Winter's wild romance
dark, moonless nights
beguiling the artist,
confusing the traveler,
on the way home
#TankaThursday romance
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birds chirping
in the eucalyptus
me swaying gently
in the hammock
I turn a page
#TankaThursday page
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I promise
long after the sun sets
when the woke petals
will have withered and dried
I'll stay the same
#wss366 woke
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white of whiskers
and faded of fur
in the background
discreet drumbeats
of goodbye
#TankaThursday drumbeats
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rogue ruler
hastening the fall
of a dying empire
but the more guilty masses
that let him
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lucky shot
on blue-sky Thursday
a jubilant thrush
in time
for my camera
#TankaThursday blue sky
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on a hot air balloon
under a blue sky
a fleeting moment
between this
and that
#TankaThursday blue sky
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from a treasure chest
of warm memories
granny's muffler
stealing all the cold
from winter
#haikufeels steal
#dailyhaikuprompt cold full moon
#wss366 chest
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a creeping desert
of desolation
then suddenly
the true magic
of green leaves
#TankaThursday true
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in the longest shadow
cast by Winter's sun
I struggle between
true halves
of myself
#TankaThursday true
#vss365 struggle
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now and again
a napping kitty
and the burden
of having to tiptoe
around the house
#TankaThursday burden
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in other news
coo after coo
a drenched hummingbird
singing in the rain
breaks my tender heart ๐
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small finds
on my evening walk
a magenta scarf
caught
in the rose bush
#vss365 magenta
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an apple a day
repels the doctor
but rhinitis
makes a joker
out of me ๐คง
#TankaThursday apple
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autumn
of achievable dreams
finally settling down
to knitting mufflers
for granny
#vss365 achievable
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forget-me-not
granny's precious
old trench coat
a tired button
coming lose
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warped trees
stripped by autumn ๐ ๐
the dendrophile
surviving
without momentum
#TankaThursday momentum
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foggy Halloween
at the lumber yard
how the cursed dendrophile
watches and watches
and writhes away
#vss365 Halloween
#haikufeels writhe
#TankaThursday curse
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the gradual erasure
of granny's garden
weeds and unseen weevils
bumblebees
hovering overhead
#TankaThursday erase
#vss365 unseen
#wss366 weed
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time and tide
erasing me
'tis the same book
but I'm hardly
the same
#TankaThursday erase
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sundown at base camp
by rancid moonlight
a lost scoutย
counts pinecones
with bare feet
#TankaThursday pinecone
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Cappadocia skyline with colourful hot air balloons
Cappadocia
the irresistible allure
of a skyline
of unearthly heights
and hot air balloons
#vss365 unearthly
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Flying bird
adjusting
to the subtle whims
and caprices of time
flying
never to return
#TankaThursday subtle
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