Today’s Haiku Effort

needs ~~~

not what you want

sun 🌞 rises ⛅️ 

                ✍🏼 Pheyelow Bashow 

old man 👴 ~~~

lookin 👀 at my life

young man 👨 a lot like the old 

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old man 👴 ~~~

look in my eyes 👀 

am I like you

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rain drops 💦 ~~~

they always fall

soaking the earth 🌏 

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rain falls ☔️ ~~~

kflk opens the umbrella 

drops 💦 on my tongue 😛 

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games

that people play ~~~

know when to hold-em

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poker ♣️ ~~~

hold-em fold-em

dancing 🕺🏻 in the rain 🌧 

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poker ♦️ ~~~

knowing when to run 🏃 

sun ☀️ on the desert sands 

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blessings ~~~

count them up

sitting seiza mokuso in the dojo

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bad things ~~~

they happen

walking barefoot 🦶 at the beach 🏝 

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music 🎶 ~~~

no.9 no.9 no.9

the sixties semolina-pilchard

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rainbows 🌈 ~~~

freshly watered earth 🌎 

radiant colors lighten one’s heart 💜 

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pandemic 😷 ~~~

to be respected ✊ 

harmony of nature necessary 

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revenge ~~~

a path of a sick mind

no-win even in tic tac toe

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thinking 🤔 ~~~

emotions divergence 

present moment stasis

                   ✍🏼 Pheyelow Bashow 

lavender ~~~

creates a wonderful smell

and provides mosquito repellent

                    ✍🏼 Pheyelow Bashow 

stimulus ~~~

a single moment begins

a chance to choose wisely 

                    ✍🏼 Pheyelow Bashow 

response ~~~

exercise our power to decide

appropriate acceptable responses

                    ✍🏼 Pheyelow Bashow 

a void ~~~

stimulus void response

wisely choosing actions

                    ✍🏼 Pheyelow Bashow 

gatherings ~~~

good friends fine folks

gourmet foods and conversations 

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porch time ~~~

soft breeze caressing

robin singing 🎵 in spring time

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maple 🍁 trees 🌲 ~~~

guarding mr. hydrant

grass growing tallest 

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basho’s haiku ~~~

inspiring 

through the centuries

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hello 👋 ~~~

a greeting 

creating a tribe

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a rake ~~~

gathers moss

cleaning the yard in spring

                      ✍🏼 Pheyelow Bashow 

Ohio ~~~

a state of being

the comfort of a new home 🏠 

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barefoot in the morning grass ~~~

touching the silence

between the dewdrops 

   - Mona Zamfirescu FB grp Haiku Together

between the dewdrops

travels the cicadas 

greets the morning sun

                        ✍🏼 Pheyelow Bashow 

summer ~~~

on a porch swing

a cup of black gold

                         ✍🏼 Pheyelow Bashow 

psychopathy ~~~

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