Showing posts with label short poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label short poem. Show all posts

Saturday, March 16, 2019

He-line


Like a cat
tame or otherwise-
A man
will attack if touched
where he is most tender.

Artwork by Gwen John [Public domain].

Friday, June 17, 2016

In the Out Door



Do not believe,
Just Be-Live, Do
Not exist
Just to exit.



















Image By Rosser1954 (Own work) [Public domain], taken 2/21/10 via Wikimedia Commons, Dalmore House front door. 

Friday, January 23, 2015

A letter does not blush...


Haiku I

Bruised paper marked words
black and blue swollen intent
sharp-edged stabbing truth.














Image by Giacomo Galli c. 1620-1640, "The Penitent Mary Magdalene" (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons

Justice

It is only with calloused hands that the heavy body can claw and leverage the self upward on the thorny vine of a life without wince and whi...