Poems and Tweets

I haven’t been very active on this website for the past few months until earlier this week, but I have posted some shorter poems to Twitter in that absence. I wanted to share some of those here.

The same compound that causes lovely petrichor
also makes beets taste like dirt.

I’m still not sure if I believe that the presence of pain
makes pleasure seem sweeter.

— Joy (@yellowbrickave) May 17, 2022

The stars take care of themselves.

Do not worry about them so,
silly, pensive girl.#15wordspoet prompt: #pensive

— Joy (@yellowbrickave) May 19, 2022

Rearview sunset
and a million miles to go.
I’ve been driving toward my apartment
and away from my home.

— Joy (@yellowbrickave) May 28, 2022

swallow pride
with a spoonful of sugar
garden lessons

— Joy (@yellowbrickave) May 31, 2022

Don’t fear. Come and hear
the
siren’s soothing voice.#VIVpoem prompt: #voice

— Joy (@yellowbrickave) June 1, 2022

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