#MicroPoetry
weird turtlenecks
selling orphans
meta-ironic
longtermism
hillbilly Jihad
ultrablack noir
She be a thorn in my side
A boulder in my shoe
A constant #irksome irritation
Her vanity is annoying
Her ego all consuming
So why oh why
am I so attracted to her?
Could it be
like every other guy
I skew superficially
toward visual feminine beauty?
All the faults we bypass
for the lure of a lovely ass
What does this say about us?
Lost cavemen from yesterday
Beast boys of primitive selectivity
who mounted their chosen mates
in the jungle brush
where procreation
was driven naturally
and relations conducted
gloriously non verbally
centuries before
the interactive gender
complications
of modern civilization
endlessly they shoot
innocents in search of god
knows what
DailyHaikuPrompt -December 5th - hunting.
Thanks to Stephen for the leg up.
https://mastodon.scot/@stevencudahy/111529673394279804
and clarity for the horror https://c.im/@Clarity/111529701717753989
#haiku #senryu #poetry #smallPoems #writing #micropoetry
#bonsaiku
#wrdz
Has anybody seen my victim card?
My get out of responsibility document
I carry with me to deflect blame
when my actions go astray...
How will you know my pain
which explains my motivations
to assist you in your rationalizations
when defending my ass
to less enlightened peeps?
The longer I take up residence
on this contentious
fragmented planet
the more I appreciate
the value of silence
and even though
my tongue is scarred
from often biting down so hard..
I have no friction burns
caused by fruitless interaction
with argumentative bores
who feel compelled
to blow and tell
about the serious ills
of the day..
Their only solutions
is to play the gotcha game
with perceived enemies
they simplistically blame
for not being
as enlightened as they...
Always best to let
these know it all fools spew..
Lest they splash..
their ignorance on you
day 704
stars
filling the night
with silence
#DailyHaiku by @authorFreeman, author of BASHO'S HAIKU JOURNEYS (https://www.BashoPB.com)
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Devils and angels..
Darkness and light..
One can not exist
without the other..
Natural counterbalance..
The see saw effect..
So it goes
for me and you..
Who is angel?
Who be demon?
Hard to say..
Both sides we play
at varying times
in our altered states
of moodiness
as we try
to teeter totter
on the elusive premise
of a well balanced
existence
The A Deacon's Musing November 2023 #MicroPoetry #Verses Collection has been formatted & will be published soon.
Until then, please explore the October Collection.
Which one(s) grab your attention?
#UCCan #ShineOn #CreativeCommons
https://adeaconsmusing.ca/micropoetry-october-23-verses/
We are all accomplices..
We are all victims..
Playing out crime scenes
on perpetual loop..
Rotating roles
as the script dictates..
#Allegations roll incessant..
Innocence is subjective..
Guilt irrelevant..
Justice but a stale buffet
of bitter leftover dreams
day 703
patient hand
beneath the icicle
catching sharpness
#DailyHaiku by @authorFreeman, author of BASHO'S HAIKU JOURNEYS (https://www.BashoPB.com)
Please also check out my pandemic picture book: https://www.PandemicPB.com
My socks
never seemed to match...
So I took
my fashion challenged handicap
and made it into
an avant garde triumph
of style
over common sense..
Now that much of the world
has turned a bisockual hue
there is nothing left for me to do
but change my trending attitude
The biggest hurt
I ever had as a child?
Participation.
I knew where I was in the pecking order, and a participation ribbon made me litter. Both bother me to this day.
"Congratulations, you're a human!"
Hibernal
shoveling the walk
flakes land on lashes
gentle accumulation
obscures familiar forms
like cleaning after children
air whistles in ears
accelerating with heartbeats
jubilant tumbles
once done, start over
hoar rims the panes
bone-biting chill awaits
the bundled, balaclava'd
PDF essay on split sequences by the form creator:
http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2022-issue45-1/Jastermksky-SplitSequences-Frogpond45-1.pdf
#senryū #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poem #poems #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt ( @dailyhaikuprompt )
Bookmarked websites, open tabs.
Unread books in my bookcase.
Unplayed games bought in Steam sales.
As life speeds on and transforms,
they remain constant - a snapshot in time.
Always growing in number,
a shadow of mine.
Psychogram of my past,
beacon for my present,
promise to my future.
Paths considered, but left behind.
Haunting signs from other lives.
Were my choices always wise?
Did I rob myself of worthy experience,
or I just saved some valuable time?
day 702
spread thin
across my toast
the silence
#DailyHaiku by @authorFreeman, author of BASHO'S HAIKU JOURNEYS (https://www.BashoPB.com)
Please also check out my pandemic picture book: https://www.PandemicPB.com
Like a persistent rain cloud
this problem hangs over me..
Alternatives carefully weighed..
Logic applied in every direction..
But the equation is fractured..
Nothing seems to tie out neatly..
Not every mystery has a solution..
Even when you have all the clues..
When in doubt
push all the buttons
and turn all the knobs...
Trust success
to random circumstance
and pray no one with opinions
is paying enough attention
to demand an explanation
Tell me what I already know..
You say main stream media rolls with an agenda?
You may as well proclaim water is wet..
For everybody has a slant..
Spin opinions to sprinkle into the mix
to merge with our preexisting views
that we bore others with
So hard to comprehend
the many layers
of my angel's nuances..
I love her for the delicious intrigue
embedded in every great mystery..
True enlightenment
is the acceptance
that not every riddle
comes with a convenient answer..
day 701
home in winter
in this bubble of warmth
a bubble of thought
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#DailyHaiku by @authorFreeman, author of BASHO'S HAIKU JOURNEYS (https://www.BashoPB.com)
Side effects may vary
from advancements in tech
that though wondrous
and impressive
have a disturbing tendency
to wreck
the little cultural quirks
we tend to take for granted
Verbally we duel
like two blabbering fools..
Mainly for entertainment value
for like many others
we suffer from the affliction
of a chronic monotony condition..
Since we hold no firm convictions
on the alleged burning issues before us
we gotta defend to the death
these fake contentions
once we've established
the proper contrarian positions
that best fits the philosophical
hysterical narrative
to advance our circular debate
devoid of any final conclusion
These contentious days
the debate is the thing
where volume is king
and inflexibility
is a veritable symphony
before a jammed social media arena
of wanna be influencers
who are allergic to listening
All smilies are bald
Oh! I am represented
I just think it's cute
To beat the crowds
let's do the beach
when its unfrequented
in days of rain and cold..
We won't get any sun
but we'll have fun
snug under the blanket
Tell me what I can not do
and I’ll do it anyway..
That was me way back when..
Keeping conformity at bay..
Now I’m fully civilized..
House broken and well trained..
A model well mannered citizen..
Boring to my very core..
Living a life restrained
Dour moon residents
living in perpetual darkness
on a satellite that never rotates
make it a point
to seek out the light..
So they trip out annually
over to the solar side
for a much needed taste
of brilliant sunshine
I write..
Therefore I am..
Or not..
It depends in every way
on what I have to say..
Or not..
You read me..
Maybe not..
Too many redundancies..
Bereft of originality..
So here I be
at the bottom of your pile..
Languishing in obscurity..
Just another anonymous author
writing only to himself..
Or not?
Maybe someday..
day 700
lifecycle of the birds
that find their way into the cavernous
food court
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#DailyHaiku by @authorFreeman, author of BASHO'S HAIKU JOURNEYS (https://www.BashoPB.com)
Here on the island where I be
we got water on all sides..
Here in the inlet
where the land kisses the sea..
Man we were living peacefully..
If you are into existing naturally..
Beneath this natural beauty
they found a bounty of oil..
Black gold..
Texas Tea..
Our landscape once pristine
now a tapped natural resource
to feed the beast
that raped the land...
On the alter of supply and demand..
For the the cause of energy independency..
We the disciples of the profit motive
know deep down that our gluttony
is gonna bury this
planet someday
Every time you sigh deeply
giving out body language
of a relationship grown weary
I take your lack of subtly seriously
though I would prefer next time
you try using your discouraged words
So here I be
ranting away incessantly
to foes and friends
on my crumbling soapbox
pissing into the wind again...
