<![CDATA[Poetry Forum - Haiku, Senryu, Short Form Poetry.]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:23:36 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[5-31-26]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27405.html Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:24:37 +0000 Tiger the Lion]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27405.html this night
a darling clementine]]> this night
a darling clementine]]> <![CDATA[Haiku]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27393.html Tue, 26 May 2026 09:41:19 +0000 JohnS]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27393.html strung with pearls of morning dew -
the fly doesn't see]]> strung with pearls of morning dew -
the fly doesn't see]]> <![CDATA[Eden’s Sky (from a poem by Rich Brown)]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27382.html Mon, 18 May 2026 11:53:52 +0000 busker]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27382.html Eden’s Sky 

Edit 1.0 (Bryn)

In Eden,
bodies never age.
Clouds never move
in Eden’s sky, where you and I
won’t change, nor love in time 
grow strange.



Original 

In Eden’s sky,
clouds never move.
Bodies never age
in Eden, where you and I
won’t change, nor love in time 
grow strange.





Rich Brown wrote the piece that inspired this one.
Three lines are straight from it.

I’ve punctuated differently in the first 3 lines, which changes the emphasis slightly  
An experiment 

The RB poem:

https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-2732...#pid280274]]> Eden’s Sky 

Edit 1.0 (Bryn)

In Eden,
bodies never age.
Clouds never move
in Eden’s sky, where you and I
won’t change, nor love in time 
grow strange.



Original 

In Eden’s sky,
clouds never move.
Bodies never age
in Eden, where you and I
won’t change, nor love in time 
grow strange.





Rich Brown wrote the piece that inspired this one.
Three lines are straight from it.

I’ve punctuated differently in the first 3 lines, which changes the emphasis slightly  
An experiment 

The RB poem:

https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-2732...#pid280274]]> <![CDATA[Whale Fall - Edit 1]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27368.html Mon, 11 May 2026 02:22:05 +0000 Wjames]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27368.html soft tissue, snot worms colonize bone,
urchins form a phalanx:
in my garden, spiderwort blooms.

Kilometers press carcass to clay.

Sculpin and mollusk devour soft tissue,
snot worms colonize bone,
urchins phalanx stingers.

In my garden, spiderwort blooms.
]]> soft tissue, snot worms colonize bone,
urchins form a phalanx:
in my garden, spiderwort blooms.

Kilometers press carcass to clay.

Sculpin and mollusk devour soft tissue,
snot worms colonize bone,
urchins phalanx stingers.

In my garden, spiderwort blooms.
]]> <![CDATA[Time]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27365.html Sun, 10 May 2026 16:33:03 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27365.html Time 


"The fire must've started a long time ago"

"Fire tends to start that way

"Now"]]> Time 


"The fire must've started a long time ago"

"Fire tends to start that way

"Now"]]> <![CDATA[Feral]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27349.html Mon, 04 May 2026 16:37:33 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27349.html Feral


Like a wild beast:
Meandering and spilling my seed,
the world is out to tame me.

The world's a Beast, I mean.]]> Feral


Like a wild beast:
Meandering and spilling my seed,
the world is out to tame me.

The world's a Beast, I mean.]]> <![CDATA[Firm Persuasion]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27320.html Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:12:49 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27320.html Firm Persuasion



There is nothing wrong with the world.

There is nothing wrong with suffering.
There's nothing wrong with not suffering.

There's nothing wrong with Cults, though They will tell you otherwise.]]> Firm Persuasion



There is nothing wrong with the world.

There is nothing wrong with suffering.
There's nothing wrong with not suffering.

There's nothing wrong with Cults, though They will tell you otherwise.]]> <![CDATA[The Blob]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27318.html Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:26:23 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27318.html The Blob

If you know the meaning of the word, abstraction,
your entire world is an abstraction.]]> The Blob

If you know the meaning of the word, abstraction,
your entire world is an abstraction.]]> <![CDATA[Love Isn't About the Person]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27300.html Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:42:30 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27300.html Love Isn't About the Person

Personality is the icing on the cake.

It's not particularly good for you,
and nobody really likes it but children.]]> Love Isn't About the Person

Personality is the icing on the cake.

