Best Mono Poems
if Basho’s frog jumps
and no one hears the splash
katydids quarrel
does the sound
of one hand clapping
surprise the wind
cold mountain winds
an eerie sound of echoes
humming to themselves
a brown tinged cornfield
withers in the heat
as scarecrows weep
an empty birdfeeder
rattles in the breeze
a patient cat waits
city thunderstorm
awakened asphalt artist
oily painted rainbows
John G. Lawless
©5/31/20225
"Mono No Aware"
Datsuzoku
Mono no aware
Wabi-Sabi
Yuugen Yuugen Yuugen
Seijaku
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
so brief flowering
sakura* will bloom again-
covering the pain
*cherry
tribute haiku for Debbie's contest
Got tired of watching MTV
It’s now World News from BBC
I’m watching with an OAP
Who thinks I’m with the KGB
I think that she has OCD
Is that a case for A&E
Then I discovered... OMG
Her cell phone is PAYG
Can someone pass the TNT
Or get me to an SUV
I think I need a KFC
Which might soon mean an ECG
But if I get a DVT
Then show a little TLC
And bring a portable TV
Perhaps even a DVD
Get one with a USP
And pay for it with USD
But if your high on LSD
Watch out I’m NYPD
18 March 2021
Contest: Acronyms in Couplets
Sponsor: L Milton Hankins
aspirante suono escono abitare come violino,
per aprire la crescente punteggio su par
con quelle che parla delicatamente, si trova
diretto dal piano di un parente prossimo.
essa sollecita più in pace mentre a dissipare,
la prua ha mosso da obiettivi si ritirano e avanzano
un elemento sorprendente ogni superiore
Di fatto morire, la ondulato ha fatto.
mentre interiorità, effigi immenso,
concernenti la verità violini' invadano
La frontside centrale canopy sul palco
si con pastorale principali stan.
finzione, che abilmente tocco slanciata impugnatura
acquisire la falsetto figlio aigu
annunciando Bon voyage, seducente chi?
Zélindor, ha descritto questo a sedurre.
gioire concepisce benessere, di fermento,
mentre Lafayette predice una piacevole modifica
di Melody circostante ogni scambio
una finalità momenti il lamento.
dipendente dal repertorio area,
il violino "con l'aria
Serenata per un momento di disperazione
a pieno carico imbarazzo a Alba.
This is a poem about loss -
The sun and songbirds rose,
to see the snowshell soften,
to see the light less low,
to see the tropics-green
crocus leaf
spear! rebelliously!
through the thick and the heavy
white.
Green, all but forgot these last months.
Life, all but without faith these last months.
The sun and songbirds and greens rose,
this day.
One day in a cell I threw a fit
Went to the wall and started to hit
Wasn't long until my knuckles split
I figured that maybe I should quit
That was as stupid as stupid can get
I was just so mad that I could spit
I reckoned maybe I should sit
And think it over for a little bit
Looking back now I must admit
My anger that day was not legit
The crimes I myself did commit
Allowed them to lock me in that pit
With nothing left to omit
I got on my knees to transmit
I ask the Lord to please permit
Me to finally recommit
To my Lord I did submit
The man I am is the result of it
Poetry is easy to digest, than pride.
the poetry slam - pen viva voce
NOTE: A mono gram is a one line epigram style poem of not more than 17
syllables with a humourous/witty ,ironic or enigmatic theme. or thought or
contrast.Think of a senryu in contrast to a haiku.
The opportunity sparked a fierce desire
A cunning liar is trying to conspire
Plotting schemes that would require
Causing the masses tears to flood the mire
The choir sang with voices higher
Looking for a bold lady or noble squire
Capable of mending our old attire
Bake these words in an air fryer
The hissing revealed a situation growing dire
Look a devious flyer is soaring above the spire
Falsely proclaiming tales to inspire
Hiding in the quagmire as an actual occupier
Their words thickening the air like a humidifier
The supplier is attempting rewire
All of us who dare to still inquire
An amplifier’s hum drew the self-proclaimed sire
Who foolishly gazed at stars with his heart’s desire
Each promise made proved to be a modifier
The identifier called it out as a testifier
Through it all the proclamations became slier
We need to rise above the snake oil salesmen’s ire
Buckle up and find the strength not to retire
Find the heart to not back down or tire
New year's a 'coming, lets make a toast for health, fortune and some good cheer
furnishings make the house - possessions make it home
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possessions make the house - family make it home
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family makes the house - children make it home
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children make the house - devotion makes it home
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devotion makes the house - love makes it home
in the kennels of the mind - dogmas of rationality
I don't speak the language of my people, but I wish to. I am usually discriminated against because I don't.
A bird with wings that cannot fly,
A star in the sky that cannot shine…
A broken wing grabs me by the waist,
The example I am – this is my fate.
They turn their backs and look away.
My answers, not lies, are plenty brave…
But an answer can change their newly thoughts
Their demons and mines I’m soon too fought.
I’m not the same like I once was
The ones I loved – the ones I trust
Gave me fate and I’m to rot
In discrimination –
As if a devil gave me a wish of sin…
A battle of lips that’s hard to win.
I never thought that this was hard,
Their turned backs and lips sown shut
I’m left alone in a world so same,
my fate returned ready and back
Are puzzles left in the rain.
few chance encounters - come a'calling twice