SILENCE
Introvert
or not, I still need
to talk with
those I love.
I’ve learned, for me, silence is
not always golden.
2017-04-06
P. Wanken
Written for Poetic Asides 10th Annual Poem A Day Challenge – Day 6
My Own Periodic Elements
MY OWN PERIODIC ELEMENTS
A migraine
and lower-back pain
(like clockwork)
are met with
ice packs, heating pad, Midol®
and (yes) chocolate.
2017-04-05
P. Wanken
Written for Poetic Asides 10th Annual Poem A Day Challenge – Day 5
Cobalt
COBALT
blue marble
spins as it rotates
‘round yellow
ball of fire.
Elemental connections:
fire, earth, air, water.
2017-04-05
P. Wanken
Written for Poetic Asides 10th Annual Poem A Day Challenge – Day 5
Now Showing: Serial Killers
NOW SHOWING: SERIAL KILLERS
With the addition of prequels,
what had once been the
beginning,
is now
the
end.
2017-04-04
P. Wanken
Written for Poetic Asides 10th Annual Poem A Day Challenge – Day 4
The Opposite Of Love
THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE
is not hate
it’s
indifference
2017-04-03
P. Wanken
Written for Poetic Asides 10th Annual Poem A Day Challenge – Day 3
* a quote by Elie Wiesel, formatted as a “found poem” in the form of a PiKu
