#5lines — Public Fediverse posts

a blustery day
while the wind tries very hard
to steal my hat away,
Glaucous-winged Gulls
hang motionless

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy

three people
lost in their own worlds
on the same bench
facing the ocean
staring at paperbacks

#poetry #gogyohka #mpy #5lines #book #ocean

two young women
sitting on a bench
joyfully painting
watercolours
in the rain

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy #rain

moving stealthily
between shadows and light
black-tailed deer
playing night games
with the motion sensor

#poetry #gogyohka #mpy #5lines

with the rain gone
sun hangs low in the sky
unfurled umbrella
blocks the rays
and the scenery

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy

Octogenarian
low-rider bicycle
banana seat
high handlebars
Cheshire cat smile

#poetry #mpy #5lines #bicycle

this labyrinthine trail
sleek webs of silken threads
each laid and pulled
by motley fools
at minotaurs' behest

#vss365 #fool
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #5lines

= vespers of brief mortality =

tomorrow always waits
yesterday laments our swift departure
today is
but a brief encounter
lost in swirling steam

-

#vss365 #vespers
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #5lines
#bonsaiku
#soundsLike
#briefEncounter

= vespers of brief mortality =

tomorrow always waits
yesterday laments our swift departure
today is
but a brief encounter
lost in swirling steam

-

#vss365 #vespers
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #5lines
#bonsaiku
#soundsLike
#briefEncounter

= vespers of brief mortality =

tomorrow always waits
yesterday laments our swift departure
today is
but a brief encounter
lost in swirling steam

-

#vss365 #vespers
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #5lines
#bonsaiku
#soundsLike
#briefEncounter

= vespers of brief mortality =

tomorrow always waits
yesterday laments our swift departure
today is
but a brief encounter
lost in swirling steam

-

#vss365 #vespers
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #5lines
#bonsaiku
#soundsLike
#briefEncounter

= vespers of brief mortality =

tomorrow always waits
yesterday laments our swift departure
today is
but a brief encounter
lost in swirling steam

-

#vss365 #vespers
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #5lines
#bonsaiku
#soundsLike
#briefEncounter

be war e

frosty old geezer
still sleeping around
with your pale children
in cold poppy fields

-

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #5lines
#ArmisticeDay #Remembrance #NeverAgain
🌺

the silver years they spin
on lathes of heaven
so many slim saplings
they turned
to thin momentos

-

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #5lines
#ArmisticeDay #Remembrance #NeverAgain
🌺

= swamp surfing =

one
small step
for a felon
a giant leap
for unkind

#vss365 #swamp
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#5lines #tanka

= at freedom's portal =

abstinence is such
a fine idea
if you can sleep
or hold your breath
like mammoths

#vote
#vss365 #portal
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#5lines

the upstart man-child
a rocket in either hand
no head space for awareness
entailed by foul exhausts
and white acidic spume

-

#vss365 #awareness
#poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity
#tanka #5lines

hunter's moon
scythes bloody skies
unaware whose bones have taken flight
nor whose careless hands
are hammers

#vss365 #aware
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #5lines

= the monocrop own-goal =

one banana
two banana
three banana
fungus

no banana

-

#vss365 #goal
#scifisat
#poem #poetry #5lines

= the monocrop own-goal =

one banana
two banana
three banana
fungus

no banana

-

#vss365 #goal
#scifisat
#poem #poetry #5lines

= the monocrop own-goal =

one banana
two banana
three banana
fungus

no banana

-

#vss365 #goal
#scifisat
#poem #poetry #5lines

= the monocrop own-goal =

one banana
two banana
three banana
fungus

no banana

-

#vss365 #goal
#scifisat
#poem #poetry #5lines

= the monocrop own-goal =

one banana
two banana
three banana
fungus

no banana

-

#vss365 #goal
#scifisat
#poem #poetry #5lines

under brazen skies
and one cruel falling star
their blood still holds the dry
stones
together

-
-
#vss365 #dry
#poem #poetry #tanka #tanks #5lines
#Poetrycommunity #poetrylover

the tree
that grew forever
is a ponzi fever dream
wake up, my child
before your ending

--

#poem #poetry #bonsaiku #tanka #5lines
#degrowth #progress #dinosaurEconomics #ponzi #economics
#poetrycommunity #writingCommunity

the tree
that grew forever
is a ponzi fever dream
wake up, my child
before your ending

--

#poem #poetry #bonsaiku #tanka #5lines
#degrowth #progress #dinosaurEconomics #ponzi #economics
#poetrycommunity #writingCommunity

the tree
that grew forever
is a ponzi fever dream
wake up, my child
before your ending

--

#poem #poetry #bonsaiku #tanka #5lines
#degrowth #progress #dinosaurEconomics #ponzi #economics
#poetrycommunity #writingCommunity

the tree
that grew forever
is a ponzi fever dream
wake up, my child
before your ending

