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Sweet ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #411

Sugary mouthfulsGlee in ev'ry single biteWarms this adult heart
Sweet ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #411
Sugary mouthfulsGlee in ev'ry single biteWarms this adult heart
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May 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Bicycle~ Pic and a Word Challenge #410

Simple steel designKeeps Chinese world in motionFlying Pigeon bike
Bicycle~ Pic and a Word Challenge #410
Simple steel designKeeps Chinese world in motionFlying Pigeon bike
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May 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
No Logos

Here no logos Here no corporations All the same but not
No Logos
Here no logos Here no corporations All the same but not
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May 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Frame ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #409

We share a gaze He a brave stanceAt the Entrance I from the streetEye to viewfinder Framing the frameWithin a frame Click Decades pass Scanning through the scansSeeking inspirationFrom days all but forgottenMemories vagueImpressions with few details But for a…
Frame ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #409
We share a gaze He a brave stanceAt the Entrance I from the streetEye to viewfinder Framing the frameWithin a frame Click Decades pass Scanning through the scansSeeking inspirationFrom days all but forgottenMemories vagueImpressions with few details But for a few framesA moment caught as light Falling on silverFrames of reference…
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May 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
No Greater; No Lesser

It's easy enough to forget Not all the world lives In a land of strip malls And freeways With manicured lawns And high rise apartments Where a bicycle May be a family's Only mechanical transportation And great fortune buys A donkey and a cart It's easy enough to forget Even…
No Greater; No Lesser
It's easy enough to forget Not all the world lives In a land of strip malls And freeways With manicured lawns And high rise apartments Where a bicycle May be a family's Only mechanical transportation And great fortune buys A donkey and a cart It's easy enough to forget Even after having been there Spent time with and among The people of the world…
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May 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Innocence

Innocence Knows no boundaries Knows no hatreds Knows no wars But it is not all coy smiles Happiness wrapped In a best friend's warm arms Even the innocents Know hunger Even the innocents learn fear I would wrap these two up Protect them from such lessons But mine is the world They should…
Innocence
Innocence Knows no boundaries Knows no hatreds Knows no wars But it is not all coy smiles Happiness wrapped In a best friend's warm arms Even the innocents Know hunger Even the innocents learn fear I would wrap these two up Protect them from such lessons But mine is the world They should learn To fear The world men made The world men maintain A world not made For innocence
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May 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The Morning After

They say there's got to be A morning after Just hold on Through the night I say the best work Comes in the dark of night And the morning after? The words are posted So coffee, ham and eggs And maybe a post-posting edit
The Morning After
They say there's got to be A morning after Just hold on Through the night I say the best work Comes in the dark of night And the morning after? The words are posted So coffee, ham and eggs And maybe a post-posting edit
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May 2, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Colours that can Be ~ NaPoWriMo Day 30

What better moment Can there be Than when my eyes Can see All the many colours That can be Perhaps only That moment When I can love All the many colours That are me
Colours that can Be ~ NaPoWriMo Day 30
What better moment Can there be Than when my eyes Can see All the many colours That can be Perhaps only That moment When I can love All the many colours That are me
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May 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Companions of Existence ~ NaPoWriMo Day 29

This orb This life giver This thing of mass And light And heat And meaning That sets consciousness Alight This battery The necessary and sufficient thing To create all things Material Etherial Conceptual Spiritual Generator of Possibility Inevitability…
Companions of Existence ~ NaPoWriMo Day 29
This orb This life giver This thing of mass And light And heat And meaning That sets consciousness Alight This battery The necessary and sufficient thing To create all things Material Etherial Conceptual Spiritual Generator of Possibility Inevitability Everything depends On a lonely star Circled by rocks and gas and ice Themselves circled by rocks and gas and ice Twirling on the outer arm…
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April 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Serenity ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #408 & NaPoWriMo Day 28

The skyWanes to nightWhile IRest on cliff's edgeAbove the serenityOf calm watersAllow the last vestigesOf daylightTo danceTheir vibrant deathWhen ITurn for homeAnd the solitudeOf a lonely highwayNo taillights But my ownNo headlightsBut…
Serenity ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #408 & NaPoWriMo Day 28
The skyWanes to nightWhile IRest on cliff's edgeAbove the serenityOf calm watersAllow the last vestigesOf daylightTo danceTheir vibrant deathWhen ITurn for homeAnd the solitudeOf a lonely highwayNo taillights But my ownNo headlightsBut the moonIn the rearviewAll the wayTo bedWhere I…
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April 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Muzzle Velocity ~ NaPoWriMo Day 27

It came at us so fast Muzzle velocity Non-linear So many breeches So many crimes So many offences So much hatred From every direction All at once Diverging Merging Breeding Pick one Out of the spray of transgressions Pick the most egregious one Try to track it…
Muzzle Velocity ~ NaPoWriMo Day 27
It came at us so fast Muzzle velocity Non-linear So many breeches So many crimes So many offences So much hatred From every direction All at once Diverging Merging Breeding Pick one Out of the spray of transgressions Pick the most egregious one Try to track it Understand it Predict it Counter it But then another Even worse And then another…
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April 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The Liberator and The Dictator ~ NaPoWriMo Day 26

The liberator And the dictator often Become the same man
The Liberator and The Dictator ~ NaPoWriMo Day 26
The liberator And the dictator often Become the same man
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April 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The right Kind of Time ~ NaPoWriMo Day 24

