SHIBBOLETH ET CETERA!!!

from the ancient Greek
shibboleth et cetera
believe in yourself

These words grant you strength
singing cheerful battle hymn
smile and move forward

On this special day
shibboleth et cetera
giving us courage

Chanted by the crowd
who sees you have a bright soul
resonant spirit

Shout these magic words
shibboleth et cetera
and the world is yours

Into history
becoming the best ever
these words on our lips

CARPE AEON ELIPSIS SHIBBOLETH ET CETERA!!!

all grown

Her wings have hardened
Caterpillar all grown up
Now to find a mate

butterflies

Metamorphosis
Built into their genetics
The strangest changes

flutterer

Took all my power
To make new wings mouth and eyes
Glide to a flower

flutter

Pudgey back now wings
Mouth once chewed now only sips
Amazing new eyes

pupa3

Change starts on inside
No one notices until
Suddenly new wings

pupa 2

Blissfully peaceful
Hanging upside down from thread
Dreaming of new wings

pupa

Trapped in my own shell
Outside nothing moves, inside
Nothing stays the same

Untitled Poem (a gunsaku)

Untitled poem Something
about hummingbirds
passing for haiku

Sits in a notebook
Pondered but then rejected
Not enough spirit

Is this poetry
A sad echo of nature
with no fulfillment

Scratch out start over
Find the clarity of truth
Or why even try

Metallic feathers
Stop on a spinning dime edge
Then rocket away

One single sun beam
Shines through a hole in the clouds
poked by tiny bird

Run to where it shone
Face turned to where sun should be
Thick blanket of clouds

I can smell the rain
Green mud on patches of breeze
Squeezed from between grays

Fate blended with choice
Always good enough not great
Willow only sighs

What is this stillness
Not even decent darkness
Foggy almost art

CHAOS (a gunsaku)

Implosive chaos
Yawning below the surface
Of this new order

Mine of all shadows
Confusion fear chaos lust
Weeping most loudly

Contagious chaos
Spreads unreasoned emotion
unthinkable truth

Chaos spreads like flames
Consuming all in its path
Fanned by winds of change

Void unformed timeless
All consuming consiousness
Seeking fresh chaos

Chaos stalks order
Alone in vast nothingness
Storm of confusion

Cold wet nakedness
Burst from the brow of chaos
Hungry for meaning

Nameless Stranger (a gunsaku)

Stray dog barks at road
Not just any vagabond
Children run to look

Patches on tatters
Holes through dusty shoes and hat
Walletless pockets

At the edge of town
Lawmen watching his approach
Might just have some fun

Did you hope to pass
Without giving up some gold
This here's a toll road

Empty palms up shrug
Silent universal sign
Mute baffled and broke

Show us some I D
Any kind of credential
Utility bill

A scrap of paper
Turned to lace at the creases
Kept under his hat

Like a stinking fish
The two deputies watch him
One grins other frowns

Hey wait a minute
Don't I know you from somewhere
Famous for something

Crowd gathered like clouds
Spatters of recognition
Fall on hunched shoulders

Whispered names thunder
Shower of accusations
Lightning in his eyes

Rogue preacher wizard
Winds of change at his command
Simply vanishes

A gasp from the mob
Read the paper that he left
"Will haiku for food"

Gunsaku of the Demonics

Dragons and demons
On their bellies broken blind
Would take me with them

Jagged black mold runs
Through the baseboards of the house
Stinky wet demon

Though born without eyes
The creature has the insight
To avoid my snares

Broken backed demon
Dry eye sockets mouth sewn closed
Keeps crawling toward me

Skull blistered with rot
Collapse into chalky dust
I can’t stop screaming

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