Charlene James-Duguid’s most recent poem to appear here were six haikus in September 2017.

Deny Friday 13
By Charlene James-Duguid

Deny Friday 13
Its power, snub your nose, stamp foot,
Make it crash aloft.

Prove you’re bigger, Great.
Untrampled by numbers
On a monthly page.

Refute each classic
Myth looming larger than real life.
Gods can’t get it right.

You retain the truth
You, not they, make glory days
Like this by yourself.

Call it magic or will,
Ratchet up destiny, capture
Immortality.