CINQUAIN "Price of Prying Too Far (2026)"

 

Price of Prying Too Far (2026)

by Richard H. Fay

Summon
Beings eldritch; 
Learn lore esoteric;
Pay a price most exorbitant — 
Your soul.

SCIFAIKU "Servo Motors Whirr"

 

servo motors whirr
titanium jaws gape
cyberdragon roars

SCIFAIKU/HORRORKU "Entwined Bines"

 

Found an old unused scifaiku/horrorku that I thought I would share. This time, I'm sharing the old work as-is, with no changes: 
entwined bines
thorns snare human prey
plantimal feasts

POEM "Time Flows"

 

Time Flows

By Richard H. Fay

Time flows past,
A mighty river
Rolling along,
Carrying off days
As dead logs adrift.

Small boats caught
In the unstoppable rush,
We all are swept along,
Neither rudder nor oar
Ever changing our course.

The quickening current,
The hastening waterway,
Carries lives downstream
Toward an inevitable end;
All entering the same sea.

FANTASY HAIKU "Bright Crystal Palace"

Background above detail from image by Manfred Antranias Zimmer from Pixabay. Free for use under the Pixabay Content License.

bright crystal palace

gleams beneath dark waves

dragon king court

 

POEM "Birthday"

 

Background above digital manipulation of image by diapicard from Pixabay. Free for use under the Pixabay Content License.

 Birthday

By Richard H. Fay

A year older,
A year wiser
(or so I hope).
A year older,
A year bolder
(or so I trust).
A year older,
A year shrewder
(or so I think).
A year older,
A year wasted
(or so I fear).
A year older,
A year more jaded
(or so it seems).
A year older,
A year nearer death
(Or so I dread).

POEM "The Criminal Artist"

 

The Criminal Artist

By Richard H. Fay

The government pronounced him a villain;
The media roared he's a threat to peace;
The posters proclaimed him a miscreant;
The neighbors cried he's a risk to order; 
The officers declared him an outlaw;
All because he dared express art freely.