Daily Haiku, Haiku Per Day

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life, Nature

216.

two crimson leaves among the bounteous green — the Japanese maple

drboss1 In Human Condition, Nature

212.

all life a translation of light

drboss1 In Health & Wellness, Moments of Life, Nature

211.

for James Giddy shadows dance across the path, wisps of cottonwood playing snow.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Human Condition, Moments of Life

210.

Rising revelry, below the ceiling-fans: orgiastic music.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Collecting the soil..., I was there..., Moments of Life, Nature

209.

for the mother robin How can we eat meat? I ask, as the hawk’s talons clasp the writhing bird.

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207.

the creaking limbs of mossy oaks rooted in the whispers of before

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Nature

206.

Crescendo of raindrop. The blackness of night. No stars. The wind — maybe.

drboss1 In Favorites, Human Condition, Moments of Life, Nature

205.

under the moonless sky my only friends the raindrops

drboss1 In Health & Wellness, Moments of Life

203.

I look to my right, realize I’m having a conversation with myself.

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Nature

202.

storm-tickling breeze in upper branches of trees the foreground — thunder

drboss1 In Human Condition, Nature, Self-Realization

201.

The lake spreads before me – immense – past that, the sky — forever.

drboss1 In Nature

198.

aged oak barrels of the past – aimless vines wandering the light

drboss1 In Human Condition, Self-Realization

194.

Mirror mirror on the wall, is there some god doing this to us all?

drboss1 In Self-Realization

192.

That point of the night where the pen goes where it wants, says what’s on its mind.

drboss1 In Nature

191.

What’s beneath this bubbling water, past these blurry stones? Time.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Moments of Life

190.

for L.O. All just animals running from haunts that chase us; sadness — when it’s gone.

drboss1 In Favorites, Nature

189.

“Midnight rain, pull up a chair… I’ll be here awhile.”

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Health & Wellness, Human Condition, I was there..., Moments of Life, Nature

188.

The snapping turtle, still as time, prostrates itself before the god rain.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Favorites, I was there..., Moments of Life, Nature

187.

Bats flitting through the raindrops. The pings, amidst the trees — a gentle gray.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Self-Realization

186.

for Dave My soul’s writing checks my body can’t cash; singing songs my mind can’t grasp.

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Nature

182.

sunlight through trees casts shadows of leaves upon the path in front of me

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Nature

181.

shadows of cloud darken leaf-covered crowns — to the far away

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Self-Realization

180.

Chin on hand – hand on chin. Which is which? Which is it? What is?

drboss1 In Human Condition, Moments of Life

179.

It isn’t what it is. It wasn’t what it used to be. It just was — now.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Nature

175.

our names, painted over, beneath layers of time, of ink, of nothing

drboss1 In Nature, Self-Realization

172.

All day I pray for rain: the only hope to dispel this loneliness…

drboss1 In Self-Realization, To the Masters

171.

for Dr. Boss and W.B. Yeats on Father’s Day 2021 The wild things were real. Inside everyone’s mind: islands — in its […]

drboss1 In Human Condition, To the Masters

169.

for Maurice Sendak Just a bunch of fucking children crying “Wolf!” in ill-fitting clothes.

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Nature, Self-Realization

166.

How can I blame the carpenter bee for wrenching me from zen?

drboss1 In Human Condition, Moments of Life, Self-Realization

165.

Are you happy now? You drank yourself to the lonely drizzle of night.

drboss1 In Health & Wellness, Moments of Life, To the Masters

163.

for Holden Caulfield Rollerskating angel weaving infinity upon the pavement.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Moments of Life, Self-Realization

162.

for myself on my death bed This is it: the moment has come. Either this is over — or isn’t.

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Nature

161.

Tick’lish trees cackle in the storm-thickening breeze — ravenous for god.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Health & Wellness, Nature

160.

Ticklish trees titter in the storm-thickening breeze — greedy for god.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life, Nature

159.

Ethereal steam – the river’s dream – lingers in the sun-splashed morning.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Moments of Life, Self-Realization

158.

for B.P. The days, the weeks, the months and years, have led me here, to this craft-brewed beer.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Moments of Life

156.

for perspective Sometimes, like when you have an ice cream, a red light can be a blessing.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life, Nature

155.

