Zugzwang

Leman, you
are alligated to
my whim, my
gest, my plight
where I sit narrator and
you protagonist.

Leman (noun)

A lover or sweetheart. An illicit lover, especially a mistress.

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Alligate

To attach; bind.

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Gest

A tale of adventures; especially : a romance in verse,  adventure, exploit

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Shadorma: a Spanish 6-line syllabic poem of 3/5/3/3/7/5 syllable lines respectively.

Ruins Reborn

Ruthless
Shambolic dance
Leaves sprout, small buds, birdsong
Rendition of spring against man’s
Hubris

Shambolic (adjective)

Very disorganized; messy or confused

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Hubris (noun)

1. Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance. 2. A strong belief in a person’s own importance

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Rendition (noun)

The act or result of rendering something: such as a performance or interpretation of something, depiction, translation, surrender; specifically, US law : the surrender by a state of a fugitive to another state charging the fugitive with a crime : interstate extradition

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Cinquain: Subject usually nature, mood energetic.  First line and last line mirror in sound.  5 lines, syllable counts: 2-4-6-8-2

Inspired by this picture from my trip to Cambodia:

Presidential

His swagger, his smile, his confidence,
precipitous ego, free of thought
and equable consciousness
is phlizz manifest.

Equable (adjective)

Unvarying, steady, and free from extremes

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Phlizz (noun)

Something apparently existing, or existing in name, but having no real substance; anything without meaning or value; a chimera.

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Precipitous (adjective)

Done rashly: acting too quickly and without sufficient thought. “Excessive spending caused the precipitous demise of the company.”

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Tanka: A single, unbroken 31 syllable sentence in 3-5 lines to highlight a turn or twist.

Negative Results

Leave a void, it will be filled.
We can predict and test precisely
With specificity deliver
Evidence concisely.

A smile or a glower
The effect we can measure
Upon the human brain
Turning joy to displeasure.

But this vortex you create
Pulling everything to your center
Why do you chose to be
A chaos inventor?

Glower (verb used without object)

To look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.

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Specificity (noun)

The condition or state of being specific rather than general.

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Vortex (noun)

Liquid or gas swirling in a spiral that sucks everything in or near it toward its center, a problem or situation that draws in everyone around it

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Sink or Swim

I called you wise, my trusted friend.
The advice you gave me, I clung to,
While I drowned, gulping water, you
Aloof threw down words to transcend.
Sensei, I pleaded, I don’t comprehend.
“To suffering, wisdom will accrue”
I called you wise.

It is only when I fully descend
Become an eolian avenue
Can I rise again, see myself anew
My mistake is unclouded, my friend:
I called you wise

Eolian (adjective)

Borne, deposited, produced, or eroded by the wind

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Manky (adjective)

Inferior; worthless.

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Sensei (noun)

A teacher, mentor, or a master in a field.

Wordsmith

Rondine: 12-line poem in 2 stanzas, 7 lines in the first stanza; 5 lines in the second. 8 or 10 syllables per line, except in the 7th and 12th lines which are a refrain of the opening phrase or word of the poem. Rhyme pattern: abbaabR/abbaR

Love’s Gauze

His stiction experiment
Dashed them together at night,
So through Astrolabe bokeh
His flaws blurred away

Astrolabe (noun

Any of various portable instruments formerly used for making astronomical measurements, esp. the altitudes of celestial objects, typically taking the form of a graduated metal disc with rotating parts and a sighting arm.

Oxford English Dictionary

Bokeh (noun)

The blurred effect in a photograph, typically as a soft out-of-focus background, that results in a pleasing effect and helps to draw attention to the subject of the photograph.

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Stiction (noun)

The force required to cause one body in contact with another to begin to move

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Dodoitsu: 4 lines with 7-7-7-5 syllables focused on love or work with a comical twist

When the Sun Dies (3 of 3)

My mettle defied by your licentious coup de grace of our love

Coup de grace (noun)

A deathblow or death shot administered to end the suffering of one mortally wounded; a decisive finishing blow, act, or event

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Licentious (adjective)

Promiscuous and unprincipled. Lacking moral discipline

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Mettle (noun)

The courage to carry on

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When the Sun Dies (1 of 3)

Evanescent fulgor, no room left for existential doubt

Evanescent (adjective)

Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing; Denoting a field or wave which extends into a region where it cannot propagate and whose amplitude therefore decreases with distance.

Lexico

Existential (adjective)

Of or relating to existence

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Fulgor (noun)

Splendor; brightness.

Wordsmith

Sijo: A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical.