Usagi
The Poetic Rabbit
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This work by Tawnya Smith is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.What I’ve Never Forgotten:
“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?” ― Emily Dickinson, Selected Letters-
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NaHaiWriMo Day 18
heart rattle mom’s phone call this one unwanted
Posted in Photo, Poetry, Prompts, Senryu
Tagged death, grief, Haiku, NaHaiWriMo, Poem, Poetry, poetry prompt, postaweek2012, rattle, Senryu
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NaHaiWriMo Day 7
I used this haiku as a starting point for today’s, the prompt being “grief. bitter cold ankle-deep beside three new graves
Posted in Haiku, Poetry
Tagged children, death, grief, Haiku, My Poetry, NaHaiWriMo, Poem, Poetry, postaweek2012, snow, winter
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Lost Heritage
We do not know the total lives lost after the recent earthquake-tsunami disaster in Japan. With each news cast and photo/video, the number grows, sadness grows. I regret each loss. The shadow following behind death’s specter is loss of heritage, … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged death, earthquake, grief, heritage, Japan, loss, people, postaweek2011, tsunami
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Day of Deep Sighs
After your harsh words my tears welcome this still night– cold silent snowfall
Posted in Haiku, Photo, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged death, grief, Haiku, love, My Poetry, Photo, Poem, Poetry, postaweek2011, relationship, self-discovery, snow, winter
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RWP NaPoWriMo/Poetic Asides Day 16
his essence your hounds spent from their coursing they bed happily but I track your spoor up the stairs clothes shed spiced with spruce and pine evidence Viridios remains with hurried stealth trace that incense– fecund woodland I lunge my … Continue reading
Posted in Free Verse, Haiku, Poetry, Prompts
Tagged death, frogs, hunting, ice, lover, My Poetry, NaPoWriMo, Poem, Poetic Asides, Poetry, poetry prompt, Read Write Poem, scent, sex, smell, spring, thaw, woods
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