The frenzied crescendo of frogs. The last tentative croak of the night.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Moments of Life

153.

“Here,” I said, handing her the poem. “I wrote this just now for yesterday.

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Nature

152.

I sat on the porch with my life; staring past rain-speckled night.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Self-Realization

151.

I claw, I scratch, just to drag myself back to this place I was before.

drboss1 In Self-Realization, To the Masters

150.

for Charles Dickens I drag these chains of pains both dealt and caused — Marley moaning at my side

drboss1 In Nature

149.

I saw a creak in shadows of night, so loud against absence of light.

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Nature

148.

The last frogs chirp their last peeps to darkness. Silence — except the water.

drboss1 In Moments of Life

147.

Beads of sweat glide down my neck, pool at my collar, crash upon my back.

drboss1 In I was there..., Moments of Life, Nature

146.

for the mother robin The last glance of the mother – towards its nest – before the hawk lifts her off.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Moments of Life

145.

for my youth The shirtless teens stroll down sidewalk dreams, bodies still glist’ning with water.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Self-Realization

144.

for the future generations It makes less sense as you go on — but there’s nothing to do but go on.

drboss1 In Human Condition

143.

At that age where maybe we will see each other one more time — maybe.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Self-Realization

141.

for my reflection “Don’t stare.” “Sorry. It’s just that I’m a lot closer than I was before.”

drboss1 In To the Masters

140.

for Rupi Kaur Celestial earthling — a Cleopatra clothed in robes of ink and honey.

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drboss1 In Health & Wellness, Human Condition, Self-Realization

138.

One more cigarette than tomorrow’s different. I swear — it has to be.

drboss1 In Moments of Life, To the Masters

133.

for Dr. Boss on his 35th Sit up straight, pick up your pen. Beneath banana trees, listen — the wind.

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for the tick I found on my neck “I’m sorry you were born into this,” I sigh — prayers before the murder.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Self-Realization

131.

How much joy can we destroy chasing these dizzy peaks of ecstasies?

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Nature

130.

the orb spider bends a blade of grass to its will in stride to lunch

drboss1 In Human Condition, Self-Realization

129.

You can’t pick all the pieces up at once — they’re s e […]

drboss1 In Health & Wellness, Moments of Life

128.

—inhale…I can’t believe… find your center…she said… exhale…I…center—

drboss1 In Human Condition, Moments of Life, Nature

127.

“Where’d she go?” I ask the solitary duck. “Was it you, her or life?”

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition

126.

Bewitched by the warmth as your flame engulfs me

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Nature

125.

The shaky applause of a porch light follows the sparrow’s first flight

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Nature, To the Masters

124.

for Walt Whitman A gentle breeze stirs grass and leaves; we’re but ants among blades of trees.

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life

123.

Dear Austin gray morning mist a steaming breakfast taco with cheese and avocado

drboss1 In Human Condition, To the Masters

120.

for Atticus Love’s so easy hopping Parisian puddles betwixt kisses — while drunk.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life, Nature

119.

The gentle rains and subtle gray gently prod spring greens awake.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life

117.

I’ve been here before — memories glimmer like highway stop ghosts

drboss1 In Human Condition, Self-Realization, To the Masters

116.

for Dante — and my 35th Thirty-five: I look behind — and see the halfway journey of my life.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Nature, Self-Realization

115.

Syrupy sweetness now leathery earth, but still the memory

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Nature

113.

Beacon of light fighting the night, shining as far as the dark allows.

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Nature

111.

Above the barn, the little light, doing its best to fend off the night.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Moments of Life

110.

“Cats?” he asks, changes into Don Corleone. “I can get you cats.”

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Nature

109.

“Where have you been?” I query the first rumbling thundering of spring.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Self-Realization, To the Masters

108.

for Nilanjan Bhomick Writing is man’s great rebellion against a purposeless universe.

drboss1 In Health & Wellness, Self-Realization

107.

