"Better, Reaction, Whale, Mouth, Fuss, Wrath, Secluded, Unforgettable, Propose, Dangle, Destination, Weapon" - 1 Dozen 1 Minute 1 Word Hay(na)ku Poems

BETTER


Better
get the
rain, cap it

in
your hat
be the back

hoe,
filter, tarp —
be the thunder.

Rain.
Be better
for the storm.

Wet
it. Be
the backwater levee.


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REACTION


Reaction
delayed, trail
of wait, explode

into
here now,
take the trail,

ignite
into your
own flutterings, mutterings

under
the heart,
just there, subtle

baskets
of offerings,
just words, ways.


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WHALE


Whale,
go home.
Your lives live

there.
Waterborn and
you can't get

home,
waterborn, my
own — sail. On

past
Atlantic, white-spouted
headstrong winded whale!


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MOUTH


Mouth
the words
I live this,

thing,
the burgeoning,
the flower, blood

roses
of south,
bright linen days;

saves
mouth, tongue:
I love you.


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FUSS


Fuss
budget, muss
up the life,

strife,
a hand-basket
of salvation's right.

Must
the bright
collar strangle? Just

be
there, nuzzling
down the light.


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WRATH


Wrath
of ages,
mask of wages —

heart's
conception, sages
burning for lent,

spent
ways merging,
forgetting control: retired.


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SECLUDED


Secluded
to dream,
a casket of wishes,

dreaming
a remainder,
dreaming of rhyme,

dreaming
the team
up, first draft.

Dreaming
the way
in: dream date.


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UNFORGETTABLE


Unforgettable
to you
unmentionable, unruly, unfulfillable;

heartened
on the
crow, flying dim-witted,

heartened.
Enough, enough
of mulberry stuff.


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PROPOSE


Propose
a toast:
to better days,

to
saviors, missed
or otherwise, to

future
kings of
heart, to you,

your
fortune, your
kiss, your miss.


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DANGLE


Dangle
from the
destiny of your

window,
hold me
by the feet

of
my sorrow.
Stay single, flower

fortuned,
be the
wave in autumn.

Leaf.


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DESTINATION


Destination
to our
return, buy me

one
way home.
Drive me there:

your
hair, the lax
mouth of heart,

your
skin sloughed
off — the brilliance.


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WEAPON


weapon
of the
heart, go slowly

barbed
fish hook
penetrated to destiny.

Give
me one
way you are

with
me, summer
struck and splendid.



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