faux • ku (n.) [foe-KOO] a counterfeit poem styled after the most prevalent anglophone adaptation of a traditional Japanese verse form
1
My slim volume of
sensitive verse: Still Life with
Pangs and Box of Wine
2
A bird in the hand
invites extra scrutiny
from the TSA.
3
My passport photo
looks like my young self after
a night of drinking.
4
Kitchen dwarves: Greasy,
Crusty, Sticky, Slimy, Charred,
Moldy, and Expired
5
Euphony must be
why we meet for Sunday brunch
but never for blunch.
6
I shot the sheriff
and ended up on YouTube
with twelve million views.
7
Noah built an ark.
He filled it with animals.
The neighbors complained.
8
He’s from a small town
where everyone knows his name
for the wrong reasons.
9
A murder of crows.
A greed of bankers. A run
of depositors.
10
poetry snowmelt
infused with a memory
of mourning dove tracks
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Ha ha ha! These are hilarious. I agree, euphony is probably impossible with a mouthful of eggs Benedict Cumberbwunch.
One of my passport photos was so bad that when I was flying back from Rome, the customs agent (or whatever he was) said, "You are not ugly, but this photo--" and he shook his head.
And one of my driver's license photos made me look like I'd had a beatific vision, or was high.