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Memory Flashes
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I write poetry, memoir, micro-essays & flash--drawn from my life, imagination, prompts & pics. Memory Flashes is a place to practice my craft.
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Clematis about

to bloom--even nature goes

about its business ...

#dailyhaiku #haiku #dailypoetry #poetry
August 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Crescent

Bright light between leaves

& clouds & soulless night sky

reveal your beauty ...

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August 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Grasshopper clinging

to my screen--what do you want?

Cool house or Freedom?

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August 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The dove makes her nest

on top of the entryway,

safely nestled in ...

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August 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I watch the white bloom

fall from the Hibiscus bush,

a beautiful death ...

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August 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Industrious bee

mining pollen, legs sticky

with yellow sweetness ...

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August 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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The Middle Way seeks

me as I play hard to get

Dodging thoughts, I run ...

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August 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Cicada clings to

our umbrella, enjoying

the ride in the wind ...

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August 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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The willow stump grounds

our yard, holds the energy

of the universe.

#dailyhaiku #haiku
#dailypoetry
August 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Wind swept bundle of

weeds, arrange themselves into

a beautiful tree ...

#dailyhaiku #haiku
August 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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I
Colorful graphic

tee-shirt, spread out over the

hydrant, forgotten.

II
Boy with a mullet

wizzes by on his scooter

snatches it up. Stops.

III
He reads "There is Hope"--

He peels it off & eats it.

Pulls the tee on. Scoots ...

#dailyhaiku #haiku
August 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Fawn follows mother.

Grazing green grass at dawn, they

startle at my car.

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August 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Old man walks by me

backpack heavy, his burden

heavier, weary ...
July 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Pink breaks thru blue, I

feel like weeping, but the tears

won't come, no more left ...

#dailyhaiku #haiku
July 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Little boy pulls books

off library shelves--He asks:

Centipedes or slugs?

#dailyhaiku #haiku
July 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Apprehension smokes

the air like a forest on

fire. Internal ...

#dailyhaiku #haiku
July 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Birds chirp from cement

rafters, make their nests, raise their

young by the standpipes.

#dailyhaiku #haiku
July 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Make peace with flies? No.

My father's horror at war

my greatest teacher.

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July 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Cicadas sing their

hypnotic death song in line

with their tragic fate.

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July 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Lonely petit lake,

missing your seven goslings

& two parents, gone ...

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July 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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The sky seems settled

this morning, subtle breezes

caress the green leaves.

#dailyhaiku #haiku
July 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Mourning catches me,

pulls me close, licks my salty

tears, kisses my cheek.

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July 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Burning orb burns bright

early morning heat waves care

away. Boiled Earth weeps ...

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July 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Mother of Exiles

weeps as her extinguished torch

cries for their freedom.

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July 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Abandoned car seat

by the side of the highway.

What happened to you?

#dailyhaiku #haiku
July 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM