Writer’s Block by Adam Dustus
Posted in Image Poetry with tags Blog, dustus, image poem, One Shot Wednesday, One Stop Poetry, photograph, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry online, writer's block on October 19, 2010 by dustusThe Greatest Puppet Show on Earth
Posted in Blog, Poetry, writing with tags art, dustus, Jeremiah 10:5, Poetry, scarecrow, short poem on July 18, 2019 by dustusIt’s not scaring some crows
Chest bursting hay overstuffed
With corncob pipe gorilla glued to mouth
And wicker stray sun hat shielding
Stone eyes drooping from gravity
Above spineless flaccid neck
Duct-tapped to habit
Fastened to half a severed telephone pole
Bleached to the very straw from sun
Whitewashing chest & wrist hairs
Standing guard to another autumnal harvest
Upright, an endless stolid sentry
Weathered, crop-dusted, surveyed, speculated
Quiet spectacle to fly buzz,
Mosquitoes swirling hover sounds,
–As well as seemingly undetected
Electronic bugs observing the growing rows
and electronic bugs, & electronic bugs
Becoming Bait
Posted in Poetry with tags art, bait, catfish, dustus, fishing expedition, M*A*S*H, old chum, poetic form, sestet, Shadorma, Spain on July 17, 2019 by dustusCatfish reeled
Flops gasping on deck
Ship hands watch…
Fish eyes stare….
Captain pierces catch with spear
Tops off chum bucket
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Shadorma is a 6 line poem (sestet) of Spanish descent with no set rhyme scheme. The shadorma is a syllabic poem with the following structure: 3/5/3/3/7/5
Prelude to The Haymaker
Posted in Blog, Poetry, writing with tags dustus, Haiku, Japan, poetic form, short poem, storm, stormy weather on July 11, 2019 by dustusLightning flash shoves cloud
Swirling wind scythes foam, sea roars
Thunder booms kick start
The Human Drive
Posted in Poetry with tags art, Atlantic Ocean, dustus, Dustus Blog, peace, short poem on July 10, 2019 by dustusI’ll sit & watch…
The smooth gentle sway
Of dune grass ruffled wind
Feel old fear
Melt through waves
—Warming blood & skin
I sense the ocean calling here
That conscience sound within
A love that seldom seems to fly
When driven to just live
Target of Crossfire
Posted in Poetry, writing with tags art, Blog, damage, devastation, disaster, dustus, Haiku, Internet, Japan, life, poetic form, short poem on June 27, 2019 by dustusHurricane like bomb
Razed home we found, framed, & wired
—In tent bullets rain