The addiction hits me all at once, suddenly it all seemed worth less.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Moments of Life

106.

I find zen throwing bread to ducks — I am Jesus Christ

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Nature

104.

the glittering buds of molly love splintering to brilliant raindrop

drboss1 In Human Condition

103.

all stories the same — the unexplained birth of light fighting endless dark

drboss1 In "Short Story", Human Condition

102.

I have the conversation in my mind — answering for the both of us.

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drboss1 In "Short Story", Nature

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The shriveled leaves that survived the freeze — still afraid to let go — to sneeze.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Moments of Life

98.

dozing off — pen above a yawning page, eager for a dream

drboss1 In Moments of Life

96.

Alone at night every light seems lit as if for only me.

drboss1 In Self-Realization, To the Masters

95.

for my father, 11 years since There’s not much to say as I stare at your grave. I’m here, you’re there. […]

drboss1 In "Short Story", Moments of Life

94.

When my flashlight’s beam cuts ‘cross the green, I see the sage gremlin waiting.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Daily Haiku, Nature, To the Masters

93.

“The Giving Bench” for Shel Silverstein “Here, sit on me,” said the bench. “Watch the sun nudge the yawning spring awake.”

drboss1 In "Short Story", Moments of Life

92.

The unsaid dancing on the table, between the plates and silverware.

drboss1 In Nature

91.

clouds pour shadows on the syrupy asphalt — the shriek of cicadas

drboss1 In Moments of Life, Nature

90.

Alone at sunset — the whirr of traffic a wren sings

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life

89.

m i l k cheerios birdsong

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Nature

88.

the squirrel yawns in the mulch — morning dew

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition

87.

our lives & deaths anchored by the sun

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life, Nature

86.

“Don’t complicate things,” said the newborn spring. “Everything you see is light.”

drboss1 In "Short Story", To the Masters

85.

for Wallace Stevens The iceman groans with cracking bones — stretches in the oppressive, spring sun.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition

84.

Fingertips trip, do somersault flips, trying to keep pace with my thoughts.

drboss1 In Moments of Life

83.

My crooked teeth are constantly wrenching me from the present moment.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Nature

82.

whispering fire – lullaby flame – the seductive sirens’ serenade

drboss1 In "Short Story", Daily Haiku, Moments of Life

81.

for the trippers trying to fall asleep the suffocating vibration of the dread drums — so close now, your chest

drboss1 In "Short Story", Human Condition, Moments of Life

80.

We’re too old to tip-toe ‘cross the railroad bridge, but it feels good to feel.

drboss1 In Human Condition

78.

those unsaid things grind memories to fine piles of homogenous u s d […]

drboss1 In Human Condition

77.

It was what it was, it is what it is, after it’s over, is this?

drboss1 In "Short Story", Moments of Life

76.

It feels like I’m traveling in a vast sea: roaring monsters, dark complete.

drboss1 In Haiku of a dream...

75.

Geometric rainbow bears splashed across the walls of the Troll King’s cave.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Moments of Life, Nature

74.

Overhead, the passing crow’s caws give me pause… I inhale, keep walking.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Human Condition, Moments of Life

73.

Barely discernible — grass slightly less thick where home plate used to be.

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life

72.

fan blades chasing shadows — mind a menace

drboss1 In Nature

71.

snowflakes, half-sleeping, lemming-like follow the rest — nowhere else to go

drboss1 In Self-Realization

69.

I was fun until I wasn’t. It was fun, kinda, while it lasted.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Self-Realization

68.

I’m not afraid of before or after — just that moment in between.

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life, Nature

67.

Endless waves ripple past my boots — why not a fish?

drboss1 In "Short Story", Daily Haiku, Human Condition

66.

Her life a museum of unrealized dreams, collecting the dust of stars.

drboss1 In I was there..., Moments of Life, To the Masters

65.

I was there… Deux Magots Cafe. Smoke meets melting clouds halfway. Parisian rain emphasizing gray.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Self-Realization

63.

Sometimes you can’t help but stare at the Great Equation in the air.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Self-Realization

62.

