above the beaver's weir
the river dreams the stars
unruffled
then slips away downstream
with soft applause

#vss365 #weir

We did think of redesignating the interstate as canal, but it wasn’t really level enough. And after a month of rain fell yesterday, the off ramp cracked in a dozen places, becoming a ladder of weirs, but with no hope of salmon. Waves surged like clenched fists over abandoned cars.

#vss365 #weir

synthetic starlight
through one small remaining copse
says - let us not
carry the weight of the world
when we could just
ski artificial snow
from melting mountain tops

#vss365 #copse #poetry #poem

national park betrayal
all that’s left is copse
and robbers

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#vss365 #copse #senryu

the abuser returns
crisscrossing love
with armoured revenge

and a lovely fresh bunch
of violence

Malleus Maleficarum

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#vss365 #crisscross
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#cherita

the tree of life stands tall
its canopy of roots
above our countless dead

bright cloaks of leaf
in passing

the axe in men's hands

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#vss365 #cloak
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#cherita
#bonsaiku

= these foolish things =

at dawn
the feathered gather
even on these naked trees
to listen for our engine roars
and slammed doors

wondering
how we persevere
in light
of all their endings

-
w0dz

#vss365 #fool
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity

it rained buckets today
causing serious and lasting damage
to my car

yesterday it was cats and dogs
i can still hear them
dancing on my corrugated roof

the fools
always begging one more chance
by darwin's open drain

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#vss365 #fool
#poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

= and the billionaire says =

i have eaten
all those plums
that you grew
in your garden

and which
you were probably
saving
for retirement

forgive me
but it is so, so easy
to steal the world
from fools

#vss365 #fool
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
after #wcw