ᗺᗷ: Poems

Apr 2017 · 203

Haiku #166

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #166

Unlimited wants
Debilitating as much
As they can strengthen

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 219

Haiku #165

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #165

Poetry is the
Anarchic underground
Of the grammar state.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 171

Haiku #164

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #164

Don't blame the victim!
The victim could not exist
Without placing blame.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 173

Haiku #163

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #163

Sands fall down the glass
Bottleneck of time when pushed
By gravity's hands

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 259

Haiku #162

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #162

Divorce rates so high
Who'd have known they would find such
Happiness from it.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 776

Haiku #161

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #161

Rights are make believe
All can be taken from you
Life owes you nothing

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 331

Haiku #160

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #160

LGBTQ
Jams seven billion genders
Into five boxes.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 230

Haiku #159

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #159

Mirrors tend to lie
The longer you look at them,
Not looking in them.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 343

Haiku #158

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #158

Ideas in love
Melted by ******* flames
Smelt, they steal as one.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 233

Haiku #157

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #157

Mother Nature chained
By scarcity to Father
Time, who adds more links.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 247

Haiku #156

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #156

Money exists as
Reciprocal altruism
When you look past it.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 245

Haiku #155

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #155

Strong are the Gods that
Swallow without biting off
The roots of our minds.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 220

Haiku #154

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #154

An exquisite pain
Unlimited wants because
We were given life

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 202

Haiku #153

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #153

Brains use sleep to train
The gymnasium of dreams
Resting while awake

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 224

Haiku #152

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #152

Universal truths.
The universe lives in us
So we stand a chance.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 532

Haiku #151

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #151

Can poetry breathe
Without taking away our
Breath in the process?

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 173

Haiku #150

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #150

Babes can’t read/spell well.
Womb Eviction Letters they
Sign: PTSD

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 220

Haiku #149

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #149

Why save mother Earth?
She will outlive us all. What
of Uncle Pluto?

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 189

Haiku #148

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #148

Defining actions
Dictionaries in us all,
All read differently

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 178

Haiku #147

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #147

Life absent struggle
Immaculate conception
Seed of Entropy

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 174

Haiku #146

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #146

Fear pulls strings above
The one who not yet sees their
Face above such strings.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 494

Haiku #145

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #145

My anchor's tightly
Hooked to her current, yet has
Never stopped falling.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 236

Haiku #144

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #144

Foreplay is vital
For great ideas to have
Epiphanic ***.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 198

Haiku #143

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #143

Your identity
Is mostly found in the one
You give it to most.

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 185

Haiku #142

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #142

Lady** *Liberty
Royalty by name as we
Still polish the crown

#haiku

Apr 2017 · 168

Haiku #141

ᗺᗷ Apr 2017

Haiku #141

Learning victimhood,
When taught right, can pay you more
than college degrees.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 318

Haiku #140

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #140

Brains are like chalk boards.
Words that stick for too long makes
Erasing them hard.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 313

Haiku #139

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #139

Constellations have
But one star that shines brightest.
You're my Lucida.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 481

Haiku #138

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #138

The race card gets played
Even when dealt a fair hand.
The last hand still hurts.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 246

Haiku #137

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #137

Fire was a gift
We took to scorch the planet.
Where flies the phoenix?

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 613

Haiku #136

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #136

English class built walls
That blocked the sun. Poetry
Made me brave the night.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 215

Haiku #135

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #135

Eye lids grow heavy.
Lashes grip the handles of
Baggage carved from jade.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 256

Haiku #134

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #134

Jump ropes tied to hands.
Keep rhythm with her despite
All who step between.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 243

Hiaku #133

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Hiaku #133

Callous built on hands
Once gave wick but now too thick
Choked the flame he lit

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 847

Haiku #132

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #132

Cells that build my heart
All break down then reconstruct.
Her voice, the blueprint.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 310

Haiku #131

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #131

Unwrap your present
Or else time will steal it back.
It belongs to you.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 253

Haiku #130

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #130

Countless jingling keys
Used to lock my shaky knees.
Her lips changed the locks.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 187

Haiku #129

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #129

Human condition:
Trapped in gaps of gears on clock.
Life wrings out. Tick...Tock...

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 228

Haiku #128

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #128

Your time warping eyes
Send me to the future with
My youth still intact.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 176

Haiku #127

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #127

The life you feed turns
My taste buds into addicts.
Weight goes straight to heart.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 231

Haiku #126

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #126

Just because their shoes
Don't fit you, doesn't mean you
Can't walk side-by-side.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 285

Haiku #125

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #125

Trying hard to sit
While the red, white, and blue strings
Try to pull me up.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 245

Haiku #124

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #124

Flag wrapped round their eyes.
Blind to see how tall you stand
From star-spangled seat.

Standing tall sometimes best done while seated.

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 331

Haiku #123

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #123

Sit when nation sings
You sound better from down there
Freedom's silent ring

#haiku

Sep 2016 · 319

Haiku #122

ᗺᗷ Sep 2016

Haiku #122

Fiction. Nonfiction.
Why would you only read one
When your tongue writes both?

#haiku

Aug 2016 · 275

Haiku #121

ᗺᗷ Aug 2016

Haiku #121

Have you ever stood
Just beyond the raincloud's tears?
Choice to touch now yours.

#haiku

Aug 2016 · 730

Haiku #120

ᗺᗷ Aug 2016

Haiku #120

Words will mean little
If they're dead on arrival.
Live within your words.

#haiku

Aug 2016 · 341

Haiku #119

ᗺᗷ Aug 2016

Haiku #119

Our skin protects us
Against the skin of others.
Works best without you.

#haiku

Aug 2016 · 247

Haiku #118

ᗺᗷ Aug 2016

Haiku #118

Your rollercoaster
Will fall as much as it climbs.
Which excites you more?

#haiku

Aug 2016 · 235

Haiku #117

ᗺᗷ Aug 2016

Haiku #117

All eyes hold a sun
Reach for yours, fuel the vision.
All else shall follow.

#haiku