Tag: poem

08/21/25 A New Poem for a New Day

Photo Credit: Roman Davydko

Hiking through the forest,
In search of a monkey.

What’s that rustle in the bush?
Is that a monkey?
No, it’s a focused cat.

What’s that swinging from the trees?
Is that a monkey?
No, it’s a scavenging crow.

What’s that clamor?
Is it a monkey?
No, it’s gushing water.

What’s that brown figure in the bush?
Is it a monkey?
No, it’s a rotting stump.

Never did find any monkeys,
But in the search,
I discovered
A whole forest

Blast from the Past:

The trees are gorgeous,
If only I look up and
Engage with the world

08/18/25 A New Kouta for a New Day

Photo Credit: Rohit Munshi

The sun imprints streams of red
Across the dark sky
‘Fore making clouds give way
For its grand entrance

This one is my first attempt at a kouta (a 7575 syllable style of poem).

Blast from the Past:

The bright, sunny day
And the tempestuous storm
Both drown out the moon

08/16/25 A New Tricube for a New Day

Photo Credit: Brice Cooper

Loud machine
Slowly turns
Its corner

Gusts of wind
Push into
Your body

It stays there
Unaware
Of its blast

(This one is about standing next to one of the really big planes as it turns the corner to take off. It’s also a tricube poem.)

Blast from the Past:

You have no control
Over the great machine that is
Civilization

08/15/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Happy Face Emoji

The feelings that hurt
To act that’s the true wisdom
Shipwreck of my soul

Blast from the Past:

Unsure what to feel
Facing another day where
Everything’s in flux.

08/14/25 A New Shadorma for a New Day

Photo Credit: Andy Wang

Climbing the
Rock where the dead leave
For their world
The tide slows
Forming a narrow passage
Back and forth between

This one is a shadorma, a 6-line Spanish poem of with a syllable of 3/5/3/3/7/5.

Blast from the Past:

The lake sits calmly
Like the lips of the dead girl
Floating underneath