Submissions by Josh (Joshua Bond)

POEMS AND SHORT STORIES

Poet Introduction

I write mainly poetry for the inner journey. I also have a feisty side-line of writing poetic commentaries on the war industry and politics & culture. "When power corrupts, poetry cleanses" (JFK, Oct 1963)
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Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th May 2022 9:41pm

Haiku/Senryu, Nr.07 — 2020-2030

The scaffolding will
come down but a frightening
wall will have been built.
 
 #politics   #TruthOfLife 
 #senryu   #historical 
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379 reads
10 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Apr 2022 8:09am

Villanelle Nr.22 — Languaridge Connspinnery

Villanelle Nr.22 — Languaridge Connspinnery
 #politics   #apocalypse   #PowerOfWords   #nonfiction   #NaPoWriMo2022 
491 reads
8 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Apr 2022 9:55pm

Villanelle Nr.21 — Advice to a Budding Tyrant

Villanelle Nr.21 — Advice to a Budding Tyrant
 #corruption   #violence   #politics   #rhyming   #TruthOfLife 
605 reads
11 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Feb 2022 7:28am

Haiku/Senryu, Nr.06 — Practice ...

... does not make perfect.    
Good, bad, right, wrong, true, untrue    
practice makes programmed.    
 
 #TruthOfLife   #senryu 
 #philosophical   #pandemic 
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582 reads
15 Comments
Josh
SELF POEM
Published
14th Jan 2022 4:56pm

Haiku/Senryu, Nr.05 — Poet's Blood

I am right-handed  
although in everything else  
I am left-handed.
 #identity   #TruthOfLife   #senryu   #SelfReflection   #karma 
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475 reads
13 Comments
Josh
SELF POEM
Published
14th Dec 2021 8:42pm

Haiku/Senryu, Nr.04 — Week-End

Bottle of wine lasts
two days however I drink
red but she drinks white.
 
 #marriage   #alcohol   #senryu 
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501 reads
11 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Nov 2021 10:48pm

Villanelle Nr.20 — Age Divergence

Villanelle Nr.20 — Age Divergence
 #love   #wife   #husband   #aging   #SelfDiscovery 
561 reads
12 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Jun 2021 11:49pm

Gogyoshi Poem, Nr.15 — Tech Disbelief

Gogyoshi Poem, Nr.15 — Tech Disbelief
 #technology   #environment   #religion   #philosophical   #TruthOfLife 
590 reads
17 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th May 2021 3:42pm

Villanelle Nr.19 — Woke

Villanelle Nr.19 — Woke
 #politics   #PowerOfWords   #philosophical 
900 reads
10 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Apr 2021 10:30pm

Villanelle Nr.18 — What Einstein Said

Villanelle Nr.18 — What Einstein Said
 #rhyming   #TruthOfLife   #historical 
782 reads
16 Comments
Josh
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Mar 2021 9:29am

Terzanelle Nr.05 — The Job

Terzanelle Nr.05 — The Job
 #dreams   #LifeAsAWriter 
 #WritingPoetry   #NaPoWriMo2021 
945 reads
11 Comments
Josh
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Mar 2021 10:17pm

Sixty Seconds of Spring

Sixty Seconds of Spring
 #inspirational   #flowers 
 #spring   #uplifting 
912 reads
12 Comments
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