the brash hermit

These brownshirt motherfuckers are out of control.

The cantankerous count's #caprice
had the members of his court
awaiting a raucous release;
they ducked in anticipation
and dreamed of defenestration.

#vss365 #caprice #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

a random diving poem:

Brittany had a litany of diving friends,
but they came up too quick from the depths
and caught the bends,
now they're stuck in a chamber
until the pain subsides;
now they're a bigger wreck
than the one they dived!

#poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #scuba #diving

After midnight,
when the forest speaks
through my window,

when the cool fall air
threatens frost
before dawn,

when the weight
of my indecision
summons doubt,

hold me close
to the warmth
of my childhood hope.

#poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #fall #autumn

Is that a canal of some sort?

This man is an embarrassment to our country and to humanity.

#poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #materialism #progress

YouTube video by acdcVEVO AC/DC - Jailbreak (1976 London Clip)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAiX...

All of this vile gaudy excess needs to be melted down and sold once the pyrite prince is gone from office.

no hope...
no goals...
the glass was half full,
now its shot full of holes;

no matter what I do
I feel I come up short,
I’ve turned self-persecution
into a professional sport.

#poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #depression

Welp. 😬🇺🇸

#poetry #poems #writing #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #oligarchy

As you stare at the paper,
it stares back at you;

‘don’t look at me!’
‘you’re the one
who’s supposed to know
what to do!'

#poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #writing

the pavement puddle
reflecting a stranger's face;
where did the time go?

#poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #haiku #aging

I never lied,
but it didn't matter
did it?

You were painting
a picture,
with someone else
in it;

and it's oh so beautiful.

#poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #love

The wanderer whistles
wistfully,
a solemn sound
soliloquy,
as he searches for a place
to be,
at home.

His maudlin mask
of porcelain,
is shattered on the ground
again,
his true form has been
exposed.

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Anything less than servile adulation for Dear Leader is treason! Speaking of which, I am going to pray at the little shrine I keep next to the garbage cans in the garage. I feel I have offered insufficient praise today! Dear Leader forgive me!

Nothing less than a totalitarian assault on core American values by fascists pretending to be 'patriots.'

Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Truly the best time of year to run.

He's not capable of calming the waters because he is the storm dredging up the darkness from the depths.

Am I going crazy,
or am I just American?
Cursed to watch these fools
repeat history's mistakes again.

#poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #america

Dreams are like embers
rising into the night sky;
if you're lucky,
for a time,
you get to watch them burn,
you get to watch them fly.

#poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #dreams

Home defense weapon. Put that sucker on a stick and you've got a Zucchini mace!

the chip bag crinkles,
a hungry dog comes running;
"what are we eating?"

#haiku #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

Those your poblanos? Look nice.

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States... The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

-Isaac Asimov

These are the days of
the cold, the blind,
and the callous,
who've forsaken compassion
and embraced rank malice.

#poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

Infamy or fame,
to them it's all the same;
better than being unknown.

#haiku #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry