Pumpkin Guy

by Wayne Wysocki

A Jack-o-Lantern, it's said,
Had the brain scooped out of his head;
     He was only as bright
     As the dim candle light,
But boy was he handsome instead!

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki. Art by Barbara A. Lane

X-Factors

by Wayne Wysocki

Hello, my darling variable,
'Tis me, your dear unknown.
How'd you like to take a chance?
You'd not be all alone.

We'd make a fine equation;
'Twould equal none we've known.
Just you, my darling variable,
And me, your dear unknown.

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki
Art by Geralt

One Down (haiku)

by Wayne Wysocki

al-Baghdadi dead
Donald Trump proudly boasting
ISIS regrouping

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki

A Trip to the Orient

by Wayne Wysocki

A poppy is pretty and bright
And its juice is so far out of sight
    That the smoke in a den
    Full of dirty old men
Makes all of them high as a kite.

Copyright © 2019 Wayne Wysocki