Bitter splash back
drenches my frustrated face...
Nobody cares
about my worldly views
which only reinforces
my chronic negativity...
Fast approaching is the day
when I will forever go away...
Will the indifferent world miss me?
Probably not..
Seeds of the lotus
In every which direction
Playfully jumping.
Donsui
(d. 1729)
#deathPoems #micropoetry #life #death #mementoMori #calligraphy #zen #lotus #shodo #書道 #蓮 #俳句
Following people
But do not read all their posts
Reading is so hard
Evening glories—
The cat chewing the flower
Has its mind elsewhere
Yosa Buson
(1716 – 1784)
#haiku #micropoetry #cats #flower #CatsOfMastodon #Fedicats #catstodon #sumie #猫 #俳句 #墨絵 #花
Just before the dawn
The frost-coated world sparkles
Then melts into day
#DailyHaikuPrompt frost
Chameleons
who try to be all things
to all people
by playing
all sides of the equation
and blending into the background
with their placating ways
always ending up
being nothing to everyone
I long for people—
then again I loathe them:
end of autumn.
Chogo (d. 1806)
Chogo was, in at least one aspect, my soulmate.
she left this world much like
thunder disrupts the sky.
heard by many
seen by none.
Now spring has come
into my world:
farewell!
Bainen (d. 1905)
Foul talking
rough writer..
Mr Edgy..
Rebel rousing
revolutionary..
Fire starter..
Dangerous character..
Years pass
as they always do..
His howl now
is far worse than his bite..
Edges get
rounded over time..
Total erosion of the #spirit
will be my epitaph
My once fragile heart...
Broken down
and restored repeatedly
over time...
My refurbished heart..
Now as stone..
A wall of indifference
where nothing penetrates
my callous perimeter..
Can't be hurt
by #misplaced love anymore..
I've learned
from all
the crash and burns
that came before..
Love is great
for flowery
romantic poetry...
but..
the majesty
of the long term chemistry
never seems
to work for me
To a melody of prayer
disappears the moon—
my place of rest.
Hakuni (d. 1792)
These political attack posts
currently bombarding my screen
really cause me to pause
and question humanity...
With the steady stream
of crudely crafted negativity
is it any wonder
politicians are perceived
as the bottom feeders of society?
What is it but a dream?
The blossoming as well
lasts only seven cycles.
Hakuen (d. 1859)
My ass it does pucker
whenever a charlatan huckster
seeks to play me for a sucker..
Using Jesus as a reference
and source of justification
for deeds far from Christian..
The Lord that we know
would never condone
the cynical actions
of such a phony man
who somehow in now in power
To hell with the wind!
Confound the rain!
I recognize no Buddha.
A blow like the stroke of lightning—
A world turns on its hinge.
Nampo Jomyo (d. 1308)
I'm embarking on a new adventure I'm calling "Postcard Poetry"
If you DM me your address and a word or theme for a writing prompt, I will send you a poem via postcard.
Your address will be deleted immediately once it's on the postcard. I retain the right to use or publish the poem in the future.
That's it.
Bury me when I die
beneath a wine barrel
in a tavern.
With luck
the cask will leak.
Moriya Sen'an (d. 1838)
This rock I picked from the rubble
of the latest calamity
fits my hand so perfectly...
I almost hate to throw it
at our oblivious enemy...
Of course I am required
to avenge sins of the past
so I throw the projectile
and score a direct hit...
We scurry a hasty retreat into darkness
to avoid being payback targeted ...
Everyone riding the cycle of hatred...
A litany of futile gestures ...
