Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

a memory lost

rummage in the nooks

a life built on faulty ground

a memory lost

two buried in a cranny

the mist becomes a refuge 

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Here I am–being melancholy again! Still thinking about time passing and aging and all that. Anyway, thanks to RDP (CRANNY) and FOWC (BUILT) for the the inspiration 

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

the end of the beginning of the end

walk me to the door

the end of the beginning

light repels the dark

the dark absorbs the twilight

the beginning of the end

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Time passes so quickly. I find myself reflecting on beginnings and endings and the lights and darks of the middle. Thanks to FOWC (WALK) and Tanka Tuesday (REPEL/ABSORB) for the inspiration. 

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

crazy modern love

crazy love consumes

undone by your sublime text 

heart eclipses mind

the moment permeates all

and the center cannot hold

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 Thanks to Reena and RDP for their inspiration. The words nutty, sublime text, and eclipse led to me this ode to crazy modern love, with a shout out to William Butler Yeats (and Joan Didion).  

 

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

unguarded wonder

a moon so intense

I imagine heroin

unguarded wonder

my mind immersed in brightness

trying to find my way home

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 Thanks for the inspiration to FOWC and Tanka Tuesday.

 

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

on the threshold

an open doorway

eyes open as you step up

your heart unguarded

an all or nothing wager

endless possibilities

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 I was inspired by two challenges today.

Reena’s xploration challenge invited us to explore the space of Passages, Doorways, Thresholds, and/or Transitions, which dovetailed beautifully with dVerse Poets Banned Book challenge. As an avid ally for the trans/non-binary community, I was drawn to the following quote from Susan Kuklin’s book Beyond Magenta.  

 … my subjects’ willingness to brave bullying and condemnation in order to reveal their individual selves makes it impossible to be nothing less than awestruck.”

Check out both sites for more information on the challenges and for some great writing.