the whole of knowledge
cannot fill the empty void
if empathy dies
Thanks for the double inspiration to Ronovan Writes and WOTD.
the death of empathy
Tag: haiku
Engulfed
heart aflame, I cry
my burning lips spilling pain
as I am engulfed
Image by Gloria Williams from Pixabay
Thanks to Patricia’s Place and her In Other Words challenge for the wonderful inspiration.
Spinning Chaos
Rising wall of blue
Chaos spins from his still eye
Exodus denied
Thanks to Susi at I Write Her for a great photo challenge.
I live in Florida, so obviously Dorian has been on my mind for the last week. Feel free to interpret this piece as a statement on that bitch! Thankfully, we got off pretty lucky here, but the Bahamas were hit HARD. If you can, think about helping. They will need it. You can find links to some legit efforts at Bahama Relief .
But I also live in Trump’s America, so (for me at least) my words have another layer of meaning. Feel free to reinterpret them or guess my thoughts, if you’d like. That’s the beauty of poetry.
Plus, never forget he’s either just an idiot or a thin-skinned shallow narcissistic purposefully-uninformed idiot. #Dorian #nevergonnahitAlabama #doctoredphoto #nicesharpiejob
AP Photo from the Washington Post
bones of our past
to defy ennui
a message in a bottle
washed ashore today
bearing the bones of our past
as starkly bleached harbingers
This bleak message was written as a response to the image by S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay courtesy of the wonderful Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Photo Challenge. Click for details and other contributions.
For some reason, this week’s photo reminded of this old movie! I think it’s more likely she’ll be covered in rising oceans not sand, but still ….
The Peacock
Co-work or co-opt?
Feathers spread like a peacock
Mansplaining his theft
Thanks to Linda and her SoCS challenge.
T’was fun.
Tina Stewart Brakebill 