Crumpled, wet tissue in the motel room corner Orange shag carpet, particle board paneling Salt slush dries white on orange polyester Greyscale drear of earth, sky, clouds, trees At stainless steel polka-dots, figures sit hunched; mangy dogs waiting for the bell Military-grade metal clicks and clangs, Stale sweat, fragile smiles, hollow eyes Leaning on the…
Category: poetry
POPO 2021 Day 7
You mangy mutt, go away. I prefer loneliness.
POPO 2021 Day 6
My passion slides in your ears and warms your sweet glow.
POPO 2021 Day 5
King once, now I blend in to survive. My coat’s mine.
dVerse — Haibun Monday — Stone
Mottled oval submerged near lake shorewinks at me through twinkling ripples.I take my shoes and socks off. Ooh!Ice water curls my toes; wets my cuffs. She humsas she warmsin my palm. Stone drowses on the windowsill with the cats. image link of Petoskey Stone at Lake Michigan here De (aka whimsygizmo) is today’s host for…
POPO 2021 Day 4
You assume you know me. You don’t. I feel. I cry.
The road to fitness.
Let the pulse pass; it will become a stone and drag you to the bottom. I started smoking cigarettes at age 17. I smoked through both of my pregnancies and while nursing my sons. Smoking was something I understood was a bad thing for my health and for the health of my children and those…
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