cherish / petal / accept / jan 31

 cherish / petal / accept

cherish that dew drop
savoured by the rose petal
short-lived acceptance

#haikuchallenge (cherish)
#BraveWrite (petal)
#haikufeels (accept)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

complex / launder /forgive / jan 30

complex / launder / forgive

complex procedure
launder, forgive, and forget
vexing memories

#haikuchallenge (complex)
#BraveWrite (launder)
#haikufeels (forgive)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

clear / meticulous / imply / jan 29

 clear / meticulous / imply

clear global warming
plan a meticulous path
or face the curtains

#haikuchallenge (clear)

#BraveWrite (meticulous)
#haikufeels (imply)
#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

breathe / subtle /add / jan 28

 gaza woes

breathe / subtle / add

breathe softly subtly
lest they know you are alive
add not to killings

#haikuchallenge (breathe)
#BraveWrite (subtle)
#haikufeels (add)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

believe / panel / remember jan 27

 believe / panel / remember

panelists believed
remember do not forget
genocide occurred

#haikuchallenge (believe)
#BraveWrite (panel)
#haikufeels (remember)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

become / cover-up / allocate / jan 26

 become / cover-up / allocate

they feign victimhood
to cover up terrorism
allocate more bombs

#haikuchallenge (become)
#BraveWrite (cover-up)
#haikufeels (allocate)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

assiduous / mulberry / invent jan 25

 assiduous / mulberry / invent

inventing magic
assiduous mulberry
silkworm's sole food

#haikuchallenge (assiduous)
#BraveWrite (mulberry)
#haikufeels (invent)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

adroit / clutch / collapse / jan 24

 adroit / clutch / collapse

to save from collapse
clutch adroitness is helpful
for vindication

#haikuchallenge (adroit)
#BraveWrite (clutch)
#haikufeels (collapse)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com/

allure / flesh / negotiate / jan 23

 allure / flesh / negotiate

allure for organs
negotiations for flesh
transplantation woes

#haikuchallenge (allure)
#BraveWrite (flesh)
#haikufeels (negotiate)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

zone / lurid / whisper jan 22

 zone / lurid / whisper

in gossip free zone
whispering lurid details
where angels tread not


#haikuchallenge (zone)
#BraveWrite (lurid)
#haikufeels ()whisper

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

zeal / gravitas / whisper jan 21

 zeal / gravitas / whisper

armed with new-found zeal
whispering with gravitas
they stealthily moved

#haikuchallenge (zeal)
#BraveWrite (gravitas)
#haikufeels (whisper)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

zest/ hoity-toity / confuse/ jan 20

 zest / hoity-toity / confuse

mean politicians
zest for hoity-toity speech
add to voter woes

#haikuchallenge (zest)
#BraveWrite (hoity-toity)
#haikufeels (confuse)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

you / sanctimonious / spend/ jan 19

 you / sanctimonious / spend

you and your spending
sanctimonious smugness
missile bomb showers

#haikuchallenge (you)
#BraveWrite (sanctimonious)
#haikufeels (spend)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

tear dichotomy jan 18

tear dichotomy

same lacrimal glands
gazan tears indifferent
zionist tears prized

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

youth / laurel/ analyze jan 18

greta and malala

as youth win laurels
elders stuck in status quo
analyze impasse

#haikuchallenge (youth)
#BraveWrite (laurel)
#haikufeels (analyze)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

yoga / edict / retreat / jan 17

 yoga / edict / retreat

i
yoga in retreat
calm serene meditation
edict not needed

ii
dictator's edict
yoga retreat retracted
after the photo-op

#haikuchallenge (yoga)
#BraveWrite (edict)
#haikufeels (retreat)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

xenial / acquiesce / allow / jan 16

 xenial / acquiesce / allow

sacrifice allowed
xenial hosts acquiesced
thus sealing their fate

#haikuchallenge (xenial)
#BraveWrite (acquiesce)
#haikufeels (allow)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

xeric / selfless / create jan 15

 xeric / selfless / create

in xeric shrublands
the selfless creates haven
alleviate thirst

#haikuchallenge (xeric)
#BraveWrite (selfless)
#haikufeels (create)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

xerophilous / vindicate / instruct jan 14

 xerophilous / vindicate / instruct

xerophilous plants
vindicate conservation
instruction for us

#haikuchallenge (xerophilous)
#BraveWrite (vindicate)
#haikufeels (instruct)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

whimsy /neoteny / skate / jan 13

 whimsy /neoteny / skate

skating on dark clouds
neoteny in elites
whimsy wondering

#haikuchallenge (whimsy)
#BraveWrite (neoteny)
#haikufeels (skate)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

today's word is crisis

 today's word is crisis

it is yours

  mine

    and ours

gazans

 israelis

  houthis

   sudanese

    kashmris

     rohingyas

      uyghurs

       balochs

white colonizers

brown-black colonized

there is no escape

from crisis

 catastrophe 

  confrontation 

   crunch 

    crux 

even elpis 

 is drowned

  in crisis

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

whisper / equidistant / improve / jan 12

 whisper / equidistant / improve

reception enhanced
loudspeakers equidistant
soft whispers relayed

#haikuchallenge (whisper)
#BraveWrite (equidistant)
#haikufeels (improve)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

wander / sepia / bake / Jan 11

 wander / sepia / bake

wandering in past
half baked sepia flashback
what if, what if not

#haikuchallenge (wander)
#BraveWrite (sepia)
#haikufeels (bake)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

value / terse / explore/ Jan 10

 value / terse / explore

what is to explore
in these infertile, terse times
when values languish

#haikuchallenge (value)
#BraveWrite (terse)
#haikufeels (explore)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

verve / daft / request/ Jan 09

bombs

very daft request
lobbyists carried with verve
many more will die

#haikuchallenge (verve)
#BraveWrite (daft)
#haikufeels (request)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

vivid / cellophane / sled Jan 08

 vivid / cellophane / sled

vivid memories
picnic basket cellophaned
sledding to the falls

#haikuchallenge (vivid)
#BraveWrite (cellophane)
#haikufeels (sled)
#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

uplift / adamant / adjust / Jan 07

 uplift / adamant / adjust

when skies are lit up
how to uplift, adjust hope
karma adamant


#haikuchallenge (uplift)
#BraveWrite (adamant)
#haikufeels (adjust)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

united / detrimental / watch / Jan 06

not detrimental
when we're united in love
watch peace overflow

#haikuchallenge (united)
#BraveWrite (detrimental)
#haikufeels (watch)
#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

ultimate / stratosphere /expand/ Jan 05

in the stratosphere
they expand fabrications
ultimate collapse

#haikuchallenge (ultimate)
#BraveWrite (stratosphere)
#haikufeels (expand)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

tremble / cerise / build

 tremble / cerise / build

trembling face cerise
building a false narration
knowing it won't fly

@AlanDersh

#haikuchallenge (tremble)
#BraveWrite (cerise )
#haikufeels (build)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com