Frugality with economy of words
hoping you will read between the lines
silence dishing out the obvious
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 3rd place 2025
the minimalist
decries clutter
wishing for less
perhaps nothing
a seeking goal
already
fulfilled~
Minimum is maximum...
say a lot, write little
concise, driving, surprising
PS. IN UP to 30 syllables
words fall
fall from
from the
the noisy
noisy sky
sky dissolve
dissolve into
into the
the blur
blur of
of the
the past
wordsfallfromthenoisyskydissolveintotheblurofthepast
w
o
r
d
s
w
o
r
d
s
p(erception)
o(f)
e(lusive)
m(ovement)
(((((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))
)tnemevo(m
)evisul(e
)f(o
)noitpecre(p
(*********)
night falls
light glows
)**********(
dark peace
peaceful space
darkspace
~~~~
*0*
\/
dark space
spacious peace
darkpeace
(*********)
night glows
light falls
)**********(
wherever
we go
there
will be
decay and
absence
for the
moment
we absorb
and learn
stillness
become
silent
listen
silently
silently
becoming
To understand
minimalist poetry,
one has to be:
competent wise,
clairvoyant,
or metier poet
minimalist... !
isolated
i-so-lat-ed
i
so
lat
ed
i
s
o
l
a
t
e
d
i
s.....s
o........o
l............l
a................a
t.....................t
e...........................e
d................................d
The bullet you
don't shoot
yet
will be
story...
The stone you
don't throw
yet
serve you,
one day...
Only reality is
hallucinatory,
the dream
not ...
No candle
sleep guards of
who doesn't
dream ...
Trash and luxury
are slips
the same
men...
The biggest betrayal
is to be stabbed
in the back by
yourself...
plywood windows dusty streets faded graffiti
I write poetry
of minimalist essence
surgical metrics
thinking like Stein but
drinking beer from a stein
remembering German days
not Paris
contradicting and refuting
Gertrude's flowery words
for
a muse is a muse is
but
don't
include
my Musa
Most crimes have foundations of desperation- disdain-hate.
What is your foundation made of?
Are you desperate-do you hate?
Would you take a life for a hit of crystal meth.
Is your hate based on jealousy-revenge?
What happened to prayer and discipline?
What about the criminally insane.
Do we let them work out their kinks across the neck of society.
Do we lock them away.... discard the key.
There's a pair of crazy eyes heading for the school.
Not much we can do but hunker down...
and pray the carnage is minimal.
My being is not exclusive of you
Hi!
My being is not exclusive to you
Bye!
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