mokos-ku

short form poetry for short form attention spans

[mokos-ku]

Day 11 healing / garden

summer heat

tending the roses

after the biopsy

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Day 10 thunder / home

thunderclap

loud enough

to rattle the dishes

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Day 9 sun / workshop

blacksmith’s dilemma

the summer sun

as hot as the forge

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Day 8 fire / beach

gathered round

a forbidden fire

sound of waves

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Day 7 brave / night

afraid of the dark

the pup hovers

near the porch light

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Day 6 war / festival

mortar fire

the young soldiers cheer

at the display

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Day 5 beauty/ forest

deep in the rainforest

amidst the undergrowth

passing fairies

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Day 4: horse/field

summer afternoon

the horse wanders far

from the barn

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Day 3 plants/river

stalking the shore

among the reeds—

bittern

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Day 2 family/clearing

my son

watching ants

at the picnic

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Day 1 stars/cave

fireflies—

this night

so many stars

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dinosaurs in love—

the pigeon struts

around his mate

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afternoon rain

does not relieve the heat—

drifting clouds

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July afternoon

even the bees

seem listless

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the box fan

has lost its charm

heat wave

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summer nights

spent at my grandparents’—

the noise of the fan

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this morning

same as any other

and yet