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Tag Archives: Haiku
“a wooden puppet”
Written for: The Twiglets #237 – “a wooden puppet” On the dance floor he resembled a wooden puppet. Children’s mouths gaped open, as the wooden puppet’s nose began to grow. little boy sketching his pencil draws sharp angles a wooden … Continue reading
“the last word”
Written for: The Twiglets #236 – “the last word” Once we had a Bassett hound, low to the ground with stubborn, steadfast paws. Whenever he passed another dog, both would bark at each other, but, Walter always had to have … Continue reading
twilight haiku
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United (posted by Magaly) Weekly Scribblings #78: Micro-writings twilight tweaks her nose rainbow colors gather night waits in the wings https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/
“folded paper”
Written for: The Twiglets #235 – “folded paper” For me, an art is the ability to fold an open map. Notes of brightly colored folded papers strewn about my bag–Post-It Parade floats down serene lake slight ripple in the mast … Continue reading
Starting Again
Written for: Carpe Diem #1846 Trying to restart again “For this episode I have chosen the title “Trying To Restart Again” and I really hope it will be that way. Restarting is something we all know or have had experiences … Continue reading
“god’s white hair”
Written for: The Twiglets #234 – “god’s white hair” Pure white ocean waves– snowy hair of a god I do not have the white hair of a god, said the hare. Better get new glasses. crowd of clouds sails by … Continue reading
Put It Aside
Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem using, “bury hatchets under buried bodies” bury your hatchets time to forgive and forget too late when buried https://godoggocafe.com/
“like fingerprints”
Written for: The Twiglets #233 – like fingerprints child draws in colorful fingerprints He proclaimed his innocence until his fingerprints were lifted from the murder weapon. like crescent moons miniature in size new baby’s prints Impeccably dressed, breath of mint … Continue reading
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“shadows vanish”
Written for: The Twiglets #232 – “shadows vanish” When his shadow vanished so did I. After the plum-scarlett sky vanished, night occluded the beach. Not even shadows could be seen. shadows imprinted confused frog on lily pad sees two reflections … Continue reading
Sweetness
Written for: Poetic Bloomings – Prompt #339, Makes Sense “Today, we are addressing the idea of sense. There are the five senses and the organs that put them to work. There is dollars and “cents.” There are different scents in … Continue reading
