#bonsaiku — Public Fediverse posts

the tree of life stands tall
its canopy of roots
above our countless dead

bright cloaks of leaf
in passing

the axe in men's hands

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#vss365 #cloak
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#cherita
#bonsaiku

the tree of life stands tall
its canopy of roots
above our countless dead

bright cloaks of leaf
in passing

the axe in men's hands

-

#vss365 #cloak
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#cherita
#bonsaiku

= vespers of brief mortality =

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

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#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

flying high
on wings of avarice
the stormy petrol

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#copout #cop29
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#senryu #micropoetry #bonsaiku

flying high
on wings of avarice
the stormy petrol

-

#copout #cop29
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#senryu #micropoetry #bonsaiku

no surprise in tv dinner
fast food
slow people

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#vss365 #dinner
#poem #poetry #senryu #bonsaiku #poetrycommunity
#news

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/microplastics-brain-pollution-health

no surprise in tv dinner
fast food
slow people

-

#vss365 #dinner
#poem #poetry #senryu #bonsaiku #poetrycommunity
#news

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/microplastics-brain-pollution-health

the same depressing City racket
new food banks
old dinner jackets

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#vss365 #dinner
#poem #poetry #senryu #bonsaiku
#progress #poetrycommunity

the same depressing City racket
new food banks
old dinner jackets

-

#vss365 #dinner
#poem #poetry #senryu #bonsaiku
#progress #poetrycommunity

they sing the lie electric
the fine lines holding everyone
apart

#micropoetry #bonsaiku #senryu #poem

Photo from Paul Brookes
https://x.com/PaulDragonwolf1/status/1825791653103210702

they sing the lie electric
the fine lines holding everyone
apart

#micropoetry #bonsaiku #senryu #poem

Photo from Paul Brookes
https://x.com/PaulDragonwolf1/status/1825791653103210702

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

dark lanes
thread an empty neighbourhood
yet there are lights on

everywhere

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#poem #poetry #shortpoems #bonsaiku @poems @poetry #sfpoetry
thanks to @Billthoo for the inspiration:
https://mastodon.art/@Billthoo/111911538863568679

dark lanes
thread an empty neighbourhood
yet there are lights on

everywhere

-

#poem #poetry #shortpoems #bonsaiku @poems @poetry #sfpoetry
thanks to @Billthoo for the inspiration:
https://mastodon.art/@Billthoo/111911538863568679

It seems to take ever less snow before they close the roads. And, look at what people drive!
-

quiet roads
SUVs in padded jackets
quiver

frightened of the snow

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#poem #poetry #smallPoems
#failedHaiku #bonsaiku

#snow #suv #winter

It seems to take ever less snow before they close the roads. And, look at what people drive!
-

quiet roads
SUVs in padded jackets
quiver

frightened of the snow

-

#poem #poetry #smallPoems
#failedHaiku #bonsaiku

#snow #suv #winter

new year fireworks blaze
over families packed in city streets
but every glowing cloud conceals
new bloody shrouds
and tank shells

—-

wishing for a happier #newyear …
#poem #poetry #tanka #bonsaiku #wrdz

new year fireworks blaze
over families packed in city streets
but every glowing cloud conceals
new bloody shrouds
and tank shells

—-

wishing for a happier #newyear …
#poem #poetry #tanka #bonsaiku #wrdz

from electric voids
a flutter of brief applause
birdsong at sunrise

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#haiku #bonsaiku #smallpoems #micropoetry
#poem #poetry

from electric voids
a flutter of brief applause
birdsong at sunrise

-

#haiku #bonsaiku #smallpoems #micropoetry
#poem #poetry

endlessly they shoot
innocents in search of god
knows what

DailyHaikuPrompt -December 5th - hunting.
Thanks to Stephen for the leg up.
https://mastodon.scot/@stevencudahy/111529673394279804
and clarity for the horror https://c.im/@Clarity/111529701717753989

#haiku #senryu #poetry #smallPoems #writing #micropoetry
#bonsaiku
#wrdz

endlessly they shoot
innocents in search of god
knows what

DailyHaikuPrompt -December 5th - hunting.
Thanks to Stephen for the leg up.
https://mastodon.scot/@stevencudahy/111529673394279804
and clarity for the horror https://c.im/@Clarity/111529701717753989

#haiku #senryu #poetry #smallPoems #writing #micropoetry
#bonsaiku
#wrdz

this violet
the colour of desire
of unrequited love

enduring violet
a sly excuse for bruise
always shy

of the silent n

#vss365 #violet
#poem #poetry #smallPoems
#bonsaiku
#wrdz

this violet
the colour of desire
of unrequited love

enduring violet
a sly excuse for bruise
always shy

of the silent n

#vss365 #violet
#poem #poetry #smallPoems
#bonsaiku
#wrdz

following the dotted line
true north lies always out of reach
even under green and purple veils
where needles spin as fast as sky
or truth

--
perhaps:

= Beyond the Ridgeway =

after an unintended prompt by @BethPoet
https://mastodon.ie/@BethPoet/111404264305861780

#poem #poetry #poetryCommunity
#tanka #bonsaiku
#wrdz

following the dotted line
true north lies always out of reach
even under green and purple veils
where needles spin as fast as sky
or truth

--
perhaps:

= Beyond the Ridgeway =

after an unintended prompt by @BethPoet
https://mastodon.ie/@BethPoet/111404264305861780

