contravene / image / grade / Sep 05

contravene / image/ grade / Sep 05

contravene images
genocide or holocaust
graded by victims

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relief / idyll / number / Sep 04

 relief / idyll / number / Sep 04

after the carnage
an idyll nature number
relieving relief

#haikuchallenge (relief)
#BraveWrite (idyll)
#haikufeels (number)

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harness / icicle / fan / Sep 03

 harness / icicle / fan / Sep 03

harness emotions
relationships scintillate
fanning icicles

#haikuchallenge (harness)
#BraveWrite (icicle)
#haikufeels (fan)

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heather / coil / absent / Sep 02

 heather / coil / absent / Sep 02

coiled round the cortege
when family was absent
resilient heather

#haikuchallenge (heather)
#BraveWrite (coil)
#haikufeels (absent)

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harmony / manipulation / back / Sep 01

 harmony / manipulation / back / Sep 01

false harmony calls
back to manipulation
fascists tired technique

#haikuchallenge (harmony)
#BraveWrite (manipulation)
#haikufeels (back)

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hallmark / innocuous / convince / Aug 31

 hallmark / innocuous / convince / Aug 31

aim at wrong target
innocuous speech's hallmark
failure to convince

#haikuchallenge (hallmark)
#BraveWrite (innocuous)
#haikufeels (convince)

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gesture / orwellian / shove / Aug 30

 gesture / orwellian / shove / Aug 30

A I has shoved out
all orwellian gestures
post nineteen eighty

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gallery / black eyed susan / control

 gallery / black-eyed susan / control

just, strong, resilient
black-eyed susan controls
garden's gallery

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garden / phrasing /contrast / Aug28

 garden / phrasing /contrast / Aug28

despite or in spite
contrast phrasing highlights points
garden in late fall

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#BraveWrite (phrasing)
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fervour / elucidate / buffer / Aug 27

 fervour / elucidate / buffer / Aug 27

elucidate what
buffer the inner turmoil
verbalize fervour?

#haikuchallenge (fervour)
#BraveWrite (elucidate)
#haikufeels (buffer)

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favour / backlash / prevent / Aug 26

 favour / backlash / prevent / Aug 26

to prevent backlash
truth is blended with falsehood
favours are encashed

#haikuchallenge (favour)
#BraveWrite (backlash)
#haikufeels (prevent)

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nature, art and poetry

 nature, art and poetry

when missing morsels
nature, art and poetry
is not as pleasing

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facet / implication / venture / Aug 25

 facet / implication / venture / Aug 25

emerging facet
new venture implication
discarding dogma

#haikuchallenge (facet)
#BraveWrite (implication)
#haikufeels (venture)

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let us go then, you and I

 let us go then, you and I

it's not the love song
let us go then, you and I
where t. s. e. dreams

times are a-changing
let us go then, you and I
where life is coloured

black to white to red
let us go then, you and I
bleed to nirvana

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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/44212/the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock

effusion / power / pretend / Aug 24

 effusion / power / pretend / Aug 24

verbal effusion
from the pulpit of power
pretensions galore

#haikuchallenge (effusion)
#BraveWrite (power)
#haikufeels (pretend)

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echo / dropdown / scramble / Aug 23

 echo / dropdown / scramble / Aug 23

dropdown or dropout
wait not for blast to echo
scramble for cover

#haikuchallenge (echo)
#BraveWrite (dropdown)
#haikufeels (scramble)

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ebullient / decompensated / miss / Aug 22

 ebullient / decompensated / miss / Aug 22

symptoms when ignored
decompensated and missed
ebullient aura

#haikuchallenge (ebullient)
#BraveWrite (decompensated)
#haikufeels (miss)

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desire / humblebrag / scorch / Aug 21

 desire / humblebrag / scorch / Aug 21

scorch the humblebrag
with wit laced with eloquence
douse his/her desires

#haikuchallenge (desire)
#BraveWrite (humblebrag)
#haikufeels (scorch)

