the drums are restless

I march to the beat of a different drummer
I’ve been drummed out of many poet groups
even though my poems are tight as a drum
so let me drum this into your head
I do not need to beat the drum for myself

for dVerse Poets Pub

haiku

we lock down our lives
the virus duly subsides
climate change does not

for Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille

poem

curtains of falling snow
blankets of fallen snow
signal for sleep

for Thursday Photo Prompt

poem

saw a specter’s ghost
in a dream last night
so many specters of death and destruction
the new ones are killing off the old ones

for Your Daily Word Prompt

poem

smitten, i wait a bit
for the feeling to wear off
to protect my heart

for Your Daily Word Prompt

poem

campbells soup
created in 1869
has fed many generations
once a pop icon
posters still up on walls
glory not yet faded completely
but soup sales are down
way down
campbells faces bankruptcy

for dVerse Poets Pub

profile

talked to a homeless guy today
we sat under a tree in the shade
but it was hot anyway
he was ripe
i’d been running so i was too
no water between us

he did the talking
first about his health
a melanoma in one eye
he felt good though
second about his addictions
i gave him a five
third about the bush he slept under
he said it was the safest place to be

he didn’t get around to friends or family
or his youth or professional history
he was living in the moment
which is what you’re supposed to do, right?

for dVerse Poets Pub

haiku

elbow room in woods
vacant areas that suggest
life has gone missing

for Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge

quadrille

ready set go
i’m playing a game called Set
you set yourself down
and the problem set for you is
to find sets of matching cards
fast enough to set a new record
when i do badly it don’t set too good with me

for dVerse Poets Pub

muse gigs

“The Weight of Groans” Photography by Julie de Waroquier

world situation being what it is
we’re seeing a shortage of muses available
to help you with your artistic project
it’s a creative climate change
good artists becoming extinct

for The Sunday Muse