Face Paints (Haiku Construction)
What's this? The narration is back! In wake of a recent discussion on what constitutes tanka/haiku in English, I've decided to exposit a little bit. The haiku format that most are familiar with is a three-line poem with a 5/7/5 syllable...
On the Farside
### On The Farside Below skies unknown Two stargazing beasts prowling— We meet at sunset. New moon bashful like young cubs Caught laughing in a dark room. Drawn in, orbiting, Wanderers lost together, Spinning fast in place. Our candle burns in...
Melody of Mating
### Melody of Mating Dim streetlamps light the barside street, Wet pavement fills the air, A drunk, alone and incomplete Has struck out with a mare. His father tells him, "Cheer up son, There's plenty in the sea," While mother says "You'll...
Star Eaters
### Star Eaters I've seen them there— In evening shadows, stretching long across the empty alleyway, Above the _bâtiments,_ like maws that yearned to eat the dying stars, I've seen them there— On Saturn's frozen wings, they flew like feasting...
An Aching Acrostic
_An Aching Acrostic_ **G** one are the days of fervent, heated intertwinement, **O** f twitching tails to slip so tightly underneath, **O** f writhing hares to strip and lick from ear to sheath, **D** espite my efforts, lust remains in...
April
### April april breeze perched upon branch chirping bird opening beside last cherry blossom a bright song flowered up high and flew off following april feathers and petals.
Sea Foam
### Sea Foam Sea foam claws clinging all-encompassing whiteness trapping earth below hoarded bubbles collapse slow and yet voids leave me nothing.
Research, Breath, Hypnotism, & Dress
### Preamble For the next few postings, I'll be experimenting with format and other things. As due recompense for this service interruption, I'll be posting the third chapter of Death of the Actor shortly after this goes up. * * * ###...
Sexpectations & Tourist
### Preamble We're starting off with the naughtiness today, which means that there's some heaviness in the second half of this posting. Now, onto poetry learnings: the haikus included here are more tightly written in terms of...
Letters
### Letters Young wolf climbs the hill Draws water, drinks deep his fill Returns to the mill. Wistful fox watches Sings soft, each note he botches His paws paint swatches. Wry wolf Miller's son Never...
Ballad of the Bunny & Embrace
### Preamble We're kicking it off with the filth first, folks. A ballad is a poem that follows ballad meter, which requires each section to be a quatrain (four verses grouped together) that has the rhyme scheme of abab. Additionally, the first...
The Bickering Couplet & Degradation
### Preamble There is only filth this week, and I'm sure everyone is upset with that. As penance, I'll be posting the second chapter of Death of the Actor shortly after this goes up. The opposite of an iamb is a trochee, in which one places the...