The whole eye for an eye bullshit rap
we as a species can't ever seem to get past
houseboats at anchor
cringe against the mad onslaught
of a shrieking squall
#VSSPoem (@worded_art)
#575Prompt (@aethelshane)
#MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poem #poems #poetry
look what the sun made
here in the centre
of your room
just one of me
and one of you
even now
closing my eyes
there is no darkness
Pull me
Star drunk
Into your arms
And kiss
Every wound
Healed
without false divisions
among mind/body/soul
is without perversions
Branches are roots
in the next world…
After we exit
this Earthly stage
images of our past existence
will be stored in the clouds
with posted pics
laid out sequentially
dutifully remembering the history
of our above ground time line
to remote servers everywhere
Our gold laying goose
was kidnapped and ransomed
by fowl terrorists
who will cook said bird
if we do not fork over mucho dough...
Now we got a missing duck
plucked by these same loons
If nobody pays the threat fee
the abducted duck will be soup
and we'll have two cases
of fowl play in one day
After years
of being eaten
by the early birds
the fed up worms
decided to sleep in...
The birds were so perturbed
by this change to the norm
they became vegetarians
treetop sentinels
sound their corvine qui vives
soapbox pundit whitters
downy woodpeckers pound tattoos—
the lunchbox brigade's Muzak
#TheDailyHaiku #DailyHaiku: tree tops
#haiku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
Time to update my #WritingPrompt & #Writer Hashtag list (and remind myself -again- to use hashtags 😉 ).
Prompts About Wips
#WordWeavers
#PennedPossibilities
#WritersCoffeeClub
Short Fiction Prompts
#Vss365
#MastoPrompt
#MicroPrompt
Poetry Tags
#Poetry
#Micropoetry
#Hailku
#PoetryCommunity
#VssPoem
#575prompt
Writer Tags
#WordWeavers
#Writer
#WritersLife
#WritersofMastodon
#Fantasy
Author Tags
#Bookstodon
#LGBTQBooks
#AuthorsOfMastodon
#IndieAuthor
It's here, this beautiful collection 💛
I'm grateful to @missyerem and Larissa Reid for choosing my poem 'projected' for inclusion in a collection that I feel has something very vital now to contribute. We find light alongside the darkness, somehow...
#SmallPoems #MicroPoetry #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity
www.sidhe-press.eu/books/glisk-and-glimmer/
I woke up to notice that I'm showcased this morning on Fevers of the Mind, with 5 of my #SmallPoems. I invite you to read them, if you like #haiku, #tanka, #MicroPoetry. Do explore the blog for other writers, art, etc. It is packed full.
#poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity
https://feversofthemind.com/2023/08/26/fevers-of-the-mind-poetry-showcase-for-mo-schoenfeld/
All the answers you seek
to riddles that confound
are contained somewhere
in the loose solution fragments
rattling around
and bouncing off the walls
of your muddled brain...
You have all the pieces
to the puzzle in your possession...
Find your guide
through the power
of positive visualization...
Take the time
to sort
and collate
the jumble cells
in an orderly progression...
Connect the dots
of ever elusive truth..
until you finally
get the picture
that was staring you
in the face
all along
Summer storms brings scents of petrichor
Sea salt, sand and coconut oil
Lightning forks cut through deep thoughts
As dark clouds swirl above
Sun light delicate
Unpicks the gloom
Melting my
Sundae
Treat
#poetry #poem #Nonet #micropoetry #PoetryLovers #PoetryCommunity #writingcommunity #writersofMastodon #Poets #999thToot
Love in a flood
Pulls me under.
I bury all doubt
In the silt.
Crunching the numbers
before they crunch me...
Always gotta pay
our debt to society...
Money flows outward
in every direction...
Creative accounting
offers little protection
from financial peril...
Those howling dogs of debt
extracting their pound of flesh
on expenses not yet spent...
Slaves in chains to this economy...
Forever chasing limited currency...
Is this the way it has to be?
Shorts, Poetry & #WritingPrompt Hashtag List
This is for my own and others reference. Thanks again to everyone who told me about these!
