How can you tolerate it?
Forgive
Not seek revenge?
Pretend
It Never Happened
… Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #84 – Forgiveness”
Tag: Poetry
Haiku Sunday – Family
“Family”
Cousins and friends meet,
mingling until they’ve melded,
an extended clan.
Steve D
‘No One Sings Like You Anymore’
Lifting others with his heavy heart
Too soon to say goodbye
Too late to thank for his art Continue reading “‘No One Sings Like You Anymore’”
Misplaced Missive #74 – Plato’s Cave
I watch the shadows dance,
As real as pretend can be.
The ties that bind hold me steady,
The illusion of security, of stability. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #74 – Plato’s Cave”
Haiku Sunday – Forget
“Forget”
Life’s distractions make
wonderful excuses for
neglecting our work.
Yes, this haiku is literal. I neglected to schedule my Sunday haiku before leaving town for the weekend. But I’ll be damned if I miss my first Sunday post in almost two years while there’s still a shade of daylight 🙂
Steve D
Misplaced Missive #75 – Haunted
Sometimes I think all anybody wants is a villain.
Somebody to blame,
Some dark entity without name,
Something we can all claim
Is the source of our every woe. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #75 – Haunted”
Misplaced Missive #71 – Supernatural
The dead come alive in
Her prophetic dreams.
We don’t know if he’ll survive or
Who’s to decide, the meaning
Of things like these. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #71 – Supernatural”
Haiku Sunday – Downpour
“Downpour”
A grey wall above
as rivers swell in gutters —
Bring an umbrella.
Steve D
Misplaced Missive #65 – Wasted
Tears fall. Saddest I’ve ever seen.
Worry and concern and genuine care.
Wasted prayer
And wasted potential. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #65 – Wasted”
Moonlit Musing – Hoarding
Faithful Remnants
Crucifixes littering the walls,
Affixed to each door in the hall, Continue reading “Moonlit Musing – Hoarding”
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