mandala / veteran / never / Nov 12

 mandala / veteran / never / Nov 12

veterans never
dishonor a mandela
they have seen it all

#haikuchallenge (mandala)
#BraveWrite (veteran)
#haikufeels (never)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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majesty / honor / loss / Nov 11

 majesty / honor / loss / Nov 11

his majesty's loss
soldier's honor in the war
all went down the drain

#haikuchallenge (majesty)
#BraveWrite (honor)
#haikufeels (loss)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
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maiko / remember / jarring / Nov 10

 maiko / remember / jarring / Nov 10

maiko remembered
she hated ceremonies
jarring memory

#haikuchallenge (maiko)
#BraveWrite (remember)
#haikufeels (jarring)

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

lenity / scarf / brittle / Nov 09

 lenity / scarf / brittle / Nov 09

of water and oil
lenity and brittleness
scarf the whale of mind

#haikuchallenge (lenity)
#BraveWrite (scarf)
#haikufeels (brittle)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
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lantern / grate / lead / Nov 08

 lantern / grate / lead / Nov 08

leading with lanterns
chanting in the gloomy night
the crowd crashed the grate

#haikuchallenge (lantern)
#BraveWrite (grate)
#haikufeels (lead)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
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lambent / cranberries / warped / Nov 07

 lambent / cranberries / warped / Nov 07

in cranberry fields
in spite of warped warming
lambent fireflies shine

#haikuchallenge (lambent)
#BraveWrite (cranberries)
#haikufeels (warped)

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

kimono / miracle / damage / Nov 05

 kimono / miracle / damage / Nov 05

miracle happened
kimono was not damaged
seppuku custom

#haikuchallenge (kimono)
#BraveWrite (miracle)
#haikufeels (damage)

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

kingdom / fidelity / vote / Nov 04

 kingdom / fidelity / vote / Nov 04

when the pressure builds
the voter's fidelity
takes kingdom head on

#haikuchallenge (kingdom)

#BraveWrite (fidelity)

#haikufeels (vote)

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

jasper / curriculum / perfect / Nov 03

 jasper / curriculum / perfect / Nov 03

perfectly inlaid
the jasper curriculum
a delight to view

#haikuchallenge (jasper)
#BraveWrite (curriculum)
#haikufeels (perfect)

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

japan / entitled / apart / Nov 02

 japan / entitled / apart / Nov 02

japan's work ethic
entitled to stand apart
from other countries

#haikuchallenge (japan)
#BraveWrite (entitled)
#haikufeels (apart)

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

jasmine / detachment / quit / Nov 01

 jasmine / detachment / quit / Nov 01

as obsession fades
quitting after detachment
jasmsine scent lingers

#haikuchallenge (jasmine)
#BraveWrite (detachment)
#haikufeels (quit)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

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baithak.blogspot.com

image / boo / writhe / Oct 31

 image / boo / writhe / Oct 31

crowd booing image
unsettled the pretender
writhing in frenzy

#haikuchallenge (image)
#BraveWrite (boo)
#haikufeels (writhe)

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

impeccant / costume / silence / Oct 30

 impeccant / costume / silence / Oct 30

elegant costume
calm personification
impeccant silence

#haikuchallenge (impeccant)
#BraveWrite (costume)
#haikufeels (silence)

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

ideal / wallet / rot / Oct 29

 ideal / wallet / rot / Oct 29

youth's ideals rot
encountering the wallet
big disenchantment

#haikuchallenge (ideal)
#BraveWrite (wallet)
#haikufeels (rot)

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

heaven / ballast / whither / Oct 28

 heaven / ballast / whither / Oct 28

move heaven and earth
logic and mind-heart battle
whither the ballast

#haikuchallenge (heaven)
#BraveWrite (ballast)
#haikufeels (whither)

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

harvest / eponymous / shroud / Oct 27

 harvest / eponymous / shroud / Oct 27

brilliance harvested
eponymous Stanford shrouds
tough entrance exams

#haikuchallenge (harvest)
#BraveWrite (eponymous)
#haikufeels (shroud)