#poem #poetry #poetryCommunity
#tanka #bonsaiku
#wrdz

for sale
one moral compass
found, unused
washed up
on a dead sea beach

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#poetry #poetrycommunity #poem
#smallpoems
#tanka #bonsaiku
#wrdz

for sale
one moral compass
found, unused
washed up
on a dead sea beach

-

#poetry #poetrycommunity #poem
#smallpoems
#tanka #bonsaiku
#wrdz

global warming's
unexpected consequence
the rapid growth of fascists
whose hairdressers still
are shit

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #bonsaiku #smallPoems
#wrdz

global warming's
unexpected consequence
the rapid growth of fascists
whose hairdressers still
are shit

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #bonsaiku #smallPoems
#wrdz

once upon a time
humans lived upon the earth
and then they didn’t

#vss365 #vsspoem
#ClimateCrisis
#extinction #cop28 #copout
#haiku #senryu
#bonsaiku
#wrdz

once upon a time
humans lived upon the earth
and then they didn’t

#vss365 #vsspoem
#ClimateCrisis
#extinction #cop28 #copout
#haiku #senryu
#bonsaiku
#wrdz

midlife crisis
old oak falls in leaf again
with Aurora

-

#poem #poetry #smallPoems
#haiku #bonsaiku
#vss365 #ritual
#wrdz

midlife crisis
old oak falls in leaf again
with Aurora

-

#poem #poetry #smallPoems
#haiku #bonsaiku
#vss365 #ritual
#wrdz

in the end
there is only dust
but look at the wondrous
shapes we make

dancing on the wind

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#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #bonsaiku #smallPoems
#wrdz

in the end
there is only dust
but look at the wondrous
shapes we make

dancing on the wind

.
\
.7.---’
/
`----- )
\

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#tanka #bonsaiku #smallPoems
#wrdz

poetry passes
neutrinos from a solar storm
through every rushing heart and head
without detection

#poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #scififri
#smallpoems #bonsaiku
#wrdz

poetry passes
neutrinos from a solar storm
through every rushing heart and head
without detection

#poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #scififri
#smallpoems #bonsaiku
#wrdz

for one night only
the money men plead - mask up!

trick or treat

#vss365 #halloween #covidIsNotOver #covid
#poem #poetry #senryu #bonsaiku #smallpoems
#wrdz

for one night only
the money men plead - mask up!

trick or treat

#vss365 #halloween #covidIsNotOver #covid
#poem #poetry #senryu #bonsaiku #smallpoems
#wrdz

the horror machine
changing everybody's mind
one child at a time

#vss365 #horrorween #vsshorror
#senryu #bonsaiku #smallpoems #poetrycommunity
#warcrimes #gaza #bullyboys
#wrdz

the horror machine
changing everybody's mind
one child at a time

#vss365 #horrorween #vsshorror
#senryu #bonsaiku #smallpoems #poetrycommunity
#warcrimes #gaza #bullyboys
#wrdz

the monster roars
from under the stolen bed
covering its head

out of respect

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems #bonsaiku
#bullyboys
#wrdz

the monster roars
from under the stolen bed
covering its head

out of respect

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems #bonsaiku
#bullyboys
#wrdz

hunter-gatherer
grasping the last black tulip
withers the world

#vss365 #withers
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems #haiku #senryu #bonsaiku
#wrdz

hunter-gatherer
grasping the last black tulip
withers the world

#vss365 #withers
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#smallpoems #haiku #senryu #bonsaiku
#wrdz

#scififri

from tomorrow's clouds
the self composed drop truth bombs
figmenting the dead

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #smallpoems
#senryu #bonsaiku
#bullyboys
#wrdz

#scififri

from tomorrow's clouds
the self composed drop truth bombs
figmenting the dead

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #smallpoems
#senryu #bonsaiku
#bullyboys
#wrdz

above the captive shore
from dancing clouds
as silver curtains
the shame
that falls to earth

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #smallpoems
#tanka #bonsaiku
#bullyboys
#wrdz

above the captive shore
from dancing clouds
as silver curtains
the shame
that falls to earth

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #smallpoems
#tanka #bonsaiku
#bullyboys
#wrdz

behind a certain screen
the real world
lies

the poet
has to make you see
between

the sirens and the sky

#poem #poetry #poetryCommuntiy #smallpoems #bonsaiku
#wrdz

behind a certain screen
the real world
lies

the poet
has to make you see
between

the sirens and the sky

#poem #poetry #poetryCommuntiy #smallpoems #bonsaiku
#wrdz

dusk falls with rain
and autumn leaves
gently
then guided bombs
and everywhere the silence
of the loving
god

#Poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #bonsaiku #horror #vsshorror
#bullyboys
#wrdz

dusk falls with rain
and autumn leaves
gently
then guided bombs
and everywhere the silence
of the loving
god

#Poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #bonsaiku #horror #vsshorror
#bullyboys
#wrdz

sons of cain and abel
fighting in their fathers dust
for land and title

world’s worst murderer

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#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#senryu #bonsaiku
#bullyBoys
#wrdz

sons of cain and abel
fighting in their fathers dust
for land and title

world’s worst murderer

-

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#senryu #bonsaiku
#bullyBoys
#wrdz

what's left to hold

the fields and torn sky burning
at the last

and only scarecrows oversee
our final harvest

a #response to https://mastodon.art/@eyeling/111188340055704836
and https://zirk.us/@voimaoy/111183194154392711

@eyeling @voimaoy

#poem #poetry #grimart
#smallPoems #tanka
#bonsaiku
#wrdz

what's left to hold

the fields and torn sky burning
at the last

and only scarecrows oversee
our final harvest

a #response to https://mastodon.art/@eyeling/111188340055704836
and https://zirk.us/@voimaoy/111183194154392711

@eyeling @voimaoy

#poem #poetry #grimart
#smallPoems #tanka
#bonsaiku
#wrdz