iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Story time around the fire pit; the sootsayers are blowing smoke. #poetry #poem #micropoetry

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Coming to grips with an apocalypse of meaning; suspecting and surmising, hard times on the horizon. #poetry #poems #micropoetry

061

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Hello everyone!" (Whoa, that's a lot of people...) "Goodbye everyone!" #poem #micropoetry #haiku #anxiety

070

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The dictator-tot is deep fried, it's a wonder they let him leave the kitchen, let alone go outside. #poetry #poems #micropoetry

070

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They supposed themselves upon the summit of some immaculate peak, at an untouchable height far above the 'unworthy' and 'weak,' selected by the holy pointer of the high divine, forever to endure prosper and shine; and for that reason they were bound to fall. #poetry #poems #micropoetry #elitism

051

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

'Whoopsie daisies,' Painted Ladies flutter round the shutter in spring, chasing one another, they flutter round the shutter, as I listen to the catbirds sing. #poetry #poems #micropoetry #spring #butterflies

051

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Praise, effusively heaped as tribute at the swollen feet of the pyrite tyrant. Supplicants speak in sequence, desperately delivering servile sermons full of fawning adulation. #poetry #poems #micropoetry #despotism

061

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Please don't disturb my concentration, I am creating a resume of embarrassment for later viewing. #poetry #poems #micropoetry

040

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Found footage near the mile marker; a mystery trailer, a missing hitchhiker. #poetry #poems #micropoetry #horror

040

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The light house keeper broke the fog bank with his new Fresnel lens, as the ship's lone officer watched with great interest. #poetry #poems #micropoetry

040

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The climate-aware real estate agent, speaking to a prospective buyer; "It's a fixer upper in the hills but look on the bright side, in a few years time this will all be ocean side!" #poetry #poems #micropoetry #climatechange

040

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Sorry, I can't come to the present right now, I am marinating in past failure. Please leave a message and I'll get back to you." #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

053

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It was a tall order for the solo barista, working alone when her thumb had a blister; so the espresso came largo. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #coffee

032

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dream dredging magnet fishers collecting coins from wishing well wishers. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

050

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

With all our might and righteous weight, we must turn this ship of state to port. When we take the wheel, it will be the plank for the captain and his court. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #seachange

020

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I am awake now... long past midnight in the dim red light of a pendant bulb gently swinging... like a submariner delving the depths intently listening to the sounds of the deep dark sea... scanning for friends scanning for threats on each dial degree... #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

030

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is one from a few years ago I wrote about the world going to shit. Since that point it seems like the cruelty, ignorance, and apathy has only gotten worse. We MUST change course, rapidly. #resist #protest #vote This is 'Tangled Up.' #poetry #poems #writing

Tangled Up

Beat down in the brush
on the fast track to desolation,
down in the undergrowth
waiting on the coup de grâce,
strange signs ahead of me,
leaves wilted
that should be green,
is this everything you'd imagined?

There are cracks in the dam
so many problems to fix,
feels like a house of cards
held up by matchsticks
as the wind blows in
hot and heavy.

The gears are in motion,
they don't want to hear
about love,
they paid for admission
now they wanna see blood;
they circle the ship,
they stalk the wounded mare.

Where is my pocket watch,
where did all the time go?
The pickings are slim,
how does your garden grow?

A tempest builds
within sight of the shore,
the smoke hangs heavy
behind tomorrow's door,
right is wrong,
down is up,
how the hell did things
get this
tangled up?

Now the rivers run dry
the hills on fire,
and the worlds gone mad
with selfish desire,
tell me how you hold water
with a broken cup,
how the hell did things
get so
tangled up?

@thebrashhermit.bsky.social

042

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Warlock Smith picked the arcane tower for the class reunion, casting fear over the wizard staff meeting. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #dnd

140

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The winds of change buffet the party's big tent from grassroots to canopy; with everything on the line, the stakes are high. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #politics

120

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Quintus' quixotic quest for a quorum, was but a fever dream in the fractured forum. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #alliteration #quorum

050

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

All a human mind could conceive or create, stripped of its novelty and its weight, drowned in a sea of recycled noise, humanity debased by the circuit board boys. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #AI #art

050

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The effluent of the affluent trickles downstream; polluting rivers of discourse. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #trickledown

040

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sage advice from the beat chef; increase the thyme signature, drop the G to an F-clef. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #music

050

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Palisades of parchment protect the pauper poet as he peddles his prose, aiming for the space between, 'from the heart' and 'on the nose.' #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #alliteration

040

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Obsequious orators opine, mercenary mouthpieces divide and malign, odious orchestrations unnaturally aligned. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #astroturfing

130

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A stones throw away from a rock and a hard place, reaching terminal velocity in his fall from grace. He's too broke to live, too young to die, praying for manna or a meteor to fall from the sky. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #failure

020

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In the space between giant leaves of forest green a blossom beckons #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #haiku

Photo: A yellow pumpkin blossom in full bloom between two large pumpkin leaves.

