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Ron Sparks Aug 27
These Streets
These streets
are not just roads;
they hold our stories, and
embedded within them are our
poems
#micropoetry #cinquain #pittsburgh
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Ron Sparks Aug 17
Good Men
Good men
won't be found here.
Chivalry is long dead.
Here, we sit in shadows and hide
our scars.
#cinquain #micropoetry #pittsburgh
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Ron Sparks Aug 2023
ACAB
Handcuffed
for buying a
flower from a roadside
vendor.  America summed up
right there.
#acab #cinquain #micropoetry #cops #injustice
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Ron Sparks Aug 2023
Untitled
Walking
by me as I
wrestle with my regret,
she laughs - and for a short moment I
too smile
#cinquain #micropoetry #depression #regret #angst
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Ron Sparks Aug 2023
Safe Space
The way
you talk about
it, you seem to think that
time really does stand still in my
embrace
#cinquain #micropoetry #love #couple #relationship
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Ron Sparks Aug 2023
Whiskey in my Gullet
The taste
of my cigar
and the whiskey in my
gullet can't fill the pit inside
my chest
#cigar #whiskey #whisky #cinquain #micropoetry
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Ron Sparks Aug 2023
Summer Whimsy
staring
at Departures,
waiting with futile hope
that my flight's not cancelled; let me
get home
#cinquain #micropoetry #haiku #pittsburgh #airport
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Ron Sparks Jul 2023
Twilight Whisky
The work
isn't easy,
and doesn't satisfy,
but the burn of twilight whisky
sure helps.
#cinquain #micropoetry #haiku
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Ron Sparks Jun 2023
So Many Years
So many
years behind me,
but instead of wisdom
all I seem to have acquired is
regret
#cinquain #micropoetry
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Unpolished Ink Feb 2023
Fog
great ship in the fog
creaks low on a rising tide
rusting whale in pain
#fog #micropoetry
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