the smell
of our routine silence
dinner time
it begins and ends
with slamming the door:
divorced talk
divorced ...
bed sheets no longer
retain her scent
Failed Haiku, 4:42, 2019
Poetic Musings: Shelter Tanka by Marion Alice Poirier
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under the shelter
of a weeping willow tree
she sleeps at last
on damp earth and newspapers --
a haven, for one night
*NeverEnding Story*, February 23, 2026
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