neth jones

neth jones 3d

dog days
a murdered child's
        spoiled remains
   muddy the reservoir
soiled
the tap water  must be filtered
    for years to come
                in memoriam

13/07/25 original notes
03/08/25 these notes and above version
a murdered child’s remains
spoiled the reservoir one summer
we filter our tap water

#****** #water #summer #tragedy #community #sadness #child

neth jones 4d

little opposing ditties

of the human race ? we mistake our place and
perhaps that's the throttle of our mystery

for what it's worth i am of this earth and the
earth itself has a birth in me

taken from Prompt 1

#brevity #ditty #silly #humans #mystery

neth jones 5d

1010 0

beautiful morning
    amber filtered . . .
                      with the forest fire smog
it's fine   don't worry
    it's been carried a great distance
                 to reach our city
a slight itchiness to the eyes
a slight betrayal      with breathing being
                                    a little harsh for some
beautiful morning
        teased branches
                       their tinsel shadows
               and a warm rustle

01/08/25version above
NOTES FROM 22/07/25 :
beautiful morning shadows/of teased branches/tinsel shadows/and warm rustle

Haiku version :
an amber morning
teased branches tinsel shadows
a warm rustling

#forest #fire #smoke #smog #amber #beauty #city #summer #shadows

neth jones Jul 30

patient pending

how does so much blue distance fit
               in this one small room ?
patient expanding their realm
         exploring a clinical landscape
glacial peace from within

from 26/07/25 c9nr32

#patients #hospital #care #health #recovery

neth jones Jul 29

r i s k

a harmful charm
an armed risk to the head
a villainous thing . . . a book
i puruse the shelves of Alexandria
i wanna read something mad  loose  and youth
       willing  and ego  and naturally skilled
something that hasn't been
                                      untaught to behave
i'm in need of a black market guide
         and a really tall ladder
i have a desperate need
       to trigger a brain reaction

- taken from SHORTS III. original version 11/24

#library #reading #books #literature #muse #challenge #risk #banned

neth jones Jul 18

m a t c h b o o k . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.
do you feel it ?
like an empty unhaunted room
      with the night fooled
                                 it's curtains drawn ?
like a forrest
          extinguished of creature sound ?
   do i feel like my child feels
                      like when he is sad or neutral
      or pondering the number of his age  (5)
or figuring how to tell us he broke a thing
or to brag
      about his new favourite discovery ?

do i feel as nature
              ( for surely that is unavoidable ) ?
or like a forgotten astronaut
                                                  (later  to be noted in song) ?
               whatever i feel
            it's some kind of exploratory action
that's always the way, isn't it ?
                                                  a 'goddy' thing

i feel like i'd rather not feel
              i know fear explored provides reward
     but i habitually drivel information
    and check in   inflamed   on habit patterns

29/06/25 - earlier version

#feelings #queries #readings #patterns #human #child #explore #thought

neth jones Jul 17

s i d e - s e a - s a l a d

berating the fish for breeze / randy on the shore
a casualty of the seaside seas
                                 they preach until they bore ;
the gulls and their crustaceans / tide and tale
but no end of their frustrations
                              light up the slick of oil
and bathe the night
    maddened with acceleration

#surreal #beach #experimental #sea #shore #gulls #destruction #oil #environment #pollution