I love
the tick tock of the clock
gently caressing
the silence of the night...

It sounds like
wisps of ethereal time
seeping into the sky..

Fear not
the moment's
inevitable abandonment..

There will be eventual replenishment
of this eternal resource
carried by the chimes
and deposited in our laps
when the time is right

Gently, gently,
Taking on
The unforeseen
Long way back –
Baby steps.

March 29th, 2025
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happy hour
a stranger's marriage
on the rocks
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Daily Haiku Prompt for March 27, 2025: high tide (South)

High tide—
suddenly
this haiku.

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a constant reminder
the nearest exit
may be behind me
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Conflict wakes
The inner stranger —
Almost every resolution
Starts with letting go of anger.

March 29th, 2025
#vsspoem prompt: #Stranger

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Trouble is a wave,
Happiness no constant —
Yet, either are reflections
Of how well we deal
With change.

March 27th, 2025
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waking from hibernation
the hungry bear trifling
with a beehive
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Necessities
Ebbing —
Nothing that
Needs to be
Compares to
Blessed rest
Past trifle.

March 26th, 2025
#vsspoem prompt: #Trifle

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luxury cruise
all the discomforts
of home
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Daily Haiku Prompt for March 24, 2025: grass (South)

Summer grass—
wave upon wave of
whispering wind.

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Discomfort speaks,
Yet, thoughts scream louder,
Drowning out the monologue —
How could I soothe your conscious
When you won't pause
To hear me out.

March 25th, 2025
#vsspoem prompt: #Discomfort

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story hour
the musty smell
of an old book store
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The latest Weekly Prompt is up!

I can't wait to read your sixku.

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Lifeless rooms, musty air —
This is where we lived our days.
Were this every happiness,
It’s nothing without me.

March 24th, 2025
#vsspoem prompt: #Musty

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the week's forecast
timely relief
for frozen assets
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Daily Haiku Prompt for March 22, 2025: night (North)

Night
above pine trees
moonless.

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the great businessman
with a long history
of underhanded deals
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Reminisce —
Paper, ink, frozen time,
Memories from days long gone
Awakening a part of me
I've not known for way too long.

March 23rd, 2025
#vsspoem prompt: #Frozen

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Selective morality
so in vogue
with us rambunctious
foam at the mouth zealots
weighs heavily on the soul..

This modern affliction
causes my stiff neck
these contentious days
to be perpetually in pain
from always
looking the other way
from the high volume sins
of our very flawed leadership..

Handicapping me to such an extent
I have to #shift my body
to see the train of reality
speeding down the tracks
to squash gullible me
and the proper discernment I lack..

When you read my brief obituary
the blurb that sums me up will say..

Death by lame rationalizations