Published in Put It To Rest·Updated May 11For the Ladies of the Nighta rhyming free verse (or rap) — Her Daddy’s ashamed till she buys him a car, then he sees the money in it and just how far you have to bend over to fuckin’ make it, and how its twice as hard when you’re a girl and a man thinks that he can just take it and use his size…Put It To Rest2 min read
Published in Five-Minute Fiction·May 8Trying to Surviverhyming verse — Sitting here puffin’ on some dank type herb thinking once more over thoughts disturbed by reflections of a life, twisted and turned, and whether any of it was really deserved. We’re all products of choices, multiplied by the in and the outside voices, with the end of the stick being…Poetry1 min read
Published in Five-Minute Fiction·May 8It’s Not You, It’s Merhyming verse poem — Paintin’ pictures with pain and burnin’ trees to the face. Blindly finding my way through this place, blunt after blunt, drink after drink. Dawn leads to twilight; each day is the same. Smash all the mirrors to hide from their face… Stuck in disgrace with no hope of change, now fleeing relief and…Five Minute Fiction1 min read
Published in Five-Minute Fiction·May 8Gangster GhostThe May 2022 Doctor Funny 12-word Challenge — Doctor Funny1 min readImage by PexelsGangster GhostThe May 2022 Doctor Funny 12-word Challenge----2
Published in Five-Minute Fiction·May 5The Boy, He Sitsa ballade — written for the Five-Minute Fiction Poetry Forms Challenge — The boy sits alone in his room all day wondering what it’s like outside the walls. Nobody is allowed inside to play, and so, there are no friends — not even dogs. This boy doesn’t know joy, but feels its loss. With nobody there to answer his call, he reads and he writes and daydreams…Ballad2 min read
Published in Five-Minute Fiction·Apr 30ReflectionsFMF Poetry Forms Challenge — Haiku — Poetry1 min readImage by Kari SheaReflectionsFMF Poetry Forms Challenge — Haiku----2
Published in Five-Minute Fiction·Apr 30My Downsides and I(rhyming free verse — sort of) — Ostensibly, I’ve arrived with rhymes, contrived My rise you’ve denied, and so dies my pride. Predictably, I’m outside by myself, looking in All I see are downsides, and a jar to put them in. Inexplicably, I fill it and tightly twist the lid We are inseparable; joined together at the hip…Poetry2 min read
Apr 28Let’s Occupy Everything, Shall We?If you’re listening to me, I must be right. Right? — I don’t know how much more bullshit I can stomach. Everywhere I look, it’s just piles upon piles of bullshit. Fake passion born from an inability to understand much of anything — not even the misinformation used to justify the perpetuation of their own bullshit. Elon Musk is buying Twitter…Elon Musk5 min read
Published in Know Thyself, Heal Thyself·Apr 25Walk With Mea botched dizain — So I set out to write a dizain, as it's been a while. Too long, apparently, as I immediately forgot the correct rhyming scheme and just kept going. So this is something else...if you know what this is, please let me know in the comments. Something between a cinquain and…Poetry2 min read
Published in Five-Minute Fiction·Apr 23PlateauFMF Poetic Form Challenge — As Freislighe (Irish Poetic Form) — Life is like a crucible, if that is how it’s treated. Obstacles are movable, or at least, can be beaten. We aren’t here for punishment, and at least we have merlot. Know your Truths and represent; that this is but a plateau. Otherwise simple-sounding Irish poetry can be deceivingly complex…Poetry2 min read
