deserted beach:
during the brief window
when partier's sleep.
The Quiet Hour [Senryū]
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Perspective [Lyric Poem]
Perhaps, you cannot change your jail,
And you can't choose the lumps and scars --
No matter how you scream or wail --
But you pick your view through the bars.
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FIVE WISE LINES [May 2026]
All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.
Ernest hemingway; A Moveable feast
Friends do not live in harmony…, but in melody.
Henry david thoreau
Avoid adjectives of scale, you will love the world more and desire it less.
Robert Hass’ paraphrasing of Bashō [National Geographic; Feb 2008]
Do not hurry; do not rest.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Be careful of your words,
Lieh Tzu
for someone will agree with them.
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BOOK: “Falling Up” by Shel Silverstein
Falling Up by Shel SilversteinMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Publisher – HarperCollins Children’s Books
This is the third and final (not inclusive of posthumous greatest hits collections) poetry collection of Shel Silverstein. The collection is considered children’s poetry and has the usual features of such (rhyming verse and doggerel, moral lessons, and occasional grossness.) The poems are generally written in a suspensive form with a twist, i.e. a punchline but aimed more at silly than humorous.
The collection bounces between whimsical and absurd and is highly entertaining to read.
The book has pencil drawings of matching tone for most of the poems.
If you like silliness and rhyming verse, this is fun read.
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Slow Burn [Senryū]
bedraggled buildings:
nature digests what it eats
ever so slowly.
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Horizon [Haiku]
ships at horizon
look tiny between vast sea
& endless sky.
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Playful Thief [Kyōka]
puppy guards
a stolen garment
it hopes owner
will attempt to retrieve,
so that play can ensue.
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Stone Still [Haiku]
Chinese Painting [Tanka]
sunlight washes out
the distant mountains;
they look like
an old Chinese painting --
ink faded with age.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 