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Tag Archives: Poetry
David Bruce: Not a Haiku?
Five, seven, then five Syllables. Not a haiku? Just add poetry
Haiku
Write five syllables Write seven syllables, then Write five syllables
David Bruce: As I lay dying
As I lay dying In stillness and quietness Listen … a fly … buzz
David Bruce: Teeny tiny head
Teeny tiny head A mountain in the middle Teeny tiny feet
David Bruce: Should the Earth exist?
Should the Earth exist? A baby born each minute One true God votes yes
David Bruce: Big man makes me mad
Big man made me mad Please — drown in your body fat Excessive anger
David Bruce: New cars in junkyards
New cars in junkyards Completely wasted People’s bodies, too
“If you burned every poem on the planet and you wiped every poem from every human mind, you would have poetry again by tomorrow afternoon.” — Don Paterson
RECOMMENDED READING Garrison Keillor: The Secret Delight of Poetry (Washington Post) Poets get the girl. Football heroes get concussions or need hip replacements. My classmates who played football are walking with canes and moaning when they sit down, and they … Continue reading
Lize Bard: Haiku Out of Africa
narrow winding path ~ where will this thought lead me to? ~ nowhere is a place © Lize Bard @ https://wandererhaiku.wordpress.com/ via Nowhere — Haiku out of africa