Sometimes, in my mind, I go through the list of each girl I ever kissed.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Favorites, Moments of Life

61.

Half your face sheathed in shadow — the other bathed in waning night.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Moments of Life

60.

I watch you fade into the fog ahead; details obscured to white.

drboss1 In I was there..., To the Masters

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I was there… L’Hotel. Mr. Wilde, what’s wrong with the wallpaper? Candles faking flames.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Moments of Life

56.

I drag the half-charred stick through the ashes —yearning for embers.

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life

55.

first morning haze — text regret

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition

53.

Our own special fortress of so many things left unsaid

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Health & Wellness, Human Condition

52.

that space ‘twixt kisses — I drift between bed and sheets — all else in between

drboss1 In Health & Wellness

51.

for the enlightened yogis Incessant drips of icicle tips try – but can’t – wrench me from my zen.

drboss1 In Health & Wellness

50.

for the distracted yogis Incessant drips from icicle tips dig piercing craters in my mind.

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49.

teeming with silence — the place where the Chinook once came to spawn

drboss1 In "Short Story", Human Condition, Self-Realization

48.

“Was it worth it?” she asks. “I don’t know: I’m too close to the fire to tell.”

drboss1 In Self-Realization

47.

A simple “Could you bring me home?” — everything could have been so different.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition, To the Masters

46.

for James Joyce …an unbroken chain of umbilical veins to the first leads unto…

drboss1 In "Short Story", Moments of Life

45.

And then she said, “Loss seems like the trade-off for good a lot of the time.”

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life

44.

rain drop dawn — hungover

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41.

Four pines standing in a perfect line, as if plotted methodically.

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition

40.

6:50 am: fireball spinning outside my window, snooze button be damned

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Narcissus to Achilles Yesterday, I passed over a bridge and saw a boot underwater. Such thoughts I had, I cannot tell you. […]

drboss1 In To the Masters

38.

for Achilles and Frank Stanford Such thoughts I had, running a finger along the length of its edge.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, To the Masters

37.

for Tom Brady Achilles alone — gazing past war’s aftermath, squinting in the sun.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life, Nature

36.

the sun’s setting light – striped with shadows of pine – upon the painted snow

drboss1 In Collecting the soil..., Daily Haiku, To the Masters

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for W.B. Yeats Beyond the breeze-chopped lakes, past reticent trees: our inner Innisfrees.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Nature

34.

Moss-laden trees, twisted boughs — all living the life that light allows.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition, To the Masters

33.

for Rumi There are many wines — to each their own ecstasy, to each their own light.

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life

32.

It felt so special then, now just a wrinkled moon of a memory

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El Dorado by Edgar Allan Poe Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, […]

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, To the Masters

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for Edgar Allan Poe When at last my vile path led me to its walls — ravaged: Eldorado.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Daily Haiku, Favorites, Moments of Life

30.

A plastic red wagon sits idle, waiting for nap time to end

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, To the Masters

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for Emily Dickinson Pen – a magic wand – with a quick flourish of wrist, Gods and worlds are bound.

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life

28.

sapling dancing in the wind / window / my overflowing desk

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27.

‘neath the snow-peaked laurel leaves everything seems a little less different

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26.

I wish I kissed you that night — that moon-painted pier: half-shadow, half-light.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Nature, Self-Realization

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one pain goes away, another takes its place — diminishing returns

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition

24.

It could have happened different, but it didn’t — never will.

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23.

five clothespins clutch the fraying laundry line — the story they tell

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I raced the sunset to the summit — slants of light, outlined shadow-pine.

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Still bee on my windowsill — on to honey springs

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Before I even swallow, I’m plotting how to follow my next bite.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Nature

16.

cars, trucks coughing by, airplanes buzzing in the sky — drowning nature’s song

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Ferry to the remote Isle of Jura in Scotland, where George Orwell spent a year writing "1984" in an isolated cabin.

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, I was there..., Moments of Life

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Remember Jura? A phantom box truck surfing the whisky rain hills

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14.

Trickling brooks, murmuring streams make their way to the river, bound for the sea.

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streams frozen midway to their fate and fall — if only for a fleeting —

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12.

