aka, The Abject Muse

Category: Haiku

  • Cinquain Poetry Prompt #1 | New

    Cinquain Poetry Prompt #1 | New

    The American Cinquain Example: Old Days See howThe sun rises,Breaking over beauty,Filling the senses with heavenThen fades. You can see the pattern above is as follows… 5 Lines with each a given number of syllables as 2 4 6 8 2 The word new is our inspiration. New life Old hurts aside Kicked to the curb, like trash Make way for new friends, new faces…

  • Ol’ Dolly

    Ol’ Dolly

    This haiku was originally written for Haiku Horizons in 2018. Now it’s being recycled for Fandango’s Flashback Friday.   A strange, old dolly made of clay, sticks, moss, and straw. Hat pins make her go              

  • Bringing It

    Bringing It

    Whenever you bring something new to the table it stinks up the room.

  • The ‘pause

    The ‘pause

    Slow, sweat-nasty burn. Nothin’ sexy here, Bozo. It’s Menopause, yeah? Back away real slow. Don’t make no sudden movements — nobody’ll get hurt.

  • Nobody

    Nobody

      Darkness fell like sin Sultry N’awlins summer night. Nobody seen us.