The Mezunian

Die Positivität ist das Opium des Volkes, aber der Spott ist das Opium der Verrückten

So Shriveled, So Faded ( Una foschia secolare )

So shriveled, so faded, the sick sliver o’ a crescent. All the adults present pass, minds & eyes straight on the streets ’head. ¿& why shouldn’t they be? ¿What have they up there to see that they haven’t seen already? But I keep staring up @ you, as if ’twere still the 1st time, e’en […]

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Mordor in My Neighborhood

Note: If one were to ask me my favorite character in Lord of the Rings, ’twould have to be the place o’ Morder in all its beautifully-described ugliness. The scent of petrol & warm rain ~ Middle March.

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Eriador in My Neighborhood

Note: as usual, there was a delay ’tween the publication o’ this haiku & its inspiring event ( the time @ which I, unfortunately ’gain, forgot to bring my camera ) — hence the dissonance ’tween “middle march” & this publication date. Also, I know Eriador is low lands — ’twas the least inaccurate comparison […]

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Spring Sunset Haiku

On the road home from groceries, our poet encountered a sunrise… Occhio per occhio rende tutto il mondo cieco No photos 🙁 ~ camera hibernates deep in spring. Tramonto in marzo… il tempo sicuramente vola Spring sunset ~ its sexiness is always ending. Suonare sullo sfondo Mountains whose orange is a bit grayer in the […]

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