chaos we’ve embraced
ignoring all predictions
they saw it coming!
prepared, they had already dug their holes
it turns out we’re the bad guys
but that we’ve always known
propaganda will not win this war, and our winter is coming soon
no one notices
the autumnal leaves falling
with small silent bombs
hostages
held
in helicopters
a message must be
sent, so they
shoot the white girl first
Written for the Chimeric Poetry Scavenger Hunt – a Mosaic Haiku:
the 1st stanza is a Zappai or Senryu, 5-7-5
the 2nd is a Kimo, 10-7-6
the 3rd an American Sentence, 17
the 4th a traditional Haiku having a seasonal word, 5-7-5
the 5th is a Pi-ku 3-1-4
the 6th is a Lune 5-3-5
and, once again, utilising Punam’s dVerse prompt, which asked us to use opening lines from books as closing lines to poems. This one is “They shoot the white girl first,” from Paradise by Toni Morrison.
Today’s Daily Stoic poem:
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Shaun this is fabulous!! You made it feel very cohesive! And this is a powerful poem…
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Thanks Val 🙏 I enjoyed writing this one.
Can you give me a link to this year’s prompts. I will take a look and see if I get any inspiration from them 👍
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https://murisopsis.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/looking-to-scavenge-the-month/ this is the NPM for this year…
Last October’s Scavenger Hunt is https://murisopsis.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/looking-to-slide-into-seasonal-change/
The next scavenger hunt will be in October…
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Thank you. 🙏 I knew I’d come across them before but got consumed with GloPoWriMo prompts. Some of these look interesting. Last October’s didn’t grab me so much. I really liked the challenge of mashing up forms from this particular Scavenger Hunt.
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There will be a new one in Oct 26… I’m working on putting it together!
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Oh, my! What a powerful write, Shaun! That last line seems meant for your verse. 👏🏼👏🏼
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Thanks Punam 🙏 It’s such a strong line that it needed something shocking to end up there.
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