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“Ignored Him-A-Cane Detritus” Tanka 309

Soft, silent statues

seen through mucked glass and worse eyes

‘mache’ or bad light?

Hiding behind the ‘dumpstuff’

a week past due for pickup.

October 17, 2016October 18, 2016 by richwrapper Categories: City, Commentary, J Richards, Poem, Poetry, Recycle, Tanka, TrashTags: Already paid taxes and monthly utilities, As City-County Feud To Fund Its pickup, But that's not germane to the sculpted mounds, Hurricane Trash waits in sculptured silence 2 Comments

“Eat’em While They Tart!”

so-tart muscadines:

gotta gett’em early ‘fore

they turn awful – sweet!

August 19, 2016August 19, 2016 by richwrapper Categories: Bench, J RichardsTags: befvore they turn sweet, eat 'em when tart, grapes, Muscadines

“City Streetside Bench”

City bench: air dry .

The walk breeze bereft, sweatwet

but I beat sunrise!

August 19, 2016August 19, 2016 by richwrapper Categories: Bench, Breeze, City, Dawn, Haiku, J Richards, Poem, PoetryTags: air dry, beating sunrise!, breeze bereft and sweatwet, Sanford city streetside bench

“The Glory of Self-Education”

Lean back on this bench

and, Eureka! find some shade!

A self-taught marvel!

August 19, 2016August 19, 2016 by richwrapper Categories: City, Education, Haiku, J RichardsTags: city streenside bench, Self-taught, Shade-seeker