Griff Roberts

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

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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

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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

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equinoctial

slippery sun dips
behind the house darkening
a room that was bright
into an otherworldly
shade of raw duplicity

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justice

while some get away
others must pay for mistakes
real and imagined

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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

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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

Email from HULU says they're sorry to see me go and provided a link to reactivate the account.

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

Thank you

you do you

dial down the pressure
peel back the wrapper for once
embody desire

#poetry #micropoetry #vss365 #emoetry #haikufeels #senryu