Sunday, May 11, 2025

Blooming Faces Haiku

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blooming faces mother's water sprinkler spouts a rainbow NeverEnding Story, May 11 2025
Saturday, May 10, 2025

Border Towns Haiku

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This Brave New World , CXXII border towns linked by a suspension bridge smoky twilight NeverEnding Story, May 10 2025 FYI: This haiku could ...
Friday, May 9, 2025

Immigrant Past Tanka

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jolted awake  from a recurring dream I murmur is my immigrant past  this black hole of what-ifs? Cold Moon Journal, March 3, 2025
Thursday, May 8, 2025

New Peace Plan Haiku

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written on the 80th anniversary of VE Day  new "peace" plan fields of sunflowers bend to the wind NeverEnding Story, May 8 2025 FY...
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

The World Unseen Tanka

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men and women  birth and death, war and peace ...  between pages of  A Farewell to Arms the world unseen breaks each one NeverEnding Story, ...
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Grandfather and Home Tanka

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CLXXX: "grandfather and home" inspired by Mosab Abu Toha's poem, "my grandfat...
Monday, May 5, 2025

Cuckoo Clock Haiku

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what’s left of wildfires… a cuckoo clock folded from one sheet of paper 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, March 29, 2025
Sunday, May 4, 2025

Another Day Tanka

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morning air heavy with the fragrance  of lilac ... another day as pale  as the day before NeverEnding Story, May 4 2024 FYI: This tanka coul...
Saturday, May 3, 2025

Fleeting Thoughts Haiku

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winter to winter alone with these fleeting thoughts of my late father 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, March 27 2025
Friday, May 2, 2025

Here and Now Haiku

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another new grave in winter mist tangled thoughts about "here and now" 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, March 24 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025

Chant after Chant Tanka

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Trump Empire, Inc. , XXVIII written in response to NeverEnding Story's Tanka Poetry Month call : This is our reply to Trumpocracy: to wr...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Bloodied and Bandaged Bald Eagle Tanka

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Trump Empire, Inc. , XXIV written in response to  Huffpost, April 25 : Magazine Cover Puts A World Of Hurt On Trump's First 100 Days the...
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Hospice Balcony Haiku

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hospice balcony alone with the dawn chorus on this fresh morning 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, March 21, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025

Why Me Tanka

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I keep asking why me?  there's no rhythm to this life, its days like today scattered  by Fate among the rest NeverEnding Story, April 28...
Sunday, April 27, 2025

Water Strider Haiku

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alone at the pond ... a water strider resets the stars The Mamba, 17, 2025
Saturday, April 26, 2025

Clenched Fist Haiku

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snowflakes ... the clenched fist of my baby The Mamba, 17, 2025
Friday, April 25, 2025

Farm Gate Haiku

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the clink, clunk of a rusty farm gate ... winter chill The Mamba, 17, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Holocaust and War on Gaza Tanka

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CLXXVII: "Holocaust and War on Gaza" written on Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

17-Year-Old Me Tanka

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Yellowing Memories , III written for World Book Day a photo slips from  The Catcher in the Rye 17-year-old me not afraid of anyone except my...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Faith and Action Tanka

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in memory of  Pope Francis, a man of Peace in Action and to the Catholic Church and Christians around the world faith and action rhyme: Pope...