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there's a woman
wearing headphones
sitting on the beach

...and I wonder...

is she listening
to ocean sounds?

#poetry #mpy #amwriting

there's a woman
wearing headphones
sitting on the beach

...and I wonder...

is she listening
to ocean sounds?

#poetry #mpy #amwriting

dance, not just physics
a hummingbird navigates
through 40-knot winds

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines #hummingbird

dance, not just physics
a hummingbird navigates
through 40-knot winds

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines #hummingbird

what with me stopping
to smell all of the roses,
my travels take time...

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines #travel #flowers #rose

what with me stopping
to smell all of the roses,
my travels take time...

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines #travel #flowers #rose

whether it's cold or
whether it's hot ... the weather
cares not what we want

#amwriting #nature #observations #summer #seasons #poetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #smallpoems #mpy

whether it's cold or
whether it's hot ... the weather
cares not what we want

#amwriting #nature #observations #summer #seasons #poetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #smallpoems #mpy

whether it's cold or
whether it's hot ... the weather
cares not what we want

#amwriting #nature #observations #summer #seasons #weather #poetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #smallpoems #mpy

whether it's cold or
whether it's hot ... the weather
cares not what we want

#amwriting #nature #observations #summer #seasons #weather #poetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #smallpoems #mpy

rotating seasons
as still they come and they go
quarter waxing moon

#amwriting #nature #observations #summer #moon #haiku #senryu #3lines #mpy #smallpoems

rotating seasons
as still they come and they go
quarter waxing moon

#amwriting #nature #observations #summer #moon #haiku #senryu #3lines #mpy #smallpoems

lone Canada Goose
calling out to the raindrops
where is everyone?

#poetry #haiku #3lines #mpy #rain

lone Canada Goose
calling out to the raindrops
where is everyone?

#poetry #haiku #3lines #mpy #rain

reaching for new heights
a single white gull feather
capturing the breeze

#poetry #haiku #3lines #mpy #feather #breeze

reaching for new heights
a single white gull feather
capturing the breeze

#poetry #haiku #3lines #mpy #feather #breeze

arc, loop, dive, roll, curve
barn swallows and dragonflies
precision flying

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines #flight

arc, loop, dive, roll, curve
barn swallows and dragonflies
precision flying

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines #flight

two travelers
moving in opposite directions
and yet ...
both of them stop
to smell the same flower

#poetry #gogyohka #mpy #5lines #flower

two travelers
moving in opposite directions
and yet ...
both of them stop
to smell the same flower

#poetry #gogyohka #mpy #5lines #flower

drunken butterfly
staggering on the path
no, a wing
carried by an ant

#poetry #mpy #4lines #butterfly #ant

drunken butterfly
staggering on the path
no, a wing
carried by an ant

#poetry #mpy #4lines #butterfly #ant

the crow's shadow
flying along the hillside
drops down the wall

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines #shadow

the crow's shadow
flying along the hillside
drops down the wall

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines #shadow

three Northwestern crows
chasing a Common Raven
NOT one of Us

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines

three Northwestern crows
chasing a Common Raven
NOT one of Us

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines

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Five Hundred Words – Marie Mutsuki Mockett
https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/five-hundred-words/

#haiku #poetry #mpy #3lines

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Five Hundred Words – Marie Mutsuki Mockett
https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/five-hundred-words/

#haiku #poetry #mpy #3lines

not a hummingbird
it's but a leaf, fluttering
playing with the wind

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines

not a hummingbird
it's but a leaf, fluttering
playing with the wind

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines

a blustery day
while the wind tries very hard
to steal my hat away,
Glaucous-winged Gulls
hang motionless

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy

a blustery day
while the wind tries very hard
to steal my hat away,
Glaucous-winged Gulls
hang motionless

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy

three people
lost in their own worlds
on the same bench
facing the ocean
staring at paperbacks

#poetry #gogyohka #mpy #5lines #book #ocean

three people
lost in their own worlds
on the same bench
facing the ocean
staring at paperbacks

#poetry #gogyohka #mpy #5lines #book #ocean

endless waves
pounding on the beach
washing the sand

#photo #photography #yyj #Victoria #BC #JamesBay #DallasRdShoreline #NotAI #JuandeFucaStrait #Pacific #ocean #water #waves #poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines

endless waves
pounding on the beach
washing the sand

#photo #photography #yyj #Victoria #BC #JamesBay #DallasRdShoreline #NotAI #JuandeFucaStrait #Pacific #ocean #water #waves #poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines

two young women
sitting on a bench
joyfully painting
watercolours
in the rain

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy #rain

two young women
sitting on a bench
joyfully painting
watercolours
in the rain

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy #rain

nestled
in a tangle of limbs
she sleeps

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines

nestled
in a tangle of limbs
she sleeps

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines

hovering
like an unresolved challenge
this morning's grey sky

#amwriting #thought #nature #observations #poetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #smallpoems #mpy

hovering
like an unresolved challenge
this morning's grey sky

#amwriting #thought #nature #observations #poetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #smallpoems #mpy

February first
one twelfth of a year gone by
between raindrops ... life

#amwriting #nature #PNW #BC #Canada 🇨🇦 #winter #earlyspring #observations #inspiration #poetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #smallpoems #mpy

February first
one twelfth of a year gone by
between raindrops ... life

#amwriting #nature #PNW #BC #Canada 🇨🇦 #winter #earlyspring #observations #inspiration #poetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #smallpoems #mpy

umbrella, peak cap
long, flowing waterproof coat...
barefoot in the grass

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines #rain

umbrella, peak cap
long, flowing waterproof coat...
barefoot in the grass

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines #rain

tranquil moments
gathering thoughts like shells
from a pebbled shore

#amwriting #nature #observations #inspiration #life #tranquility #poetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #smallpoems #mpy

tranquil moments
gathering thoughts like shells
from a pebbled shore

#amwriting #nature #observations #inspiration #life #tranquility #poetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #smallpoems #mpy

flowing along, 
a quiet serpentine river
as formed by my feet

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines #river

flowing along, 
a quiet serpentine river
as formed by my feet

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines #river

curiosity
peeking around the corner
into December

#amwriting #seasons #month #december #calendar #curiosity #poetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #smallpoems #mpy

moving stealthily
between shadows and light
black-tailed deer
playing night games
with the motion sensor

#poetry #gogyohka #mpy #5lines

moving stealthily
between shadows and light
black-tailed deer
playing night games
with the motion sensor

#poetry #gogyohka #mpy #5lines

by changing my words
creating a new order
writing new language

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines

by changing my words
creating a new order
writing new language

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines

not often seen by
the wonders of the night sky
neon-blinded eyes

#amwriting #nature #night #wonders #observations #poetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #smallpoems #mpy

an afternoon nap
or stuck in traffic ... time moves
at the speed of life

#amwriting #observations #life #time #nap #traffic #poetry #haiku #senryu #3lines #smallpoems #mpy

#haiku #mpy #3lines #mpy

https://emergencemagazine.org/poem/requiem/

with the rain gone
sun hangs low in the sky
unfurled umbrella
blocks the rays
and the scenery

#poetry #gogyohka #5lines #mpy

silver wings flashing
against a charcoal gray sky
a flight of Rock Doves

#poetry #haiku #mpy #3lines