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The material base for an uprising has eroded, the working class betrayed mankind and itself. The historic opportunity for a revolution has passed. There may be hope in the next life, for new people. It is too late for us.
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We made it!

We made it!

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Just finished Days of Shattered Faith by @aptshadow.bsky.social. I am stunned, benumbed and bereft. I *need* more from the yet to be Perfected world he's created! What is to become of Pallesand? Ilmar? Lor? Haven't felt this way by a book's ending in a LONG time!

Wolf Moon: The year's first full moon. Named for greatest goalie In the NHL! #DailyHaikuPrompt

Smoke: Thick, aromatic. Quick hit to the ol' bloodstream. Carcinogenic :( #DailyHaikuPrompt

Peace Swim: What a stupid prompt. These better not be A.I. I am unamused. #DailyHaikuPrompt

Our haiku prompts for Jan 11-18 kigo hemispheres two halves to make the world whole it seems only fair North South 01/11 Peace Swim 01/12 Freeze Hollihock 01/13 Smoke Fruit 01/14 Crust Suntan 01/15 Wolf Moon Wolf Moon 01/16 Bare Trees Picnic 01/17 Quiet Noon 01/18 Thaw Grass the cool breeze […]

Peace: An untroubled life, Lived honestly, truthfully. Inner peace, the goal. #DailyHaikuPrompt

We did it, fellow proles!

Snow: Winter's harbinger, Keeper of death and silence, Banished by The Spring. #DailyHaikuPrompt

Bear: Ursine temperament, Enraged roars and gnashing teeth, I require coffee! #DailyHaikuPrompt

Drafts: Five years spent drinking, Rampant alcoholism, Time to cut the draughts! #DailyHaikuPrompt

writing a haiku without counting on fingers challenge (impossib)

Cold Sea: I'm from the prairies; I have never seen the sea, Cold or otherwise. #DailyHaikuPrompt

Charcoal: Artistic media, Gods and spirits daubed on rock, Birth of Religion #DailyHaikuPrompt

Pine Gate: The road tunnels in trees, massive pines stand sentinel, coniferous pass. #DailyHaikuPrompt

New daily prompts courtesy of @[email protected]. Feel free to use any variation or even not use the word at all. View the feed 01/04 - Deer 01/05 - Pine Gate 01/06 - Charcoal 01/07 - Cold Sea 01/08 - Drafts 01/09 - Bear 01/10 - Snow 01/11 - Peace

Happy New Year!

Deer: Wilderness striders, epic peregrinations, ending on a grill! #DailyHaikuPrompt

Rooster: 2025, Auspicious year of The Snake. Who's talking roosters?! #DailyHaikuPrompt

Beginnings: Started this new year A day behind on haikus. Better luck next year. #DailyHaikuPrompt

Endings: Don't you hate it when, Good books have awful endings? Happens too often! #DailyHaikuPrompt

December: Ancient month of death. Winter locked, spring far away. Nadir of the year. #DailyHaikuPrompt

Icicles: Sword of Damocles, Frozen death hanging above. Terror of children. #DailyHaikuPrompt

New daily prompts courtesy of @[email protected]. Feel free to use any variation or even not use the word at all. View the feed 12/28 - Cardinal 12/29 - Icicles 12/30 - December 12/31 - Endings 01/01 - Beginning 01/02 - New Year 01/03 - Rooster 01/04 - Deer

Hope this week was easy!

Cardinal: Draped in scarlet robes, Ecclesiastical man. Foe of musketeers! #DailyHaikuPrompt

Fireplace: Once a vital place, Source of heat, light and cuisine, Now decoration. #DailyHaikuPrompt

Fox: Vulpine predator, Stalking wintery environs. Rodentia beware! #DailyHaikuPrompt

Chestnut: Colloquialism Meaning an antique saying. Why? I have no clue. #DailyHaikuPrompt

Snowflake: No snowflake feels guilt, Joining in avalanches. Each one is to blame. #DailyHaikuPrompt

Long Night: Working the Third Shift, On The Longest Night of all, Sunrise far away! #DailyHaikuPrompt

New daily prompts courtesy of @[email protected]. Feel free to use any variation or even not use the word at all. View the feed 12/21 - Solstice 12/22 - Long Night 12/23 - Snowflake 12/24 - Short Day 12/25 - Chestnut 12/26 - Fox 12/27 - Fireplace 12/28 - Cardinal

We made it!

Solstice: Darkest night of all, Both sacred and terrible, After this light lengthens. #DailyHaikuPrompt

Juncos: Yet another prompt That I have had to Google. Mysterious bird! #DailyHaikuPrompt

Tracks: Twin sets of fresh tracks, One set predator, one prey. Hare fleeing for life! #DailyHaikuPrompt

Dark Cloud: Steel gray winter sky, Black clouds churning underneath, Incoming blizzard! #DailyHaikuPrompt