How did I
Survive?
I didn’t.
I am someone
Else.

#poetry

Sitting at the cabin reading Billy Collins and the last line of the third stanza of his poem Obituaries just pierced me through and through.

“Who has left the shape of air walking in their place.” #Poetry

They’ll try to
Burn you,
Never knowing
You are made
Of fire.

#poetry

#haiku by Adele Evershed (IG: @ad_libby )
Adele is a Welsh writer now living on America’s east coast. Adele has two #poetry collections: “Turbulence in Small Spaces” (Finishing Line Press) & “The Brink of Silence” (Bottlecap Press). Her third collection, “In the Belly of the Wail” is forthcoming from Querencia Press. She has published two novellas in flash, “Wannabe” and “Schooled” (Alien Buddha Press), and has a forthcoming novella, A History of Hand Thrown Walls, with Unsolicited Press.

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Against a plain white background, this #haiku by Adele Evershed (IG: @ad_libby ), reads, egg laying moon— a wasp’s nest forming in her womb Adele is a Welsh writer who swapped the valleys for the American East Coast. Adele has two poetry collections: “Turbulence in Small Spaces” (Finishing Line Press) and “The Brink of Silence” (Bottlecap Press). Her third collection, In the “Belly of the Wail” is upcoming with Querencia Press. She has published two novellas in flash, Wannabe and Schooled (Alien Buddha Press), and has a forthcoming novella, A History of Hand Thrown Walls, with Unsolicited Press. #poetry

Tell me
Who you
Would be
If you weren’t
Afraid.

#poetry

You’re an
Out of body
Experience.
This imperfect spirit
Swallowed by light,
And made whole.

#poetry

#collaborative work with #cherita by long-time contributor, Lafcadio (IG: @lafcadio2.0 ) and #drawing by Josiah ( IG: @completethehaiga )
#poetry #art

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On a rosy background, this #collaborative work with #cherita by long-time contributor, Lafcadio (IG: @lafcadio2.0 ) and #drawing by Josiah ( IG: @completethehaiga ) shows a hooded robe, possibly occupied by a standing, presumably human figure, arms down at its sides. The accompanying verse reads, on a lark in the garden the scent of lavender pink dawn her clothes wet with dew #poetry #art

I am ultimately
Thankful for
The nothing
You gave me.
It was a perfect
Blank canvas.

#poetry

There was
No survival.
I died every night
Only to be reborn
In the morning.

#poetry

Like the
Moon,
Let this
Darkness
Herald a new
Beginning.

#poetry

I’ll be your
Pomegranate:
Sweet, sun warmed,
Worth the mess.

#poetry

Let what
Kills you
Die
So you
May yet
Live.

#poetry

You are a
Thing of fire.
You burn any
Darkness
Given you.

#poetry

#haiku by Pegah Rahmati Nezhad (@rahmati_pegah on X). Pegah is a pioneering & award winning poet; the only Iranian poet who has published English-language senryu, monoku, tanka, & cherita internationally. #poetry #flowers #summer #iran

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Against a white background, this #haiku by Pegah Rahmati Nezhad (@rahmati_pegah on X), reads, in the garden sips of mocha roses Pegah is a pioneering & award winning poet; the only Iranian poet who has published English-language senryu, monoku, tanka, & cherita internationally. #poetry #flowers #summer #iran

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#Childhood #Fond #Memories #Father #Dad #Poetry #limericks #Song #Lyrics #Jump #roping #Olden #Days #Fun #Piano #Farm #House #Haunted

🤗➰🎶🎵🎼👩🏼‍🎤👄🤗💁🏿‍♀️*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT?!?~*MOTHER!*FIVE O’CLOCK IS STRIKING!*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT!*ALL THE BOYS ARE WAITING JUST TO TAKE ME OUT!*SOME WILL GIVE ME CANDY!*& SOME WILL GIVE ME APPLES!*& SOME WILL GIVE ME PEARS!*& OTHERS WILL GIVE ME FIFTY CENTS TO KISS ME ON THE STAIRS!🤗😂👄➰🎶🎵🎼👩🏼‍🎤🤗

#Childhood #Fond #Memories #Father #Dad #Poetry #limericks #Song #Lyrics #Jump #roping #Olden #Days #Fun #Piano #Farm #House #Haunted

🤗➰🎶🎵🎼👩🏼‍🎤👄🤗💁🏿‍♀️*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT?!?~*MOTHER!*FIVE O’CLOCK IS STRIKING!*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT!*ALL THE BOYS ARE WAITING JUST TO TAKE ME OUT!*SOME WILL GIVE ME CANDY!*& SOME WILL GIVE ME APPLES!*& SOME WILL GIVE ME PEARS!*& OTHERS WILL GIVE ME FIFTY CENTS TO KISS ME ON THE STAIRS!🤗😂👄➰🎶🎵🎼👩🏼‍🎤🤗

#Childhood #Fond #Memories #Father #Dad #Poetry #limericks #Song #Lyrics #Jump #roping #Olden #Days #Fun #Piano #Farm #House #Haunted

