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Neo-Romantic Indie Beat Poet
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Leonard (a Haiku)

Birds on a wire A murder of crows in flight Its getting darker 4/17/17 Poem #18 for National […]

April 18, 2017 Formal Poetry, Haiku / Senryu

Life (a double tetractys)

Life begins in darkness, grows in the light: developing, evolving, flourishing. aging, decaying; systems breaking down. Life always […]

April 17, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tetractys

Isolation (a tetractys)

Here alone in a room full of people. Walls and chasms between their hearts and mine. 4/14/17 Poem […]

April 16, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tetractys

Burning Flame (a troilet)

Candle flame brightly burned, Extinguished, blackened; cold. Through the seasons as they turned Candle flame brightly burned, Illuminating […]

April 15, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Troilet

Cold Water (Haiku)

A chill in the air Water hardened into ice; Softened by the Sun. 4/11/17-4/12/17 Poem #14 for National […]

April 14, 2017 Formal Poetry, Haiku / Senryu, Poetry

So Tired of the War

Sopping wet cotton towel Laid across broad shoulders, Heavy, cold; pressing down Like two one ton granite boulders. […]

April 13, 2017 Poetry

Its Hard (a Tanka)

Harder and harder To breath, climbing up the hill Harder and harder To not cry out in pain […]

April 12, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Cui Bono?

There’s no money, they say, To feed the hungry in the streets. Its not cost effective, we’re told, […]

April 11, 2017 Poetry

High, Just As High; Third (a Tanka)

Odin, Vili; Ve Wōðanaz, Wiljô, Wīhą Slayed and flayed Ymir Crafted Asgard and Midgard Breathed life into Ash […]

April 10, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

All there is (Senryu)

Breath flows in and out Heart beat rhythm slowing down All there is is now. 4/6/17 Poem #9 […]

April 9, 2017 Formal Poetry, Haiku / Senryu, Poetry

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