Caveat: Poem #3482 "Spots of white on blue-grey"

#Poetry #Tetractys


Ice.
Frozen
fresh water
floats on the sea,
placed there by the river and the cold air.

- a tetractys.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/02/18/caveat-poem-3482/

Caveat: Poem #3482 “Spots of white on blue-grey” – CAVEAT DVMPTRVCK

Caveat: Poem #3481 "The acme of geology"

#Poetry #Tetractys


Here,
you see
this one rock,
among its peers,
more average than most rocks - distinctive.

- a tetratys.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/02/17/caveat-poem-3481/

Caveat: Poem #3481 “The acme of geology” – CAVEAT DVMPTRVCK

Caveat: Poem #3475 "Must be in the gearing mechanism"

#Poetry #Tetractys


Slow,
steady...
but progress?
No, not really.
The treadmill of life propels us sideways.

- a tetractys.

https://caveatdumptruck.com/index.php/2026/02/11/caveat-poem-3475/

Caveat: Poem #3475 “Must be in the gearing mechanism” – CAVEAT DVMPTRVCK

rest.
the heat
takes it all
away from you;
a dry wind chuckles across the desert.

https://xxyxxy.com

#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #tetractys

look
out there
somewhere else
anywhere else
everywhere else is better than right here

https://xxyxxy.com

#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #tetractys

Oh!
I say!
Pardon me!
That's it, really.
Party membership includes a free pass!

https://xxyxxy.com/items/DXGzfbfG

#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #tetractys

they
don't know,
never felt,
a drought deeply,
to wither, and dry, and lapse into dust.

https://xxyxxy.com/items/jmXbBu9x

#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #tetractys

once
the rain
the flowers
the liveliness
now only a hazy recollection

https://xxyxxy.com/blog/aQ4ddQ9Y

#poetry #tetractys #desert #sketch

scratched
and clawed
by an old
giant's fingers
this desolate, irregular landscape

https://xxyxxy.com/blog/ruZYAnAp

#poetry #tetractys #desert #sketch

scrawled
upon
scrap paper
a pleading note;
found, carefully read, and then discarded.

https://xxyxxy.com/blog/IxQWALjw

#poetry #tetractys #desert #sketch