171

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This is a poem about the strange and tragic phenomenon of certain people in America repeatedly voting for politicians who directly harm them and their communities. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

Pavlovian partisans
with partitioned minds,
trained to see the world
within party lines,
who with dogged persistence
vote against their own existence,
have finally lived
to see their wishes fulfilled;
self-served poison suicide pills.

160

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Over the crest, now we're rolling down the hill, it seems we missed the feast, but got stuck with the bill. The air tastes like smoke, ever hotter shines the sun, we'll be paying for those 'good times' for many years to come. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #climatechange

160

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Can't slip past the keepers of the gate, until logic dictates a change in state, who controls the exit loop, controls the key to my escape. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #gatekeepers #algorithms

050

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Some days there are no words to speak, no songs to sing, there is just the dull ache of pain, and the indifferent forward march of time. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #depression

090

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Loophole detectives follow top-down directives, to bend the law to the furthest possible extent; nearest to that which it was written to prevent. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #corruption

150

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Warehouse #preachers sell 'salvation' wholesale, but you won't find god if you follow the money trail. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #televangelists

020

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

#Stereotype writers from the monoculture club are being widely panned as narrow band for saturating channels with white noise. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

050

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The normally placid priest became incensed, when he saw that someone had stolen the sacred scent, only to realize he’d loaned out the censer for Lent. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #incensed #emoetry

192

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Do not call a doctor if your introspection lasts more than four hours. It is not neurosis, you might just be a poet. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #introspection

020

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Her gimmick inadequate to capture attention, her tragedy too commonplace to monetize, unnoticed she drowns in a sea of ubiquity. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #tragedy

020

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Propaganda pipelines pump poison prodigiously, onto millions of screens where it is consumed religiously. Attention spans collapsing in a flood of distraction, we regress into a state of conscious contraction. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #propaganda

020

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

#Lifeless I lay, lost another day, stuck while the world keeps moving. “It’s pointless to try, you just weren’t meant to fly,” speaks the voice of doubt, all-consuming. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #emoetry

071

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Second-hand book smells of cigars and perfume, and for a time I am transported to an old study room; #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #emoetry #jolted

152

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

#Panopticon artists sell #privacy hedges to the hedge fund class, and for the rest of us? Life inside a prison with walls made of one-way glass. This is the state of a nation under constant observation. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

061

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

#Lonely words, standing alone, unaccompanied by sight or sound. Is it 'enough' anymore? For you? For 'them?' For me? #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

131

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

#Imperfection is natural, go look at the #trees; scarred yet standing, like you and me. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

A foggy river bend overgrown on both sides.

171

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Sullen faces worn by #stress, don't have to speak yet still confess; "no room to breathe, no time to rest." #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

050

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Headlights passing on a #dark country road, each one wondering where the other one goes. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry #vss365 #prompt

0122

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

"If you don't like it leave it," speaks the status quo, that never wants to change, evolve, or grow. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

050

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I originally wrote this one years ago and shelved it because I thought it was too over-the-top. Maybe it still is, but I'm going to publish it anyways. Patriotism means criticizing your country when necessary for the sake of trying to improve it. #poetry #poems #writing #America #USA #politics

A Land Called the United States

I come from a land called the United States;

“where everyone is ‘free’
to determine their own fate,”

“where ‘hard work’
a hammer and nails,
built great empires
of road and rail."

I come from a land called the United States;

"’selected by god’
and the hand of fate,
to spread the light of freedom
in his name."

I come from a land called the United States;

where the least who can stand it
bear the brunt of the weight,
but they can get the help they seek
and the hand they need,
so long as they're willing
to kill and bleed.

I come from a land
of war and peace;

of the ball and chain
and the sweet release,
that to hold a few above
keeps many more beneath,
while it shackles the young
to the cost of their dreams.

I come from a land
of shock and awe;

where the battle never ends
and the wounds are always raw,
that celebrates brutality
and heartless cults of man,
who are the first to form a fist
and the last to lend a hand.

I come from a land
that worships fame and wealth;

that forsakes the common bonds of man
for the sake of self,
that exalts the wants of few
above the many’s need,
who break the ties that bind
for the sake of power and greed.

I come from a land
where you can speak your heart and mind;

whether your opinion
and power are aligned,
injustice must be challenged
whatever be endured,
whether first you find the courage,
the vision,
or the words.

I come from a land
seized by ignorance and fear;

dancing with the darkness
and the ghosts of yesteryear,
that forgets in time
how empires rise and fall,
recurring words of warning
echo down the hall.

I come from a land called the United States;

where everyone is free
to determine their own fate,
land of light and liberty
though the hour may feel late,
know there is still time
to change your heart,
and your state.

@thebrashhermit.bsky.social

093

the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

It's hard to see the stars, harder still to find your purpose, when you're blinded by the glow from the #electric circus. #poetry #poems #writing #micropoetry

030