Ornery Poetry Sunday: Wildfires

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Image from the Lamar Ledger 17 August 2020

https://www.lamarledger.com/2020/08/17/colorado-wildfire-update-august-17-williams-fork-grizzly-creek/

such a hot day

my shadow needs to cool down

under the willow

smoky haze filling the sky

world is burning around me

~cie~

notes

The Hokku (three-line stanza) is © Kyoshi Takahama (1874-1958). The Ageku (two-line stanza) was written by me.

I am well to the northeast of where the above image was taken, but there are wildfires all over the state. We are surrounded by haze. 

https://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2020/08/carpe-diem-tan-renga-wednesday-17.html

I will likely never publish this work in any collection. But who knows for sure?

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Ornery Poetry: A Truly Dangerous Tanka

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the threat of venom

from those who slither legless

fear in man rises

but those who walk on two legs

cause much greater destruction

~cie~

Haiku My Heart

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notes

The snake pictured is a harmless grass snake. It is non-venomous. Yet many people would kill it on sight.

The Icky, Sticky, Nit-Picky Legalese, if You Please (Or Don't Please)

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Ornery Haiku: Super Flower Moon

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https://www.schoolhos.com/super-flower-moon-may-2020-super-flower-full-moon-on-may-7/

through parted curtains

gold in partly cloudy sky

super flower moon

~cie~

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Ghost Town Grover Sez:

"Back in my minin' days, I loved ter see a big ole golden moon in the sky whilst lazin' 'round a campfire enjoyin' a swig of whiskey or a few with the fellers. But the thing I loved to see most was a big ole golden nugget down in the mine!"

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Cactus Clem Sez:

"One of my most favorite things in all the wide world is takin' a stroll on a spring night with the full moon shinin' down on the Lone Prairie. 'Specially if I got a big ole jug of White Lightnin' to swig on now and again."

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