fog forms before the waterfall, thundering white
Hidden Thunder [Haiku]
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Category Archives: Poetry
Boxing Day Blues [Poem]
the clash of colors and thunderous noise the box, the paper, the Christmas day toys the scree of excitement lies, toppled down and all that's left is our cold, silent town
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Sway [Haiku]
Aphorisms for Our Age of Anxiety
1.) No one has ever been mocked, insulted, or beaten into the best version of themselves. 2.) The brain sticks little value labels on everything, labels that have no real existence - but very real consequences. 3.)Whatever else one may be, life insists one be a philosopher. 4.)One can't fathom another's malfunction while discounting that person's fears. 5.)Hold nothing that drags you down. 6.)Before going crazy, contemplate your crazy. 7.) Any dope can see the beauty in beautiful things, a strong mind sees the beauty in all things. 8.) To know a thing's name and classification is to know nothing. 9.) Don't discount the profound power of imaginary worlds. Read.
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Vertigo Green [Haibun]
Life overtakes all. Moss coats stone; vines smother shrubs; trees straddle walls. All growing in splotched patterns of green -- a million shapes of leaf in a million subtly different shades. My world is awash in green. My mind is soothed by deep greens, and fired by the bright light-greens of fresh growth. My periphery swirls and blurs with green. a mossy stone becomes my focal point, the fringe blurs
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Li Bai, his Shadow, & the Moon [Haiku]
Phnom Penh Limerick
There once was an old monk from Phnom Penh who'd been freed from the who, where, and when. Knowing only now - no Self, anyhow. There was no monk and, perhaps, no Phnom Penh.
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Sweeper [Senryū]
a neat pile swept, reaching for the dustpan... stymied by a gust
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Choosy Bee [Haiku]
the buzzing bee zips flower to flower, spurning perfect blooms
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Waves [Haiku]
waves rock the boat; the fisher's hips move fluidly, like rider on horse
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