horses graze around the chorten, in silence
Silent Hilltop [Haiku]
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Category Archives: Poetry
Green Field [Haiku]
sunlit green field; clouds drift in from behind -- the farmer watches
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Madman of the Empty Valley [Free Verse]
Thang Tong Gyalpo, They called him: Maker of Iron Bridges, King of the Empty Plain, "Excellent Persistence," & Madman of the Empty Valley You might not like your bridge-maker sharing mind & body with a madman, but some of his 15th century bridges are still in use today.
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Wild Strawberries [Tanka]
wild strawberries line the hiking trail; red fruits entice, such that even rain clouds can't deter the foragers
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Starry Moss [Haiku]
a mossy cluster of gold stars grows densely upon a dead branch
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River Song [Haiku]
the river sounds; its murmur is all that's heard... until the cowbells
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Buckwheat [Haiku]
blossoming buckwheat pretends to be a path behind the ripe rice
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Milky Way Limerick
There was a man from the Milky Way who never knew quite what to say, when asked, "Where ya from?" he pointed with thumbs up, down, right, left, and every which way
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Asylum Mind [Lyric]
my mind snapped with attention rapt staring out into the world i'd hoped for the best devoid of sweet rest, despite being fetally-curled where was the shore? or the thirteenth floor? they were absent in life & in dream i searched all about, calling names out, but all I heard was a burbling stream but with no water - just someone's dear daughter wading out on bone-bleached rocks she seemed to know all like how we all fall, and who keeps the keys to the locks but I was tied down screaming at clowns, too far gone to see her wind-blown hair what pulled me out? not a shake or a shout, but some stuttered nonsense of prayer
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Red Panda [Haiku]
a Red Panda awakens from its nap, walks, and naps some more
Tiger Riding for Beginners 