moving stealthily
between shadows and light
black-tailed deer
playing night games
with the motion sensor

#poetry #gogyohka #mpy #5lines

with the rain gone
sun hangs low in the sky
unfurled umbrella
blocks the rays
and the scenery

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy

Octogenarian
low-rider bicycle
banana seat
high handlebars
Cheshire cat smile

#poetry #mpy #5lines #bicycle

this labyrinthine trail
sleek webs of silken threads
each laid and pulled
by motley fools
at minotaurs' behest

#vss365 #fool
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #5lines

= vespers of brief mortality =

tomorrow always waits
yesterday laments our swift departure
today is
but a brief encounter
lost in swirling steam

-

#vss365 #vespers
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #5lines
#bonsaiku
#soundsLike
#briefEncounter

be war e

frosty old geezer
still sleeping around
with your pale children
in cold poppy fields

-

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #5lines
#ArmisticeDay #Remembrance #NeverAgain
🌺

the silver years they spin
on lathes of heaven
so many slim saplings
they turned
to thin momentos

-

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #5lines
#ArmisticeDay #Remembrance #NeverAgain
🌺

= swamp surfing =

one
small step
for a felon
a giant leap
for unkind

#vss365 #swamp
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#5lines #tanka

= at freedom's portal =

abstinence is such
a fine idea
if you can sleep
or hold your breath
like mammoths

#vote
#vss365 #portal
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#5lines

the upstart man-child
a rocket in either hand
no head space for awareness
entailed by foul exhausts
and white acidic spume

-

#vss365 #awareness
#poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#tanka #5lines

hunter's moon
scythes bloody skies
unaware whose bones have taken flight
nor whose careless hands
are hammers

#vss365 #aware
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #5lines

#tanka by new contributor, Andrea Petrova. Petrova is a recent graduate of Kennesaw State University and centers her work around the distinct scenery and culture of the American South. #poetry #lazy #haiku #poetrycommunity #love #poetrylovers #micropoetry #5lines #missingyou #youngwriters

= the monocrop own-goal =

one banana
two banana
three banana
fungus

no banana

-

#vss365 #goal
#scifisat
#poem #poetry #5lines

under brazen skies
and one cruel falling star
their blood still holds the dry
stones
together

-
-
#vss365 #dry
#poem #poetry #tanka #tanks #5lines
#Poetrycommunity #poetrylover

the tree
that grew forever
is a ponzi fever dream
wake up, my child
before your ending

--

#poem #poetry #bonsaiku #tanka #5lines
#degrowth #progress #dinosaurEconomics #ponzi #economics
#poetrycommunity #writingCommunity

do not be deceived
when I hold you in my arms
that fluttering you hear
is just the resonating fear
that you will leave

--

#resonance #lovePoems
#poem #poetry #5lines #poetrycommunity #writingCommunity

= harmonic emotion =

a swallow dances
through summer mosquitoes
old earth pirouettes
on pale wisps of starlight
strictly unnoticed

-

#harmony #poem #poetry
#tanka #5lines #vsspoem
#writingCommunity #poetrycommunity

#tanka by first time contributor Andrea Petrova. Petrova is a recent graduate of Kennesaw State University and centers her work around the distinct scenery and culture of the American South. #poetry #poetrycommunity #faith #poetrylovers #micropoetry #5lines #belief #youngwriters

hanging
by one ear...
much-loved Rabbit
looks up
with awe

#poetry #mpy #5lines #rabbit

When you build
your castles in the air...
leave them free,
doors unlocked,
for others to play in

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy #children #castles