Tanka/Limerick/Haiku

Your War-My War (Tanka)

Last night Vietnam/
Iraq and Afghanistan/
humid difference.
I’m in a Roman Legion/
following foot-paths in time.

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G.I. (Limerick)

I joined before DADT/
3 years in the U S Army.

You say; was the bullet straight or gay?/
that hit-me that day.

T’was a Gay bullet, the one with/
the pink tippy.

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Eye Candy (Haiku)

Hard bodies in view/
enclosed in empty T-shirts/
quicken pace of pulse.

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Puma/2010

Copyright:2010/Tony Puma
‘Voices in my head, verses to be read’.

Birthday-2010

“Don’t get old, ye”,
my father told me.

Life is hard, we come to know,
the body creaks, and you’re in tow.

The trick is for the spirit to soar,
to places secret, and open doors.

So, I pass another year,
and wishes of birthday cheer.

I am not ready for Hell or Heaven,
and look forward to 2011.


Puma/MMX