Cinquain Train

[Blarg]

Dense night
congeals; shadows
shake each other awake,
passing the baton of secrets,
running.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

running
with stick figures,
flying down Heartbreak Hill,
passing the truly lethargic
parked cars.

[CDSinex]

Parked cars
by the dozen
wait by the neighbor’s house.
The old man had been sick, I guess
he’s gone.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

He's gone.
Sparking the rail,
riding clouds of glory,
Skateboarding with a clip-on tie
Far out.

[celestialwolf]

Far out.
Like, no way man!
How about a snack, Scoob?
Zoinks! Scooby old buddy, old pal-
Like, help!

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Like help,
nonexistent
night watchmen never came,
playing poker in the guard shack
instead.

[JohnL]

"Instead."
A latch click door
lock secures your anti-
climactic antecedent: "I
chose him..."

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Chose him!
I do not care.
You've been too much trouble
for me to lose any sleep over--
I'm lost.

[kdnxdr]

i'm lost
out in blank space
searching for the right word,
the one that anchors me to you,
like "love"

[CDSinex]

"Like love?"
The question’s asked,
and often asked again.
The answer’s kept within these lips.
Hush now.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Hush now.
The camp fire dims,
and our voices mellow.
Creatures of the woods have captured
the night.

[kdnxdr]

the night,
bathed in ink,
shadows my long day's thoughts
like a mirror image; I dream
darkly

[LizaJane]

darkly
my thoughts torture
and undermine my peace
sending me into a spiral
of pain

[Blarg]

Of pain
there is said much;
of its thoughtless planting,
of carefully tending its seeds,
little.

[pseudo]

little
revelation
fallacy and peril
the sobering dichotomy
laid bare

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Laid bare
before the gods ...
Aphrodite balking,
the last hope of humanity—
ruins.

[kdnxdr]

ruins
expose lost hopes,
speak of dreams turned to ash
but inspire us to build again;
forward!

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Forward,
pitter-patter—
the sounds of dancing feet
invading the feast of Christmas.
Tim-ber ...

[LizaJane]

timber
all around me
waits to be set ablaze
in apocalyptic furor
and rage

[celestialwolf]

And rage,
Washes over,
Like a great tsunami,
Destroying all sense and reason,
Darkness.

[Blarg]

Darkness,
comfortable,
settles in for a nap
on ground that has been warmed all day,
waiting.

[kborsden]

waiting
without a chair --
stood instead of seated,
will the doctor treat my knee caps
today?

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Today?
Not all that good.
First, I ran out of gas;
then, I syphoned some from Clair's car--
mouthful.

[kborsden]

mouthful
of spit and shine
for boots; automobiles
and carriage-less hours waxed into
distance

[celestialwolf]

Distance
Is equal to
Rate multiplied by time
That's no comfort on a long drive
Back home.

[LizaJane]

back home
his dreams are stored
in old Christmas stockings
and the grieving tears of his mom
today

[Blarg]

Today
I will unwrap
my hero sandwich heart
and add some extra baloney
for you.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

For you,
there is nothing
I wouldn't do to please.
Your loving heart deserves better
than me.

[kborsden]

than me,
than tomorrow,
than yesterday's dreaming
of you, your lifetime; of hardships
bettered

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Bettered,
yet still betrayed--
How do you find solice
in friendship so dark and toxic.
Addict.

[kborsden]

addict
or empty shell;
shadow of your former
or reflected caricature
perhaps?

[Blarg]

Perhaps
the bumblebee
not knowing it can't fly
believes that it has perfected
waiting.

[kborsden]

waiting
for intellect
to append my belief
no longer spend my days, waiting
for God

[LizaJane]

for God
the author of
my intellect, I wait
my soul quiet and still amongst
chaos

[CDSinex]

Chaos
I know your name.
Your unwelcome visits
wreak havoc in my simple world—
once more.

[celestialwolf]

Once more,
Unto the breach
Dear friends, once more; he said
King Henry V? No! But Shakespeare.
Playwright.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Playwrite,
author of life,
I pray for your insight.
What do you mean; "Sit down and write."?
Later ...

