RJ Tungsten lives in Charleston SC. He started writing Haiku and Senryu in January of 2020. He found that writing is a healthy outlet and way to deal with his anxiety. He enjoys taking beautiful pictures of the Charlston area and writing Haiku about them. You can find his works in Poets Unlimited magazine, Failed Haiku A Journal of English Senryu, Haiku for your Soul, and the Poetry Podcast and Journal.

RJ Tungsten

Hamster Wheel, micropoetry by RJ Tungsten at Spillwords.com

Hamster Wheel

RJ Tungsten·April 26, 2023

Hamster Wheel written by: RJ Tungsten cigarettes last pull main source of relaxation and complications a full...

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Rejected Success, a poem by RJ Tungsten at Spillwords.com

Rejected Success

RJ Tungsten·November 26, 2022

Rejected Success written by: RJ Tungsten without rejection there is no success there’s a difference in you,...

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Harness The Negative, a tanka by RJ Tungsten at Spillwords.com

Harness The Negative

RJ Tungsten·July 13, 2022

Harness The Negative written by: RJ Tungsten we all take our turn circling the drain of despair...

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Starstruck, micropoetry by RJ Tungsten at Spillwords.com

Starstruck

RJ Tungsten·April 28, 2022

Starstruck written by: RJ Tungsten decorating the night’s darkness seen reflected in your eyes; grounding presence of...

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Deliberation, micropoetry by RJ Tungsten at Spillwords.com

Deliberation

RJ Tungsten·February 3, 2022

Deliberation written by: RJ Tungsten delirious dissecting decisions departure dissuaded daily diatribes doubt delaying decisiveness divorced...

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Goosebumps, a tanka written by RJ Tungsten at Spillwords.com

Goosebumps

RJ Tungsten·October 19, 2021

Goosebumps written by: RJ Tungsten chills run down the spine hallucinations begin uncontrolled actions paranoia seeping in...

Halloween English Poetry

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Caffeine at Dawn, a tanka by RJ Tungsten at Spillwords.com

Caffeine at Dawn

RJ Tungsten·August 4, 2021

Caffeine at Dawn written by: RJ Tungsten morning chill absorbed ceramic mug produced heat coffee steam inhaled...

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Retirement, a tanka by RJ Tungsten at Spillwords.com

Retirement

RJ Tungsten·May 6, 2021

Retirement written by: RJ Tungsten coffee steam dances above the printed days news blackened fingertips no good...

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Shot of Silence, a haiku by RJ Tungsten at Spillwords.com

Shot of Silence

RJ Tungsten·February 6, 2021

Shot of Silence written by: RJ Tungsten Pain threshold relieved 12 gauge silences the noise Why’s fill...

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