A SUNDAY HAIKU
`Bathing`
quiet devotion—
skin gathers the day’s fever
a promise settles
— J N M
Artist Credits ©Jenny Lou Pena
`Bathing In the Heat Waves`
Year: 2026
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REFLECTIONS - Chaos of My Own Making
"I miss the life that ink refuses to recall, now just empty pages where words still burn, but yet remain unwritten."
— James N McManus
Artist Credits - © Airesh Kate Caliso
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SUNDAY HAIKU
`quiet resurrection`
rain pelts on longleaf—
old pines rise like blood‑kin ghosts
calling me back home
— J N M
4 April 2026
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`quiet resurrection`
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A SUNDAY HAIKU
`Tired`
Some hurt just don’t heal —
a tired that tastes like old grief
settling in my soul
— J M M
29 March 2026
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A SUNDAY HAIKU
`anyhow`
life or illusion—
wind drifts through an open door
nothing holds its truth
— J M M
11 March 2026
Artist Credits © J N M
`anyhow `
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Year: 2026
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A SUNDAY HAIKU
`dearly departed`
A silence unheard —
confessions never spoken
the weight we carry
— J M M
8 March 2026
Artist Credits © J N M
`Dearly Departed `
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Year: 2026
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A SUNDAY HAIKU
`Family Recipes`
Down on the bayou—
a family recipe
tonight's crawfish pie
— J M M
28 February 2026
Artist Credits © J N M
`Family Recipes `
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Year: 2026
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rec·la·ma·tion
/ˌrekləˈmāSHən/
“I sit with the night, and the night teaches me how to breathe again.”
— J N M
1 March 2026
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A SUNDAY HAIKU
`a quiet void `
Within reflection —
sequestered memories dwell
tired soul gently weeps
— J M M
22 February 2026
Artist Credits © J N M
`a quiet void `
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A SUNDAY HAIKU
` truth `
fractured symmetry —
architecture of a soul
A portrait whispers
— J M M
13 Feb 26
“Wholeness was never the prize, only the courage to live inside my own fractures, letting every broken piece speak its truth.”
— James N McManus
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A SUNDAY HAIKU
`First Snow`
Lost in ecstasy —
blustering of winter winds
first feast of white skelf
— J N M
27 January 2026
Artist Credits © J N M
`first snow`
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Year: 2026
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A SUNDAY HAIKU
`tomorrow`
The edges of the mind —
a silent anxiety
exhaustion settles
— J N M
22 January 2026
Artist Credits © J N M
`tomorrow`
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Year: 2026
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A SUNDAY HAIKU
`Chaos`
Chaos from within —
minds' inward unraveling
quiet betrayal
— J N M
January 18, 2026
Artist Credits © J N M
`chaos`
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Year: 2026
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The mind speaks first, loud, sharp, certain of storms that never come. We craft whole destinies out of shadows, bowing to them as truth. But sometimes it’s only thought. Not fate. Not prophecy. Just life passing through, etched in truth. — J N M 8 January 2026
The mind speaks first, loud, sharp, certain of storms that never come.
We craft whole destinies out of shadows, bowing to them as truth.
But sometimes it’s only thought.
Not fate.
Not prophecy.
Just life passing through,
etched in truth.
— J N M
8 January 2026
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SUNDAY HAIKU
` Yesteryear `
Yesteryear of words —
poet's voice without a peace
for auld lang syne's sake
— J N M
January 4, 2026
Artist Credits © J N M
`Yesteryear `
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Year: 2026
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`A Dark Rose `
Written From the Soul of Author James N McManus
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A SUNDAY HAIKU
` Gratitude `
Weathered by seasons―
beneath the layers of life
spiritual lure
— J N M
30 November 2025
Artist Credits © J N M
`Gratitude `
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Year: 2025
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A SUNDAY HAIKU
` slipping away `
Lying dead inside ―
words still thinkin, unwritten
Just slipping away
— J N M
22 November 2025
Artist Credits © J N M
`slipping away `
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Year: 2025
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