[LizaJane]

later
I'll sail away
find starfish on the shore
love in places I never looked
before

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Before
I fell in love,
everything was grimy.
Now everything is still grimy--
but love.

[P.H.Delarran]

but love
has schemed again
tripping me with his tricks
so why do I flutter when you
catch me?

[Blarg]

Catch me
in a wayward
glance at dancing goblins --
how do you know I'm not dancing
for you?

[celestialwolf]

For you,
There’s nothing I
Wouldn't do to see you
Smile just this one time my sweet one.
Worry.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Worry--
with your soft tears
soaking my shirt collar,
your scented hair brings me hope of
more time.

[LizaJane]

more time
spent in this cell
wasting away the hours
on fantasy, forbidden dreams
devour

[Blarg]

More time
accumulates
like plague rosettes speckling
a house full of you in each clean
window.

[kborsden]

devour
the rancid meat,
the fetid, worm ridden
carcass of a past, better hung
butchered

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Butchered,
no vegans here
will kill the fatted calf,
yet his rampage has left the house
ruined.

[CDSinex]

Ruined.
The bridge is out,
the lower road is gone.
The gentle brook enraged by rain—
now rests.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Now rests
the Boston team,
choking on its own tongue.
The saucy season led to this ...
collapse.

[celestialwolf]

Collapse.
Before my eyes.
Life drains from your warm flesh.
Smoke rises from the gun I hold.
Whoopsie!

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Whoopsie!
That's all you say?
With my shattered Ming vase
scattered on the floor at your feet ...
revenge!

[celestialwolf]

Revenge,
Is a dish best
Served cold with a side of
Heartless laughter and insane eyes
-Methinks.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Meth inks
the book of speed.
How many words a day???
To dream—to try—to laugh—to cry ...
to sleep.

[celestialwolf]

To Sleep
Or not to sleep
That's the question at hand
Oh how I wish it weren't the case
So tired.

[CDSinex]

So tired
she now sleeps in.
The season to shine’s passed—
The harvest bare fields won’t need her
‘til spring.

[P.H.Delarran]

'til Spring
opens her heart,
the lover only hopes
that Winter's ragng lust will bring
Flowers

[CDSinex]

Flowers
are deadheaded
and tossed in the compost.
So much to be done before the
first frost.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

First frost,
glasses empty,
not an ice cube in sight--
time for steaming mugs of friendship
to toast.

[StephenD]

To toast!
,butter and jam
,loud laughs and company
-sweet and filling, clogging our hearts-
warming

[celestialwolf]

Warmed us.
With yellow rays.
Beneath the gilded sky.
Silent, unyielding, powerful.
The sun.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

The sun
and its brethren,
plucked from a darkened void--
harbinger of things to come, or
last gasp.

[CDSinex]

Last gasp—
a warm fall day,
scent of a full woodshed,
and knowing tonight I will need
a fire.

[Perscribo]

A fire
burns from one red
bulbous tip to the next
and turns my souvenir matchbook
to ash.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

To ash,
a memory
(once so firm and sturdy,
now awash in indecision),
scattered.

[celestialwolf]

Scattered.
To the four winds.
Never to be rejoined.
For as long as I ever live.
My heart.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

My heart
used to yearn for
embrace in your fair arms.
Now, like gray bars, they imprison.
Escape.

[CDSinex]

Escape
is so easy
at this stage of life, just
memories piled up, with no place
to go.

[celestialwolf]

To go.
What's for dinner?
Too much take out- that's what.
I know home cooking isn't dead.
Cook some!

[P.H.Delarran]

Cook some!
Tease your pallet
Browse the magazine racks
Therapeutic culinary
Desire

[Blarg]

Desire
piles high on top
of loneliness's spire --
what is it that your face, so wan
retires?

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Retires
to the slow life,
pecking at a keyboard
and pacing the family room
alone.

[celestialwolf]

Alone.
In the dark night.
Spinning forever round.
Without life, purpose or meaning.
Astroids.

[Perscribo]

Astroids,
born of circles
drawn to four perfect points,
intersect and fill the sky plane--
star struck.