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depiction / freesia / fund / Aug 20

 depiction / freesia / fund / Aug 20

for good aesthetics
freesia depiction worked
fund boost for the poor

#haikuchallenge (depiction)
#BraveWrite (freesia)
#haikufeels (fund)

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dawn / intel / border / Aug 19

 dawn / intel / border / Aug 19

dawn at the border
dispassionate herd of sheep
intel rules supreme

#haikuchallenge (dawn)
#BraveWrite (intel)
#haikufeels (border)

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charm / linen / exist / Aug 18

 charm / linen / exist / Aug 18

linen and cotton
historical existence
both with their own charms

#haikuchallenge (charm)
#BraveWrite (linen)
#haikufeels (exist)

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celebrity / fringe / boil / Aug 17

 celebrity / fringe / boil / Aug 17

fringe celebrity
perplexities boil over
pompous arrogance

#haikuchallenge (celebrity)
#BraveWrite (fringe)
#haikufeels (boil)

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candour / dockside / entwine / Aug 16

 candour / dockside / entwine / Aug 16

dockside candour talks
entwining mixed discussions
grins, tears and laughter

#haikuchallenge (candour)
#BraveWrite (dockside)
#haikufeels (entwine)

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believe / alabaster/ deploy / Aug 15

 believe / alabaster/ deploy / Aug 15

instead of marble
alabaster deployed
believe it or not

#haikuchallenge (believe)
#BraveWrite (alabaster)
#haikufeels (deploy)

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Trump was not the first one to use a catering truck to board a plane

 President Trump used a catering truck to escape from Turkey in August 2026.

It reminded me of June 2014, when I/we also used a catering truck to board a plane in Turkey to return home.

We were visiting Van in eastern Turkey to visit the famous Van Cat Research Centre.  These cats are famous the world over for their pure white fur and one eye blue and the other amber.

It was there that my partner in crime had a mishap and broke her knee. An ambulance rushed us to a hospital where she underwent successful surgery.

We cancelled the rest of our planned itinerary and flew back to Toronto via Istanbul.

Van has a small airport. As her full leg was in a cast, she could not climb up the aero gangplank.

A quick-witted airline agent summoned the driver of the catering van, and he lifted us up to the plane.

beauty / sail / lower / Aug 14

 beauty / sail / lower / Aug 14

nautical beauty
sails lowered on the schooner
facing heavy winds

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#BraveWrite (sail)
#haikufeels (lower)

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balance / psychiatrist / alert / Aug 13

 balance / psychiatrist / alert / Aug 13

balance is tilted
psychiatrist sounds alert
straitjacket ordered

#haikuchallenge (balance)
#BraveWrite (psychiatrist)
#haikufeels (alert)

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affection / rat / chew / Aug12

affection / rat / chew / Aug12

rats chew affection
dogs eschew indifference
love and loyalty

#haikuchallenge (affection)
#BraveWrite (rat)
#haikufeels (chew)

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alacrity / mariner / flow / Aug 11

 alacrity / mariner / flow / Aug 11

facing tsunami
mariner's alacrity
prevented mishaps

#haikuchallenge (alacrity)
#BraveWrite (mariner)
#haikufeels (flow)

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acumen / sterility / require Aug 10

 acumen / sterility / require  Aug 10

acumen required
for sterility to grow
in a habitat

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#BraveWrite (sterility)
#haikufeels (require)

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zetetic / beachcomber / air / Aug 09

 zetetic / beachcomber / air / Aug 09

beachcomber emerges
zetetic scorns the warning
air of nonchalance

#haikuchallenge (zetetic)
#BraveWrite (beachcomber)
#haikufeels (air)

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zionist terrorism

 zinonist terrorism

gods smile, no they don't
not since the limbless children
rummage for water

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zephyr / rattan / check / Aug 08

 zephyr / rattan / check / Aug 08

gentle zephyr cools
pow wow over rattan mats
tempers kept in check

#haikuchallenge (zephyr)
#BraveWrite (rattan)
#haikufeels (check)

