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true confession
that great old sink of sin
keeps all our evils cool
as though consequence is just
for any other
passing fools
#vss365 #sink #poem #poetry #cherita
#micropoetry
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all the little fish
gill-snagged through a silken net
sinking
as the waters heat
their poisons circle in the dark
singing like sharks
#vss365 #sing #poem #poetry #micropoetry #cherita
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i love the scent of hubris
on the morning air
as goliath
declaring his stone collection
almost complete
trips over his stool
#vss365 #poem #poetry #cherita
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this earth cannot spin
for fascists deny all
revolutions
strong centripetal force
will fuse everything
under his hand
#vss365 #revolve #poem #poetry #cherita
#resist
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you think we revolve around the sun
invisible corkscrews
a bottle full of stars
hung over
the edge of forever
parochial illusions
#vss365 #revolve #poem #poetry #cherita
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๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐โฃ
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the black dog returns โฃ
with penetrating vision โฃ
everything undoneโฃ
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hacksaw teeth and โฃ
bitter tongueโฃ
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carnivorous dissentโฃ
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for #fragmentsFriday, & @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
18 inc title ๐ฅธโฃ
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#poem #poetry #cherita
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A #cherita by returning contributor, Peter Jastermsky @pjastermsky reads: night falls on the square a circle of friends surrounds the one not moving Barely visible in the black background, a circle of crows surround their fallen friend, in a barren field under a moonless midnight sky. The author of 10 books of haiku-based writing, Peter lives among the Joshua trees in So.Cal., USA. He created the popular split sequence form in 2017. Learn more about Peter & his writing at peterjastermsky.com. #nightfall #poetry #haiku #california
#cherita by returning contributor, Peter Jastermsky @pjastermsky
Author of 10 books of haiku-based writing, Peter lives in So.Cal., USA. He created the popular split sequence form in 2017. Learn more about Peter & his writing at peterjastermsky.com. #nightfall #poetry #haiku #california
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Day 24.
hands folded
in prayerโ
tucking
a heartfelt wish
for peace
in every fist
#Lent #poetry #cherita
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The #spiderwebs on my tabletop #sculpture are back! Last year's images are part of โWhat We Weaveโ (a poetic libretto). Check out the flipbook: anyflip.com/sdmnd/zwxr/ #cherita #poetry #nature #art
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๐๐๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌโฃโฃ
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european sheepโฃโฃ
hedged in by rank timidityโฃโฃ
refuse to see the wolfโฃโฃ
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who guards their gateโฃโฃ
with fragile promisesโฃโฃ
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and bloody teeth โฃโฃ
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#vss365 #timid #poem #poetry #cherita
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๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ โฃ
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flushed with success
a new name in gold
on the bathroom door
Trump Super Bowl
the billion dollar slot below
expects donations
#poem #poetry #cherita #news #resist
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for @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social and #promptcombo #achangeofuseโฃโฃ
another nod to the #news but a bit longerโฃโฃ
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amidst the rubbleโฃโฃ
of the tower on the hillโฃโฃ
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the fellowship of the bling โฃโฃ
gatherโฃโฃ
to celebrate the spoiling โฃโฃ
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of all shireโฃโฃs
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#poetry #cherita #resist
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beyond your broken windows
open sources spring
to flower
growing through those failed
old dinosaur
bones
#vss365 #bones #poem #poetry #cherita
๐ซ๐ท #news ๐ช๐บ
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I could not stop smiling
when I offered open hands
to your lap
no birds were singing
but I could hear a moth
flying towards the moon
โ
Third Place, Mad About Cherita Contest, 2018
#cherita #poem #poetry #micropoetry
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leaving your hand
for the air to take it away
I visit your apartment again
barely able to breathe
Lake Michigan glimmering
in the lack of stars
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the cherita, issue # 2:2, July 2018
#cherita #poem #poetry #micropoetry
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waking up at dusk
under a lifeless cedar
the shadow of a branch
expanding
into a sky
without stars
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the cherita, issue # 2:3, August 2018
#poem #poetry #cherita #micropoetry
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๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐'๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญโฃ
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above a tranquil seaโฃ
the pinnacleโฃ
of our brief successโฃ
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- that shiny gibbet flagpoleโฃ
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the waning earth hangsโฃ
dumb struckโฃ
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#vss365 #wane #poem #poetry #cherita
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these days
my
life's
a
rorschach test...
no right wrong answers
#cherita
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now in my forties...
this
staircase of age
sometimes illuminating
sometimes
sometimes...
#cherita
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๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐จโฃ
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new and overt โฃ
protection racket peaceโฃ
one billion per seat โฃ
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or horse's headโฃ
and drizzled assโฃ
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lauging us offโฃ
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#vss365 #drizzle #soundslike #poem #poetry #cherita #resist โฃ
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๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ
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stale cake โฃ
bitter-sliced with fearโฃ
thick drizzle of hateโฃ
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bake hard โฃ
on winter streetsโฃ
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till temperature risesโฃ
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#vss365 #drizzle #poem #poetry #cherita #resist โฃ
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๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ
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on a golden strandโฃ
drawing pretty patterns โฃ
with my lifeโฃ
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yet with this sunset โฃ
the tideโฃ
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sweepingโฃ
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#vss365 #unmoor #poem #poetry #cherita
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we fell
and then the west sheared
sharp along the axis where
the wealth axe cut
resemblances of soul that veered
to darkness
revelling in that power ephemeral
#vss365 #veer #poem #poetry #cherita #resist
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arms outstretched
veering to the right
to burnish history's circle
the overwhelming might
of certainty
and razor fences
#vss365 #veer #poem #poetry #cherita #resist
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Cave: Cherita Poem No.2 (and Audioย Narration)
A quiet step into the darkโwhere imagination, breath, and myth begin to blur. #cherita #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #spokenwordpoetry #mythicpoetry #darkpoetry #quietpoems #minimalpoetry #poetsofinstagram #poetrydaily #imaginedworldsโฆ
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Special Delivery Collection: Cherita poem No.ย 1
a package waits in the hallwayโฆ #cherita #micropoetry #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #minimalistpoetry #shortpoem #modernpoetry #writersofinstagram #ukpoet #londonpoet
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On my blog, Iโve listed links to 50+ active journals that take short-form poetry like haiku & tanka (not all have open submission periods atm) & another 40ish that are defunct. Enjoy!
starsinmysugarbowl.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/p...
#haiku #tanka #cherita #haibun #poetry #senryu #amwriting #poets
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