[celestialwolf]

Star struck.
In hollywood.
Big stars and fancy cars.
Stores catering to the elite.
Envy.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Envy--
the greedy voice
in the back of my head
telling me that you don't deserve
success.

[CDSinex]

Success!
The woodshed’s full,
daring winter to come.
Time to take stock of a summer
well spent.

[celestialwolf]

Well spent
After a day
Listening to her talk
Incessantly- unyielding chatter!
Ear plugs?

[LizaJane]

ear plugs
won't drown the sound
of life's eternal scream
or death's steady marching beat to
conquer

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Conquer
the darkest night,
the parade that follows,
and the everyman who witnessed
my death.

[CDSinex]

My death,
as you well know,
will come as no surprise.
It’s just the time and place that are
in doubt

[Perscribo]

In doubt,
skating these lines
with bearings full of sand,
the concrete ends at the edge of
ocean.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Ocean
nor mountain peaks
can part my love for you.
Till I answer death's hollow knock,
I'm yours.

[celestialwolf]

I’m yours.
For the taking.
You need only ask me.
And I'll give you all that I am.
My love.

[kdnxdr]

my love
recipient,
vessel immortalized,
the conncotion of dreams I've dreamt,
my myth

[celestialwolf]

My myth.
That I am strong.
That I don't have feelings.
That I am indestructible.
A lie.

[kdnxdr]

a lie
is a python
in all conversations
coiling slowly around the truth
who dies

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Who dies?
Everybody.
The flighty and mighty
each will lay claim to sour earth
someday.

[kdnxdr]

someday,
a day yet here,
waits in the womb of time,
conceived with the hope it matters
to live

[kdnxdr]

stand still!
let the earth turn,
it goes on without you;
just enjoy being who you are,
your self

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Your self
in self pity,
have you been there lately?
I can tell you what you're missing.
Nothing!

[LizaJane]

nothing
is what I feel
as I stare at this page
with all its blankness that mirrors
my soul

[kdnxdr]

my soul
chooses this day
footsteps I will follow;
believing, God will show the way,
I rest

[CDSinex]

I rest
this time of year.
The woodshed's full again—
garden's stripped bare. The calm before
the storms.

[StephenD]

the storms
the stress of gales
monotone, darkening
WIND! RAIN! HAIL! // the knowledge that it
will pass

[CDSinex]

Will pass
you on the street,
I’ll nod; you’ll flip your hair.
Our thoughts welling with things best left
unsaid.

[StephenD]

unsaid-
letters written,
burned. a wise decision.
later, they would be boxed and
laughed at.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Laughed at?
Hardly the case.
Not Ringling Brother's clowns,
they're the dementors of my life--
bankers.

[CDSinex]

(My interpretation of ‘bankers’ is not meant to include the wage slaves who work in retail banking. [In case my sister reads this :D])

Bankers
with bloated souls
seek their rewards, hope in
vain to pass through the eye of a
needle

[LizaJane]

needle
jabs in my soul
unrestrained and stinging
keeps alive piercing memories
of pain

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Of pain,
I'll only speak
to the unmended heart,
hanging by a thread in its cage—
endure.

[CDSinex]

Endure
the rains of fall,
the storms of winter, for
what? The green of spring, and summer’s
bounty.

[kdnxdr]

bounty,
'tis but plenty
gathered to fill our pots,
hope that winter will not last
we pray

[JohnL]

we pray,
feel visible
to the invisible –
so many voices call, which ones
answer?

[darnzen]

Answer,
I look for one.
While I have lost my mind,
I have not lost my sense of truth.
Not yet.

[CDSinex]

Not yet
ready to leave.
Geese circle Molly’s Pond
searching for a reason to stay—
like me.

[JimmyB27]

I think I've got a bit too clever with my first attempt - that last line isn't too conducive to making a first line! ;)

Like me
you might wonder,
what life is all about.
Is there something we are here for
Ty two.

So I have a second, more sensible one. :)

Like me
or detest me
you shouldn't ignore me.
In your face, the elephant in
the room.