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zenith / extinguish / inform

 zenith / extinguish / inform

hope is extinguished
between zenith and nadir
inform those asleep

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#BraveWrite (extinguish)
#haikufeels (inform)

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yearn / aquatic / deflect / Aug 06

 yearn / aquatic / deflect / Aug 06

aquatic yearning
academic deflection
tightrope maneuvers

#haikuchallenge (yearn)
#BraveWrite (aquatic)
#haikufeels (deflect)

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yesterday/ teal / heat / Aug 05

 yesterday/ teal / heat / Aug 05

in yesterday's heat
teal swimming in tealish pond
a calm ambiance

#haikuchallenge (yesterday)
#BraveWrite (teal)
#haikufeels (heat)

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youth / mystery / thank / Aug 04

 youth / mystery / thank / Aug 04

infatuation
is no mystery in youth
cupid thanks eros

#haikuchallenge (youth)
#BraveWrite (mystery)
#haikufeels (thank)

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xenophile / dance / impress / Aug 03

 xenophile / dance / impress / Aug 03

colonialism
inspired xenophile dancers
audience impressed

#haikuchallenge (xenophile)
#BraveWrite (dance)
#haikufeels (impreess)

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xerosere / humane / limit / Ayg 02

 xerosere / humane / limit / Aug 02

gaza xerosere
limitless and inhumane
time favours no one

#haikuchallenge (xerosere)
#BraveWrite (humane)
#haikufeels (limit)

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xeriscape / years / refine / Aug 01

 xeriscape / years / refine / Aug 01

years of firm resolve
xeriscape refines parched lands
reclaiming green earth

#haikuchallenge (xeriscape)
#BraveWrite (years)
#haikufeels (refine)

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whale / bluebird / entice / Jul 31

whale / bluebird / entice / Jul 31

an artist painted
a bluebird perched on a whale
enticing image

#haikuchallenge (whale)
#BraveWrite (bluebird)
#haikufeels (entice)

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weal / sleep / swim / Jul 30

 weal / sleep / swim / Jul 3

walk, hike, jog or swim
disturb not the sleeping weal
it is relevant

#haikuchallenge (weal)
#BraveWrite (sleep)
#haikufeels (swim)

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wave / boom / depend / Jul 29

 wave / boom / depend / Jul 29

that incessant wave
the boom of the drone depends
on forging terror

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#BraveWrite (boom)
#haikufeels (depend)

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vastness / empathy / sound / Jul 28

vastness / empathy / sound / Jul 28

vastness of debate
consensus on genocide
sound of empathy

#haikuchallenge (vastness)
#BraveWrite (empathy)
#haikufeels (sound)

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value / polish / continue / Jul 27

 value / polish / continue / Jul 27

continue valuing
high school science enterprise
polished achievement

#haikuchallenge (value)
#BraveWrite (polish)
#haikufeels (continue)

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valance / denim / warn / Jul 26

 valance / denim / warn / Jul 26

a denim valance
hung from the attic warning
to approach with care

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#BraveWrite (denim)
#haikufeels (warn)

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unique / race / consider / Jul 25

 unique / race / consider / Jul 25

love, war and power
consider that unique race
between gods and men

#haikuchallenge (unique)
#BraveWrite (race)
#haikufeels (consider)

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uplift / sheer / budget / Jul 24

 uplift / sheer / budget / Jul 24

sheer uplift by chance
closing loophole for business
hail the new budget

#haikuchallenge (uplift)
#BraveWrite (sheer)
#haikufeels (budget)

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unity / hill / scour / Jul 23

 unity / hill / scour / Jul 23

scour them in congress
unity in democrats
missing on the hill

#haikuchallenge (unity)
#BraveWrite (hill)
#haikufeels (scour)

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tango / paramour / assure / Jul 22

 tango / paramour / assure / Jul 22

all eyes on the floor
him with the ex paramour
an assured tango

#haikuchallenge (tango)
#BraveWrite (paramour)
#haikufeels (assure)

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