butterflies orbit
in helter-skelter arcs,
but never bump.
Orbit [Haiku]
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Tag Archives: Movement
Battle Royale [Senryū]
insects unseen:
chaotic bird movement, a
bird battle royale?
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PROMPT: Everyday Things
My wife, movement, new & interesting ideas, play, and epiphanies.
[I’m presuming we’re using the word “thing” in the broadest possible sense — as a stand in for any noun. If it is meant in the narrower common usage of trinkets, gewgaws, baubles, and tchotchkes, then I’ve got nothing.]
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Roadside [Haiku]
roadside tree
shakes with each passing truck,
but no blooms fall.
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Movement [Haiku]
The Dance [Free Verse]
What force dances one
into this lovely state?
Light & ecstatic,
Blissful but calm.
Each breath a drug
that sends delicate
shimmers rippling
through the universe.
What force, indeed?
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Moth Flight [Haiku]
moth falls off wall,
pulls up erratically, &
struggles for altitude.
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Swimmingly [Free Verse]
Swim through the world
- effortlessly -
Don't crave speed;
Maximize the glide.
With each stroke,
Sail as far as the limbs
will send one.
Don't thrash. Don't splash.
Don't gasp.
Feel the catch. Feel the pull.
Don't let short, wild motions
exhaust one.
Breathe!
Be wary of drag.
Put less effort
into propulsion,
And more into streamlining --
Shoot through the void,
without struggle.
Never lose sight of the value
of a good glide.
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The Big Drift [Haiku]
downriver drift;
ferries & fisherman cross
without collision.
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Coiled [Haiku]
neck coiled,
egret hovers stock still
to snap up a fish.
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