Best Smaller Poems

False promises that
 you made to me
Letting me see 
What you wanted 
Me to see
Giving me hope
When none was there
Making me care
And leaving me scared 
 Fasting my heart
To fill me with doubt 
Making me feel 
Just like a small mouse...

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There is brown here
A dooming neutrality
darkening to black
as I picture you
further than the
sleeve equipped for
my emotive exchanges

In my misspelled well wishings
I hope you thought kindly

I am not as bitter
as my mocking your pockets may seem
I prefer you this way

Except, you must understand
that the best way...

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Let the winds of the earth chant of our love, for it is the sun that witnessed what we were
Feel the rain upon your soul, that it may taste life once again
Press your head firmly on my bossom that I may protect you in the...

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Our planet's a much smaller place today;
the internet connects us one to one.
And we understand what each has to say;
everyone can converse with anyone,
foreign translations are instantly done.

We're now able to link with each other;
learn how we differ and what goals we share.
Calling strangers my...

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tall men overshadow the small men
in great sadness we all fall down
joy abounds from the inside of hearts and souls
tears fall like stars
onto the cracked pavements of old...

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My life at seventy-two, amazing, yet there are times when its blue. In context, a haibun is of the now, not the future, or past. Oh, references can be made, in context, to ether, with qualifiers. So, today, for me has been a quest, Japanese...

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For whosoever feels lonely here is my hand
I guided up the sun, so you could see better

For whosoever fears doubt
I talked about myself failing you

Though you never saw it 
You just noticed me

Standing like a statue 
Right behind you all along

Hoping that you won't look...

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When I was but a baby boy
No sweeter life could I enjoy
Beyond my room, my welcome bed
My refuge in the years ahead

Where nothing but the night is black
And black is never dark for lack
Of something bright or greater light
But merely brings a lesser sight

And should...

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The Products Get Smaller and Smaller

By Elton Camp

Every time that we go to the store
Containers hold less than before

This is only a hidden price increase
A practice that truly needs to cease

For it will hurt all in coming days
When there’s no cost of living raise

Sometimes the...

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I have a flatter head said the gator, haughtily.
So what? The crock answered. “Let me see.”
But crock went home and pouted about it too.
His mother told him not to be so blue.

Gators have much smaller heads, she said.
Their brains are tiny, not easily fed.
But don’t...

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lyrical embellishment 
      of a crescending scratch
packs
     its things, ready to run
builds its place
     among the nothings
               of...

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I see the world through a screen
The lines cut everything into little squares
If I get far enough away I can hardly tell
But when I am up closer it all gets clear
Nothing is connected everything is alone

The lines are there because I drew them
The separation protects...

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A Smaller Flame...

Death, where is your respite?
Fear, how bitter your taste?
Time, how fickle your finger,
upon the pulse of haste.
Anger, how deep your reach?
as I turn my face away...
Hatred, your cold embrace,
has left me with nothing to say.
The voices of the heart are faint,
and whispers fade...

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How like a prison is my once loved home

Since now I linger here in fevered chills.

No more may I be free to walk and roam

Nor climb the mountains and the hills.

The television irks me  and annoys

I cannot bear the sound of human voice.

My ...

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Once there were millions.
Now there are billions.
Once there were kings.
Now there are councils.
Once there was ignorance. 
Now knowledge abounds.
Once there was poverty.
Now comfort for most.
Once there was war.
Now there is peace.
Once there were traditions.
Now there are systems.

Our relative power is slipping away.
Even as we all...

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