Tag: ant

• I could have 
  carried it if 
  I was still an ant
  
  
  
  once whispered 
  the city dispersed
  into luminous filaments
  
  
  
  a week away somewhere
  then 
  the miracle of the sponge

  (First published in World Haiku 2026.)

  April 14, 2026

  city, ant, sponge, world haiku, filaments

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• Remember to

  Forget what you know sit softly
  lulled by the sound of hundreds of
  pens simultaneously writing down
  your mistakes think of clouds
  over that chasm you love

  Forget the ad that is following you
  keep sharpening your teeth into points
  we’ll see if we can find a knife and a few

  layers of breathable fabric as you
  start off stinging wind your boot brittle
  grass bright crunch beneath

  Forget it and start again don’t think of pathogens
  the tickle in your throat give the pills a chance

  outside flashes of red flowers one ant
  carries his scrap of stone down into the dark

  September 9, 2021

  ant, chasm, clouds, forget, grass, pens, remember, teeth

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