#haiku & #senryū

a crunch on gravel
warns us — unwelcome caller
rings to no avail

— § —

Bohemian waxwings
drop by for a fleeting stay
whitter their travels

I've seen cedar waxwings here, but yesterday was my first sighting of Bohemians, which don't usually migrate this far south.

#MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
#Storyin12: crunch

#SmallPoems

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.

#MicroPoetry #poems #poetry
#15WordsPoet: naysayer
#PenYourTen: connect
#StoryIn12: knapsack

RT alessio4world: Secretly reaching for a higher
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while pretending to stay
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#Storyin12/reach

#senryū

one final piece
completes the jigsaw puzzle—
where is it?

— § —

cry wolf? no good
your histrionics bore me
sharp teeth sink in

— § —

what insolent cheek
to mock my Parnassian
tours de tommyrot!

#haiku #senryū #deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
#PenYourTen: puzzle
#DailyHaikuPrompt: wolf
#StoryIn12: cheek
#MastoPrompt: mock
#HaikuChallenge: Parnassian

#haiku & #senryū

the duke, reposing
atop the high sofa back
scowls down on minions

— § —

a high, plaintive note
red-tailed hawk swirls on currents
eyes sharp as pins

— § —

the network of lines
on your mother's face traces
her deep love for you

#MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry
#StoryIn12: duke
#/EveryPrompt: love (Does *anyone* need a prompt like love, valentine or heart today, so obvious, vague & overdone? Please dig deeper.)

#haiku & #senryu

yet another draft
the bard shapes filigree
from words of putty

— § —

the urban gardener
sows patches and rows
for a crazy quilt of greenery

— § —

the husky gentles
a yowling child, allows rough pats
on furry rump

#deskku #MicroPoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#DailyHaikuPrompt: drafts, quilt; #HaikuChallenge: green, gentle;
#YDWordPrompt: bard; #StoryIn12: furry

A weathercock
twisting in the shifting draughts,
he bends easily to influence.

— § —

burbling, outgribing
Smaragdine the troglodyte
slays the slithy toves

— § —

to liven bean soup
not salt or biting cayenne
a dash of orange zest

#StoryIn12: twisting; #WOTDPoem: influence (word from @Algot)
#senryū #WOTDHaiku: smaragdine (Dictionary.com)
#haiku #desku #HaikuChallenge: zest
#micropoetry #SmallPoems #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity

Nelson At the Holiday Party

When Nelson heard her name mentioned at the party, he came over trepid and queasy: they had "history", though not of that sort. He wanted to slip out before her grand entrance.

Too late; in that moment she wafted over the parquet wearing a gossamer gown calculated to draw all eyes. Melissa. As if by instinct, her cold stare homed on Nelson. And then a comedy of errors ensued: her chiffon snagged on a holly wreath, and in extricating herself, she stepped a stiletto heel on a power cord, de-twinkling the tree lights as she butt-flopped onto a pile of presents.

Her spell was broken. Amid the aghast looks and irrepressible titters, Nelson strode over and offered both hands to help her back to her feet. The party awkwardly resumed; she muttered a begrudging thank you, Nelson bowed slightly in acknowledgement, and as she turned to survey the wreckage, he sought his hosts to proffer an excuse for his early departure. When granted such a boon, he reasoned, best not to test the Fates.

2022.12.16

Prompts used:
#MastoPrompt: name
#FlexVSS: party
#LimerickRhyme: trepid*
#CrowsTales: queasy
#StoryIn12: moment*
#BraveWrite: gossamer
#VSSNature: holly
#VSSHumour: twinkle_lights
#VSSPoem: presents*
#oxj: out & cold
* = not used per the prompt guidelines

ㅤ Concentrated gaze
willing visions to mingle—
crystal ball insight.
🔮

#Fantaiku: crystal

A merry magpie
rackets his robust cack-call
"Get to work, slackard!"
☕✍

#haiku #HaikuChallenge: robust
#HaikuFeels 83: glad
#StoryIn12: merry

"Look, I'm stone sober," said David, as he stepped on the cat.

#StoryIn12: sober

#StrideOfPride

RT @NinaBellini@twitter.com

#storyin12
Prompt - sober

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NinaBellini/status/1597811724803268608

ㅤ Her perfume assails
like her garrulous manner;
I opt for the stairs.

— § —

Faint scents of birch smoke
tell of warm, cozy firesides;
Outside—beastly cold!

— § —

A jolly jape: Hiding in the elders
a catbird imitates our doorbell.

#haiku #poem #micropoetry
#575prompt #VSSPoem #StoryIn12
@aethelshane

ㅤ Her perfume assails
like her garrulous manner;
I opt for the stairs.

— § —

Faint scents of birch smoke
tell of warm, cozy firesides;
Outside—beastly cold!

— § —

A jolly jape: Hiding in the elders
a catbird imitates our doorbell.

#haiku #poem #micropoetry
#575prompt #VSSPoem #StoryIn12

#StoryIn12

If the correct attitude had been #adopted, success would have been guaranteed.

#OGResquire