1001 - The Door

Haiku Horizons prompt : Door.

The Door

Starting a new year—

Birthdays can be like a door:

A new room beckons.

Rearrange the chairs,

Tidy up the mantelpiece,

Make yourself at home.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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1000 - My Word!

Haiku Horizons prompt: light

My Word!

The word of the day—

Lucifer, bringer of light.

Well, I never knew!

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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999 - A Particular Bent

Sunday Scribblings 2 prompt: bent

A Particular Bent

A fellow who shagged in a tent

Found his member distressingly bent.

He set to completing 

His genital meeting

But rather than cumming, he went.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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998 - The Second Estate

Three Word Wednesday requires participants

to use the three words of the week in a composition.

The words this week are: 

raspy, shifty, painful

The Second Estate

They give us unctuous, shifty lies

And we lap them up, whole.

Not raspy, these are silky smooth—

Words that paint a tromp l’oeil

To fool,

Fool in a hope that you’ll

Approve

Of their deceptive act.

They get rich by this enterprise

And that’s a painful fact.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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997 - Fox in the Hen House.

Haiku Horizons prompt - cold

Fox in the Hen House.

“It is not man-made”

New view on a heated topic.

Cold comfort, indeed.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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996 - Alone in Berlin

Alone in Berlin

The power of words:

Alternative facts, posted,

Passive aggressive.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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995 - If it ain’t bust…

Mad Kane poses a regular limerick challenge.

The key word this week is ‘bust’.

If it ain’t bust…

A lady with a magnificent bust

Caused several young fellows to lust.

But sadly her cleavage 

Was just a deceivage—

A terrible betrayal of their trust.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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994 - But Hollow

Three Word Wednesday requires participants

to use the three words of the week in a composition.

The words this week are: 

Mischievous, Nod & Obedience.

But Hollow.

Nice hair,

Pretty face,

But hollow.

A sock puppet

For the mischievous right,

The malevolent might,

Of the God set,

Who expect nothing 

But obedience

And compliance

With their bookish views

Of what is news

Of who they abuse

Of mostly don’ts

But occasional do’s.

With a deferential nod

To these darlings of God

He steps into the lights…

Nice hair,

Pretty face.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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993 - Fearful Revelations

Poet’s United Midweek Motif: Fear

Fearful Revelations

A simple life trick:

Watch when people threaten you—

They use what they fear.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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