2026 Poetry Challenge - Humor - Loosely Hinged - Poems - Short-form Musings - Unserious

Parade

Sometimes if you let it, 
then the parade will come to you.
If you loosen your gaze,
drop your shoulders,
unclench your jaw,
then the magic of the world will appear.

One brisk morning,
in a manufactured citylet,
a strange sight:
three dogs joyriding in a convertible
a husky at the wheel,
another's elbow out the passenger side,
a blonde in the back, along for the escapades.

Are there humans in the midst?
No, yes, maybe.
A straw hat, a flash of shades.
Perhaps a person, perhaps not.
In any case, it's Dogs on Parade.
Let the revelry continue;
stop questioning the details.


Poet, writer, photographer and slightly distracted day-dreamer who muses on (gestures at everything) from the petty to the profound. On a semi-serious, fully earnest search for meaning in the mayhem. Perimenopausal, melanin-deprived, irony-enhanced recovering perfectionist Type A+ millennial woman. She balances the ever-continuing quest to Know Better/Do Better, with the distinct ego-death of parenting a smart, full-throated child who was raised to know the power of her voice. Mothering a teen means catching a side-eye in almost every interaction. Diana navigates the minutiae of everyday life through seeking the magical in the mundane. Follow along and laugh with her as the world flames out!

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