I see us On the scooter Isolated in space But time Isn't the right time The right kind of time While the vision itself Is indistinct Blurred Which leaves me Confused Nothing's quite adding up Or going anywhere That could be a destination Or even a place to…
The right Kind of Time ~ NaPoWriMo Day 24
I see us On the scooter Isolated in space But time Isn't the right time The right kind of time While the vision itself Is indistinct Blurred Which leaves me Confused Nothing's quite adding up Or going anywhere That could be a destination Or even a place to stop And rest I need to rest Let go And gather in…
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April 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Sunrise ~ NaPoWriMo Day 24

Hello sun I welcome you this morn Greet you with a warmth Equal to your own daylight embrace With gratitude For illuminating The Earth Which was dark For lightening My spirit Which was heavy For soothing My heart Which sought comfort Hello sun Thank you for Bringing a…
Sunrise ~ NaPoWriMo Day 24
Hello sun I welcome you this morn Greet you with a warmth Equal to your own daylight embrace With gratitude For illuminating The Earth Which was dark For lightening My spirit Which was heavy For soothing My heart Which sought comfort Hello sun Thank you for Bringing a new day
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April 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Raptor Song ~ NaPoWriMo Day 23

Wings whisper through air Black Kite shouts discordant scree Fearful pigeons flap
Raptor Song ~ NaPoWriMo Day 23
Wings whisper through air Black Kite shouts discordant scree Fearful pigeons flap
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April 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Glory ~ NaPoWriMo Day 21

Does the eagle know Glory in the day's end sun Or my eyes alone
Glory ~ NaPoWriMo Day 21
Does the eagle know Glory in the day's end sun Or my eyes alone
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April 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Hardened ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #407 & NaPoWriMo Day 14

Wild seas dash upon the rocksWhich seem brittle and brokenBut hardened they areResilient and determined A stone will falterHere or thereBut the armour never gives way In the endIt is the storm that breaks The hardened shore remains
Hardened ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #407 & NaPoWriMo Day 14
Wild seas dash upon the rocksWhich seem brittle and brokenBut hardened they areResilient and determined A stone will falterHere or thereBut the armour never gives way In the endIt is the storm that breaks The hardened shore remains
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April 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Hope for Scorched Earth ~ NaPoWriMo Day 20

Replies the fireweed Where wildfire had scorched the Earth Resistance is life
Hope for Scorched Earth ~ NaPoWriMo Day 20
Replies the fireweed Where wildfire had scorched the Earth Resistance is life
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April 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Paradox ~ NaPoWriMo Day 19

Imagine ordered chaos Frenetic stillness Waiting for an event Ever in progress Then find five men at rest In the midst of disorder and tumult One obscured Ever changing Ever the same A paradox of contradictions Such is Chandni Chowk A maze of amazement Selling all you…
Paradox ~ NaPoWriMo Day 19
Imagine ordered chaos Frenetic stillness Waiting for an event Ever in progress Then find five men at rest In the midst of disorder and tumult One obscured Ever changing Ever the same A paradox of contradictions Such is Chandni Chowk A maze of amazement Selling all you might want And never wanted An eternity of moments In every moment Among them five still men…
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April 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
burdened ~ NaPoWriMo Day 18

The burden For those Who carry No burden Irony In a sea Of burdens I drift with the flood Of beauty in the human spirit Even in weighty moments of need
burdened ~ NaPoWriMo Day 18
The burden For those Who carry No burden Irony In a sea Of burdens I drift with the flood Of beauty in the human spirit Even in weighty moments of need
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April 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Constructed Reality ~ NaPoWriMo Day 17

This light This scene This Earth Only we humans Can make of this Hell In nature's kill Know instinct is integrity In consciousness Is born the lie Cruelty, and malfeasance At dawn I climb the mountain To remind my consciousness Of beauty and awe and goodness
Constructed Reality ~ NaPoWriMo Day 17
This light This scene This Earth Only we humans Can make of this Hell In nature's kill Know instinct is integrity In consciousness Is born the lie Cruelty, and malfeasance At dawn I climb the mountain To remind my consciousness Of beauty and awe and goodness
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April 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Ribbon ~ NaPoWriMo Day 16

A ribbon of light Winds along the valley floor Swallowed by the mist
Ribbon ~ NaPoWriMo Day 16
A ribbon of light Winds along the valley floor Swallowed by the mist
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April 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM
A Boy and his Kite ~ NaPoWriMo Day 15

A narrow street An ancient town A boy and his kite Off to play An ancient game I an old man Feel the joy inside Paper and sticks Ribbon and string Dance in the wind I become again A boy and his kite Just for a moment But the moment Is good
A Boy and his Kite ~ NaPoWriMo Day 15
A narrow street An ancient town A boy and his kite Off to play An ancient game I an old man Feel the joy inside Paper and sticks Ribbon and string Dance in the wind I become again A boy and his kite Just for a moment But the moment Is good
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April 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Beauty ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #406 & NaPoWriMo Day 14

Beauty in soft light Nature's array of sandstone Photographer's eye
Beauty ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #406 & NaPoWriMo Day 14
Beauty in soft light Nature's array of sandstone Photographer's eye
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April 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Small Miracles ~ NaPoWriMo Day 13

Two eyes in the night One winking Over stone Subtle miracles each The way of physics Matter Quanta, atoms and molecules Gravity Gravitas Billions of years The stone Another, subtler, miracle The way of atmosphere Geology The elements Erosion A gentle whittling…
Small Miracles ~ NaPoWriMo Day 13
Two eyes in the night One winking Over stone Subtle miracles each The way of physics Matter Quanta, atoms and molecules Gravity Gravitas Billions of years The stone Another, subtler, miracle The way of atmosphere Geology The elements Erosion A gentle whittling away Over millennia Millions of years Of crystalline rock And here stand I A miracle of my own…
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April 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM