Don't be a naysayer,
neither be you negative
nor constantly find fault—
that's my job.
— § —
Connecting dots can be challenging
in our Jackson Pollack lives.
— § —
My old knapsack,
compadre of the track—
son never brought it back.
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#15WordsPoet: naysayer
#PenYourTen: connect
#StoryIn12: knapsack
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RT mineisforever: the volatility,
the vulnerability
of a traumatized soul
and an adored heart;
do not underestimate
RT AuthorRKK: A shrouded silhouette draped in gauze, forever obscured beyond the veil of time and distance.
Fizz dissolved on tongue,
Rushed absorbtion to blood.
Prompting #jargon, jumbled between mirror and ears.
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Carefully
she weaves her pale green yarn
Hands wrinkled with age and wisdom, holding time
You've never been mine, not once.
But I think about you all the time.
Weird.
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She said,
"I could write a treatise
on your thoughlessness"
but delivered a seminar instead.
#15WordsPoet: treatise
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The Right Sort of Friend
When you clumsily trip on a stair,
she mends your amour propre
with delicate savoir faire.
#15WordsPoet: savoir faire
— § —
Too late my apology;
duct tape on a broken axle
#distich #10WordJournal 300: apology
— § —
rain, snow or hail?
sleet remains non-commital
lets the wild wind choose
#haiku #senryu
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Along dainty lines we waltz a witty repartee,
My summer #raconteur becomes my winter memory.
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ㅤ midnight; my thoughts fly
not to the page but to join
their siblings in dreams.
— § —
The meek shall inherit the earth;
they shall lie,
bones and dust,
in their graves.
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#575prompt: flight (@aethelshane) (12.22)
#15WordsPoet: meek (12.22)
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Here, in the embers of the end of the world,
We #languish.
Exchanging corporeal pleasantries.
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Impotent words, such sequence jumbles
And tumbles in folds of thought
To metastasise in pain.
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#Inverted pyramid poem hits its
blunt and crude conclusion
with its confronting
final word:
🥁
🥁
🥁
MUSK
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The pastry of honesty, honestly,
Sits untouched on platters,
While the clowns dance around me.
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Crack glass and chisel stone.
But no soft petal could feel more caring than alone.
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Seasonal flow,
Summer swells.
Blonde and baby tones lift on jaunty breeze,
Barefoot beach nights.
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Desperate vines, #hypnotized by starlight,
Manic petals climbing, walls to windowsills
To romance a stone.
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Swallow pride like a daily pill.
Redistribute #equilibrium.
Make stone from pebbled heart.
Carry on.
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The bitter end is what you make of it.
Like,
No more eggs for breakfast.
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