--

#poem #poetry #bonsaiku #tanka #5lines
#degrowth #progress #dinosaurEconomics #ponzi #economics
#poetrycommunity #writingCommunity

the tree
that grew forever
is a ponzi fever dream
wake up, my child
before your ending

--

#poem #poetry #bonsaiku #tanka #5lines
#degrowth #progress #dinosaurEconomics #ponzi #economics
#poetrycommunity #writingCommunity

do not be deceived
when I hold you in my arms
that fluttering you hear
is just the resonating fear
that you will leave

--

#resonance #lovePoems
#poem #poetry #5lines #poetrycommunity #writingCommunity

= harmonic emotion =

a swallow dances
through summer mosquitoes
old earth pirouettes
on pale wisps of starlight
strictly unnoticed

-

#harmony #poem #poetry
#tanka #5lines #vsspoem
#writingCommunity #poetrycommunity

hanging
by one ear...
much-loved Rabbit
looks up
with awe

#poetry #mpy #5lines #rabbit

When you build
your castles in the air...
leave them free,
doors unlocked,
for others to play in

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy #children #castles

a babbling brook
aggregate of sounds
laughing, whispering, anticipation
children's voices
heading for the shore

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy #children

(poetry shouldn't need to be explained, but most mornings we have a semi-organized huddle of little pink hats from a local daycare headed past our window...such a delight! 👒)

these seasonal tales
hopeful springs
playful summers
deepening autumns
and winters, always winters 

#amwriting #seasons #stories #observations #poetry #tanka #gogyhoka #5lines #mpy

fine etchings, layered
with infinite detail,
unimaginable complexity
these festal, festive feathers...
Jack Frost at play

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #frost #play #art

colours of summer
from a 12-pack of crayons
masked november gray 

#amwriting #nature #seasons #colours #colors #observations #poetry #haiku #senryu #5lines #mpy

itsy bitsy tzar
drops cluster bombs of words
they fall
but cannot stand
under the sun

#vss365 #Sun
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#5lines #bonsaiku #smallPoems #tanka
#wrdz

the breath and the breadth
thousands of scents fill the air
this language of life
summer's profusion of blooms
short lived but in memory

#amwriting #nature #observations #naturesvoice #summer #blossoms #scents #memory #poetry #tanka #gogyhoka #5lines

eight drummers
beat the earth's heart
two bumblebees
carry the pulse
to the flowers

#photo #photography #yyj #Victoria #BC #Saanich #cadborobay #gyropark #uminaritaiko #poetry #5lines #mpy #gogyohka

eight drummers
beat the earth's heart
two bumblebees
carry the pulse
to the flowers

#photo #photography #yyj #Victoria #BC #Saanich #cadborobay #gyropark #uminaritaiko #poetry #5lines #mpy #gogyohka

eight drummers
beat the earth's heart
two bumblebees
carry the pulse
to the flowers

#photo #photography #yyj #Victoria #BC #Saanich #cadborobay #gyropark #uminaritaiko #poetry #5lines #mpy #gogyohka

eight drummers
beat the earth's heart
two bumblebees
carry the pulse
to the flowers

#photo #photography #yyj #Victoria #BC #Saanich #cadborobay #gyropark #uminaritaiko #poetry #5lines #mpy #gogyohka

eight drummers
beat the earth's heart
two bumblebees
carry the pulse
to the flowers

#photo #photography #yyj #Victoria #BC #Saanich #cadborobay #gyropark #uminaritaiko #poetry #5lines #mpy #gogyohka

@starfishskies you could add #amwriting or add to that, like #amwritingfantasy or #amwritingfiction

If you're writing poetry in a specific style like #haiku #gogyohka #5lines #mpy #3lines #10WordJournal or others, that can help. And as you read the posts of others, see what hashtags they're using. 🙂

@starfishskies you could add #amwriting or add to that, like #amwritingfantasy or #amwritingfiction

If you're writing poetry in a specific style like #haiku #gogyohka #5lines #mpy #3lines #10WordJournal or others, that can help. And as you read the posts of others, see what hashtags they're using. 🙂

@starfishskies you could add #amwriting or add to that, like #amwritingfantasy or #amwritingfiction

If you're writing poetry in a specific style like #haiku #gogyohka #5lines #mpy #3lines #10WordJournal or others, that can help. And as you read the posts of others, see what hashtags they're using. 🙂

@starfishskies you could add #amwriting or add to that, like #amwritingfantasy or #amwritingfiction

If you're writing poetry in a specific style like #haiku #gogyohka #5lines #mpy #3lines #10WordJournal or others, that can help. And as you read the posts of others, see what hashtags they're using. 🙂

Twenty-one years ago
on a forest trail, by a creek,
down on one knee, she asked...
After 0.68 seconds, I answered.
We say "Yes!" every day 💗

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy #love #proposal #marriage

In opening the front door,
the leaves on the porch
look up expectantly and ask,
"Can you come outside
and play with us?"

#poetry #gogyohka #mpy #5lines #leaves #play