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Interlude
Getting Real
a new day shapes upintangible horizonsrebuff eager gripshands struggling to hold; remoulda hazy future to bright -Vision transcends only what the mind can comprehend- comfort zones beckondarkness envelopes sweet dreams-manifestationis a battle to be foughtenvision the probable Tanka Tuesday
Clawback
“Do you think someone allegedly involved in a fraud deserves a bonus and stock options?” her quivering voice echoes in the closed chamber. The question is direct, hard-hitting, and almost accusing. The honcho turns around in his chair, provocatively taps the cigar on the ashtray, and watches the dropped ash cool and shrink. “I know … Continue reading Clawback
Haunted
It vanishes slowlylike a wispy threadin thin air-that inexplicable feelingof being hunted or haunted I turn back to shake handswith the tormentorA mirror imagegreets me Are we similarOr are we the same? the question will hauntmy respirationas long as breath lastsand as long asI breathe free Poetics: Haunted Harvest
Fearsome
The eerie feel in the air is unmistakable. It is the kind of evening when the sky could start raining aliens. The ground beneath my feet is firm, yet I walk gingerly, fearing it could give way to instability. I recall being caught in quicksands on a college picnic and how my classmates formed a … Continue reading Fearsome
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #350
Welcome to yet another week of 2024! I don't know why I feel that 2025 will be decidedly different from this year, but I can't pinpoint the cause or figure out how it will happen. Let's go with the flow. FEATURED POEM I've picked up the first stanza of Jude's poem. Lighthouse in the baySeeks … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #350
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #349
Welcome back! HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK David steals the limelight in his week with his limericks. I have the one I liked most below. You are welcome to feast on another five on his site. Yes, addicted to rhyming I be!Embrace weirdness? Well, that’s poetry!Oh, I know I’m unhinged,Still, I can't help but binge—For these … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #349
Muse
The shell of a human being passes by with unseeing eyes focused on the sunset and a device in his shaky hand. He shudders to recall the scene that had wrecked the core of his being many sunsets ago. She had jumped into the valley, and he was left holding a mask in his hand … Continue reading Muse
Divergent or Convergent?
I wonder who taught you that wordCommitment-phobeand what made you think of me? I walked away yet another time.and hoped to put you on the rackI heard you calling out from thereYet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back. Call it destiny, a twist of fateWe came face-to-face … Continue reading Divergent or Convergent?
Change of Regime
whispers of indignationfrom trampledflame-hued leaves we provided shadewhen we were greenmaturity knowsevery cycle ends bare branchesraise new foliageroots nourish soil laments separationtangerine ferocityswept awaymemory erased a new regimebrings fresh ruleslessons unlearned Poetics - Autumn
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