2017 haiku parade

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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by sasha » August 17th, 2017, 11:50 am

simple pleasures
the smell of fresh bedsheets
dried in the sun
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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by the mingo » August 17th, 2017, 11:59 am

( for ol' Basho who was so up fucked & so fished out he forgot mentioning all the ways you could look at a thing )

one snake
one amphibian screaming
halfway down the reptile throat
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.

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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by sasha » August 17th, 2017, 12:04 pm

morning walk
I stop to help a newt
cross the road
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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by judih » August 17th, 2017, 11:52 pm

*animal theme day

take to the water
follow the manatee
inherent message

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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by saw » August 18th, 2017, 11:42 am

striped bird feathers
on the sidewalk in front
I take this as a good omen
the death of empathy is the birth of barbarism

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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by judih » August 19th, 2017, 12:16 am

news or no news
to pay attention or not -
not easy these days

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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by judih » August 19th, 2017, 10:45 pm

a flock of birds
just before sunset
pink mottled sky

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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by saw » August 20th, 2017, 11:15 am

I'm starving for answers
that will never come
I've never been a realist
the death of empathy is the birth of barbarism

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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by judih » August 20th, 2017, 10:29 pm

new environment
plants adjust -
can I?

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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by saw » August 21st, 2017, 10:25 am

heading to the woods
to feel the earth go dark
then light up again
the death of empathy is the birth of barbarism

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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by judih » August 21st, 2017, 11:33 pm

simple
day becomes night
resistance useless

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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by judih » August 22nd, 2017, 10:44 pm

elbows and knees
dreams and connections
safe navigation

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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by judih » August 23rd, 2017, 10:45 pm

when dreams turn kitsch
no choice but awakening
four thirty a.m.

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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by the mingo » August 24th, 2017, 6:16 am

I'm nervous.

say action
or say shit
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Re: 2017 haiku parade

Post by saw » August 24th, 2017, 9:29 am

action
shit
cut
the death of empathy is the birth of barbarism

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