Futile Systems (Poem)
Hackers and outlaws The data frontier runs wild Yet there is honor He wields lines of code Spinal modem running hot Cybersamurai Niro breaks the ICE With a…
Three-Haiku Story Time!
Your mission this month: write stories in haiku form! Three-haiku stories! Each story must have three haikus, no excuses! What a great challenge! If you are confused, notice how this description is in three haikus!
Challengers
11 entriesBad Habits
Procrastination can be a dangerous game if you aren’t careful. Time will just fly by, slipping through your fingertips before you notice. Then it’s panic time…
How To Safely Swivel And Snake On Snowy Roads
Here is good advice for driving on snowy roads: go faster uphill. Go slower downhill. If your back end swivels out turn toward the trunk! Your car will…
Hi Coup
The phone rang loudly. The Oval Office was called. Mr. Bush answered. “Yoshirō Mori,” Japan’s Prime Minister said. “Huh?” said Mr. Bush. _“I speak in…
Sanctuary
A river runs down I bid farewell To familiar land Summer brings new life Sanctuary I am enlightened Winter’s passing is near Inside of me I keep the summer
Small World
Friend’s in Germany Talking to him on Facebook It has been a while Oklahoma here Going by my laptop clock It’s 18:06 Europe and the States The web draws us…
Lady of the Spring
dancing out of reach she twirls away, elated just to be alive color on the wind, the children cannot catch her try as though they might so she slips away…
The Importance of Contacts
Inside the sweet shop, I left my glasses at home. I ask for eclairs. Everything’s blurry, I squint to read the label, “Chocolate Mexicans?” The shop’s bustle…
The Cost of Catnip
Cat chasing snowflakes, thumps against the window glass. He’s newly de-clawed. Paws that cannot grasp- the cold causes retraction. Tiger in a cage. His full…
Benediction
Broken and blistered, We healed our surrogate world, Piece by bloody piece. Overbearing brutes, We forced you to accept us ‘Til nothing remained. Reluctant…
On Haiku-Writing
The apple falls free Slowly turning in the air The ground calls gently Beauty in the world Briefly captured in words Fickle like the wind Move just fast enough…