silver brows above
#jade -d eyes, the dragon bows
his head to cry rain

#vss365 #poetry #haiku

there is a clown
but no #trickery.
there is a blob
and a goblin
and a living fossil -
only a sampling of
folk from #undersea

#vss365 #poetry

he bows his dark head
as cloth is placed 'round his neck.
the mantle's heavy,
the #hammer of judgement
invisibly hung from it.
the hood of #investiture
the sepulchre for his past self

#vss365 #poetry

he asked for a #word
but he gave me a tirade
too many to count

#vss365 #poetry #senryu

" #Water?" he offered,
minutes away from verbal
evisceration

#vss365 #haiku #senryu

on the street I pass
a ghost from my past
and I pray that they
don't speak - a whisper
would wound me,
a shout startle, and if
they started #singing -
I just might join them

#vss365 #poetry

we lived on the #banks of time
dipping our toes in once in a while
then laughing and dashing
to smack one another
with our newly wrinkled toes

#vss365 #poetry

you struck me with
indelible #ink
staining your hand
but painting my face
with a clear sign
of your cruelty.
they still won't convict-
the courts, that is.
public opinion
runs rampant

#vss365 #poetry

all we found was an #arm
lying in the sand
its granite hand
outstretched.
was it still
pointing the way?
we didn't have the water
or the wages to wager
we left dreams of paradise
in its palm

#vss365 #poetry

a #pen in the #hand
is worth hours of brainstorms
get to writing, ya'll

#vss365 #poetry #haiku (kind of)

in empty desert
a #man stands tall.
once a day
he is alone
but after that
his shadow grows

#vss365 #poetry

‘How long have you worked at this aquarium?’

‘Forever.’

‘You have a favorite?’

‘There’s one species that I tend to #exalt over all the others. The dolphins.’

‘Why?’

‘Most people don’t know this, but they used to walk on land.’

‘Really?’

‘Yeah. Then evolution de-feeted the porpoise.’

#vss365

we #exalt the sun
that gives us light to see.
yet call our eyes #illusive
when they view that
which we can't believe.
who truly makes this world,
#conducts this symphony?

#vss365 #poetry

detritus builds up
your "friends" #revolve around you
like you're a black hole

#vss365 #senryu

a book is being opened on a table and the pages are flying through the air . ALT: a book is being opened on a table and the pages are flying through the air .

One day I found
A magic pen—
Tall tales
It would create

Yarns spun and bound
To please, confound,
And always…
#Fascinate

I read
With rapt attention
In hopes one day
I might learn

To, like that pen,
Write stories
Whose own pages
Yearn to turn
#vss365

"Give me a hat to #fascinate!"
I begged the harried hatter,
"With hues of marv'lous scarlet red
and on the top, a feather."
Well, I got the hat I craved -
it dazzled many a guy
poor Harry could not move his gaze
and ended up cross-eyed!

#vss365 #poetry

I fill a #thimble with honey water
and leave it for the sprites.
I stay up all night just to see
one kick it over, the rotter.
Guess one of us wasn't
sweet enough.

#vss365 #poetry #thimble

I called her
#tempest -uous
so she called
a storm down
on me

#vss365 #poetry

I will not force you to #endorse
a show that you hate
just know that it will #frustrate
your fans to no end
and make you look off-trend.
Of your choices, not the greatest.

#vss365 #poetry

I #waver over the #divide
straddling the abyss
need to choose my proper side
as the gap stretches even wider,
but I can't.

Soon I won't be able to jump,
and I'll be dumped into the pit.

#vss365 #poetry

the rains #mediate
between the heavens and sea
tears are all the same

#vss365 #poetry #haiku

#overcast, shadows
grow like plants after the rain
within them lurks death

#vss365 #poetry #haiku

she #entreated me to partake of the cloud
but I paused before chowing down,
toying with strands of sugary thread
then the sky opened overhead
and rain licked down my festival treat
before I got a chance to eat

#vss365 #poetry

a trailing ribbon
a mere balloon can't surpass
fleeting happiness

#vss365 #poetry #senryu

#precious metals wind through her hair,
the flower crown of industry
the root of greed is deep indeed,
tucked behind her delicate ears

#vss365 #poetry

if a #bonny bouquet
leads to dismay
then you’ve picked the wrong lass,
I'd say

#vss365 #poetry

the spheres sing in #harmony
celestial crystal played by unseen hands
the melody almost eerie to human minds,
our ears tuned to nearer things,
pressed against the ground

#vss365 #poetry

He was #spellbound – had weighed the cost of the spell and been wrong, paid too much. They estimated it would be months before he could move again, the magic draining him of all energy except his life force itself to settle the debt. At least the dam still stood. #vss365

rain washes the wound
#lightning cauterizes it
thunder growls, warning

#vss365 #poetry #haiku

Like a #magnanimous magpie, she gifts us back the things she's thieved - #jewelry and trinkets, compliments and happiness. I can't help but be mad AND relieved.

#vss365