It's not particularly good for you,
and nobody really likes it but children.]]> <![CDATA[Trickster Blues]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27290.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:44:48 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27290.html Trickster Blues


Everywhere I go there's a hard No.
If annoyance is a link
to humanity. So be it.
An Empath Matrix

"there are problems in these times but, ooh, none of them are mine"


When those around suffer:
Validate or ignore, things stay
the same; dismiss and they worsen:

The key:
Ignorance, Validation and Dismissal exactly the same:
Why, simply enjoy what isn't . . .
Nemesis

"Now a curse upon Because and his kin!"

I tried to transcend humanity,
because humanity is its own worst enemy.

Truth is,
I love enemies.]]> Trickster Blues


Everywhere I go there's a hard No.
If annoyance is a link
to humanity. So be it.
An Empath Matrix

"there are problems in these times but, ooh, none of them are mine"


When those around suffer:
Validate or ignore, things stay
the same; dismiss and they worsen:

The key:
Ignorance, Validation and Dismissal exactly the same:
Why, simply enjoy what isn't . . .
Nemesis

"Now a curse upon Because and his kin!"

I tried to transcend humanity,
because humanity is its own worst enemy.

Truth is,
I love enemies.]]> <![CDATA[BAD DAYS BETTER LOVE I-III]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27288.html Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:17:19 +0000 thewilderhen]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27288.html cools its head
draws a breath
trys again

———-

what I really want to do
driving the way I do
like dust licking the back of the car
building up the way I love you

———-

time passed,
and your love
and yr love
& yr love]]> cools its head
draws a breath
trys again

———-

what I really want to do
driving the way I do
like dust licking the back of the car
building up the way I love you

———-

time passed,
and your love
and yr love
& yr love]]> <![CDATA[Blues]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27282.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:49:17 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27282.html Blues


Is suffering,
is joy,
is problematic,
is simple.

These are for each other. 










___________________________________________________________





Cohesion

I don't know      dark clouds don't scare me
I don't believe      blue skies don't scare me

magic]]> Blues


Is suffering,
is joy,
is problematic,
is simple.

These are for each other. 










___________________________________________________________





Cohesion

I don't know      dark clouds don't scare me
I don't believe      blue skies don't scare me

magic]]> <![CDATA[Seeding Abraxas]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27273.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:25:16 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27273.html Seeds of Abraxas

“There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.”

I salute spring each morning of that season,
the things I do for love, I do alone;
cruelty and indifference I spread as the scythe 
one with its blade.

When my hands clasp in autumn,
deeds and words incubate eccentrically 
for upcoming seasons. ]]> Seeds of Abraxas

“There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.”

I salute spring each morning of that season,
the things I do for love, I do alone;
cruelty and indifference I spread as the scythe 
one with its blade.

When my hands clasp in autumn,
deeds and words incubate eccentrically 
for upcoming seasons. ]]> <![CDATA[Ethics]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27272.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:54:59 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27272.html Ethics

My Code is Arbitrary Absolute

I don't lose my shit when things are violated.
I've no doubt what's not to be violated.
Pennywise and 50 Cent Fool

                              for Murphy Campbell

Affect is red, Cohesion is blue.
Anything you like:
Sightseeing in a zoo

more dense than a cannery,
lighter than tin.

The death of the old is the oldtimey myth yet again.

Glue opens distance.
Happiness is fine.

But sadness, good-oldtimey sadness is not worth leaving behind]]> Ethics

My Code is Arbitrary Absolute

I don't lose my shit when things are violated.
I've no doubt what's not to be violated.
Pennywise and 50 Cent Fool

                              for Murphy Campbell

Affect is red, Cohesion is blue.
Anything you like:
Sightseeing in a zoo

more dense than a cannery,
lighter than tin.

The death of the old is the oldtimey myth yet again.

Glue opens distance.
Happiness is fine.

But sadness, good-oldtimey sadness is not worth leaving behind]]> <![CDATA[Law]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27271.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:01:19 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27271.html Law


Sex and Love are two Trees in a Garden.

With time and Expectations,
Poetry becomes Theology.]]> Law


Sex and Love are two Trees in a Garden.

With time and Expectations,
Poetry becomes Theology.]]>