Poetry Tags
#SmallPoems #Poetry #Micropoetry #Hailku #PoetryCommunity #VssPoem #575prompt
Prompts About Wips
#WritingWonders #PennedPossibilities
Fiction Prompts
#WriteEver (SFF), #MastoPrompt #Vss365 #50WordFiction #VisualWritingPrompt (reply to prompt toot) #MicroPrompt #130WordStory [& tag #MicroFiction]
More from @Codgertator: https://paper.wf/codgertator/prompt-info#poetry
Enjoy
Quiet moments
The nature of our world
Is one of bother and bustle
Relax
Pause life, for a perfect moment
Breathe in, hold and release
Find perfect peace
In you
#ButterflyCinquain #pause #mastoprompt #poem #poetry #micropoetry #writingcommunity
Past pacifying,
an abandoned blue binkie
mourns on the sidewalk.
NOTE: a passerby asked me what I was doing, and when I told him I write haiku on my walks (inspired by found objects), he replied, “COOL!”
Under blue and white
I eat gyros
While the crowd chatters
a long exhale
into the silence before
Whispers silent, cloud life's harmony
Like river silt stirred by the hand
The current shapes our dichotomy
Both states of flow can be good or bad
Perspective helps frame our decision
The full picture's bigger than the wall
Disengage from that cyber rat race
Living someone else's life like a fool
The world's right here, it's in front of you
#InFrontOfYou #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #9by9Lines #SmallPoems #MicroPoetry #Writers #PoetsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity
Here's my haiku for "Big Word Day."
Applaud or compose
Sesquipedalian prose?
Today is YOUR day.
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2023/04/21/big-word-day-senryu/
#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Prompts #Prompt #WritingPrompt #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Holiday
The forest waits,
its breath, gentle.
I walk through calm.
Rainy Sunset
The angry pink sky
Spews her vitriol across
Night's weeping canvas.
https://write.bz/poetry/rainy-sunset
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Imagine the interfacing possibilities
if we did NOT take
every perceived slight
so personally?
If complete
and unrestrained honesty
were the rule
rather than exception?
Then all of humanity
could conceivably communicate
unfiltered and unconditionally
memories littered
empty shells on the coastline
Blue like my childhood....
#DailyHaikuPrompt -shell
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/deep-blue-nautilus-shell-art-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #nautilus #sea #sealife #ocean #oceaans #oceanlife #beach #beachlife #beachy #beaches #poetry #haiku #writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #poem #poems #poet #poets #micropoetry #smallpoems #blue #seashell #seashells #coastal #tropical #writerslife #homedecor
Still, the Mediterranean sea
Shimmers like a moonlit mirror
Reflecting hidden beauty
With its island jewels
Sun soaked aplenty
Exotic tastes
From Corsairs
Plundered
Chests
#nonet #micropoetry #poetry #poetrylovers #WritingCommunity #Mediterranean #Malta
The world rushes by.
The wise add nothing.
#poetry #taoism #zen #zenbuddhism #spirituality #micropoems #MicroPoetry
a quarter century flies
parallel to the white stork
I am a mother.
#DailyHaikuPrompt - Stork
#MastoPrompt - quarter
#art #artwork #artist #artists #ArtMatters #AYearForArt #artistsofmastodon #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoems #micropoetry #poet #poem #poets #poems #writer #writers #writinglife #mom #mother #mothersday #baby #babies #children #kids #child #motherhood #mommy #birth #birthday #love #loveart #family #daughter
flamingos are pink
a lengthy proposition
The truth a dull gray.
These birds aren't actually pink.
Born gray, their food choices tinge their feathers its characteristic shade. I use creative license. ;)
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/enchanted-flamingo-tropical-bird-art-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #artist #AYearForArt #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoes #micropoetry #poet #poem #nature #writer #fun #cute #bird #birds #flamingo #flamingos #tropical #beach #beachlife #beachy #beaches #nature #coastal #animals
we busy ourselves
until our souls glaze over
Just bee still and breathe...
#DailyHaikuPrompt bee
#MastoPrompt glaze
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mandala-honey-bee-art-color-buzz-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #artist #artists #ArtMatters #AYearForArt #artistsofmastodon #mastoart #fediart #selflove #selfhelp #selfcare #spirituality #health #spring #springtime #seasons #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoems #micropoetry #poet #poem #follow #nature #poets #poems #writer #writers #fun #cute #bee #bees #honeybee #honeybees #nature