Author Archives: JJJ Interactive Books

Cracks

Such a beautiful building you once wereHost to many a partyHome to many a familyI must remind myself Don’t dwell on what has passed awayYou were not all perfectionHost to many a tragedyHome to many a suffererI must remind myselfThere is a crack, a crack in everythingDisrupting the very foundation of existenceThat’s how the lightContinue reading “Cracks”

A Haibun: Supine

Midsummer afternoon. Trees whisper in the breeze. The breeze brings the scent of flowers. The flowers feed colorful insects cavorting under a wondrous sky. A sky viewed from the blanket on which I lie supine. Midsummer eveningA cloudless sky overheadSupine under stars Prompted by dVerse host De’s Quadrille #182: Are You Pining for Poems? andContinue reading “A Haibun: Supine”

Impartiality?

Does impartiality exist given our unconscious biases? It seems even our best intentions are sabotaged.* * * Sorry Sammi, I couldn’t stop here… Fiduciary? You say you have an insurance claim?We’ll be happy to take your (recorded) statement Impartiality is our middle name(Unless you require a hefty payment).Your house was destroyed? A bad injury?Maybe youContinue reading “Impartiality?”

Monarch

I planted Milkweed in my garden this spring and today saw my first Monarch – so exciting! According to the U.S. Forest Service, “[t]he monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration as birds do,” traveling as far as 3000 miles south to their winter homes in Mexico and southern California. ItContinue reading “Monarch”

Collective We

Let’s rid the world of miseryAn awful place, don’t you agree?Now let me just enlighten theeTo change the way the world you seeThe worthy are the “collective we”Enforcing how things ought to beWe will not tolerate the [s]heWhose point of view is contraryUnworthyA few little lies is all it takesTo be the victors of thisContinue reading “Collective We”