http://slow.writerscafe.org/rolandpetrov The original writings of author Roland Petrov en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775953130 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 The bars & restaurants are closed, but liquor stores are open. It's still sunny but it's colder now, so I switched from beer to wine. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/rolandpetrov/2761763/ Clearly, 8 lines of 8 syllables each. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/rolandpetrov/2760691/ Actually, I just take my shirt off when I hike. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/rolandpetrov/2760210/ A haiku inspired by Rick Puetter. The particle was discovered on July 4. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/rolandpetrov/2326148/ a play on the current status of "nothing ventured, nothing gained" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/rolandpetrov/2176962/ My dictionary said that toll was usually mournful, but it left it open to being other than that. 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I wrote this in 1992, and a version of it (no longer extant) won the 1996 Bernard Ashton Raborg Award. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/rolandpetrov/1574472/ This is my attempt at another poetic genre by Richard: the diminishing hexaverse. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/rolandpetrov/1553533/ Thanks to Mattavelli for introducing me to this poetic style, and thanks to Richard for inventing it. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/rolandpetrov/1551575/ A haiku for Mattavelli's water haiku competition. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/rolandpetrov/1544186/ I don't often write love poems, but this one came to me in the shower. 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