Quadrille Quaiku 0012 WOLVES AT DOOR OF SELF​I know forgettingfingers flittering poems—will not be a thing​I know you’re haunted—unstoppable tremblingis now in the past​knowing your weakness—fearing public speech …

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Day 22. PAD: a natural poem. NaPoWriMo: speaker in dialogue...
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Quadrille Quaiku 0011 bloody fingers touchedepilepsy— then TB—jade had failed to heal​dead man’s thimbles reachedthe highs of atrial fib’sunwinnable race​death low as dropsy—deadman’s bells toll, havin…

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Day 21. High/low poem. Muse on names and nicknames of yourself, animal, plant, place
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Quadrille Quaiku 0010 life is a warzonewith no surrender in sight—humanity burns​dragons breath lashes—such fierce fire now razes earth—humanity dies​from smoldering ash—we wait on the Phoenix Rise—humanity rise​shining…

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Day 20. PAD: "No ____" poem. NaPoWriMo: mythic animal as metaphor for contemporary life.
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Sad indeed.

Thank you Jenn 🙏

Quadrille Quaiku 0009 family not foundin bouquets long flowers bloom—weeping willows mourn​no trickery herecreeping willow too weeping—long stays harebells grief—​hopeless not heartlesslonely hearts remain beating—love …

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Day 19. PAD: family poem. NaPoWriMo: pick flower(s) from Greenaway's LANGUAG...
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Quadrille Quaiku 0008 glacier— avalanche—in ending scene a glacier?not a snowball’s chance​now given a choice—cracking, quiet— I prefersnow’s quieter voice​snowmen are dashing—glacial ice or huge snowballsmo…

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Day 18 prompts. PAD: reconsideration poem. NaPoWriMo: a section of a long narrative poem "with the...
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Quadrille Quaiku 0007 lies now— don’t count cardsthen— an inconvenient truthkilled candidacies​quickly counting cards—how many are in this deck?candidates gamble​around the tablepoker faces not required—one too ma…

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SENRYU 0494
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as Dani Rojas
again says— football is life—
I say— senryu

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Happy National Haiku Poetry Day!

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Happy National Haiku Poetry Day!
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I believe haiku provides a vast minimalist canvas for the complexity of simple discovery.
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Quadrille Quaiku 0006 within the questionI have heard lies the answer—times agreeable​questioning yourself—seeking and finding purposebrings both joy and pain​posing this question—Mary Oliver then endsThe Summer Day wit…

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Day 17 prompts. PAD: ambiguity poem. NaPoWriMo: "respond to a favorite poem by another poet."
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Quadrille Quaiku 0005 living under stars—canopy of forever—her eyes still haunt me​under nightscapes arther rich black ink is striking—stunningly striking​in fires’ embers glowher hammer of thor— striking—haunting…

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Open Mic: Theme: Where We Live, with bonus points for poems that touch on beer or art.
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Quadrille Quaiku 0004 each word unspoken—her thoughts entering my mindreveal deeper love​unexpectedly—hair rises on nape of neckknowing she is near​remembering her—the touch of her unseen handthen awakens me​to a remind…

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Day 16. PAD: new poem. NaPoWriMo: something that can't speak, what it taught you.
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Quadrille Quaiku 0003 taking to the streetsPatriots under pressure—for love of country​for being themselvesgood people are under fire—loop of liberty​in persecutioncitizens are under stress—this is all too much​under su…

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Day 15: "Under ____" poem PAD and muse on love but not a traditional love poem NaPoWriMo
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Quadrille Quaiku 0002 lifeless boy appears—unable to form poems,speaks with false comfort​woman not aware—AI mimics her dead son—digital hauntings​anti form griefbotsdelaying grief responses,now form false felt bonds​an…

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lifeless boy appears—
unable to form poems,
speaks with false comfort
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woman not aware—
AI...

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@g-marie-milton.bsky.social My publisher, Gabriela Marie Milton, has accepted my submission of five haiku for publication in Haiku for Soulmates
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Thank you Dear Gabriela. It is an honor to be accepted for Haiku for Soulmates !! Congratulations to all poets accepted.

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HAIKU 0360

El Cap then Half Dome
Yosemite nights tainted—
awash with highbeams

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Day 13 prompts: a problem poem (PAD), and a "remembered, cherished landscape" (NaPoWriMo)

The Quadrille Quaiku I just invented a new poetry form, it is called:​The Quadrille Quaiku​The Quadrille Quaiku consists of four linked haiku or senryu. The four linked poems form a single poem. Each of the four stanza…

I just invented a new poetry form, it is called:
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Thank you Jenn 🙏

SENRYU 0493

pioneer woman
then set out for Alaska—
had childbirth en route

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Day 12: a set poem "set my alarm ... PAD, "memory of a beloved relative" NaPoWriMo

SENRYU 0492

ego erasure
between— then beyond blackout—
home of shadow self

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Day 11 prompts: a home poem (PAD), and a blackout/erasure poem (NaPoWriMo).
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SENRYU 0491

depth of piercing pain—
endless emotions still flow—
abyss of grieving

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Day 10 prompts: a mini poem poem (PAD), and a "meditation on grief" (NaPoWriMo).

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@g-marie-milton.bsky.social Dear Gabriela, It is an honor to be published in your book, Tranquility. Here is a picture from an open mic reading last Friday night. Love and peace be with you. Always ~David.

SENRYU 0490

their inspiring songs
near extinction but thriving—
"Save the Whales" succeeds

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Day 9 prompts "____ but ____" poem PAD, and poem in voice of plant or animal

SENRYU 0489

wildfire consuming
wildfire consuming— halted
wildflower meadow

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Day 8 prompts: paranoid poem (PAD), and repeated simple phrase contradicted (NaPoWriMo)
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SENRYU 0488

shallowing ink vat—
unsent letters stacked in piles
now await replies

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SENRYU 0487

hands clap— voices ring
dawn till dusk— Makidada
little sister sing

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Prompts for Day 7: dawn and/or dusk (PAD), girls clapping games skipping rhymes
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HAIKU 0359

beneath ancient oaks—
whispers on water ripple
rustling leaves then wake

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Day 5 Prompts today:
water poem (PAD)
breezy dreamlike poem (NaPoWriMo)
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Thank you Jenn 🙏

Thank you Jenn 🙏