Old house
So many years
Abandoned
Down the path
Behind the school
Almost to
Kissing rock
Rumored to
Be haunted
But mostly
A good place
To hang out
After class
Smoking and
Joking
Or telling
Ghost stories
About kids
Gone missing
Never to be
Seen again

#poetry

Thoroughly alone
In the deep midst of nowhere
A desolate wind

#haiku
#poetry

True intentions
Always obscured
Actual motives
Just a shadow
Roughly shoving
This way and that
Destination
A mystery
Lesson learned
Through
Manifestation
Of destiny
Claim of free will
Mostly sincere

#poetry

Too subliminal
Words arranged so sensibly
As to be sublime

#poetry
#haiku

The lingering forever
Only momentary
In an unquiet mind
Gone before
It is forgotten
Attention focused
On the next eternity
Looming large
On the horizon
Temporary madness
Mistaken for
Logical thought

#poetry

The Kool-Aid
Was deep
The view
From the bottom
Unclouded
Deeper was
A dream
Worthy of
Gulping for

Drowning
In the delusions
Of tomorrow

#poetry

Overcome with
Giddiness
Such a cliche
As if the
Presence of god
Could be dismissed
As trivial
Only the mad
Dirvishes
Of the night
Twirling
As they wilt
Dancing for
Ecstatic
Communion
With the
Divine
Might possibly
Understand
The lunacy
Of being
Off balance

#poetry
#vss

Often called a creep
Completely misunderstood
Dancing in the rain

#haiku
#poetry

Path going nowhere
Gateless gate unpassable
Deep in illusion

Empty bowl overflowing
Television always on

#tanka
#poetry

Voted most
Likely to
Break a
Small toe
While putting
On their panties
Coordination
Not a strong suit
But stumbling
Through life
Not at all
Intolerable
Their lack
Of agility
But a distraction
While narrating
The disaster
In tiny stories
And silly little
Poems

#poetry
#vss

Often words
Bear repeating
Nonhuman
Ursine grumblings
From within
Best verbalized
In the wild places
Beyond the light
Of what many
Consider
Civilization
What tree or rock
Would shudder
In fear
Because the roar
Inside
Escaped
More than
Just a little

#poetry

Becoming
A person
Often too
Difficult
The leap from
Pathological
Stasis
To fully
Functioning
Dynamic
That embodies
Person-hood
Not possible
Emotional
Zombie
In search of a
Rogerian
Solution
Or even a
Non discerning
Coffee shop
Catering to
A rougher
Clientele

#poetry
#vss

"There is
No point
In claiming
That the purpose
Of a system
Is to do
What it constantly
Fails to do"

Logic won't
Save us

The path
Toward anarchy
Littered with
Lost hope
Of being
Happily
Organized

Pockets full
Of worthless
Change

#poetry
#change
#anarchy

Call me
Anatidae
It said
As if it were
A profound
Narrator
Of some
Famous tome
Willing to
Be a guide
On the proverbial
Mystical journey
Instead of a
Mere duck
On the way
To water
This pond not
On a map though
It quipped
True places
Never are

#poetry

Handful of not so
Venerable memories
Trying to forget

#haiku
#senryu
#poetry

Emotions being
What they are
Tethered to
Nothing at all
Time and memories
Perceptions true
Or imagined
Too few calories
Or an abundance
Thereof
Even a lack
Of sleep
A body fatigued
Vulnerable to
Their machinations
Animating a body
As they will
When even a little
Peace
Preferable

#poetry

Somewhat skeletal
Autumn limbs swaying at night
Leaves on ground laughing

#haiku
#poetry

Deep within the dream
Trying to play the part well
Not inclined to wake up

#haiku
#senryu
#poetry
#dream

Seven limbs up
Most everything
A little less
Hinky
Bearable even
Green leaves
To hide under
Blanket safe
In the sky
Street sounds
Not so
Very alarming
Grand trunk road
Of salvation
Time to tie
Wayward shoelaces
Mindful of
Likely knot

#poetry
#vss

Trees growing
From a log
Fallen down
In the Forest
How many
Years ago?
Rotting wood
And moss
The medium
Of survival
And even that
Decaying
Into soil
The living
And the dead
Both at same time
Reaching toward
Tomorrow

#poetry
#vss

Listen
Listen again
Until
Ears are full

Then listen more
Until
Mind is full
And explodes

Now
Listening
Is possible

#poetry

In an effort
To color
Outside the lines
Without getting
In trouble
He had resorted
To using
Beige crayons

The world at large
Did not
Seem to notice

Rainbow in his pocket

#poetry

After feeding
She tended
To nap
And dream
Of prey
Too fast
Uncatchable
Hunger her
Companion
Always
Then waken
And wash blood
From her hands
Face as well
The night young
A slow stroll
By the river
Laughing
Silly nightmares
As if anything
Were faster
Than she

#poetry

What color
The color
Of cardboard
And the
Emotions
That fit
That particular
Box
At midnight
And morning
Or noon
When thoughts
Wander
When nothing
Is left
Or even needed
To fill
The space
Of a heart
Fearful
Of the rough

#poetry

Walking amongst
The trees
Where not seen
Is easy
Best to go
Unnoticed
New kid nervous
The walk home
Treacherous
Back door kitchen
Then upstairs
Here too
Silent sneaky
Just to be
Where loud sounds
Are not

#poetry
#vss

Mistakes made in haste
Recalled nightly too often
Practice makes perfect

#poetry
#senryu
#haiku
#micropoetry

In an attempt
To not be
Too candid
Hardly spoke at all
The truth so very
Slippery to be
Told frankly
Feelings and
Whatnot
Always in
The way
The undercurrent
Of emotions
Treacherous
For those
Divergent
Not wanting
To cause a stir
Or to be
Bothered
At all

#poetry
#vss

Black cat doesn't care
Denial of tomorrow
Feline nonchalance

#haiku
#poetry

Stirred to life
From ashes
Of a former self

Conflageration
Giving rise
To rebirth

Walking in
The ruins
Of a stranger

Called by a name
As of yet
Unrecognizable

Admiring the totality of
The wreckage...

#poetry
#vss

Permanence
Leaning on
The corner
Rationalizing
The need
To go on
Trying hard to
Comprehend
A temporary
Reality
With no need
Of durable
Artifacts
Thinking perhaps
It should
Have been
A digital poet
Creating
Momentary
If not amusing
Content

#poetry
#vss