Keep perspective loose -- in the foreground are monsters of inattention
Blarg Banned Joined Oct 17, 2009 Messages 2,497 Reaction score 396 Location 13th of never Apr 15, 2012 #8,176 Keep perspective loose -- in the foreground are monsters of inattention
Debio Back from the land of the dead. Super Member Registered Joined Jan 16, 2012 Messages 1,526 Reaction score 217 Location Japan Apr 15, 2012 #8,177 Of inattention I have many good stories. I teach teenage kids. Last edited: Apr 15, 2012
zanzjan killin' all teh werds Staff member Moderator Kind Benefactor VPX VPXI Super Member Registered Joined Feb 5, 2010 Messages 9,728 Reaction score 3,208 Location home home homityhomehome Apr 18, 2012 #8,178 I teach teenage kids With garden hose, spray nozzle, Respect for my lawn.
Blarg Banned Joined Oct 17, 2009 Messages 2,497 Reaction score 396 Location 13th of never Apr 18, 2012 #8,179 Respect for my lawn is non-negotiable, kids -- shotgun with rock salt!
Debio Back from the land of the dead. Super Member Registered Joined Jan 16, 2012 Messages 1,526 Reaction score 217 Location Japan Apr 18, 2012 #8,180 Shotguns with rock salt, the best way to spend the day watching young ones flee
zanzjan killin' all teh werds Staff member Moderator Kind Benefactor VPX VPXI Super Member Registered Joined Feb 5, 2010 Messages 9,728 Reaction score 3,208 Location home home homityhomehome Apr 18, 2012 #8,181 Watching young ones flee, I pick out all the grannies And bite off their heads.
Debio Back from the land of the dead. Super Member Registered Joined Jan 16, 2012 Messages 1,526 Reaction score 217 Location Japan Apr 20, 2012 #8,182 "And bite off their heads," the Elder God said to me. I can't disobey. Last edited: Apr 21, 2012
zanzjan killin' all teh werds Staff member Moderator Kind Benefactor VPX VPXI Super Member Registered Joined Feb 5, 2010 Messages 9,728 Reaction score 3,208 Location home home homityhomehome Apr 21, 2012 #8,183 I can't disobey the mandate of the old oaks: acorn, leaf, bright knife.
B.D. Eyeslie Super Member Registered Joined May 6, 2011 Messages 1,385 Reaction score 302 Location Where the dirty water has all been cleaned--Boston Apr 22, 2012 #8,184 Acorn, leaf, bright knife— survival of the fittest quickly forgotten. Last edited: Apr 23, 2012
zanzjan killin' all teh werds Staff member Moderator Kind Benefactor VPX VPXI Super Member Registered Joined Feb 5, 2010 Messages 9,728 Reaction score 3,208 Location home home homityhomehome Apr 22, 2012 #8,185 Quickly forgotten, empty melodies of youth; bitter notes sustain.
Blarg Banned Joined Oct 17, 2009 Messages 2,497 Reaction score 396 Location 13th of never Apr 23, 2012 #8,186 Bitter notes sustain melody's rise to sweetness and keep its tone fresh.
Poppy Me, myself and I don't know Super Member Registered Joined Feb 13, 2005 Messages 2,353 Reaction score 463 Location Baton Rouge, Louisiana Apr 24, 2012 #8,187 "...and keep its tone fresh" said the pen to the poet writing new poems.
zanzjan killin' all teh werds Staff member Moderator Kind Benefactor VPX VPXI Super Member Registered Joined Feb 5, 2010 Messages 9,728 Reaction score 3,208 Location home home homityhomehome Apr 24, 2012 #8,188 Writing new poems to a deadline, while at work, makes for poor choices.
onestepp Super Member Registered Joined Oct 3, 2007 Messages 1,454 Reaction score 99 Apr 25, 2012 #8,189 Makes for poor choices computers, cell phones, TV's googlized nation
ErstwhileA Registered Joined Apr 24, 2012 Messages 43 Reaction score 6 Location In the pleasant darkcool deep Apr 26, 2012 #8,190 Googlized nation: goggle-eyed rancor rookies hashing up old news.
Poppy Me, myself and I don't know Super Member Registered Joined Feb 13, 2005 Messages 2,353 Reaction score 463 Location Baton Rouge, Louisiana Apr 26, 2012 #8,191 Hashing up old news? Then I will do no tweeting here in my haiku.
Ralyks Untold stories inside Super Member Registered Joined Feb 14, 2005 Messages 1,002 Reaction score 100 Location VA Website www.editorskylar.com Apr 26, 2012 #8,192 here in my haiku breath rises for a moment, stills, and then exhales
B.D. Eyeslie Super Member Registered Joined May 6, 2011 Messages 1,385 Reaction score 302 Location Where the dirty water has all been cleaned--Boston Apr 26, 2012 #8,193 Stills, and then exhales-- a deathbed scene for a king, a lions last gasp.
ErstwhileA Registered Joined Apr 24, 2012 Messages 43 Reaction score 6 Location In the pleasant darkcool deep Apr 26, 2012 #8,194 A lion's last gasp. Cadence-heavy summer sun drums on cracked, red earth.
Blarg Banned Joined Oct 17, 2009 Messages 2,497 Reaction score 396 Location 13th of never Apr 26, 2012 #8,195 Drums on cracked, red earth executioner's footsteps each further apart
Poppy Me, myself and I don't know Super Member Registered Joined Feb 13, 2005 Messages 2,353 Reaction score 463 Location Baton Rouge, Louisiana Apr 27, 2012 #8,196 Each further apart, the only one who will come between us is time.
kkbe Huh. Super Member Registered Joined Nov 23, 2011 Messages 5,774 Reaction score 1,688 Location Left of center Website kkelliewriteme.wordpress.com Apr 27, 2012 #8,197 Laughing girl, listen: Dewy droplets, one-by-one. Plink plink, sweet pea. Last edited: Apr 27, 2012
Ganesha con·ver·sa·tion·al·ist Poetry Book Collaborator Super Member Registered Joined Feb 25, 2006 Messages 2,018 Reaction score 415 Location Vermont Website robynflatley.blogspot.com Apr 28, 2012 #8,198 between us is time around all of us is space no space to waste time
zanzjan killin' all teh werds Staff member Moderator Kind Benefactor VPX VPXI Super Member Registered Joined Feb 5, 2010 Messages 9,728 Reaction score 3,208 Location home home homityhomehome Apr 28, 2012 #8,199 No space to waste time, no poems to give for free except to you, friend.
Blarg Banned Joined Oct 17, 2009 Messages 2,497 Reaction score 396 Location 13th of never Apr 28, 2012 #8,200 Except to you, friend, worlds tumble end over end. Come give me your hand.