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I believe in kindness, truth and beauty, the power of nature, and the triumph of the human spirit. Published in the 2024 Best Haiku international #anthology! All contents Copyright David Hoffmann © 2024 https://www.davidhoffmann.com

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HAIKU 0292

proud ambassadors
decked out in deluxe attire—
emperor penguins

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14.10.2025 16:04 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

HAIKU 0291

whispering with wind—
an undertone of longing—
wolves distant howling

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13.10.2025 14:59 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

HAIKU 0290

crimson leaves settle—
crisp crunch of tender twig snaps—
campfire smoke rises

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12.10.2025 16:18 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

HAIKU 0289

off to school they go—
piranha academy—
jaws on lunchboxes

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12.10.2025 15:31 — 👍 26    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

SENRYU 0371

vivid memory
unthinkable for a child
forever frozen

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11.10.2025 16:30 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

SENRYU 0370

no match for wildfire
retreating in a raincoat—
one mississippi

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11.10.2025 16:04 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

SENRYU 0369

vicious wartime verve
crashing upon crumbling lives—
children now shudder

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10.10.2025 15:17 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

SENRYU 0368

each season passes
as shall for the libertines—
cruel is winter

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09.10.2025 15:21 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

SENRYU 0367

last time I held you—
ash in the palm of my hand—
whispering in wind

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08.10.2025 14:38 — 👍 25    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

SENRYU 0366

I clash with regret
while reaching for redemption—
Self-forgiveness waits

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07.10.2025 14:22 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

SENRYU 0365

facing fear— some who
associate love with loss
then bravely love more

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06.10.2025 16:00 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you Jenn 🙏

05.10.2025 16:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

SENRYU 0364

Amazon felling—
avert your eyes from advert
now pulp— not fiction

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05.10.2025 15:12 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

SENRYU 0363

yellow leaves linger—
brittle bookmarks on the ground—
our anthology

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04.10.2025 18:16 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

SENRYU 0362

stretched yet unbroken—
ever elastic spirit
bound by believing

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04.10.2025 15:20 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

HAIKU 0288

beaten to a pulp—
now becoming translucent—
these drums just begun

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03.10.2025 11:56 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

SENRYU 0361

her moist lips whisper
an oasis overture—
she— a symphony

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02.10.2025 13:52 — 👍 20    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

HAIKU 0287

future draws daily
increasing times illusion—
past becomes a blur

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01.10.2025 14:57 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

SENRYU 0360

conundrum complete—
self-fulfilling prophecy
creating crisis

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30.09.2025 15:02 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

SENRYU 0359

believing it's done—
sublimate self-deception—
honest alchemy

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29.09.2025 15:18 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

HAIKU 0286

Keyhole Nebula
ethereal escutcheon—
portal to beyond

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28.09.2025 14:12 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

SENRYU 0358

suspend scrutiny—
solace of simplicity
found in forgiveness

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27.09.2025 14:41 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

SENRYU 0357

Miranda exclaims
sonorous sililoquoy
remain unspoken

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26.09.2025 19:32 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

HAIKU 0285

a roll of the dice—
temptation to a tempest
took Isle of Caprice

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25.09.2025 15:30 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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WordPress One-Year Writing Streak!

I have written and posted #poems #poetry to WordPress every day since 09/24/24

24.09.2025 16:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

SENRYU 0356

planning to escape
each eventuality
may now lead to loss

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24.09.2025 16:10 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

SENRYU 0355

imagination—
bellwether of believing
ever expanding

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23.09.2025 15:51 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

SENRYU 0354

crisp autumn air calls—
reinvigorate yourself—
leaves are rustling

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22.09.2025 15:04 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

SENRYU 0353

again letting go—
perhaps purpose will find me
foraging freedom

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21.09.2025 15:17 — 👍 19    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

HAIKU 0284

leaping limb to limb
catastrophe afferted—
eight lives still remain

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20.09.2025 16:12 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0