<![CDATA[Poetry Forum - Haiku, Senryu, Short Form Poetry.]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:40:06 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Grass]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27477.html Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:45:48 +0000 JohnS]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27477.html man mows
grass grows]]> man mows
grass grows]]> <![CDATA[Consequence]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27475.html Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:59:31 +0000 matsunosuperfan]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27475.html Consequence

The one I love 
has died. Today, 
that’s a useful lie. 

But one day
it will be the truth
and I won’t know why.]]> Consequence

The one I love 
has died. Today, 
that’s a useful lie. 

But one day
it will be the truth
and I won’t know why.]]> <![CDATA[Summer Walk]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27473.html Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:46:39 +0000 Wjames]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27473.html two large knapsacks
with thin black straps to bulge
your red, racking neck to the left
of home.]]> two large knapsacks
with thin black straps to bulge
your red, racking neck to the left
of home.]]> <![CDATA[Haiku (It's never enough!)]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27457.html Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:20:57 +0000 matsunosuperfan]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27457.html It’s never enough! I cry,
watching the kitten move a q-tip
in and out of my shoe.]]> It’s never enough! I cry,
watching the kitten move a q-tip
in and out of my shoe.]]> <![CDATA[Pond]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27428.html Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:16:03 +0000 BryanF]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27428.html sitting on a stagnant pond.
Mama, get the gun.]]> sitting on a stagnant pond.
Mama, get the gun.]]> <![CDATA[Kirchoff]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27421.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:41:37 +0000 dukealien]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27421.html
Coming home each downslope must
be bought back and
each hard-earned up-slope spent.

Iambic, yeah, so sue me...  Tongue 
]]>
Coming home each downslope must
be bought back and
each hard-earned up-slope spent.

Iambic, yeah, so sue me...  Tongue 
]]> <![CDATA[Distemper]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27420.html Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:26:07 +0000 Wjames]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27420.html your paint through a sieve.

Paint the base flamingo:
velvet with potash, speckle blue.

Bathe and dress for brunch in Celestùn:
open toe linens, vertical stripe mimosas,
lavender cream.]]> your paint through a sieve.

Paint the base flamingo:
velvet with potash, speckle blue.

Bathe and dress for brunch in Celestùn:
open toe linens, vertical stripe mimosas,
lavender cream.]]> <![CDATA[Utz]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27416.html Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:53:04 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27416.html
          Only
 Basic    3      Ingredients


Potatoes, Poison (of three or more possibilities), Salt
OK

Things are going wrong;
then AI comes along.
Things are still wrong:
that's okay,
we have AI to blame It on. . . .]]>
          Only
 Basic    3      Ingredients


Potatoes, Poison (of three or more possibilities), Salt
OK

Things are going wrong;
then AI comes along.
Things are still wrong:
that's okay,
we have AI to blame It on. . . .]]> <![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.]]>