if you want to know
what kind of person you are,
there’s a simple rule:
if you help others, you cool;
if you hurt others, you fool.
–photo by me
tanka tuesday 10/13/26
Category: poetry
Long Walk
I took off in my car,
found a good place to park,
and I just kept on walking
until it got dark.
–Photos by me
haiku 206
a grassy meadow
bathed in soft morning sunshine
lends hope to the day
–photo by me
limerick 97
my secret friend bows to my wishes;
he cleans my whole house and does dishes,
and some say he’s me,
but i disagree–
for i couldn’t be that ambitious.
–image by ai
hues of happiness
i match our ‘happy hormones’
to the trees of late september;
it makes their scientific names
less painful to remember.
*
the yellow trees are dopamine,
the orange are serotonin,
the green ones are the endorphins,
and reds are oxytocin.
*
repeat this once or twice a day,
and pretty soon you’ll see
that oftentimes a little rhyme
enhances memory.
–photo by me
Wild Things
I went for a walk in the wilds,
And I found wildflowers, so nice;
I broke up a gang of wild turkeys
And spotted a lake of wild rice.
–Photos by me
better view
weary of reality
i ride out to its edge
there, i smoke a little herb
and leap right off the ledge
my flailing arms turn into wings
i soar into the blue
and high above reality
i find a better view
–photo by me
limerick 96
i was having some warm butter pie
when i saw something dark flutter by,
and it gave me a fright
so i turned up the light–
it was only an orange butterfly!
–photo by me
meteor shower shadorma
the stars are
falling all around;
i cannot
help but smile.
you may want to go to town–
me? i’ll wait awhile.
–photo by son aaron
sunday thoughts 9/13/26
they say dark matter’s all around–
it can’t be seen; it makes no sound.
yes, you can look, but you won’t see
it’s amplitude nor frequency.
although it e’er remains unseen,
it can be felt, like gravity.
i find these facts a little odd–
dark matter acts a bit like god.
–photo by me
