No more than a dot
intense blue barely there
fleet against the grass
then gray bark of tree
radiant hue of sky, bird.
#micropoetry #5lines #poetry
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No Kings!
No Faking!!
It is against the Law
to Joke
In this Destablishment !!!
#vss365 #NoKings #resist
#Poem #poetry #5lines
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seeing the lightning ~
she pressed her hands on the window ~
the child smiled when she felt the thunder
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#haiku
#5lines
#micropoetry
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Such comfort
in this meager existence
all needs met
still longings endure
and for that I am sorry.
#micropoetry #5lines #poetry
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How many times have I
scribbled night into being
when I write
of pale stars speeding
alone in the dark.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry #writemap 460
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A kerfuffle
among songbirds
The cat and I
run to the front window
to look
#5lines
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Often I go nowhere
except to travel
a thousand miles
into my imagination
I find beauty there.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry #writemap 451
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lust to dust
and love to ashes
nothing left
but laughter's echoes
turned at last to salt
#poem #poetry #5lines
a 2nd for #promptcombo #nothing and @janpsolivagant.bsky.social
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It's just the tiniest bit
but my eyes are drawn
to the swaying branches
edged in spring green
it's about to begin.
#micropoetry #5lines #poetry
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Today smiled at me
a little bit of sun
some wispy clouds
and the grass
turning greener.
#micropoetry #5lines #poetry
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Poets exaggerate moments
hearts broken, we've known it
ours or someone elses
it hardly matters
we steep it in grandeur.
#micropoetry #5lines #poetry
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Today
I had to scream
at the top of my lungs
just so I could hear myself in
the noise.
#cinquain #poetry #5lines
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The sky grays
then blackens with menace
I should quaver in fear
instead I draw
and exhilarated breath.
#micropoetry #5lines #poetry
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Hard to believe
the invisible ugly crust
half-covering this beautiful
blue-green world formed
fron hate and hazy dust.
#5lines #micropoetry #poetry
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A broken bowl
I sweep it up
while thinking
of the price of gas
and world war III
#5lines #tanka -ish
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The wind picked up
gusting really
but it blew away the clouds
and suddenly the sun
flew in.
#micropoetry #5lines #poetry
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__the 51st state of certainty__
that strike on schools
unmatched
outside of zion
while our lions lie
down on broadway
#poem #poetry #5lines
#vss365 #resist #war #warcrime
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Only a full day of magic
can aid my escape
fire breathing dragons
and crystal fitted shoes
still, reality crushes in.
#micropoetry #5lines #poetry
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#poem #5lines #taketwo
ignoring
the rules of engagement
a poet launches a poem into the wind
and wonders where
it will land
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Addlepated & moonstruck
in a breathless second
of silver dazzled anticipation
you appeared, an angel
in mortal disguise.
#micropoetry #5lines #poetry
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Still from Princess Kaguya anime: An old bamboo cutter in a bamboo forest, kneeling in front of a small glowing bamboo stalk from which a tiny girl appears.
the old man
sets down his axe—
from the bamboo stalk
a tiny girl blinks
at the morning
#5lines
#FairyTales
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They whisper
in silken tones
mellifluous words
they know I can't resist
lily, jasmine, daisy, rose.
#micropoetry #5lines #poetry #writemap 446
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Nothing good
will come of this
despite the foretidings
of spring, green
in the branches.
#micropoetry #5lines #poetry
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Shards of glass
scattered on the floor
Broken promises
that can never
be remade
#5lines #tanka #tanshi #Micropoetry
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The dream
where I fear of falling
Day by day
I deal with the aftermath
of bereavement
#5lines #micropoetry #tanka #tanshi
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A small wooden bridge
across the stream
Lives walk over it
Time flows
beneath it
#5lines #tanka #micropoetry #tanshi
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O, Orpheus
I long to sing and dance
in branches filled with leaves
to play the music of a stream
and on the wind catch dreams.
#5lines #micropoetry poetry #writemap 441
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That hinge creaking is me
a bit rusty
but functioning
irritating, though not enough
to fix it.
#micropoetry #5lines #poetry
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the laugh track
on a late-night game show
echoes in the dark ...
my hand feeling colder
on the empty side of the bed
—Chen-ou Liu
The Bamboo Hut, 2, 2020
#TankaThursday game #TankaPoem #5Lines #micropoetry
chenouliu.blogspot.com/2020/08/late...
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I lie in golden light
exquisitely content
a golden halo
dangles loosely from one finger
barely touching the ground.
#micropoetry #5lines #poetry
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