I've been working very hard, adding another #brilliant mistake to my portfolio #whistpr

#ストーブ の上に靴下かかりけり wet socks draped over the wood stove 🧦 #俳句 #haiku

new diary leaving out another birthday #haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

garden party the air ripe with the scent of pomposity #vss365 #senryu

The failed heir But of something meaningless Into something even more pointless Daily disarming fear only costing 2 steps with even 1 progressive step Given up struggle Looking for validation from within Finding stale #air of a demon Seething at a pathetic sacrifice #vss365

morning laughter, several cups of after-Christmas coffee #senryu

happiness is: enjoying hot chocolate in silence #senryu

happiness is: being a kept man not having to work #senryu

a smile in passing: common decency in real time #senryu

winter solstice...wanting to shave off 20 yrs of my life #senryu

tired of cherry blossoms give me maple leaves rubbin' his beard stubble #senryu

declining eggnog rich amber of a young scotch #senryu

seashell mirror~ Aphrodite pouts at goosebumps

all these nights breathing into distant light Christmas Eve #DailyHaikuPrompt (night) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry

icy splash~ wrapped in his long beard Poseidon still goes “brrr”

I grew up a #garden child, flowers in my hair & beans in my ears. Now I cultivate pretty (?) words, hoping to see them bloom. But sometimes, I still miss the fresh #air, the hopeful green & the smile of the sun flowers. #whistpr #vss365

leb wohl, altes Jahr spring in die Schatten raunachtswärts #lyrik #poetry #haiku #senryu

Dylan needed #air after the negotiations had broken down once again. And when he said that to himself, what he really meant was he needed to fly. To get in Magpie and simply head out in a direction and not look back. What was their negotiate? Help stop the eradication of humankind, or not. #vss365

silver mist~ the pale sun barely warms #haiku

noise in cold air echoing over the pond; basho's frog! #vss365 #air #Haiku #HaikuSaturday #micropoetry

my struggle with the search for plum blossoms year after year #vss365 #struggle #Haiku #HaikuSaturday #micropoetry

Reverence for life and death and sorrow and joy. Reverence for not being ready to heal until you're ready to heal. Reverence for liberating yourself from the past you grieved. Reverence for meaning and meaningless, too. Reverence for poetry and music and silence, too. #blueskyrelay #reverence

I once wrote a song called "Who could imagine" When I remembered it today I leafed thru a pile of my lyrics, but couldn't find it anywhere (Who could've imagined I'd miss it one day?) And now I am wondering #who stole my song #thingstowriteabout

I will survive these christmas holidays too with enough eggnogg #vss365 #survive #Senryu #micropoetry #christmas

christmas hoax — I give her the scarf she gave me last year #vssdaily #hoax #thingstowriteabout #scarf #Senryu #micropoetry #christmas

wishes on the night sky bright stars reminders of what have come true #vsschristmas #wishes #BraveWrite #star #DailyHaikuPrompt #night #TankaThursday #true #TankaPoem #Tanka #micropoetry #christmas

偲ぶ日も乾杯の日も過去になる days of mourning, days of toasts—both turn into the past — Morinaka Emiko #senryu

いちめんの椿の中に椿落つ into a field of camellias, a camellia falls - Tokizane Shinko #senryu

translucent frog in the amazon jungle crystal clear all that is honestly true lies behind your smile #tanka #TankaThursday

extra eyes on the backs of crows drops of rain #haiku

winter moon a bowl of pale milk for the purring stars #haiku

snow drifts piling against the barn door a cat hunkers down #DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku

winter street a lost glove explains nothing perfectly #haiku #poetry

a shooting star or santa in his sleigh? christmas magic #vss365 #shoot #vsschristmas #christmasmagic #Haiku #micropoetry #christmas

in the barn hay all over the ground an empty crib #DailyHaikuPrompt #hay #Haiku #micropoetry #christmas

renewing an old amity under the mistletoe #HaikuChallenge #amity #Haiku #micropoetry #christmas

#haiku woman power we still can’t pee standing up

again translating foreign poems, my life at a snail's pace #senryu

The War was going no better, but diplomacy, it seemed, was starting to take effect, and there were now various Factions willing to come to some greater accord. Dylan prepared to make the #jump through the System Gate to the Republic System. He wasn’t a diplomat, but, apparently, he was now. #vss365

Every so often, Rory took it upon himself to see if he, or, rather, Esme, could conquer the landscape in the game. Attempting to climb and #jump over rocks to reach some place that had no path to it. Sometimes he succeeded, standing his character where no other, probably, had ever stood. #vss365

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The dog is too tired to bite. Instead, after a moment of surprise, he puts down his head again on his paws, closes his eyes & dreams of cuddles & dinner when his master comes home. #vss365 #jump

crab grass: hardly anything in my pantry #senryu

night off from work, sewing up a hole in his workshirt #senryu

The rain #monster was stalking the land. You could see its wet footprints everywhere. Soon everybody was drenched to the bone. Nobody knew how to stop it – nobody, except the Red Umbrella! #thingstowriteabout

a romance long gone; jumping into a déjà-vu #InkMine #romance #vss365 #jump #blueskyrelay #déjà-vu #Senryu #micropoetry

fulfilled and unfulfilled wishes...somewhere,a bell is ringing #BraveWrite #wish #InkMine #bell #Senryu #micropoetry

straight towards christmas, the minor spats with myself continue #vssdaily #straight #whistpr #spat #Senryu #micropoetry

since granny has passed, no one is able to darn stockings #vsschristmas #stocking #Senryu #SenryuSunday #micropoetry

under his overcoat; the year's privations well hidden #DailyHaikuPrompt #overcoat #Senryu #micropoetry

eyes tired behind glasses, another Sunday being bothered #senryu