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Transcendent Mango [Haiku]

Posted on March 27, 2023 by B Gourley
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the season is here,
 and everyone seeks the
  transcendent mango.

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Posted in food, haiku, poem, Poetry | Tagged food, Fruit, haiku, Mango, Mango Season, poem, poetry | Leave a reply

Go-Getter [Senryū]

Posted on March 25, 2023 by B Gourley
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when you’re the family 
go-getter, and yet you’re
a zoned-out mess.

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Posted in Animals, Blogs, haiku, Pets, poem, Poetry, Senryu | Tagged animals, dogs, haiku, humor, Pets, poem, poetry, Puppies, Senryu | Leave a reply

Winter Landscape [Haiku]

Posted on March 25, 2023 by B Gourley
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winter landscape
of barren trees & dry grass
warmed by a low sun

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Posted in Blogs, haiku, Hiking, nature, outdoors, poem, Poetry | Tagged haiku, nature, outdoors, poem, poetry | Leave a reply

Plane Contemplation [Haiku]

Posted on March 24, 2023 by B Gourley
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i look down to earth,
and wonder if anyone
is looking up

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Posted in Aircraft, Blogs, haiku, poem, Poetry | Tagged Airplane, haiku, poem, poetry | 2 Replies

Voltaire Clerihew

Posted on March 23, 2023 by B Gourley
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The Enlightenment thinker called Voltaire
 beat the lottery to become a millionaire.
   To the man, he did stick it,
    by buying every ticket. 

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Posted in Biography, Clerihew, Philosophy, poem, Poetry | Tagged biography, Clerihew, enlightenment, Lottery, philosopher, poem, poetry, Voltaire | 2 Replies

Nietzsche Clerihew

Posted on March 23, 2023 by B Gourley
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The German philosopher Nietzsche
 pronounced his name using a schwa.
   that rhyme 's not perfected,
   but closer than expected.

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Posted in Clerihew, Philosophy, poem, Poetry | Tagged Clerihew, Friedrich Nietzsche, Nietzsche, philosopher, Philosophy, poem, poetry, rhyming | 5 Replies

Plato Clerihew

Posted on March 23, 2023 by B Gourley
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The wise philosopher Plato
 tried classifying the potato:
  the edible rock?
  or, coldcock in a sock?

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Dormant [Haiku]

Posted on March 22, 2023 by B Gourley
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the volcano 
 sits dormant... until
  one terrible day.

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The Peacock Flower [Senryū]

Posted on March 22, 2023 by B Gourley
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for a peacock
 to look Peacock Flower-like,
  it must be on fire.

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Posted in Garden, haiku, nature, plants, poem, Poetry, Senryu | Tagged Ablaze, Caesalpinia Pulcherrima, Flaming, flower, flowers, garden, haiku, nature, On fire, Peacock, Peacock Flower, plants, poem, poetry, Senryū | Leave a reply

Unimpressed [Tanka]

Posted on March 22, 2023 by B Gourley
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a stately building
 stands beside the river,
  commanding the eye.
 but that ancient river
  remains unimpressed.  

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Posted in architecture, City, nature, poem, Poetry, tanka | Tagged architecture, Budapest, building, Danube, Danube River, Hungarian Parliament, nature, poem, poetry, river, tanka | Leave a reply

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