The day cracks laughter
In fragmented finite time,
Our shifting moments.
-- William B. Deutscher (Votes: 8)  |
Daytime fit of rage
In a flat failing moment:
Cubicle tantrum.
-- William B. Deutscher (Votes: 8) |
Enigmatic you,
Treading the elusive day
Away from me now.
-- William B. Deutscher (Votes: 8) |
Common mystery:
The thrust of hidden meanings
I don't understand.
-- William B. Deutscher (Votes: 8) |
The day cracks laughter,
In fragmented finite time
And shifting moments.
-- William B. Deutscher (Votes: 8) |
Shadowy distance,
The hectoring hurt of day
In a flat echo.
-- William B. Deutscher (Votes: 8) |
Dream fragment in sun:
The light-embedded day blue,
Rolling off the night.
-- William B. Deutscher (Votes: 8) |
Dissatisfaction:
The yawning stretch of worktime,
In afternoon space.
-- William B. Deutscher (Votes: 8) |
sunrise gray to white
midday black limbs shadow snow
sundown blue returns
-- Tieton (Votes: 8) |
neighbor shot my dog
claimed he killed all his chickens
today they came back
-- tieton (Votes: 8) |
snows force elk downhill
farmer drives elk to mountain
no place left to starve
-- tieton (Votes: 8) |
small tree by big house
days weeks months seasons and years
small house by big tree
-- tieton (Votes: 8) |
pheasant regal on drifts
strutting he oversees all
sometimes he breaks through
-- tieton (Votes: 8) |
to him beautiful
lived, loved, cared, raised family
she forgets his name
-- tieton (Votes: 8) |
Inexplicable:
All the sensory data
Of a brief lifetime.
-- William B. Deutscher (Votes: 8) |
Ordinary talk,
The squirm of conversation:
Nothing much is said.
-- William B. Deutscher (Votes: 8) |
Opportunities,
Diminished in passing time:
Our lost narrow years.
-- William B. Deutscher (Votes: 8) |
Unpredictable:
The chaos of streaming years,
In a moment's time.
-- William B. Deutscher (Votes: 8) |
