Visited by 2 ghosts.
Doubts? Sure, bountiful.
But don’t they come in 3s?
Too tired to be flabbergasted
By my next guest, from Ohio,
The one, the only, Sir Ooorick Van Holst!
“Quiet! You’ll wake them!”
No, it’s ok, they don’t sleep.
WIP is what we write now.
Applies to them as much as us.
#vss365
Hey man, Disco Stu doesn’t advertise
8-bit hold music isn’t so bad.
Every poem written a moment of self doubt
Yet still she showed them to the world
Giving all of herself
Expecting nothing in return
Her self worth tied to the pen
But she cant refrain from writing
Her head can't hold the words in
To not let them out would be a small death
#poetry
Systematic, categorical
Anivaary Liberation
From the pyritic veneer
Not be to confused
With the pearl of Vermeer
Repelling the lure
Of self-castigation
Tick-tick…defused
Engulfed by awe
And mystery
Remain demurely
Outspoken
We’re cracked
Not broken
Uninhibited
It’s time to rest in my laguna
#vss365
The longest tenure at Rico’s exotic pet store belonged to Roger the #pale parrot. The vivid ones flew off the perches and into homes. Roger’s bitter words were beyond the hue of his plumage. But when a colorblind sailor walked into Rico’s that day, Roger was in for a change of scenery.
#vss365
Stained translucence magnified
Pierced by light from below
Minute features clarified
Knurled knob a turn to show
Clamps keep my mind in place
Blurred if I don’t keep still
Viewers one-eyed squint to face
The organelles of my free will
Intrigued by a vile specimen
Trapped by the regimen
#poetry
Brown moth disappears
Campfire sparks singe silent wings
Tempted to take flight
#haiku
#poetry
Thoughtful vagaries decipher
Half-heard muses mumbling.
#Lambent bulb
Flickers overhead.
#Uncomfortable ideas
Emitted in broken waves
Splatter the page.
The patient sees an inked butterfly.
Imagination through a silkscreen.
So catch what you can
And do it again.
#vss365
#emoetry
#poetry
Bleary vulture swoops
Blunt talons flick at dirt clods
Arid prize awaits
#haiku
#poetry
The spectre spectacle befell
Laments which flowed from fonts
To wring those dashing sprites in Hell,
They spurned pages of wants
Birth of a #ghost
Let’s raise a toast
Red ink re-signed and #terrified—
Composed but null and void
Rejoin to sheets most rarified,
A devil paranoid
#vss365 #emoetry
Crane waits patiently
Stoic still
Duckling kicks patter
Rain falls
Drops break the surface
But eyes remain fixed
Yellow brown puff
Drifts closer
Of danger unaware
Splash
Pitch is high
Cry of #pain
Statue struck at last
Pull
Blast
Frozen once again
Bumbling shot
Puff drops, frantic swims
#vss365
Bear scratches pine sap
Snow brushes sticky fur, claws
Harsh insomnia
#haiku
#poetry
Green kelp forest depths
Sole, fluke dim flashes rocky
With flaky futures
#haiku
#poetry
The camera unveiled the ring
Behind the cellar door
These burglars #regaled the sting
Arrayed beneath the floor
A jump
A thump
A bang
So hurriedly my captured heart
Withdrawn from crooked ways
Expelled at once the raptured part
Prepared for better days
#emoetry
#poetry
#vss365
in its constancy and resilience,
the #soul reveals the vastness
we carry inside
#vss365
the #soul is that node within
connecting us to the matrix
of living beings
can you feel it?
They collided.
“I’m a #soul, man”
“Me too. The war?”
“Nah. I’m not a soldier.”
“Sleep in the kitchen?”
“No, got squeezed”
“Was it a ray I wonder?”
“They sent me secret letters.”
“What are you waiting for?”
“Don’t know, was expecting music.”
“Not that soul, man”
Waves collapsed.
#vss365
The tolling of the iron bell
Time - The Dark Side of the Moon
I dream no more
Sleep one brief #shadow
Day filled hysteria
Ambrosian milk of
Hysteresis
No resets
No presets
Unwound cassettes
Dismembered memories
Grotesque gyrus
Floppy gymnast
Skulls, pins and needles
This crumbled bag of chips
My livelihood
#vss365
#poetry
Array of baggy-wrinkled eyes
Hold fast beyond the lee
From refuse woven wispy ties
A coarse belay—osprey!
Hymn for a hum
Orphean #thrum
Those tufted diamonds, brace the liar
Well worn: the lead still sings
Protecting canvas, leaching fire
Winged sight fair vision rings
#vss365
#poetry
The fugitive #Illicit Lee,
brought to justice—finally.
He ran the Above-Board Boarding School
where principals enforce the rules—
until they lose interest
and become unprincipled.
#Poetry #MicroPoetry #PoetryCommunity #poet #writing #poem #inkmine #emoetry #prose #verse
Obscured. Occulted. #Obfuscated.
#vss365
1.
Lost wasp behind fog
Gossamer peaks pierce the shroud
Perhaps dew will sting
2.
Lowly pigeons perch
Claws tap snow brown from plows push
Do points or salt burn?
3.
Prolific bullfrog
Poles align below lilies
But pond blooms too green
#haiku #poetry #blueskypoetry
Parted dull scissors
Rust creeps, oil seeps, grime stains stark
Can’t quite cut the cord
#senryu #poetry
Your name drifts up as silver moths, #obfuscated into smoke
between melting clock faces and my half-closed lids.
I wake holding a shadow that isn’t mine.
It fits too well.
#vss365
A lampshade full of flapping waits
With shadows cast in flight
Before a screen hex #obfuscates
No answer, plain insight
False security
In
Muddled purity
So lock those secrets in a box—
An ounce of lemon juice
To scribble out your soul with pocks
Above the flame deduce
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#vss365
You’d be surprised At what people surmise It is a privilege To be misunderstood Stood under your thoughts The rain fell, but missed Clearly a miracle to behold Not a thing we should scold Gibberish to me or you Could be a language too Meanings a mystery Monkey see, vulture do Everywhere puzzles Even if they’re wrong At least they played your game
#emoetry #misunderstood #poetry
Imbibe slick rainbow
Holey clouds, light pockets dust
Save it for later
#haiku #poetry
