SENRYU 0206

though I have faced death—
not a dissolved sandcastle
drowning at high tide

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#NaPoWriMo Day 7
20250407 Day 81 of #TheStaffordChallenge
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Hello everyone, here is my #haiku #poem written from the
Twitter #vss365 #prompt #death
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 High Tide #hightide
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04/07 #NaPoWriMo #prompt
Today, we challenge you to write a similar kind of self-portrait poem, in which you explain why you are not a particular piece of art (a symphony, a figurine, a ballet, a sonnet), use at least one outlandish comparison, and a strange (and maybe not actually real) fact.
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2025 April PAD Challenge: Day 7 #prompt
For today’s prompt, write a tense poem. It could be past tense, present tense, and/or future tense. Or it could be about a tense feeling. Or the tension in an object (like the strings of a guitar).

HAIKU 0121

As the palm trees swayed,
Milton spawning tornadoes…
Twisting path of grief.


My heart goes out to all impacted by Hurricane Milton. Godspeed in your recovery.

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FROZEN

The lost cat…
a still and lifeless form—
an aching reminder
of the biting cold of childhood.

Once soft and delicate,
black fur became frigid.
Petrifying
to a child.

Cloaked in icy cold,
memory froze.
Terror took a stand.
Like thin ice, innocence cracked.

Sitting by the campfire…
peering into the past, I exclaim:
It is not your fault…
It is not your fault.

My cold toes
wiggle.
My thawing fingers grasp
twigs as they feed the fire.

The dam breaks…
the frozen terror
of a young child
melts.

By the fire…
I whisper.
It is not your fault…
It is not your fault.

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