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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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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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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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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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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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Eruption
Boom #HaikuADay #HaikuJournal #journal #haiku #tanka #TankaThursday #senryu #artifact -
yes, sorrow often
yes, sorrow often
#absence #bury #compact #dailyPost #death #distance #grief #hide #human #humanBehavior #humanNature #layers #life #loss #love #memories #morning #poem #poetry #postaday #reflection #relationship #relationships #remembrance #seams #sorrow #steady #surface #tanka #tectonicPlates #time #underneath #underneathTheSurface #waka
buries herself compactly
just underneath the
surface, tries to keep all seams
steady, like tectonic plates
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20260730:0758
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if only we had
if only we had
#absence #abyss #collect #collector #dailyPost #half #halfWhispered #hold #life #loss #meaning #memories #moments #poem #poetry #postaday #remembrance #shouted #tanka #there #time #treasure #waka
more time is half-whispered, half-
shouted into the
abyss – and even there, the
collectors come to collect
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20260729:1946
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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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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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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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sadness holds no shape,
sadness holds no shape,
#absence #boundaries #boundary #cannot #container #dailyPost #feel #function #functional #grief #hold #human #humanBehavior #humanNature #limit #limits #loss #noShape #overwhelm #poem #poetry #postaday #sadness #see #shape #spill #spillOver #tanka #try #waka
we try but cannot see, nor
feel the functional
limits of a container, and
yet we keep spilling over
.
20260728:2044
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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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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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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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they have lost their minds
lemmings race to precipice
leap in woodchipperforget about them sweet dove
your job is to stay afield(image, not AI, from: https://www.magnific.com)
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they have lost their minds
lemmings race to precipice
leap in woodchipperforget about them sweet dove
your job is to stay afield(image, not AI, from: https://www.magnific.com)
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they have lost their minds
lemmings race to precipice
leap in woodchipperforget about them sweet dove
your job is to stay afield(image, not AI, from: https://www.magnific.com)
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they have lost their minds
lemmings race to precipice
leap in woodchipperforget about them sweet dove
your job is to stay afield(image, not AI, from: https://www.magnific.com)
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they have lost their minds
lemmings race to precipice
leap in woodchipperforget about them sweet dove
your job is to stay afield(image, not AI, from: https://www.magnific.com)
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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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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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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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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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Lady of the Lake
disappearing
from the gladeThe barb is set
The knight rides out••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #glade #MastoPrompt #barb
@extraspecialbitter -
Lady of the Lake
disappearing
from the gladeThe barb is set
The knight rides out••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #glade #MastoPrompt #barb
@extraspecialbitter -
Lady of the Lake
disappearing
from the gladeThe barb is set
The knight rides out••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #glade #MastoPrompt #barb
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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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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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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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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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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Dark days and black trees
in the fields of Trumpistan
poisoned food rampant
while the corruption rains down
from the White House like hot coals.Photo by Sippakorn Yamkasikorn on Pixabay
#tanka #poetry #smallpoems #trumpistan #america #Project2025 #MAGA #corruption
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Dark days and black trees
in the fields of Trumpistan
poisoned food rampant
while the corruption rains down
from the White House like hot coals.Photo by Sippakorn Yamkasikorn on Pixabay
#tanka #poetry #smallpoems #trumpistan #america #Project2025 #MAGA #corruption
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Dark days and black trees
in the fields of Trumpistan
poisoned food rampant
while the corruption rains down
from the White House like hot coals.Photo by Sippakorn Yamkasikorn on Pixabay
#tanka #poetry #smallpoems #trumpistan #america #Project2025 #MAGA #corruption
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Dark days and black trees
in the fields of Trumpistan
poisoned food rampant
while the corruption rains down
from the White House like hot coals.Photo by Sippakorn Yamkasikorn on Pixabay
#tanka #poetry #smallpoems #trumpistan #america #Project2025 #MAGA #corruption
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Dark days and black trees
in the fields of Trumpistan
poisoned food rampant
while the corruption rains down
from the White House like hot coals.Photo by Sippakorn Yamkasikorn on Pixabay
#tanka #poetry #smallpoems #trumpistan #america #Project2025 #MAGA #corruption
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生きるなんてぜいたくでしたなどという判断さえもぜいたくでした ／袴田朱夏
#短歌 #tanka #ShukaHakaTankaBot -
生きるなんてぜいたくでしたなどという判断さえもぜいたくでした ／袴田朱夏
#短歌 #tanka #ShukaHakaTankaBot -
tending to the peach
tending to the peach
#backyard #bounty #choices #courtyard #dailyPost #endOfSummer #garden #gardener #gardening #hardChoices #harvest #newYorkCity #nyc #peach #peachTree #peaches #poem #poetry #postaday #ripen #ripened #sacrifice #spring #summer #tanka #tend #tending #urbanGarden #waka
tree in the courtyard means making
hard choices in spring
so that there will be ripened
fruits by the end of summer
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20260726:1939
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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