October 2, 2023

The fruit of Hearts-a-Burstin’ (Euonymous americana)

Entering the Friend Zone


You

Placed me

In the friend

Zone before we

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Uttered I love you

Now I don’t know how to be,

All tied up in irony

Knowing every day

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My friends hear from

Me the words

I love

You


An Arkquain Poem

July 6, 2023

Modern Love Story


I swiped right, we kissed

And I knew I would never

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A 5-7-5 poem. Historically called a haiku but in Japanese tradition a haiku is more than just 3 unrhymed lines of 5-7-5 syllables. A haiku features images of nature, setting in a particular season, and some sort of juxtaposition in addition to the familiar syllable count. So, not meeting these requirements I call these 5-7-5 poems.