Tag: poetry
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A Collective Invitation
“We are the Borg. We will add your technological and cultural distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is futile” Star Trek: First Contact You have heard our call before. Some of your best became our own. Picard. Janeaway. Data. Many times you contested our invitation. System J-25, in your uncharted space. Wolf 359. Earth. We return…
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#Haiku (10/20/23)
10/20/23: itchy leaking cactus… a gunslinger’s itchy trigger finger #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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10/19/23: bellow next full moon emerging from the forest a moose bellow #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“a return…” a #tanka (10/18/23)
10/18/23: float a return marred by a suitcase left on a train Modest Mouse’s “Float On” suddenly comes to mind #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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#Haiku (10/18/23)
10/18/23: jangle scarecrow… a jangle of old keys in the door #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“another…” a #tanka (10/17/23)
10/17/23: flight another flight of geese today longing for their destination #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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Dead Reckoning
Her hands, covered in dirt. Trembling. Hot streams of tears slide off her checks and onto the broken ground. Her chest heaves and heaves, but her sobs remain silent. A crow caws, takes flight from the topmost leafless branch of the dead Pinon. One glance over her shoulder. A gaunt, pale face bearing reddened, resigned…
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#Haiku (10/17/23)
10/17/23: pinch first tide a pinch of pumpkin spice this night #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