Doll, half-naked, unblinkingly reflecting the empty room — spilt tea.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Self-Realization

11.

What once was (you, me) is just a story now — no longer memory.

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When into the night the yellow light is roused like dust above the towns… – from “Piccadilly Circus at Night, Street Walkers.” […]

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Moments of Life

10.

Each tea leaf only ever considered a wisp of the whole

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition

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for Father Time It’s not that we lose our taste for prey, it’s that we lost the will to hunt.

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Haiku of a dream… Beneath the broiling thunderclouds, the god hands pour the goopy blue.

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Donald J. Trump's inauguration circa 2016 and his protesters' storming the same capital on Jan. 7, 2021. Source: Reuters

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As the swampy runoff drains into the capital, the stooges feign disbelief

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I was there… Newstead Abbey. Midday rain streaks Boatswain’s grave. Byron’s Abbey standing solemn vigil.

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drboss1 In "Short Story", Daily Haiku, I was there..., Moments of Life

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I was there… Villa Diodati. These and more are the thoughts that haunt me, on this bench in Diodati.

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I wake in the new year; iron out my crumpled shirt of a life.

drboss1 In Self-Realization, To the Masters

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for Counting Crows The last thing you said, as you were leaving, echoes off these dawn-drenched walls.

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Favorites, Human Condition, Moments of Life, Nature

366.

Under the empty sky, my mind grows still — the new moon

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Favorites

365.

We’re just little starships humming across time and space — whispers in the void

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition, To the Masters

364.

for Kurt Vonnegut So it goes: wake, eat, work, eat, sleep — repeat.

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I was there… Viareggio. The road of kings led me to this beach, to this sea in Italy.

drboss1 In Human Condition, Moments of Life, Self-Realization

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for Michael Fessler Summiting the mountain, the mountain summiting me.

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I rub my nose on the nape of his neck. “Yes, I will die,” I sigh, “but…”

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When you first see the finish gleam… it’s easiest to succumb to dreams.

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358.

Having to pee on the ride home can sometimes be a good thing.

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for Lord Byron Imagine if we lived our entire lives thinking only of ourselves…

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Past rock-bottom: an endless abyss of emptiness — and nothing.

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353.

Lightning illuminates the darkness — ink on paper

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I woke unsure if it was Sunday or Monday. It’s Tuesday.

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349.

Sharpener filled with shavings; paper full of emptiness.

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347.

for Larry Gates We fill birds and trees with our philosophies; they simply answer, “Be.”

drboss1 In Nature, To the Masters

346.

for John Keats …fade away into the forest dim… followed by whining, grinding gears…

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345.

Waiting for anything — slot machines illuminate the zombie faces.

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344.

The ripe juice-filled fruit decaying to the delight of buzzing bees.

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342.

Birds, moon, and trees each doing their own thing while we fill them with ourselves.

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341.

Staring out the window — but not past.

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339.

Morning fog eases between the leafless trees — obscuring all to white

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338.

“One more day, one more day. One more day,” I always say.

drboss1 In Health & Wellness, Human Condition, Moments of Life

337.

for Percy I nuzzle my nose into the nape of his neck — find that special spot.

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The empty, blank white page betrays my teeming brain.

drboss2 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Moments of Life

334.

Can I capture emptiness with a blank page? Gray morning blue.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, To the Masters

333.

for Robert Frost And you took the road less traveled — leading to my alphabetized books.

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332.

for Michael McClintok We lie panting, eye to eye, swimming in sheets, outside of time.

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Past the window – in the old, gnarled tree – the Troll King grins — still-watching me.

drboss1 In Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Nature, Self-Realization

330.

How silly we are: pretending to know of what the skylarks sing.

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329.

mourning moon shedding snowflake tears

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a new moon hovers above the fresh-settled snow — the loudest silence

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for Gary Hotham She rises from the moonlit lake, shaking stars from her radiant hair.

drboss1 In "Short Story", Health & Wellness, Moments of Life

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for Bernard Lionel Einbond Our first kiss begins under streetlights; ends beneath your dawn-dyed sheets.

