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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
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wind-stolen ball cap
unretrieved and forgotten
yet it dubs him SAGE?

(See first reply for the backstory.)

#senryu #haiku #deskku #micropoetry #smallpoems #poems #poetry

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Jon Woodhams Art and Photo · @jonwoodhamsartandphoto
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Rain was predicted.
I carried my umbrella,
so nothing happened

#micropoetry #poetry #deskku #senryu #haiku #rain #dailyhaikuprompt

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Jon Woodhams Art and Photo · @jonwoodhamsartandphoto
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Waiting for the rain
is called precipitation
anticipation

#micropoetry #poetry #deskku #senryu #haiku #rain #dailyhaikuprompt

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
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one final piece
completes the jigsaw puzzle—
where is it?

— § —

cry wolf? no good
your histrionics bore me
sharp teeth sink in

— § —

what insolent cheek
to mock my Parnassian
tours de tommyrot!


: puzzle
: wolf
: cheek
: mock
: Parnassian

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
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rides to the rescue
heavy the rains, rough terrain
in Chevy pickup

— § —

shoveling the walk
like cleaning after children
once done, start over


: paladin; : snow

#senryu #haiku #deskku #micropoetry #smallpoems #poems #poetry #haikuchallenge #dailyhaikuprompt

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
57 followers · 122 posts · Server zirk.us

handkerchief, pencil,
tarnished pennies, gum wrappers,
pine needles and lint
stowaways hiding down deep
in my overcoat pockets


: overcoat (Feb 14)

#tanka #haiku #deskku #micropoetry #smallpoems #poems #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
56 followers · 120 posts · Server zirk.us
Open media

Boreas in ire
slings ice crystal shuriken
at hapless passersby.

— § —

the color wheel spins
fanning a blue boxwood truck
filled with daffodils

(Noticed on my afternoon walk)

— § —

pale sliver of moon
hangs like a hidden passage
to a secret world


: north wind; : moon
79: new moon (host: @aethelshane )

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
56 followers · 119 posts · Server zirk.us

a witch's labour
stirring the pot of poison
inhaling fetid brew

I would worry about second-hand effects from the fumes. How many times has she fallen helplessly in love? How many times recovered from illnesses she never had, or succumbed to a near deathly scourge? How many spell interactions not listed in the grimoire? Risky business.


: labour (Feb 11); : witch (Feb 11)

#haibun #haiku #senryu #deskku #micropoetry #smallpoems #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #575prompt #Writever

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
56 followers · 116 posts · Server zirk.us

a car alarm sounds
on and off; no fault is found
(trickster mockingbird)


: mimesis

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
55 followers · 113 posts · Server zirk.us

in the library
assaulted with a candlestick
by Colonel Mustard

#senryu #haiku #deskku #micropoetry #smallpoems

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
55 followers · 112 posts · Server zirk.us

:

to clear icy steps
Towser springs like a gazelle
from the porch stoop

— § —

:

ever hopeful, I slogged through
yet another travesty—

the great Sherlock Holmes
rots in a shambling crypt
of bad pastiches


: rot

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
55 followers · 111 posts · Server zirk.us

&

somnolent bear
torpor disturbed by jingling:
Ah! delivery!

— § —

at this late hour
thoughts dull, eyelids sink, head droops
over silent keys


: bear; : late; : dull

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
55 followers · 110 posts · Server zirk.us

scenes of times long past
still taint the garden soil,
inhibit new growth

#haiku #deskku #micropoetry #smallpoems #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
54 followers · 109 posts · Server zirk.us

if only my muse
weren't so readily disposed
to hibernate

a blue jay breaks
the chill calm with a warble
begging for peanuts


: hibernate, peace

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
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sunlight streams through panes
yet lingering frost clings fast
with limpet resolve


: lingering frost

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
54 followers · 104 posts · Server zirk.us

a susurrant creek
sings counterpoint to coyotes'
discordant yipping


: creek

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
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&

yet another draft
the bard shapes filigree
from words of putty

— § —

the urban gardener
sows patches and rows
for a crazy quilt of greenery

— § —

the husky gentles
a yowling child, allows rough pats
on furry rump


: drafts, quilt; : green, gentle;
: bard; : furry

#haiku #senryu #deskku #micropoetry #smallpoems #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #dailyhaikuprompt #haikuchallenge #ydwordprompt #storyin12

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
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my ball charts its own
travel itinerary,
the green not in it



: travel; : green; Writers Write prompt: golf

#senryu #haiku #deskku #micropoetry #smallpoems #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #575prompt #haikuchallenge

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
49 followers · 95 posts · Server zirk.us

a scholar's mind
concepts surrounding concepts
new growth from the core

: onion, mind (1.17); : scholar

#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt #vsspoem #deskku #micropoetry #smallpoems #poems #poetry

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Codgerverse · @Codgerverse
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half out the doorway
mind yanked from preoccupations:
have I got my keys?



: mind
: doorway @aethelshane

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