Putain thought he had
Ample resources mustered
On #Ukraine 's borders.

#haiku challenge
#vss365
#Ukraine
#Ukraine RussiaWar️
#Ukraine RussianWar
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#haiku
#senryu

After a thin spring,
Summer embraces us in
Her ample bosom.

#haiku challenge
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#haiku
#senryu

It's always fun to watch
Americans eat English mustard.
Especially the point at which
Their sinuses explode

#vss365
#vsspoem
#PoemADay

Darkness mustered on the border.
Light assembled on the other border.

Crow stood between them
with his wings outstretched.

Weapons were sharpened.
God blew his whistle.

#NaPoWriMo
#vss365
#glopowrimo
#ApocalypseCrow
#CorvidDiaries
#vsspoem
#PoemADay

Russian troops muster,
Waiting. Do they know that they
Are ammunition

#vss365
#Ukraine
#Ukraine RussiaWar️
#Ukraine RussianWar
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#haiku
#senryu

I have born on my shoulders
the weight of this and many worlds.
And they have not wanted to be carried.

I feel their struggle
across my shoulder blades,
but when I set them down,
they run away.

#NaPoWriMo
#glopowrimo
#ApocalypseCrow
#CorvidDiaries
#vsspoem
#PoemADay

Putain mixed the glue
That held the West together.
Now it is cracking.

#vss365
#Ukraine
#Ukraine RussiaWar️
#Ukraine RussianWar
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#haiku
#senryu

Did you ever need me like I needed you?
Did you ever get the chance to need me?
Because I only knew I needed you
when I had the chance.

#LossLit
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#poetrycommunity
#poetrytwitter

I remember when
golden words flowed from my fingers,
and everything I touched dazzled the eyes.
The problem was, no-one could see it.
Least of all, me.

#LossLit
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#poetrycommunity
#poetrytwitter

I remember love.
It was both hot and cold,
comforting and spiky,
here and gone.
It left memories.
At least, I think they’re memories.

#LossLit
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#poetrycommunity
#poetrytwitter

I have torn off all my labels
and now I stand at a crossroads.
No-one recognises me.
I am unbranded.
So I am also, probably,
quite cheap.

#LossLit
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#poetrycommunity
#poetrytwitter

Crow probed loss like a hollowed tooth,
hating it and needing it.
It didn’t go away,
but it sat more comfortably.
It wouldn’t go away,
but it might get filled
one day.

#LossLit
#vss365
#NaPoWriMo
#glopowrimo
#ApocalypseCrow
#CorvidDiaries
#vsspoem
#PoemADay

I have run the sands of this day
through my fingers and watched them sparkle
into smoke, and blow away.
Tomorrow I will do the same.
If I’m lucky.

#LossLit
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#poetrycommunity
#poetrytwitter

Evenings stretch in front
with the scent of lost opportunities.
Another day older. What’s it to you?
You’ve got plenty.

#LossLit
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#haiku
#senryu

Governments don't make
Inflation. But neither do
They cure #inflation .

Drones probing the skies.
Weapons, reconnaissance, spies.
War at a distance.

#vss365
#Ukraine
#Ukraine RussiaWar️
#Ukraine RussianWar
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#haiku
#senryu

Winter still sends out
Its probes into spring. Warnings
Not to cast a clout.

#vss365
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#haiku
#senryu

Putain probed #Ukraine
And it seemed to be soft. One
Major misjudgement.

#vss365
#Ukraine RussiaWar️
#Ukraine RussianWar
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#haiku
#senryu

It's quite cathartic
To clear out a shed. Until
You need what you've junked.

#vss365
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#haiku
#senryu

Putain's zest for war
Is slowly dragging the world
To catastrophe.

#vss365
#Ukraine
#Ukraine RussiaWar️
#Ukraine RussianWar
#vsspoem
#PoemADay
#haiku
#senryu