Category Archives: Poetry and Lyrics

First Round, Haiku Day

a day to do good •
to let good overcome fear •
practice compassion. Continue reading →

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National Haiku Day 2013

Eve of haiku day •
where syllables carve ideas •
into sharp-edged lines. Continue reading →

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The 16th of NaPoWriMo

Now yellow windows of home calling us •
to return in each season strong and bright.
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Get Ready for National Haiku Day – April 17

…my early alarm went of on my iPhone and computer and downstairs computer: Yo! National Haiku Day is tomorrow! I wrote down: practice daily kindness. Continue reading →

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Close Encounters, The Sonnet-ized version

the turkey, red-bronze-shiny •
all dotted and ticked and banded •
and stretched out to oh so tall – Continue reading →

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