Conflagration

they did it and did it
all too well
an instant of whim – a decision
and then - decimation
stupid, stupid men
build it all up then tear it down
again and, again and
again

© Perle Champion 2007

Poems in Ten Words

Bow
Obelisk, obelus icon
pylon reached – breached
faceless god fled – gone.

Desert
Meridies – cloaked
Xerophyte – Dew kiss gone
Xeric store – Xylem stash.

Drink
Maenadic maven quaffed
vines blood – divine rite
chasing night’s flight.

En Garde
Quixotic quodlibet
magic surreal encounter
Windwhipped flame
eternal, finite quest.

Poet
Poets doomed, entombed
prize covered coffin
mind soar – heart sore.

Encore
Pygmalion, Pinnocchio, Daneel,
Data
Micro whirring chips
soulless memory speaks

© Perle Champion
First Published in Birmingham Weekly, Birmingham, AL
The Poetry Issue