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...

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"Mono No Aware"

Datsuzoku
Mono no aware
Wabi-Sabi

Yuugen Yuugen Yuugen
Seijaku

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
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so brief flowering
sakura* will bloom again-
covering the pain

*cherry
tribute haiku for Debbie's  contest...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Poetry is easy to digest, than pride....

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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...

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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....

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in the kennels of the mind - dogmas of rationality...

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furnishings make the house - possessions make it home
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few chance encounters - come a'calling twice...

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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...

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New year's a 'coming, lets make a toast for health, fortune and some good cheer...

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I have been lifted up in space

I have felt so much vast grace

You have sweat roll off your face

Keep pace with me on this race

Keep me in a solace-filled space

Drop me off at my safe haven place

I sound like a high tenor, not a low...

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