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Hardtack Rat

Gnawing on Life One Bite at a Time

  • January 28, 2023

    MicroPoem 28

    After four and thirty years You’re still nowhere near Action nor relationship

  • January 27, 2023

    MicroPoem 27

    MicroPoem 27

    To our surprise, as well as theirs, A robot brought out food on tiers. It even played music for a birthday!

  • January 26, 2023

    MicroPoem 26

    MicroPoem 26

    Photo by Praveen kumar Mathivanan on Unsplash The lights beep slow, blink, then stare After I’m aware of this sudden dark room

  • January 25, 2023

    MicroPoem 25

    MicroPoem 25

    This weird tree grows in Lake Number Five A breeze gently bleeds wavelets while Gum balls litter the land and water

  • January 24, 2023

    MicroPoem 24

    MicroPoem 24

    Photo by Ricky Davis on Unsplash Leaves putt putt putt along Wind blows ripples on the water And a fish, to the surface, draws near

  • January 23, 2023

    MicroPoem 23

    MicroPoem 23

    Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash I got into some backroad That went up, then went down It twisted left and curved around Thank God I didn’t want to be found

  • January 22, 2023

    MicroPoem 22

    MicroPoem 22

    Has anyone ever thought something dying can be so magnificent!?

  • January 22, 2023

    MicroPoem 21

    MicroPoem 21

    Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash Has a scientist ever said to another, I wonder, “We must experiment endlessly, of course, as time allows.”

  • January 20, 2023

    MircoPoem 20

    MircoPoem 20

    Photo by Juliana on Unsplash Brick-faced walls; I would have stalled To view their dispositions

  • January 19, 2023

    MicroPoem 19

    MicroPoem 19

    58 steps on the Little Rock side The number of locks? Who has the time? I count steps; how ’bout you Going up and down, also through Keep up with me on the Junction “Lock” Bridge On the other side there’s fifty-six But identify the markings etched Whether in the locks or bridge

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