number of days red maple burning yellow now in autumn’s sun hoarding aged tender leaves like coins in a purloined purse opened only in secret #poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #vss365 #tanka

daydream deceiver too old to believe in fairies yet you still need the myth for support and indecipherable reasons you cannot fathom #poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365 #blueskyrelay

trenchant thought funny how time slips so quickly past everything except a closed mind that measures nothing besides what it’s so sure it believes #poetry #micropoetry #vss365 #prompt

acquiesce what are we doing? no one can say no one knows we shuffle along not in a haze of habit but in a daze of days as we long to evade our onerous history but have no idea how to go about doing it #poetry #micropoetry #whistpr #vss365

why? the ones who don’t care seem to have the most impact on the ones who do #poetry #micropoetry #senryu

let the screenless mind drift across the universe consequence be damned #poetry #micropoetry #senryu

Halloween they are all gone now but tonight one night only they return to watch from beyond the edgy haze purple parades of frippery #poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #whistpr

leaves names are trivial so many cling together without conviction battered on the lips of wind falling asunder alone #poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka #leaves

indulgence where have you been you poem-scribbling imposter working the long form hand around your pen stroking absorbed by your delusion #poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka

impossible much too big to fit your box of expectations too radiant too to fulfill your quiet dreams destroying all hope of mine #poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #quiet

is there a right way to dodge your pyrrhic dancing — just shuffle along #poetry #micropoetry #wipsnips #senryu

crossroads impatient child grows too quickly yearning to be like everyone else not knowing until too late the true path is laced with curves #poetry #micropoetry #tanka #whistpr

equinoctial slippery sun dips behind the house darkening a room that was bright into an otherworldly shade of raw duplicity #poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365

justice while some get away others must pay for mistakes real and imagined #poetry #micropoetry #senryu

rue de lundi morning thoughts run wild lazy sun inadequate to banish those clouds teasing rain that never will be enough to flush us clean #poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka #inadequate

buck up for some change trees shivering in the breeze falling memories #poetry #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #autumn

implication brilliant defiance I didn’t know who I was when you tried to say somethings never can be changed and hated that you were right #poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #defiance

mourning a morning takes six months to be shed of the trauma of loss and more to decide even if it were worth it glowering beaming living #poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka #beaming

Rauschenberg and Cage fomenting scandal white noise blossoms into action voice-splitting canvas #poetry #micropoetry #music #art

yearning legs mottled by time deluded by memories panic at the dance #poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #senryu

sweet sorrow we saw it coming so was it not unwelcome nasty toodle-oo crumpled familiar blankets turned cold in a harsh minute #poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #nasty

en garde too calm to be true prudence cries out for prayer shadow of malice #poetry #haiku #micropoetry #emoetry

impudence the tumbler bubbles fresh from the tap your damp dark eyes say I guess that’s that then you’re gone out the door and beyond to the dirty ditch where lethargic water is more to your liking and the only ripples come from the snapping of your languid tongue #poetry #micropoetry #emoetry

So long Hulu, Disney, ESPN et al #hulu #boycott

spoiler alert you came with a hankering for more of course you came but more would not be provided so you pouted in that cute little manner your lifelong habit to get your way but not this time no not this time #poetry #micropoetry #Emoetry #hankering

migration sun tripping southward across now sallow flatlands hummingbirds dither #poetry #micropoetry #haiku

prescience bashful clouds collide crackling soft from a distance porcelain thunder #poetry #micropoetry #haiku #emoetry #bashful

awakening I listen as you breathe the morning air deeply forgetting the past forgiving the dark future relishing in potential #poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365 #potential

you do you dial down the pressure peel back the wrapper for once embody desire #poetry #micropoetry #vss365 #emoetry #haikufeels #senryu

rosy retrospection whatever happened to the simple things after every single thing kicks open dissent’s doorway forsaking all compromise #poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365 #doorway

drained take an obsession beyond imagination squeeze it ’til it cries #poetry #micropoetry #senryu

in plain sight cautious Luddites think they can elude cameras unleashed to capture blatant insecurities displayed for posterity mysteries exposed forgive them they know no more than their provincial lives and fears allow #poetry #micropoetry #vss365 #elude

shattered sunlight filters through dirty windows deflecting doubt’s barren harvest #poetry #micropoetry #haiku #senryu

at the door stride strong and pound hard it’s not an imposition outside or inside a minor second foretells arbitrary commotion #poetry #tanka #micropoetry #vss365 #arbitrary

school daze 1960 we cover our books in clean brown grocery sacks awaiting cold, hard lessons practicing to duck and cover 2025 we stuff our laptops into clear plastic backpacks awaiting active shooter drills cruel, hard lessons unlearned #poetry #micropoetry #vss #daze

no respite tears fill the morning spilling through afternoon life interrupted #poetry #micropoetry #senryu

legacy the grave has no mark in fact, there’s no grave at all withering parched heart amid statues of deceit giggles so insincerely #poetry #micropoetry #tanka

headline buzz wanton hearts tangle shackled to celebrity not understanding that destiny lies awake coaxing rapacious sponsors #poetry #tanka #micropoetry #buzz #celebrity

axial tilt cold cold rain and snow vanishes from memory incessant sun grins #poetry #haiku #haikudailyprompt #micropoetry

shortcake sweet ripe strawberries never fail to remind me to think about you #poetry #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #strawberries

decrescendo there’s nothing to say the time for that long has passed we all get lied to a peek behind the curtain shows what we don’t want to know #poetry #senryu #micropoetry

haymaker went eight rounds today with the sun and the sun won melting ambition #poetry #haiku #micropoetry

depreciation who knows how to act when gimlet-eyed nostalgia doesn’t sugarcoat the misspent time fulfilling misbegotten quests of yore #poetry #tanka #vss365 #nostalgia #micropoetry

delineation the past slipped away the cornerposts have collapsed the wind won’t whistle through the rusty flopping wires yet for some reason we wait poetry, tanka, micropoetry

diminution when you decided to chase after the pale moon you gave up the stars tantalizing from beyond though once they were in your grasp #poetry #tanka #micropoetry

Aging in place I knew it back when we all had futures ahead but now that it’s here I no longer remember why we thought it important #poetry #tanka #micropoetry

legacy something snaps someone shudders ephemeral strewn across squandered unfinished projects connection lost — forever #poetry #whistpr #vss365 #micropoetry

transitions sweaty people writhe equinox hustle revised spring escapes on wind #poetry #haiku #senryu #vss365 #spring #micropoetry

The Strait of Percolation I so crave conversations meaningful, esoteric, edifying broaching exotic ideals, locales but now all we ever manage to do is grunt, begrudgingly, and mumble on the good days, “more coffee?” #poetry #vss365 #strait #micropoetry

divergent words on a page words on a screen words in my head splinter the dreams when words ring true a sweet surprise night blows out days ending rhyme schemes #poetry #vss365 #splinter #micropoetry