John Kerl

Hair more grey than brown
won't hold a braid -- stray wisps fly --
mother's rules unwound

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Tombstones in white rows,
lives and deaths staggered, apart
and yet together

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Window pane, grey rain
prefers no straightest path, no --
wending, creeping, slow

#haiku #haikufeels [prefer] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

Knee-high morning mist
Branched birds black silhouetted
A hushed awaiting

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river at first light
herons in the reeds keep watch
morning’s hush unbroken

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As the daylight fades,
a thousand other suns shine --
radiant chorus

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daytime turns to dusk
vibrant orange sunset fades
dark patiently waits

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Scar beneath the eye --
I never asked what happened --
crinkled by smiling

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Nail in a tree
a hundred years old now -- what
welcome, what warning?

#haiku #haikufeels [invest] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

Do you mind, with the
toe-tapping? Oh yes I mind --
life needs some rhythm

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Speak to me only
of truthful things, or sweet lies --
ask no reflection

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river speaks in loops
braiding light around the stones
forgetting no one

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pines on the ridgeline
speak in long unhurried sways
old green dialect

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#1141 Crush

One innocent crush
ferments into poetry,
the vintner’s reserve

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#certifiedsommelier

One long strand of yarn,
looped ten thousand times, keeps this
soul warm, this heart light

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Morning's jarring sounds --
phantoms flee, fears backpedal --
cruel, truthful dawn

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Hands pull on a rope
drawing from the well of pain --
bottomless, ink-dark

#haiku #haikufeels [well] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

Freshly sharpened knife
parts onion cell from cell, in
layered bitter tears

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Leaves crushed into scent,
dish flavored, a memory
of sunny hillside

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Dog gnaws on bone like
icy wind on bare neck, like
all my old regrets

#haiku #haikufeels [gnaw] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

To edit, or not?
Last question before posting.
Nope, now it's perfetc.

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I loved Grandma's treats --
peanut brittle, not so much --
thought I broke a tooth

#haiku #haikufeels [brittle] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

Who's that goose up there,
tip of the vee, no goose-ends
in sight -- just blue sky

#haiku #haikufeels [lead] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

Loom warped and wefted --
loose strands gathered and tightened --
a rainbow fabric

#haiku #haikufeels [warped] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

Hand on subway pole --
boss wrote "See me," no context --
O rider, just breathe

#haiku #haikufeels [relax] #writingprompt #blueskypoets

Hair combed, teeth brushed -- a
first date -- fingers crossed -- damage,
rear not thy foul head

#haiku #haikufeels [damage] #blueskypoets #writingprompt

#HaikuFeels #haiku

spring rain—
each drop a vote
for the buried seed

Souls cast their ballots—
in dreams, before the mind wakes.
Tally illusions.

#HaikuFeels - Vote
#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #Poem
#SkyPoet #3Lines #MicroPoem

Rocky Mountain rain,
continental divide: drops
fall, choose an ocean

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The sky keeps no throne
Stars scatter their ancient fire
Each heart lights its own

#HaikuFeels #Vote
#prompt