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What do you see # 251- August 26, 2024
WDYS 8-26-24
Category: Uncategorized
Gotta❤️❤️Pete!
dVerse Poets
New to haibun? The form consists of one to a few paragraphs of prose—usually written in the present tense—that evoke an experience and are often non-fictional/autobiographical. They may be preceded or followed by one or more haiku—nature-based, using a seasonal image—that complement without directly repeating what the prose stated.
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Write a haibun that alludes to seasonal shift.
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Read and comment on some of your fellow poets’ work.
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Have fun!
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Today I’m repotting my tomato plant because of changes in weather with high winds and hard rain. No matter what I do the plant is tall in a pot and tips easily. Today I planted it in a heavy pot and placed it near a metal standing decoration for more support.
new gardener learns
safety of a cared for plant
hoping to see fruit
inexperience my tell
now sheltered, a wish is sent
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Haibun Monday 8-26-24: Another Seasonal Shift
Lover’s Lament
This week’s prompts are:
- she’s drinking champagne
- spilling whisky
- I gotta go
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I’m feeling sad, eyes are misty
Him holding her and spilling whiskey
She’s drinking champagne
And I’m feeling the pain
I still love her but she’s with him
I don’t know what she sees in Jim
He’s big and burly
Hairy and surly
I can’t see the appeal
But guess it’s a done deal
Then I spy the rings
That really stings
I gotta go, maybe tomorrow
I’ll try to forget this hurt and sorrow.
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OLWG# 380- Gambler’s Gimlet
The Sunday Whirl – A Dare
A glossy feathered raven’s words from blackened branches blew across our ears, sending chills we could feel in our bones. Stranger still, a slight scratch on the tilted grave stone never ceased. We could keep venturing further into the graveyard or run…we ran!
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Wordle 669
The Neighbor
Well of course he could harness the dog and drill it to death, but that would cause a bloody mess, and against his good nature, or he could build a cage with these tools and secret the dog away to another county. Yes, that would work.
Joe got busy building a cage and made sure he drilled a few air holes. He didn’t want to kill the dog, just get rid of him. After he finished the box, he went to the grocery and bought beef jerky, the really smelly kind and lined the cage to lure the dog. He dug a hole under the fence in the back, not visible to anyone, under a bush and set the cage. It didn’t take long before ol’ Sparky was inside the box and the trap door edge shut down immediately. Joe gathered it up quickly and put it in his trunk. He was off on a long road trip to leave the dog.
It was blissfully quiet for two weeks and all the neighbors sighed with relief. Of course Sparky’s owner was curious as to what happened to his dog but didn’t say a thing to his neighbors. Secretly, he was tired of the dog too.
Sparky was found by a farmer and trained him to guard his sheep, and lived a happy life.
“All’s well that ends well…”
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No Theme Thursday: 08.22.24
MLMM Sunday
This Sunday, I would like you to create about what August means to you. Please feel free to create in media that inspires you. Likewise, please feel free to share previously created work that touches on this topic.
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This year we have had a hard rain and thunderstorm almost every day this month, quite unusual for our area.
stripping stems of their beauty
petals float away
perhaps a child will catch them
smile and relish in nature
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Sunday Confessionals : Augustine
Must Read:
Fandango’s Flashback Friday
SoCS 8-24-24
The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Aug. 24, 2024
The Bag Lady 
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