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simple insight here
all cats know all cats are cats
all dogs know dogs toohumans create exceptions
though evolution cares not -
simple insight here
all cats know all cats are cats
all dogs know dogs toohumans create exceptions
though evolution cares not -
today, we marked the
today, we marked the
#2021 #86 #anniversary #august6 #august6th #covid19 #dailyPost #death #deathAnniversary #family #goodbye #grandma #grandmother #life #marked #marker #maternalGrandmother #pandemic #pandemicYears #passing #poem #poetry #postaday #remembrance #tanka #today #waka #way
fifth anniversary of
your passing, still not
having a way to say goodbye,
after all those pandemic years
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Sleep
May the night embrace
the wonder of the starlight;
vast, untold æons;
the infinity of dreams;
and all of our grief or joy.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Sleep
May the night embrace
the wonder of the starlight;
vast, untold æons;
the infinity of dreams;
and all of our grief or joy.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Deflected heat
Summer smoke writhes
New normalsMyopic delusion of passing
Gilded statues on the square••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #Inkmine #Myopic #Delusion #HaikuFeels #Deflected #Heat #Summer #PoliticalPoetry
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Standing
The stones hold secrets
buried through darkest ages,
hidden from our eyes;
but unseen aeons are felt
in the caverns of our souls.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Standing
The stones hold secrets
buried through darkest ages,
hidden from our eyes;
but unseen aeons are felt
in the caverns of our souls.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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perhaps layer by
perhaps layer by
#2026 #august #better #cooking #dailyPost #ease #guests #homemade #host #hosting #instinct #layer #layered #layers #level #nineWeeks #noMeasuring #notMeasuring #poem #poetry #postaday #practice #practicing #prep #preparation #recipe #scallionPancakes #summer #tanka #waka
layer, we will find some level
of ease in all this –
nine weeks before hosting guests,
practicing not measuring
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20260804:2022
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perhaps layer by
perhaps layer by
#2026 #august #better #cooking #dailyPost #ease #guests #homemade #host #hosting #instinct #layer #layered #layers #level #nineWeeks #noMeasuring #notMeasuring #poem #poetry #postaday #practice #practicing #prep #preparation #recipe #scallionPancakes #summer #tanka #waka
layer, we will find some level
of ease in all this –
nine weeks before hosting guests,
practicing not measuring
.
20260804:2022
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Advancing
Mist shrouded the hills
hiding the ghosts that foretell
a dying season;
a year that has learned to weep
as it faces its decline.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Advancing
Mist shrouded the hills
hiding the ghosts that foretell
a dying season;
a year that has learned to weep
as it faces its decline.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Faded carnelian
Hail Flower Queen
Garish DelusionHumanity exulted
Above Flowerkind
••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #Hail #InkMine #Garish #Delusion #MastoPrompt #Carnelian #Flowers #Roses #Haiga #俳画 #Photography #マストドン写真部 #写真 #UrbanPhotography #都市写真 #StreetPhotography #ストリートスナップ
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Faded carnelian
Hail Flower Queen
Garish DelusionHumanity exulted
Above Flowerkind
••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #Hail #InkMine #Garish #Delusion #MastoPrompt #Carnelian #Flowers #Roses #Haiga #俳画 #Photography #マストドン写真部 #写真 #UrbanPhotography #都市写真 #StreetPhotography #ストリートスナップ
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Claim
Let the tides lay claim
to the land that is their right,
washing the sand clean;
there's no rock that may withstand
the power of angry waves.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Claim
Let the tides lay claim
to the land that is their right,
washing the sand clean;
there's no rock that may withstand
the power of angry waves.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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approaching storm —
a spider web
trembles in the windFairy Indian Catcher
Sails before the breezeKami-no-ku: @extraspecialbitter
@NaraMoore#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DialyHaikuPrompt #Sail #Tanka #和歌 / #短歌 #Fairy #Wind #Haiga #俳画 #Photography #マストドン写真部 #写真 #UrbanPhotography #都市写真 #StreetPhotography #ストリートスナップ
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Images
My dreams ever turn
to the fierce sea and white sands
of a distant shore;
where the Sun is merciless,
and the Wind sings of promise.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Images
My dreams ever turn
to the fierce sea and white sands
of a distant shore;
where the Sun is merciless,
and the Wind sings of promise.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Memory spills
From an empty cup
Evergreen regretsThe bartender says
You're at your limit••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #HaikuFeels #limit #DailyHaikuPrompt #Evergreen -
CW: DailyHaikuPrompt - Buddhist
Grasshopper wisdom
The Buddha only sends
Suffering's endNo plagues or locust
No wars of man••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #Grasshopper #Dharma #Buddhism
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Evening's Smile
As day follows day,
in the tireless march toward
the final sunset,
it becomes more difficult
to think anything matters.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
#tanka #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity -
Evening's Smile
As day follows day,
in the tireless march toward
the final sunset,
it becomes more difficult
to think anything matters.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Unhomed
In the dying hours,
as the passing days grow short,
I search the darkness;
perhaps it will guide me back
to a lost, forgotten life.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Unhomed
In the dying hours,
as the passing days grow short,
I search the darkness;
perhaps it will guide me back
to a lost, forgotten life.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Spaces
Freedom resides in
the call of the wind, the tide
surging to the shore,
a storm on the horizon,
and the breaking of old bonds.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Spaces
Freedom resides in
the call of the wind, the tide
surging to the shore,
a storm on the horizon,
and the breaking of old bonds.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Swim in the clear pond
Break Narcissus reflection
Overcast ripples
Echo the nymph spell brake fails
Then flowers grow in his place#dailyhaikuprompt Overcast Narcissus
#haiku #haikufeels #vss365 #poetry
#poetrycommunity #senryu #tanka
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One
Were we not all born
in the same conflagration
that gave birth to time?
My brother, my sister, how
could we have forgotten this?© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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One
Were we not all born
in the same conflagration
that gave birth to time?
My brother, my sister, how
could we have forgotten this?© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Counsel
Pause, and take a breath,
before exhaling one more
thought, in hasty speech;
for words, as water, spilled out,
can't be returned to the heart.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Counsel
Pause, and take a breath,
before exhaling one more
thought, in hasty speech;
for words, as water, spilled out,
can't be returned to the heart.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Lady of the Lake
6-link #Rengay
@extraspecialbitter
@NaraMooreImages: Nara Moore
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #Tanka #DailyHaikuPrompt #Glade #MastoPrompt #barb #Camalot #KingArthur #Haiga #俳画 #Photography #マストドン写真部 #写真 #Sunset #Sunrise #Rainbow
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Cave Dweller
Look deeper, and see
the darkness of the shadows
within your own heart;
chasms eroded by years,
hollowed by experience.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Cave Dweller
Look deeper, and see
the darkness of the shadows
within your own heart;
chasms eroded by years,
hollowed by experience.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
#tanka #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity -
A lotus play
Serene as the mist
Tranquil poolAn archway found
Step on through••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #Lotus #Dharma #Serenity #Buddhism
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Mirrors
The living and dead
walk together, in my heart,
as ghosts joined through time;
I am a mere reflection
of all I was, and should be.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
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Onward
Another day dies,
but each sunset promises
a new dawn awaits;
and each dawn anticipates
doors that will open, or close.© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026