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

harbor / hockey / seep / Oct 26

 harbor / hockey / seep / Oct 26

field or ice hockey
harbors intense rivalry
and seeps in culture

#haikuchallenge (harbor)
#BraveWrite (hockey)
#haikufeels (seep)

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

gift / caterwauling / dusk / Oct 25

 gift / caterwauling / dusk / Oct 25

dusk to dawn practice
caterwauling in debate
gift to opponent

#haikuchallenge (gift)
#BraveWrite (caterwauling)
#haikufeels (dusk)

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

gem / obdurate / echo / Oct 24

 gem / obdurate / echo / Oct 24

the gem's words echoed
long after they were uttered
obduracy reigned

#haikuchallenge (gem)
#BraveWrite (obdurate)
#haikufeels (echo)

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

gain / kowtow / cellar / Oct 23

 gain / kowtow / cellar / Oct 23

to quit the cellar
and gain wisdom from the sage
kowtow if you must

#haikuchallenge (gain)
#BraveWrite (kowtow)
#haikufeels (cellar)

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

fete / highlight / abyss / Oct 22

 fete / highlight / abyss / Oct 22

highlight of the fete
euphoria of success
or abyss of grief

#haikuchallenge (fete)
#BraveWrite (highlight)
#haikufeels (abyss)

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

faire / smithereens / prowl / Oct 21

 faire / smithereens / prowl / Oct 21

bobby trapp anguish
prowl the faire maiden doll
blown to smithereens

#haikuchallenge (fairre)
#BraveWrite (smithereens)
#haikufeels (prowl)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

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baithak.blogspot.com

fall / point of view / rustle / Oct 20

 fall / point of view /  rustle   / Oct 20

one more point of view
in the fall rustlig of leaves
admubrates spring

#haikuchallenge (fall)
#BraveWrite (point of view)
#haikufeels (rustle)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

elysium / imbibe / spectral / Oct 19

 elysium / imbibe / spectral / Oct 19

imbibe spectral songs
elysium will remain
beyond mortal reach

#haikuchallenge (elysium)
#BraveWrite (imbibe)
#haikufeels (spectral)

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

eden / furlough / veil / Oct 18

 eden / furlough / veil / Oct 18

no veil in eden
freedom from normal customs
leeway or furlough

#haikuchallenge (eden)
#BraveWrite (furlough)
#haikufeels (veil)

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

 echo / dramatist / ember / Oct 17

damn the sciolism
dramatist echoed with hope
the embers ignored

#haikuchallenge (echo)
#BraveWrite (dramatist)
#haikufeels (ember)

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

denouement / titular / rancid / Oct 16

 denouement / titular / rancid / Oct 16

conflict denouement
titular cursory praise
rancid status quo

#haikuchallenge (denouement)
#BraveWrite (titular)
#haikufeels (rancid)

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

deference / glassy eyed / eerie / Oct 15

 deference / glassy eyed / eerie / Oct 15

in deference to
the glassy-eyed eerie look
the mob fell silent

#haikuchallenge (deference)

#BraveWrite (glassy-eyed)

#haikufeels (eerie)

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

damselfly / shebang / shrine / Oct 14

 damselfly / shebang / shrine / Oct 14

that research center
the shebang damselfy shrine
engulfed by flood 

#haikuchallenge (damselfly)
#BraveWrite (shebang)
#haikufeels (shrine)

#micropoetry #HaikuSeed #ginkgo
#haiku #senryu #writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity #thaiku #tpoem

baithuk.wordpress.com
baithak.blogspot.com

compare / nightstand / tatters / Oct 13

 compare / nightstand / tatters / Oct 13

the dreams in tatters
in frames on the nightstand
compare and reminisce

#haikuchallenge (compare)

#BraveWrite (nightstand)

#haikufeels (tatters)

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

compel / clone / desolate / Oct 12

 compel / clone / desolate / Oct 12

being desolate
compels to dream of good times
memory cloning

#haikuchallenge (compel)
#BraveWrite (clone)
#haikufeels (desolate)

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

cherish / rodeo / creep / Oct 11

 cherish / rodeo / creep / Oct 11

as the creep crept on
folks cherished the rodeo
heirlooms disappeared

#haikuchallenge (cherish)
#BraveWrite (rodeo)
#haikufeels (creep)

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