A Search For Tiny & Meaningful Expressions
Written by Susi Bocks @ The Short of It My love for the minutiae in writing began during 2018, as I learned more about poetry and…
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slow down have a seat your heart is full of deceit hate controls your soul you cannot even sit still my advice is to just…
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Fiddler crab Moving back forth on beach sand Never stays with plan Has no control of wheel Flip Floppers never close deal Back to HOME…
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Forty years ago The decades just come and go My father and me Fishing in Florida Keys Casting lines shooting the breeze Back to…
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Winter migration Birds fly south for vacation Paddling canoe In Florida Everglades Watching colors on display Back to HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity…
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Crumbs on table Long ago became stale Drinking cold coffee Flip a coin to see who will leave You take take when I just please…
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Tried to play the game System rigged to keep all in chains When symphony stops I see just crushed toy blocks Dreams submerged in swamp…
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Patpong Cowboy Soi Dance go go how employed Four thousand Thai Baht Farang sleep with me I’m hot Left farm to hustle streets Bangkok …
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Guess what I bought? A Bicycle built for two Jump on lets ride No worries we will find our stride Pedaling laughing so alive Back to…
Haiku #119
Humble on my knees Casually pulling weeds My garden comforts me Back to HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2015
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Iraq is long gone Sunnis, Shiites and the Kurds cannot get along Country will split into thirds As always people ones hurt Back to HOME…
My Man-Tanka
Easy going man Works hard and always lends hand Put’s food on table Quiet, honest and stable Yes, he is a real good man Back…
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We should not do this Marriage and careers at risk Just innocent kiss Our public lives complete bore Cannot stay away much more Back to…
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Do it on your own Stop living in parents’ home Life is no free ride Go make your mark and have drive You will feel so…
Those of us who can travel to faraway places are very lucky- Tanka
Today’s tourists Travelling all over globe Check off bucket list To show who is the coolest While poor struggle to exist Back to HOME PAGE…
Man in his 50’s- Tanka
During my twenties I was extremely hungry Thirties and Forties Still chasing after money Now content and feel lucky Back to HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge…
The Middle East Expanding Mess – Tanka
ISIS knives in hand U.S. Saudis hand and hand Now there is Iran Assad keeps playing his hand Yemen is total wasteland Back to…
Haiku #66
Working heavy bag Stress drifts away from me like helium balloon Back to HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2015
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Walking down alley The man looks up to the moon Screaming we are fools Back to HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2015
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Laying on the dunes Looking up at the full moon I begin to cry Back to HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2015
Haiku #46
To control one’s life A person needs to train the mind to be relaxed Back to HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2015
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Winners have thick skin Do not care what people think March forward like horse Back to HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity LLC 2015
ISIS, ISIL, DAESH, DA’ISH Must Be Exterminated – Tanka
As ISIS gains ground World leaders stand around Al-Baghdadi dreams of forming Caliphate Politicians play patty cake Back to HOME PAGE Copyright© Edge of Humanity…
Lasting Love – Tanka
Seems like yesterday Thirty years with each other Inseparable He sometimes thinks she’s buggy She say’s he’s a full time job Back to HOME…