[StephenD]

the room
that grows whispers
are they staring, cursing?
are they the ones talking? or is
it me?

[CDSinex]

It, me,
you? One of us
has to go; I don’t care.
I could -leaving more space for your
anger.

[kdnxdr]

anger
like a wild beast
is never satisfied;
constantly prowling, it's hunting
for you

[StephenD]

for you
a cake i bake!
your favorite foods and drinks
laugh! celebrate! it's the day of
the dead

[LizaJane]

the dead
don't walk around
seeking life to devour
in some macabre thriller dance
they sleep

[kdnxdr]

they sleep,
dreams of our youth,
unlikely to awake;
unless, if we should try again
to dream

[StephenD]

to dream
and not to give
not to give out too much
too much information of yourself
your self

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Of yours
there is little,
which speaks volumes of you--
the blather of flying fur and
sprayed spit.

[kdnxdr]

sprayed spit
splattered your thoughts
in such small increments,
your point like a Pollock painting;
get it?

[CDSinex]

Get it,
push to the front,
the Friday of black souls.
The last shall be first, like in the
Bible.

[kdnxdr]

Bible,
soul map,
illuminates
my eyes to see God's plan,
the juxtaposition of life
and death

[StephenD]

and death,
are you tweaking?
you smacked-out? // so how did you miss
our tryst

[kdnxdr]

our tryst,
a simple lark,
looks now like a vulture
waiting to swoop down for what's left,
roadkill

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Roadkill
litters my life--
strewn about the pavement--
a high school version of West Side
Story.

[CDSinex]

Story is a countable noun, so I used stories. If this is cheating, shoot me.



Stories,
as yet untold,
lie quietly and wait.
Dormant like seeds not quite ready
for spring.

[kdnxdr]

for spring
I am prepared;
a stack of catalogs,
dreams of color where love will lie,
warm me

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Warm me
down to my toes
with your gentle breathing.
The tide of your lust floods my ear,
lifts me.

[LizaJane]

lifts me
beyond the shame
for a fragile moment
the waves crashing against the rocks
of time

[CDSinex]

Of time,
I’ve heard it said,
it’s fickle and impatient;
a petulant child waiting for
no man.

[kdnxdr]

of time,
I speak little
thinking of your return;
each day is adequate comfort,
I wait

[ajc]

I wait
for your footsteps,
listen for the floor creak,
wonder at the quiet of night,
always.

[kdnxdr]

always
waiting bedside,
content with simple words
eager eyes follow my morning,
my friend

[ajc]

My friend --
under my skin
inside my brittle bones
well beneath every half-curved-smile,
you are.

[Perscribo]

You are
my turtle dream
plodding wearily back
to the merging of pathways
more green.

[ajc]

More green
she said in haste,
fertilizer in hand,
help me spread the seeds of our love.
Dig deep.

[kdnxdr]

dig deep,
find your lost child
playing, your hide and seek
somewhere beneath the workman's suit,
wide eyed

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Wide eyed
and bushy tailed,
Mom would answer the phone
despite the ungodly hour:
Hello!

[ajc]

Hello!
I've been waiting.
Where have you been these years?
Such a long time has passed yet still,
you're you.

[SaronaNalia]

You're you,
Still, after all
This time we spent apart.
But I am not the me I was
Before.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Before
I had the nerve,
I used to stare at you.
In my mind we were lovers; then
we met.

[SaronaNalia]

We met
On Halloween.
You were the Mad Hatter, and
I, a fairy princess - what an
Odd pair.

[kdnxdr]

odd pair,
hope and dismay;
fighting my own good fight
choosing to live every minute;
it's tough

[Blarg]

it's tough
gristle, this life,
flavors predetermined,
every spice cut, mixed, spat, chewed,
unlived.

[StephenD]

unlived-
women, money,
fame, power, and drugs.
existing in a mindset of
sadness.

[kdnxdr]

sadness
is relative;
it comes, like an old friend
wanting to reconnect; it's you
crying

[LizaJane]

crying
crocodile tears
apologies linger
in the stale air, brutalities
remorse

[ajc]

Remorse
is for the blind.
For who am I to see?
Eyes like rockets, heart like a wheel.
Fly round.