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324.

The afterimage of your silhouette against my sun-stained eyes.

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323.

silence in the sudden snowfall slowly fades to black

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322.

The theater unfolding in the night sky — the spectral silence

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“What is art,” I ask my shoe. “Anything that moves my sole,” it replies.

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the withered leaves and leafless trees — then, suddenly, the rain

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a chorus of crickets — the moon shushes the chittering stars

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all these poems about moons and sunsets, without the actual life

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for Mother Earth “Don’t worry about me,” she says, “I’ll be here long after you’re dust.”

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for Jack Kerouac Full moon crackling through leafless branches — the same hope, an old hope.

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for Jack Kerouac The twisting branches take the roundabout way to eternity.

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for Jack Kerouac Autumn afternoon — the leafless tree waits patiently… for what?

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for Jack Kerouac Falling autumn leaves — some, for a moment, chase the sun.

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for Jack Kerouac Nap upon nap — a sleeping cat on a blanketed lap.

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The guttural drone of generators against the river of time.

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Your body is the physical story of your life. What’s it saying?

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for Gregory Corso Death, like a monkey’s paw, curls around the fore-defeated stars.

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Headlights sweep the darkness, illuminating the mask-covered faces.

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for Robert Frost I’m one acquainted with the night — last to sleep, first up in morning’s light.

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for Joy Harjo In between the poet’s pauses — words mix with crickets’ chirping verse.

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My pen bends under the strain of my teeming brain — breaks.

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The swift dreams of its chimney nest from afar, as the first snow fills it.

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The wind flirts with the big ole oak — shit, there goes my hat!

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A plastic red wagon sits idle, waiting for nap time to end

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Cascading colors scroll down my computer screen, my eyes blank.

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for Samuel Beckett All the poems I lost over the bridge. I watch, nothing to be done.

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2 a.m. Just lonely me and the ghosts that never show.

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When you’re here, you’re here. When you’re not… who knows?

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All the way to Innisfree to feel escape; almost drowned, gulping water

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How can we expect to write poems when nature is caged between fences?

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for Grendel Sometimes we forget that even monsters have their stories.

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Oh how many moons have come and gone, since that sparrow shit on my shoe?

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Another dig, immediately forgotten — the squirrel’s meditation

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One conversation with an old friend is enough to bring you back.

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each time I look to the left, the moon a little further to the right

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for W.B. Yeats I walked into the woods with a fire in my head — foraging for poem.

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for Nick Virgilio the pale outline of the new moon deepens the cloudless darkness

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wind rippled pond – lily pads – indifferent – floating through our privileged lives –

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To the Master(s) It’s time for rhymes – you have the rest of your life to kill yourself to death.

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I drove past the roads of my past… eventually, reached a one way street.

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for God A bee drowning in my drink. I extend a stem to save it — god.

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for Kansas If all we are is dust in the wind, at least there’s dust and wind.

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for Haruki Murakami I close my eyes with everything I have — please… just let me fade away…

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for Hermann Hesse O, the paradox! disregard all life’s suffering — breathe, embrace the void.

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I stare at the struggling stream, the coughing cars —can poetry save us?

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for Basho Another year gone — pen in my hand, reams of unmarked pages.

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for Issa There are no laws or Gods in nature — breath, sex, death, a vague tomorrow.

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for Issa Leaves slowly turning— the lives we yearn for, far off, lost in idle pasts.

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for Joy Harjo Her mystic smile, framed in stars — the heaviness of being a man.

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for Issa calligraphy of bats against the barn —weaving moonlit flight

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Portrait of RBG outside of a department store on Broadway in NYC. Photo by Andrew Kelly, REUTERS.

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for F. Scott Fitzgerald “First you take a drink, and then the drink takes a drink – then the drink takes you.” […]

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Solar eclipse over a street in Chiayi, Taiwan. Credit @kevin_hsieh_1013

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You’re describing the ignorant majesty of a kid on a wall.

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All these sullen stares waiting for the next fleeting thrill to pass the time.

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Her posture. Her hat. The arch of her shoulders and the slope of her back.

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