Dog named Lumpy looks patiently on the bedspread Sweet little thing wearing laurels waits for its turn Hour 13 @varenyas

The throbbing pain, the deafening noise, and bright lights. Its everywhere, they are everywhere, where to escape? Whom to escape from? Today’s far away land and tomorrow’s hell, it’s all the same. Maybe its some game, maybe this is life. Chains and tiny cubicles, torture…

he cannot focus yet he stares out the window maple leaves dancing

You left me alone I can be so much more now Create what I need Growing into me Without you holding me back I find who I am Painfully, I grow Time to find my purpose here Expanding, I rise (Prompt: Write a poem about…

Ancient humans were a paradox of Genius, intellect, cruelty, and depravity Astounding feats of engineering and construction Were all achieved on the backs of slaves Closer to home the industrial revolution Created machines to make life easier progressive Steam engines, flying wings, automobiles Achieved their…

There used to be Parsley, Fennel, Dill. But the Swallowtail ‘pillars Have eaten Their fill.   Truly, I don’t mind. The herbs will grow back. In time for a yellow-winged Butterfly to snack!

You have to die to go to heaven and new beginnings need an end. Sometimes the road that blew your tire out leads you to a place to mend. Sometimes the knife stuck in your back Cuts you free from chains that bind. Sometimes cold…

Little girls dance with or without music. Up on their toes down on their heels Arms lifting pretending to touch the sky. Little girls  dance because it’s in them To express how they feel. We should be so brave. A good whirling, twirling dance with…

3 Chihuahua haikus Ears as big as legs giving all herself to you love in a dog suit. Stars upon my back tiny, but don’t you be fooled I’m ready to fly. little one, your ears so alert, your eyes so big ready for what’s…

Religious sensitivity warning: this is my – slightly pagan, slightly narrative – twist on Satan’s expulsion from heaven, as someone who has grown up in a Christian culture and become enamoured with the medieval idea of fairies and nature spirits as angels that fell with…