🤗➰🎶🎵🎼👩🏼‍🎤👄🤗💁🏿‍♀️*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT?!?~*MOTHER!*FIVE O’CLOCK IS STRIKING!*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT!*ALL THE BOYS ARE WAITING JUST TO TAKE ME OUT!*SOME WILL GIVE ME CANDY!*& SOME WILL GIVE ME APPLES!*& SOME WILL GIVE ME PEARS!*& OTHERS WILL GIVE ME FIFTY CENTS TO KISS ME ON THE STAIRS!🤗😂👄➰🎶🎵🎼👩🏼‍🎤🤗

#Childhood #Fond #Memories #Father #Dad #Poetry #limericks #Song #Lyrics #Jump #roping #Olden #Days #Fun #Piano #Farm #House #Haunted

🤗➰🎶🎵🎼👩🏼‍🎤👄🤗💁🏿‍♀️*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT?!?~*MOTHER!*FIVE O’CLOCK IS STRIKING!*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT!*ALL THE BOYS ARE WAITING JUST TO TAKE ME OUT!*SOME WILL GIVE ME CANDY!*& SOME WILL GIVE ME APPLES!*& SOME WILL GIVE ME PEARS!*& OTHERS WILL GIVE ME FIFTY CENTS TO KISS ME ON THE STAIRS!🤗😂👄➰🎶🎵🎼👩🏼‍🎤🤗

#Childhood #Fond #Memories #Father #Dad #Poetry #limericks #Song #Lyrics #Jump #roping #Olden #Days #Fun #Piano #Farm #House #Haunted

🤗➰🎶🎵🎼👩🏼‍🎤👄🤗💁🏿‍♀️*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT?!?~*MOTHER!*FIVE O’CLOCK IS STRIKING!*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT!*ALL THE BOYS ARE WAITING JUST TO TAKE ME OUT!*SOME WILL GIVE ME CANDY!*& SOME WILL GIVE ME APPLES!*& SOME WILL GIVE ME PEARS!*& OTHERS WILL GIVE ME FIFTY CENTS TO KISS ME ON THE STAIRS!🤗😂👄➰🎶🎵🎼👩🏼‍🎤🤗

#Childhood #Fond #Memories #Father #Dad #Poetry #limericks #Song #Lyrics #Jump #roping #Olden #Days #Fun #Piano #Farm #House #Haunted

🤗➰🎶🎵🎼👩🏼‍🎤👄🤗💁🏿‍♀️*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT?!?~*MOTHER!*FIVE O’CLOCK IS STRIKING!*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT!*ALL THE BOYS ARE WAITING JUST TO TAKE ME OUT!*SOME WILL GIVE ME CANDY!*& SOME WILL GIVE ME APPLES!*& SOME WILL GIVE ME PEARS!*& OTHERS WILL GIVE ME FIFTY CENTS TO KISS ME ON THE STAIRS!🤗😂👄➰🎶🎵🎼👩🏼‍🎤🤗

#Childhood #Fond #Memories #Father #Dad #Poetry #limericks #Song #Lyrics #Jump #roping #Olden #Days #Fun #Piano #Farm #House #Haunted

🌐🌏💛💁‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS!*& ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY HE TAUGHT ME THE FOLLOWING (I THINK AN OLD JUMP ROPE LYMERIC FROM HIS CHILDHOOD DAYS!)*& BECAUSE I COULDN’T FIND IT ON THE NET YOU WILL HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ME!*& MY MEMORY OF THE LYRICS!*HERE GOES!👉

➰🎶🎵🎼👩🏼‍🎤👄💁🏿‍♀️*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT?!?~*MOTHER FIVE O’CLOCK IS STRIKING!*MOTHER MAY I GO OUT!*ALL THE BOYS ARE👉

#Childhood #Fond #Memories #Father #Dad #Poetry #limericks #Song #Lyrics #Jump #roping #Olden #Days #Fun #Piano #Farm #House #Haunted

🌐🌏💛💁‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS I WAS IN THERE ALONE PLAYFULLY PLAYING ON THE PIANO UNTIL MY FATHER CAME IN TO CHECK ON ME!(MY FATHER WAS FUN!*& WAS A POET!*& TOLD OLD YARNS!*& LYMERICS!)*& ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY HE TAUGHT ME THE FOLLOWING (I THINK AN OLD JUMP ROPE LYMERIC FROM HIS CHILDHOOD DAYS!)*& BECAUSE I COULDN’T FIND IT ON THE NET YOU WILL HAVE TO PUT UP WITH👉

#Childhood #Fond #Memories #Father #Dad #Poetry #limericks #Song #Lyrics #Jump #roping #Olden #Days #Fun #Piano #Farm #House #Haunted

🌐🌏💛💁‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS I WAS IN THERE ALONE PLAYFULLY PLAYING ON THE PIANO UNTIL MY FATHER CAME IN TO CHECK ON ME!(MY FATHER WAS FUN!*& WAS A POET!*& TOLD OLD YARNS!*& LYMERICS!)*& ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY HE TAUGHT ME THE FOLLOWING (I THINK AN OLD JUMP ROPE LYMERIC FROM HIS CHILDHOOD DAYS!)*& BECAUSE I COULDN’T FIND IT ON THE NET YOU WILL HAVE TO PUT UP WITH👉

