meter]
His eyes take in the dancing flame until his mind is flame. He anticipates its flutter, its flareups, just the same. There's nothing in his mind or eye that is not set ablaze. He knows not whether it's been like this for hours, weeks, or days. Others think it will devour him, leaving a pile of ash, taking him from this world at once, in one big, blinding flash.
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Ulan Bator Limerick
A craftsman from old Ulan Bator made Genghis Khan statues by the score. "Call me a fierce lauder, but he's the best marauder. We haven't marauded well since days of yore."
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Footprints [Haiku]
at the muddy shore, reconstructing the scene by reading tracks
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Walk in the Woods [Tanka]
sunlight shines low, half-hatching the forest floor with autumn shadows; i walk amid columns, listening for absent birds
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After Midnight [Haiku]
after midnight the city transmogrifies; birthed anew at five
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Horny Musings [Common Meter]
I've thought about the ideal horn. Should it be straight or curved? Or by a spectacular rack would one be better served? Maybe one would be better off being a unicorn. With just way too many options, I confess I am torn. A huge rack would most certainly wreak hell upon the spine, but a unicorn must get foes to form a single line. I once saw a wandering oryx; its horns were a stumper. They seemed optimized to stabbing off course para-jumpers.
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Doha Limerick
An old woman expat in Doha looked over the wall and said, "Aha! "It's back! The spacecraft." "Woman, don't be daft, "It's been here 'fore we came from Utah!"
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Need to Breathe [Haiku]
watching bubbles rise, a screaming need to breathe builds by the second
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Mantis Kung Fu [Common Meter]
A mantis landed on the rail, and it put up its dukes as one might expect of madmen or drunken Irish kooks. Why would one seek out a fair fight with someone much bigger, I shook my head and started to engage in a snigger. But then it did occur to me that he couldn't stand elsewise. So, I tried to gauge his intent, and looked him in the eyes... and he stomped me in my nether bits - much to my surprise.