[StephenD]

fly 'round
my buzz, a bug.
he flies around my head.
a nod, a nod // a bug is on
my mind.

[kdnxdr]

my mind,
a little mush,
has stewed a bit in thought
cooking up a simple plot;
it's good

[CDSinex]

It's good
to stand up here,
above snow-bare valleys,
quietly watching as winter
gains ground.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Gains ground
down to nothing,
and the losses mount up.
Perseverance and a good laugh
will help.

[kdnxdr]

will help
to laugh, to love,
to move about with friends;
the alternative is lonely,
so live!

[StephenD]

so live.
chop wood, carry water.
so focused, so aware
that every moment lived i am
happy

[CDSinex]

"Happy?"
falls from your lips
much too often these days.
A riddle you ask that has no
answer.

[kdnxdr]

answer,
responding true;
opening and closing, matters
not because, rather, why
you love

[StephenD]

you love
he loves she loves
you are love he is love
she is love. we-r-love. goo goo
ga joob

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Ga joob
nibish nik nak.
traba tu too mish mish.
Solo-onge piero ka boo
ga joob.

Translation: Sometimes I just don't make headway.

[kdnxdr]

ga joob,
it's "Greek" to me;
speaking words of other
tongues translate in their meanings,
their thoughts.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Their thoughts?
That's what I mean.
A train wreck of logic--
like a frontal lobotomy
gone bad.

[StephenD]

gone bad
Acidity!
basic until Mature,
the acrid Fermentaion! O!
sour milk

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Sour milk
curdles your ilk
but makes your bones grow strong--
He-man, Super Man, any man
at all.

[kdnxdr]

at ALL
is it enough
or, is there hunger more?
limitless consumption destroys.
desire

[StephenD]

desi-
-re. a question
answered by a "because
i feel like it" ; a "no reason
at all."

[B.D. Eyeslie]

At all
shocked and numbed
by the presence of light
in my now darkened frame of mind?
Sort of.

[CDSinex]

Sort of
unexpected—
your being here today.
With nothing new to say, we smile
and nod.

[kdnxdr]

and nod,
if you agree,
it's a beautiful day;
spending it in silence is bliss
with you

[StephenD]

with you
i'll have just one
loving degradation
and right now i think i'll have just
one more

[B.D. Eyeslie]

one more
perilous flight,
further and farther from
the logic and the land of cow...
and bull

[LizaJane]

and bull
is what you spout
in your careless manner
unconcerned with propriety
and truth

[B.D. Eyeslie]

And truth
is the last leg
which keeps us all upright.
One-too-many lies sets your pants
on fire.

[kdnxdr]

on fire
fingers fly fast,
the story takes control
determined to find its own life;
read it!

[Filmfeline]

Cool game!


Le Petit Bon Bon
by FF

Texas heat!
A lemon drop.
Melting away on my tongue...
A tasty treat under the sun, desire quenched.


JST- nice avatar (I'm jealous of your headgear!!!)

[Filmfeline]

desi-
-re. a question
answered by a "because
i feel like it" ; a "no reason
at all."



I like this 1 a lot!

[Xelebes]

read it!
quick brown fox
jumped over the ―
quick brown fox jumped the
f'n shark

[LizaJane]

fin shark
circles around
my life, teeth bared, grinning
stirring fear in ocean depths of
my soul

yes, I took the liberty of changing f'n to fin ;)

[CDSinex]

My soul
questions me, and
I, in turn, question it.
We ask if the other really
exists.

[kdnxdr]

exists
sensually,
the knowing of your smile -
the highlight of all that you are;
don't leave

[B.D. Eyeslie]

"Don't leave
a tip for her;
she sneezed in the pasta."
"But you finished the whole damn plate!"
"...It's good."

[Perscribo]

It's good
to hear the train
right outside my window
rattling saucers, cups, and caboose
to move.

[StephenD]

to move
is not to hear,
to see, to feel. // to move
is to watch, to touch; (it is) to
avoid

[LizaJane]

avoid
truth and deny
its existence, silence
the messenger, only the brave
will speak

[kdnxdr]

Will, speak!
autonomous,
stand and tell your stories;
let the whole world know that you live,
be you!

[StephenD]

be you?
nah, be nothing!
be us! be love! cross out
that ego, and smile and laugh and
just be.

[kdnxdr]

just be,
in all you say
let all your words be true
in all you do, equality
fair - just

[B.D. Eyeslie]

fair—just—
foreign to me,
not that I think I'm bad,
I don't speak the language too good,
Capiche?

[StephenD]

capiche,
little caprice?
this is hard business.
having trouble getting it
all down?

[LizaJane]

all down
hopes go crashing
a photograph tells the
story, snapshot in time indicts
the heart

[B.D. Eyeslie]

The heart,
my home of homes,
shuttled back and forth, yet
at least, still true to its owner—
languid.

[kdnxdr]

languid
jazzy deepness
seeps into my body;
in a trance misery looks nice,
beckons

[StephenD]

beckons--
a slip of thought,
an unraveling a-
-taxia. // pentagram mindset,
and dreams.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

... and dreams
of a question
mark upon his forehead,
camouflage for his deepest thoughts,
nonsense.

[LizaJane]

nonsense
reverberates,
a politic correct
society will pay its dues
in chains

okay, that was originally 'politically' correct, but had to shorten the syllables...it still means the same thing ;)

[Perscribo]

In chains,
she meets nonsense;
one hand clapping, stifling
persnickety peals of burbled
laughter.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Laughter
and bawdy smiles
reflect 'round the table.
Next off, in this obscene frolic,
two socks.

[JimmyB27]

Two socks
every wash,
one always vanishes.
Sacrifice to the laundry gods.
Cold foot.

[StephenD]

cold foot
how long will this
preposterity of
grim grins stupor on? // amputate!
gangrene

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Gangrene
between the ears—
it is we who suffer
and spoon feed the disconnected
#victims#

[StephenD]

victims
of colds and flus
of sniffles and sneezies
and little coughs and wheezies // here's
a gun

[B.D. Eyeslie]

A gun
would satisfy
my impulsive yearnings--
the lasting kiss of cold breath from
your lips.

[catian]

your lips
red lipstick fun
draw out attention slick
appearances are measured with
glamour

[StephenD]

glamour
an oily cover-
-up of all that fresh meat.
you glamorize your lust, but i
hunger

[Perscribo]

Hunger
buttons the gut
of trousers walking shut
out from the warmth of clustering
biscuits.

[kborsden]

biscuits--
a tinned fortress
on the kitchen counter;
infant mouths served by wandering hands
munch them.

[catian]

munch them
crunch them or not
delicious on their own
especially with honey comb
perfect

[Perscribo]

Perfect
heart-shaped boxes
filled with soft, round bon bons
along every store front window
for sale.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

For sale—
a house of love,
shutters and doors missing,
but otherwise, a lovely home.
Need space.

[Perscribo]

Need: space
(tall walls, windows,
sky dome) for (rays, the back
with grass, water, stone-clad altar)
garden.

[catian]

garden
an eden great
of beautiful flowers
and heavenly scents allaround
special!

[pseudo]

special
divine sanction
I will be in heaven
you will burn for eternity
take care

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Take care
and bundle up.
The winds are cold and strong.
Surround yourself with warming friends
and rest.

[Perscribo]

And rest
by the seaside
when low tide presses flat
the arc and crest of mind that rides
in waves.

[B.D. Eyeslie]

In waves
of blue and gold,
my high school colors shine.
Not one of the marching band did
stumble.

[pseudo]

stumble
in your pipe dream
a romantic soft spot
for the cognitive dissonance
of mind

[kdnxdr]

of mind,
should it matter,
I would be; over thought,
under stood the question, "why not?"
it's me

[pseudo]

it's me
syncopated
at zero vibrato
with a slight hint of heresy
peace up

[B.D. Eyeslie]

Peace up
and please pipe down.
I knew this might be wrong,
but now that we're here, I might kill
you all.

[kdnxdr]

you all
plus two others
equals anyone else
excluding any forgotten
numbers

[catian]

numbers
perfect little objects
they wizz through time and air
they round the subject up down
sublime

[kdnxdr]

sublime,
the thought expressed
comes as an exhaled breath,
stolen awe attempting glory
so low

[catian]

so low
it came to rest
it brought so many layers
as though it was for all to see
colours

[Perscribo]

Colors
(chosen by code,
blended by chromosomes,
oil-slicked onto matte canvases)
create.

[catian]

create
a world of awe
enjoy the scenery
it glows with billions lights and scents
rejoice!

[CDSinex]

Rejoice!
Seeds have sprouted
on a south facing sill.
All staring in disbelief at
fresh snow.

[kdnxdr]

fresh snow,
frosty mantle
gay spring tosses aside;
flowers braided into her hair
she sings

[B.D. Eyeslie]

She sings
happy music,
folk songs for the despot.
When the music soothes his highness,
she eats.

[kdnxdr]

she eats
her broken heart;
unappreciated,
a rejected delicacy;
just pie

[beadyredeyes]

just pie
in the eye not
an insult or disgrace
how could I miss this chance to see
you laugh?

[Gilead]

You laugh?
A vapid bark
yelped in reply when I
remark that you look very like
a dog.

[Debio]

A dog
Is man's best friend
Or so they used to say
Now it's that girl-bot from Japan
Hot tech

[Perscribo]

Hot tech
turns a hand cold.
Repetitive uploads
of fleshless, web-crawling figments
kill nerve.

[beadyredeyes]

kill Nerve
came the command
my mind went overload
to hunt a master assassin
meant death

[Debio]

meant death
or unmeant death
either will end your life
does it really matter which way
one dies

[kdnxdr]

one dies;
a planted seed
broken to reveal new life,
a small sacrifice for many
to live

[B.D. Eyeslie]

To live
in honesty
is a right-minded choice.
But the left side of my brain is
a crook.

[kdnxdr]

a crook,
a bending road
stole my dreams, carried me
against my will; lost in my thoughts
I hide

[StephenD]

i hide
from real living
which may or may not be
non-existence, which is hill-air---
re: us

[B.D. Eyeslie]

re: us--
a never was
that almost got started.
A bright flare dropping in sea--
red boil.

[Debio]

red boil
a red hot pin
today these two shall meet
followed by a tissue or two
how gross

[Talltree]

May I try this?


how gross
erotica
can be betimes, but some
instance lovely passionate too
- turn on

[kdnxdr]

turn on
by a kindly word;
invade this quiet space -
animate my forgotten world;
I'm old

[Debio]

I'm old
When I was young
I worked from dawn to dusk,
YOU! Get the hell off my lawn,
Damn kids

[Perscribo]

Damn. Kids
are gone again.
How do I serve myself?
With batches of freshly prepared
poem soup.

[LizaJane]

poem soup
tossed in a bowl
left to simmer in its
own raw emotions and bitter
rhythm

[Debio]

rhythm
I don't got it
and even if I did
I am way too old for dancing
old fart

[StephenD]

old fart
dressed smart the day
of his daughter's wedding
dressed smart (same suit even) in his
coffin

[diamond egis]

coffin
marbled in Lent
among other gentry
sarcophagi appalling time;
stained glass

[kdnxdr]

Welcome, Diamond Egis!

[diamond egis]

ta

pleased to be welcomed, thank you

[kdnxdr]

stained glass
spiritual pass
fragile preservation
holding secret stories to tell -
listen

[diamond egis]

listen
beyond measure
honing in on pulses...
ineptitude, or, my senses
adrift

[B.D. Eyeslie]

adrift,
six pack rings
on my brother's table,
floating on a skim coat of beer.
Ahoy!

[kdnxdr]

ahoy!
adrift on love
we've lost the GPS,
sanity an interjection;
who cares?

[LizaJane]

who cares
what is spoken
a cacophony of
voices, each straining to be heard
drowned out

[Debio]

drowned out
in all the noise
and stress of daily life
the joy of watching girls and boys
laughing