Brevity

Inter-City Intercession

Poetry by K.HartlessJanuary 7, 2022January 7, 2022

A New 45

Poetry by K.HartlessDecember 12, 2021December 12, 2021

Poetry by K.HartlessDecember 1, 2021December 1, 2021

Meditative Monk-Inkblot Poetry

I penned this brevity for a contest last year about this same time. It was a great exercise to try and write a 50-word response using one of Rorschach’s Inkblots as inspiration, so I extend this challenge to you. Pick a blot and see what follows. Be sure to link your creations to my post […]

A Gnome’s Home

Poetry by K.HartlessSeptember 30, 2021

Seaside Undressing

Poetry by K.HartlessAugust 7, 2021

Poetry by K.HartlessJuly 31, 2021August 1, 2021

Suzanne

Traveling the past few days, skipping time zones, but this week’s Flashback Friday Track #27 asks us to tell about a walk you went on, or would like to go on. Well, this is more of a picnic in the past, but I can imagine the walk getting there. It’s inspired by Cohen as well. […]

Hay-Fever Haiku

Poetry by K.HartlessApril 30, 2021October 29, 2021

Fresh Finds by K.HartlessApril 20, 2021October 29, 2021

Overhauled

Bulldozers remodel neighbor’s home, fallen timbers unforgiven. Pot-bellied men pin and tuck saggy bits, resurfacing structure. Gaudy new facade exposes more faults than it conceals. Happy NaPoWriMo Day20. Today’s prompt is to write a new poem form for me called a Sijo. This is a traditional Korean poetic form. Like the haiku, it has three […]

Poetry by K.HartlessMarch 11, 2021March 11, 2021

A New Constellation

A new constellation was born last night.It tore the skin on the sky.Ripped it really,before bursting free into the void,no longer sheltered in the womb of nebula. Will its brightness matteramong the other countless dotsthat splatter the dead sky?Or did the higher power’s paintbrushsimply get a bit too weton its way to glossing another masterpiece? […]

Fresh Finds by K.HartlessMarch 9, 2021

TWT—Driving Delusion

Prompt: Fantasy Toes shovel sand amidst the ocean’s endless highway. Unscalable cliffs shield our lucky combinations; I press the window up, silence.

Ephemera by K.HartlessFebruary 9, 2021February 9, 2021

TWT-A Custom Cut

Today’s Prompt: Memory Sliced or Diced?Up to you.Mince pleasure. Portion pain. Welcome to Custom Cut Memory Chain; Bring us your brain!

TWT-The Deeper the Fall

Ephemera by K.HartlessFebruary 2, 2021October 5, 2021

Double Sunset

Poetry by K.HartlessJanuary 28, 2021January 28, 2021

Poetry by K.HartlessJanuary 20, 2021March 11, 2021

Modern Haiku #1

A Recent Rash of Haiku In a tub of fogthe light shrivels and hope shrinks;Plato pulls the plug. Time craves strict endings–Best let your life simmer asit will be consumed. Protect yourself fromhates harmful undercurrents;ride the changing tide. Black lives must matter;starve hatred and prejudiceto achieve King’s dream. The past is snakeskin;slough the parasites that […]