misfire
once softly
sequenced
in a dream
it all seemed
so possible
and then
twenty years
lumber past
undercutting
aspirations
in the way
only doubt
can defile
resilience
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the way your words crash
aimless in my aching head
has me questioning
if they could mean anything
beyond your own hopeless need
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #prompt
fill in my spaces
upper left and lower right
speak in my language
#poetry #micropoetry #senryu
tell me again why
the indignities of life
are so bountiful
#poetry #micropoetry #haiku #prompt #vss365 #bountiful
expiation
heaven help us
when we cry
sodden laments
cloud our eyes
even as we
know the truth
but choose to lie
daylight softdrifts
the discomfort
but does nothing
to ameliorate
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nothing you can sell
can keep me from reliving
mistakes made in vain
both yesterday and today
and likely tomorrow too
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #prompt
portent
take a chance
on certainty
and you’ll find
how fierce
fate can be
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #ourpoetryx #certainty #fierce
Thank you. Much obliged
sidewalk sailor sways
through doorways of rejection
rising tide spent
#poetry #micropoetry #senryu #poemsabout #spent
stop dancing so fast
ensnarled in your slipstream
I can’t keep the beat
#poetry #micropoetry #senryu #prompt
Thank you. Much obliged.
mountainous stories
fill your lexicon of life
while canyons of loneliness
stay empty save for echoes --
the lilt of what could have been
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dream logic
the setup’s the same
outcomes have variables
suspense keeps it real
#poetry #micropoetry #senryu #sundaysenryu #prompt
metaphysical poets
for once pry open
those pensive eyes
and grasp the roses
for what they are
not what they can be
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #pensive #prompt
at the track
round round we go
beastly emotion muzzled
that rabbit ain’t real
a buck-toothed brainstorm
to justify your feelings
whatever they are
rent's not paid
cash jammed in your pocket
but it’s all my fault
you say you loathe me
you’re misunderstood
how little you care
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like beach-slapping waves
time erodes those pesky thoughts
you grasped by the hour
so willing to entertain
the obvious delusions
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #prompt
triangular shelves
salt-and-pepper souvenirs
spice for a bland life
#poetry #micropoetry #senryu #prompt
broken promise
I’m not doing it
not going to peer at prompts
just imagine what
I’d do with my own ideas —
okay I’m waiting … waiting …
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bollixed
how did empathy
become so despised in such
a short time — decried
by solons and in pulpits
where it should be sancrosanct
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longing
geese are on the move
raucously through foggy night
unfettered … unfaltering
as Pegasus’ practices
above our aspirations
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"indecent honesty" Wish I thought of that one!
alone against
a grand central wall
lost in the murmuration
and I alone
have no place
to be
#poetry #micropoety #prompt #BSPP50
hindsight
saw you at the market
buying ice cream
with your new man
you saw me with my
pathetic lunch but
acted disinterested
probably because
I never took you
to the Aegean
#poetry #micropoetry #prompt #pennedreveries
caliche dust clings
brogans pace desolation
hobbled horizon
#poetry #micropoetry #haiku
Thanks for the repost and for reminding me of Emile Durkheim from Sociology 101. All the best to you!
no one clipped their wings
yet they hovered nearby still
preferring routine
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undo redo then —
undo it all once again
the tide keeps churning
#poetry #micropoetry #haiku #haikufeels #prompt
cross-purpose
was it love or
did I settle
in a time of need
for a warm fire
a tasty meal
and cozy bed
if there’s
a difference
so be it
#poetry #micropoetry #blueskypoets #prompt
bewildered
veer into darkness
challenge the navigator
but you are to blame
for groveling in plain sight
as your last chance fades away
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #vss365 #haikufeels
chestnuts in graveyard
long past their prime but standing
rain murmurs a prayer
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