24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 19, 1/30/24, Part II: Deep Cold
Bussokuseki-style is an archaic poetic device in which lines are written in a 5-7-5-7-7-7 mora pattern.
white stark scenery
blankets of the purest snow
arctic blue hues blend
sky and land seem intertwined
untouched by creatures or man
nature finds this secret space
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Your prompt for JusJoJan January 30th, 2024 is “calendar.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
I vary my reading and just completed the “Darker Shades of Magic” trilogy by V E Schwab. I am amazed with how she writes and am hooked🤓. I started with her book “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” which I enjoyed and then went on to “Vicious”, but this DSM series is my favorite so far.
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Twelve years ago I was on 24 hour oxygen, kidneys in bad shape and addicted to Fentanyl patches, taking Vicodin and ibuprofen along with various other medications. None of these things stopped pain and I finally got off everything and now only Tylenol if necessary. Probably I am lucky that I’m allergic to strong pain meds…
breath was sporadic
panic often reared it’s head
helpful listening
needed doctors’ care saved me
now I’m able to breathe free
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#Haiku Happenings #2: “Haibun Monday 1-29-24: Breath” by yours truly over at dVerse Poets Pub
What do you see # 223- January 29, 2024
The butterfly felt like a velvet kiss, the soft down of its wing trailing along my cheek. Nature’s creatures have a way of dispelling any cloud in my mind, gifting a wish of peace. The sky opens and I can breathe once again.
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MLMM Wordle #358
Share Your World 29th January
Thanks so much, Kim! Please be sure to visit Kim’s blog to read her posts and say hello. And follow her while you’re there if you’re not already. Your prompt for JusJoJan January 29th, 2024 is “family”.
Daily Prompt – JusJoJan the 29th, 2024
restless toss
digested sad news
fevered dreams
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Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 499. DREAM and Fever.
I open my blinds and see blue clear skies and a quiet sunny day, safe and sound in my small apartment but I’m feeling so sad. I know we will be sending more young people out to give their lives. Our supposed “pullout” from Middle East areas was never going to be a solution. I personally think there never will be a solution. These conflicts have been going on forever and even before 9/11 we’ve been in it, never out of it, starting with our huge consumption of oil years ago, where it is and how we get it. Our powerful position in the world, and the convenience and money oil generates promotes my assumption wars over it will never end.
We need to know and think about all of the military personnel stationed outside the US and realize war is and has been ongoing.
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