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Katie Frances Hartless
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I'm a persistent poet, free-spirited fiction writer, and word trapeze artist working on my latest death-defying act on the keys.

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What dries is not
ink-stain blot,
but red as sunset
abendrot.

#tankatuesday #micropoetry
October 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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The sun is assertive—it's not brash nor joke,
shy nor cowardly;
it rises each day with courage.

And stands before an audience of billions with dignity;
it knows what worth is.

#vss365 #poem #poetry
August 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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With pencil and plan
'fore ignorance's wide gorge,
I #forge for more light.

#haiku #haikufeels
Artist:Wendy Lippincott
Title:The Teacher
August 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
katiehartless.bsky.social
What of the sparrow?
His incessant twittering
garners a god's gaze.

#vss365
#haiku
July 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Explore different shapes;
nature taught us how to drape—
the fabric landscape.

#haiku

Painting by Leonora Carrington
July 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
katiehartless.bsky.social
Explore different shapes;
nature taught us how to drape—
the fabric landscape.

#haiku

Painting by Leonora Carrington
July 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
katiehartless.bsky.social
Protective measures.
In this heat, all are unwell.
Heart a coral shell.

#haiku
July 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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The natural kind—
garden hair, lattice backside.
Cling to her and pine.

#haiku
July 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
katiehartless.bsky.social
When woken winds speak,
sky enacts the final scene—
twilight novelty.

#haiku #travels
July 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
katiehartless.bsky.social
Crumpled Kleenex clouds
litter up my final view;
goodbyes are messy.

#haiku
July 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
katiehartless.bsky.social
Missing Mount Fuji
wipes its brow with tenugui—
illusive beauty.

#haiku
July 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
katiehartless.bsky.social
Childhood resilience—
faces are ageless, stained glass.
Reflect. Walk your path.

#haiku
July 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
katiehartless.bsky.social
What are we but woods—
married pairs of camphor trees,
our roots and limbs merged.

#haiku
July 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
katiehartless.bsky.social
When no longer real,
flesh has lost its sweet appeal,
friends with sharks and eels.

#haiku #micropoetry
July 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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You as me to subdue—
stop my search for freedom.
For what has been won,
the man
can easily undo.

But the future isn't backward thinking, songs our grandmothers' wistfully sung.
The future's for the taking,
and my bow is slung.

#verse #poetry
June 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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No need for caution
when agression is your creed;
bite the blade and bleed.

#haiku #micropoetry
June 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Camouflage? No need.
In a peaceful canopy,
hornbills are at ease.

#haiku #microverse
June 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Like late-night giggles,
wet with tears of happiness,
tipsy rain tickles.

#haiku #microverse

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June 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Year is at its peak.
Strawberry moon ripens soon
with bashful, pink cheeks.

#haiku #fullmoon #strawberrymoon
June 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
katiehartless.bsky.social
The ocean follows a morning routine—
water flosses the teeth of the jetty
dislodging daily dross, as
the long yawn of the breakers,
stretch of tide's fingers,
scrub the muscles of the shore.
By daybreak,
the face of the ocean is sparkling
and clean.

#poetry #travels
June 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
katiehartless.bsky.social
What is left hanging
multiplies in the mirror;
old-age chandelier.

#haiku #humor
June 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Buildings can be sexy,
turn ons, #visions.
Topaz glowing tan each morning,
cool blue by nightfall,
beguiling.

Darkness hiding
firm, slick bodies
in various sizes,
curved unexpectedly
in an assortment
enticing
for the undecided.

Wait for
the wink
of a light on,
inviting.

#poetry #vss365
May 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Food stall superheroes,
noodles by motorbike,
local drivers in neon vests,
soi dogs, insane pigeons,
locals no longer at rest,
all flapping faster, but
even Zen masters
can't outrace the rain.

#poem #travels
May 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
katiehartless.bsky.social
City birds still tweet;
beauty is not obsolete.
Tall perch, tiny feet.

#haiku
May 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
katiehartless.bsky.social
Bask in sun's embrace—
abdomen to abdomen,
mate with the new day.

#haiku
May 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM