Crumples Poems

Harvest Moon O're Withered Fields

......the village shivers   a hive of restless souls
skin pricklin' with anticipation
as costumed runners fixin' to gather — hearts a-thrummin'
                like trapped hummin' bi...

Side Effects

...My hands used to be able to hold dishes, gently.
But now, the dishes wink at me and shatter.
Tremors are starting.
I knew it.
I’m not scared or angry.
I grab a pen.
Writing before it overtakes ...

Be What You Are

...

The frolic boughs of trees tremble,
butterfly-latticed leaves flutter 
in the trail of summer squall, 
where the feisty forest plays with foliage.
Don’t make your mind 
a sprawling forest of...

Get What You Can

...At nights we’d sit out on the balcony drinkin
Breathin
That thick mug air
Of a New Orleans summer evening.
Livin as easy
As they’d let us
In the bowels of the Irish Channel
Where magnolias blo...

Zen Death Haiku Iii

...ZEN DEATH HAIKU III

Spring
stirs the clouds
in the sky's teabowl
—Kikusha-ni, loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Tonight I saw
how the peony crumples
in the fire's embers
—Katoh Shuhso...

Decimated Ocean

...Waves crash
Your wrapper crumples
Thrown into the crazy waters
Killing the creatures in the coral
Little by little
Commonly found everywhere
Floating
Caution in the water
With chemicals creep...

Out of the Way

...*Image of Hikers Warning by Pixabay.

Out Of The Way

As a self-proclaimed ruler of my person, I am mindful of the internal convictions, external constitutions as Lord overseer of my ...

True Enough

...Vision.Vision.
Age crumples the comfort zone.
Letters get blurry.Harder to manage.
Eyes do stop at the previous line.
Last year it did not fail me there.

Nights.Dreams.
Some dreams are only b...

Whatever Works For You

...
Spirituality or religion?
Based on where born, most pray to a symbol;
reach for scriptures, like a homing pigeon,
laudable no doubt, resting thoughts nimble,
yet missing out on vibr...

A Short Bust of Something

...i am more handsome then I was
   the zit has gone
             the elastic is back in my neck

     being no longer a stiff
nip to the shops on two bouncy feet
         soon got unbouncy though...

Discipline

...A wheel's spoke, tightened
Of what, with guidance
Wheel-turned in motion
Loses no traction.

Lax for this , its ride
Crumples underneath.
Lax for that, its goad
Dark travelled its road...

Unpossessed Possession

...As the morning breeze flows softly 
rippling on the placid lake,
on the lotus leaf floating lonely
reclines a dainty drop of water,
sparkling in the rays of the rising sun, 
rolls as an opalesce...

Chinese Translations Ii

...Chinese Poets: English Translations II

These are modern English translations of poems by the Chinese poets Tzu Yeh, Lin Huiyin, Xu Zhimo and Huang E. These are poems about love, passion and beauty...

Disassociate

...Distorted gnashing puppet teeth
Not my face not my face 
My limbs are tied by spider webs and I am floating
Why are they staring 
They are not staring 
But why are they staring 
What do I look ...

Mayfly Martyrs

...Such an ethereal beauty.
Petite in size but large on life.
One would not expect its duty
is solely for procreation.
Yes, just this one, and nothing more,
certainty is its life’s station.
Swarmi...

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