One must always walk
with supreme confidence
do not falter, do not flinch,
that is the fatal error,
resulting in a headlong pitch.

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after trading his sword
for a hiking stick
an old warrior battles
the wind and the rain to reach
the top of the mountain

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September nightfall
no one around
to play fetch with
a dog brings a leaf
back to the tree

no words
of my own
today
I share your words
for something to say

#5lines

I have unplugged myself
left the cosmos
now in freefall
into an unknown entity
all alone again.

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basking in sunbeams
this glorious morning
a blue warbler

pausing for breath
then flying away

#TankaThursday breath
#Haikufeels beam
#dailyhaikuprompt morning warbler

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starry night
black
steaming in a cup
a breath
of poetry

#TankaThursday breath

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grief to the earth
tears to the sea
joy to the wind
uncatchable
returning

#5lines

before
it lets go
of its leaves
the old tree
does tai chi

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before
it lets go
of its leaves
the old tree
does tai chi

#5lines #poem

Shaken

With every stake
Love straight to the heart does take
Pain always escapes—
Even wills of steal may break
Under pressure of such quakes.

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#5lines
#skywriting
#Poetsky
#PoetryLovers

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before the storm
a scarecrow writes a death poem
in the ground
by something still growing
in the withered field

endless beach walks
countryside roadtrips
crazy art museums
finding me
in all of these places

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