Consequence
As floods follow rain,
and drought follows heat, each one
reaps what has been sown.
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Infidels
Let the storm rage on,
as wind howls its defiance
across stone mountains;
ancient sky remembering,
weeping, for what men once were.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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"Reflected the bright water rippled in hazel-dyed light; the river cried
blood beyond, where the mountains turned ruddy. The beast
flowed past in the fire of pride..."
The News from the Front by Ken Kawaji https://medium.com/the-mad-river/the-news-from-the-front-9f6a34b73d14
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dementia
my old cat looks lost in life
I feel desolate#dailyhaikuprompt - desolate
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beach walk
during the October storm
and then... hot tea#dailyhaikuprompt - hot tea
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Song and Songs
The memory joggers, the tear jerkers, the joy bringers. The more I think about it, the more important song seems to be, the more significant a part of all our lives.https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/song-and-songs
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Hounds
This wild night rages,
with the howling Cwn Annwn
hunting through the storm.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Cloth
Dreams, woven each night,
from moonlight, on Sky's dark loom,
rest so heavily;
weighted blankets, constructed
from threads of frayed memories.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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"it kept what ordinary years let go—
our crumbs, our laughter, Grandpa's ghost."Read it here: https://poeticbipolarmind.com/the-chair-that-ate-the-family/
Boosts appreciated — send it to someone whose family had a chair like this. What did yours swallow?
#PoeticBipolarMind #TheChairThatAteTheFamily #FamilyPoetry #FunnyPoetry #NostalgicPoetry #FamilyMemories #Grandpa #PoetryCommunity
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Finish My Line #1 ✍️
I started a poem. You finish it.
"I keep my storms in mason jars,
labeled by the year they broke me —
…"Write the last two lines in the comments. The one that hits hardest gets featured — with your name on it — in next Monday's post. No rules, no wrong answers. Just make me feel it. 🫙⛈️
— Kiana
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Unbreachable
In the silences
that lie, heavy, between worlds
night seems without end;
barriers of time and space
divide lives, without mercy.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Three-fourths
It matters not where
we rest, for we live only
in the house we build.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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FortWhyte Alive, Winnipeg, Canada, 2017
This image is featured on the cover of my book "Walks: A Collection of Haiku (All the Volumes and More!)"
Check it out at https://creativeramblings.com/walks-haiku/
#photography #poetry #poetrycommunity #books #flowers #flowersOfMastodon #bookstodon
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ALWAYS AND ALWAYS
Ever always wrapped in midnight,
breathless shadows
in a dying kiss.
Eternal devotion ever after,
a broken craving
she brushed from her lips,
one she shared with the embers in her hand.She echoed tears on piano keys,
starless ebony
in spilled wine.
Eternal misery’s ghostly presence,
the madness of devotion
in a library out of time,
her treasured passion always and always again.—Be everwell
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chilly morning
when going outside
my old cat trembles#dailyhaikuprompt - tremble
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autumn deepens
coolness
turns into cold#dailyhaikuprompt - coolness
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Direction
Too many paths wind
through the ravines of the heart,
where no map can guide.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Year's End
The light is dying,
as darkness is gaining strength,
devouring the days;
so, I must walk in twilight,
communing with the shadows.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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#WritersCoffeeClub 20 pt2
shortest work completedI forgot about poetry. I'm not going to search for the shortest poem, so here's one from here.
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Refuge
Let me rest, awhile,
where the winds call me away
from this world's madness.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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The Patriot
I curse all borders,
spit on flags of all colours,
hate foolish banners;
the lurid work of fascists
to divide us, and conquer.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Captive Ages
Watching mist gathered
over the mountain, I dream
of home, far away;
lost to memory, unknown
to this brief, transient life.Take me back, to where
this body has never known,
but my soul belongs;
somewhere, lost in Time's embrace,
and pain of lifelong yearning.And I will dream, still,
hoping that this nightmare day
will dissolve, at last;
to free me, upon the wind,
in search of all that death took.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
Each verse a #tanka
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autumn gust
overripe pears fall
out of reach#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #poetry #poem #SmallPoems #writing #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #autumn
