Tag: poetry
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On Any Given Day
Somewhere, a white butterfly floats above greenery in garden beds. A neighbor’s dog barks at whatever triggered it. Afternoon birds continue their tweets and chirps, hidden among a canopy of maple leaves Somewhere, boughs sway and leves rustle. A chartered jet flies overhead. Sunlight brightens on the backyard’s mix of freshly mowed grass and crabgrass.…
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My Daily #Haiku (6/27/21)
6/27/21: trees scorching heatmaple leaves rustling ina summer wind #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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Nightmares like this: a #Tankaprose
A respectable woman, sipping tea with others women of her station, exchanging chuckles and pleasantries. No one remarked when she excuses herself from their company after a certain server passed by. She passes through the crowded chamber, down the labyrinthine corridors of the grand vessal, until she comes to a small, cramped chamber. A brief…
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My Daily #Haiku (6/26/21)
6/26/21: gate chewed-up dill…measurementsfor a new gate #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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“coming twilight…” a #tanka (6/21/21)
coming twilightas sunset approachesthis Summer Solsticehow we bear the comingshortness of days #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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Solsticing
The canopy of maple leaves bathes in sunlight on the Summer Solstice. Still for a moment, the legion of leaves ripple lie a stadium crowd doing the wave. Despite the abundance of daylight left on this longest of days, afternoon shadows creep across the front yard. The street already basks in the shade. I’ve spent…
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My Daily #Haiku (6/21/21)
6/21/21: weed Summer Solsticeall across the front yarddandelions #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
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My Daily #Haiku (6/7/21)
6/7/21: vegetable garden thunderstorm warningeatting the Broccoli rabbethat damn woodchuck! #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