#Childhood #Fond #Memories #Father #Dad #Poetry #limericks #Song #Lyrics #Jump #roping #Olden #Days #Fun #Piano #Farm #House #Haunted

🌐🌏💛💁‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS WE USE TO LIVE IN AN OLD FARM HOUSE (WHICH I BELIEVE WAS HAUNTED)*& HALF OF IT WASN’T IN USE(EVENTUALLY IT WAS MADE INTO AN APARTMENT)*& IN THE LIVING ROOM OF THE UNUSED PART OF THE HOUSE WAS A PIANO(ACTUALLY A PLAYER PIANO)*& I WAS IN THERE ALONE PLAYFULLY PLAYING ON THE PIANO UNTIL MY FATHER CAME IN TO CHECK ON ME!(MY FATHER WAS FUN!👉

#Childhood #Fond #Memories #Father #Dad #Poetry #limericks #Song #Lyrics #Jump #roping #Olden #Days #Fun #Piano #Farm #House #Haunted

🌐🌏💛💁‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS I PERSONALLY HAVE A FOND MEMORY WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL!*& MY FATHER TAUGHT IT TO ME!*& I REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE WHEN HE TAUGHT IT TO ME!*WE USE TO LIVE IN AN OLD FARM HOUSE (WHICH I BELIEVE WAS HAUNTED)*& HALF OF IT WASN’T IN USE(EVENTUALLY IT WAS MADE INTO AN APARTMENT)*& IN THE LIVING ROOM OF THE UNUSED PART OF THE HOUSE WAS👉

#Childhood #Fond #Memories #Father #Dad #Poetry #limericks #Song #Lyrics #Jump #roping #Olden #Days #Fun #Piano #Farm #House #Haunted

🌐🌏💛💁‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS I WONDER IF ANYONE AT ALL REMEMBERS THE FOLLOWING LYMERIC SONG FOR JUMP ROPING?*I TRIED TO LOOK IT UP ON THE NET TO NO AVAIL!*HOW EVER I PERSONALLY HAVE A FOND MEMORY WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL!*& MY FATHER TAUGHT IT TO ME!*& I REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE WHEN HE TAUGHT IT TO ME!*WE USE TO LIVE IN AN OLD FARM HOUSE 👉

#Childhood #Fond #Memories #Father #Dad #Poetry #limericks #Song #Lyrics #Jump #roping #Olden #Days #Fun #Piano #Farm #House #Haunted

#senryu / #haiku by returning contributor Anthony Q. Rabang, of the Philippines. #poetry #children #newmoon

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Against a black background, this #senryu / #haiku by returning contributor Anthony Q. Rabang, of the Philippines, reads, new moon a crash cart’s noise in the children’s ward #poetry #children #newmoon

That which
Lives in
Memory
Is not
Dead,
And in
My head
There’s
Enough of
Your laughter
To burn a
Thousand
Summers.

#poetry

Long hard sideways rain,

Bouncing off pavement and porches

Cleaning the city


#haiku #poetry #SmallPoems
#Writing #DailyHaikuPrompt #rain

#monoku by Melissa Dennison (IG: @melissa.dennison.54) of the UK.
#poetry #bluebird #haiku #summer

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Against a white background, this #monoku by Melissa Dennison @melissa.dennison.54 of the UK, reads, a blue bird flickers falling catkins #poetry #bluebird #haiku #summer

Ive got
A wound
The depth
Of my love
In the shape
Of your words

#poetry

I climbed the hill
To look down into the valley
I climbed the hill
To lose myself in my thoughts
I met my solitude
And I found fulfillment
And.. I was good, far away
How good I was, so far away

Verse 1
#song #poetry #alchemicjourney #music #traduction #literal from #french

May the next
Time you fall
Be into place

#poetry

Looking for poems that make kids laugh and learn? Discover fun, kid-friendly limericks filled with playful rhymes, imagination, and smiles for young readers.

#Limericks #KidsBooks #Poetry

Read more: https://www.wordlelimericks.com/kid-friendly-limericks/

When they
Put me in
The crematory,
They’ll burn
You out of me,
And I will
Finally sleep.

#poetry

#haiku / #micropoem by Jennifer Gurney.
Jennifer lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry is widely published. Two of her poems have won international contests & one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has 10 books of poetry. #breeze #colorado #poetry

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Against a plain white background, this #haiku / #micropoem by Jennifer Gurney, reads, the unexpected pleasure of a good, strong cross breeze Jennifer lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry is widely published. Two of her poems have won international contests & one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has 10 books of poetry. #breeze #colorado #poetry

How close
Laughter
Can feel
To a scream.
How heavy
The light.

#poetry

Like the moon,
May your darkness
Be interrupted
By unbridled
Light.

#poetry