Sleep, lying in dry river beds
Sold rapidly, buy the shore banks
Brains washed from corporate heads
Dried and neatly styled on fuel tanks
Rippled, ragged breaths of ashen air
Smog saturated sludge and stench
Precipitations drought and bare
Floating plastic water bottles’ island’s quench
External thermostat control is diplomatic
Hemisphere and atmosphere are fastened
Kings and Queens of trepid arid Earth
Dust harvests of genetically modified stock
I’m not going to pretend like I know all of the deepest and darkest intentions of the global committee of…
These "squibs" (another new term for me) are easy to digest and enjoy in the moment, but they tend to…
Very well said and a good reminder as I drink the first coffee of the day while waiting for the…
Fine work, Adam. You really do need to get into Chinese sounds, characters, and even tones to counteract whatever remains…
Lines 11 and 12 do need heavy revision. I would suggest the following, as a way to tighten them up:…
There is a sense of the surreal in this poem, and almost like a Dali or Magritte image painted (or in this case expressed) for our imagination, and all wrapped up in an environmental and placement contradiction. I enjoyed it. Thank you.