THE WAR SERIES

Horror On The Horizon

by Dorna Hainds

Dystopian moon
Shines on fluttering Peace flag
Waves of trampled skulls

Conflicted Society

Co-written with Anita Lubesh As It Comes

Dystopian moon
Casts fine ribbon rainbow lies
Silver shadow rule

WHEN YOU TOUCH ME

Soft moans illicit
Steely erection of prick
Towel rubs his senses

MORNING RUSH

Catching her schoolgirl face
as she comes close, we kiss –
for longer than anytime else.
Youth rebels and wants
drown her in kisses
and rivers of tongue.
The school bus approaches,
I kick gravel, grumbling
and sit beside her to steal another kiss.

STEP BY STEP

Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines.

Collapsed
bullet-riddled
crying soldiers anxious
breathlessly waiting setting sun
freedom

JUSTICE FOR ALL

Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines.

Furies
dedicated
blessed handmaidens of war
procurers of peace and glory
order

OCEAN’S MISTRESS

Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines.

Sirens
waltzing on ebb
swaying, spinning, chanting
inebriated as Furies
wistful

GHOSTWRITER

Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines.

Lowly
grinning specter
pitiful, strolling soul
battered, deteriorating
in vain