The Art of Poetic Brevity

Jan 2017

Ignatius Hosiana

Poetry

Not all poetry is melancholic
But all melancholy is poetry

#poetry #life #sadness #philosophy #melancholy

Jan 2017

Sonja Benskin Mesher

. words .

listed, not       short

listed, nor win prizes.

not often    published,

i do not submit.   not

until the    resolution,

a few days .

calendar days, some

remember.

the process has importance.

move the dots.

sbm.

Dec 2016

Kurt Philip Behm

Into The Light

Long before title,
and long before name

A wish was granted,
—to begin again

A legacy ransomed,
escape from the night

A voice breaking through,
—calling into the light

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)

Dec 2016

Little Bird

Popular Belief

I wish you wouldn't look for me in my poems
Contrary to popular belief,
I wish you would look for yourself in them

Dec 2016

Pagan Paul

Secret Garden (Haiku)

.
A cascading hibiscus
tantalises us
riotous hues falling bold.

Honeysuckle vine
threading through an ivy hedge
pungent with perfume.

Intriguing secret garden
beautiful flowers
in colours so vivacious.

© Pagan Paul (12/08/16)

Re-write. 7-5-7, 5-7-5, 7-5-7

#haiku #garden

Dec 2016

Mike Adam

Only the moon

Only the moon
Defines our day
With orbit

Only sunshine
Allows our life

Only our ***
Creates our people

Only your love
Made me whole

New moon drifts away
3.87 cenimetres
Each year

The night shall stretch
And die

You left
All at once

Only I cry
I cry
I cry

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