a satiric
spunky sperm
twisty tippytoe
through the
outdoor civilization
renewing fairway
to engorge
prospect goat
recasting stubble
noninfectious vibrational
hubbub pyrophobia
luridness hallelujah
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • August 3–9, 2026)
SHELLED DOVE
Years after her birth,
She returns to her birth-shores:
Shelling her own eggs:-
I often don’t know what I’m talking about
And even then tend to speak in generalities
But somewhere inside the tangled thoughts
I’m pretty sure some truth lies.
I’ve heard it said all mothers at some point
Wish their children dead, although of course
Most keep this dark secret buried and well hid.
Fathers on the other hand sometimes
Only want the kid, a gift, a jewel, a treasure
That far surpasses the vehicle it came in
So here we have it, Life reduced to mere transaction
A simple matter of cause and effect
Cost and reward often not considered
Until it’s far too late to then reject.
(11/18/25)
Well,
You know me,
I'ma busy bee,
And you're an eager beaver.
Let's get this den shakin'
For we know it,
Spring is gunna be here.
Who gives a damn?
We can make our own,
And pollinate.
Make our own brood, who Caccoon'd in your own womb.
Sing our own tune, Lay together and watch their soul's bloom.
We beget only of our kind.
Fish make fish, birds make birds,
Flocks, shoals, schools and herds,
All animals are the same you’ll find.
Packs, prides hives and tribes, rakes, hobs,
Mobs and pods, all designed with this in mind.
Shark opens from shark’s opened purse,
Roaring lion cubs lion’s cub,
And gentle dove from dove eggs birth.
Violence tends to violence.
Anger regrets an anger worse
When softer words are silenced.
Yet curse of kind is broken by a kinder birth
With the violence of that tree-bound curse.
Such love breaks mould for all on earth,
Such love unfolds the deepest truth,
That God is love,
And love has only come
By violence not withheld,
With love’s most certain proof
The giving of the Son.
Bee suckles nectar
Nature's decadent candy
God's circle of life
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