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following the wind under the whitening thorns path of muddy stars

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I am grateful to Alex Fyffe for including my haiku in this week's Haiku Dialogue ( The Haiku Foundation). Congratulations to all the poets. Find the poems here at :@https://the haiku foundation.org/haiku-dialogue-all-the-worlds-a-stage-trap-door-long-list.

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nothing moves but dust in long drifts of winter light white-feathered silence

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Where the Mountains Were is a new anthology by Cuttlefish Books. All proceeds go to the victims of Hurricane Helene. Thank you to the editors for including this one of mine: thunderstorm the dog hightails it back to bed You can purchase the book here: a.co/d/0zEjRax

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Published in Cattails 2024.

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snow piled high tonight under the glow of a full moon Basho

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north wind and small birds in the branches where they cross this polyphony

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As we start another week, my law firm is litigating 46 voting and election cases in 19 states. A team starts trial to protect the Voting Rights Act in Alabama tomorrow! Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of democracy and democracy is on the docket.

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baby's breath tonight rain will be my lullaby #senryu

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Published in Muse India, Vasant Ritu, issue 108

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haikuKATHA, issue 24. I am not religious, but I am praying for our world.

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Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com speckled glow the constellations across a starling's back Jay Friedenberg Wales Haiku Journal, Winter 2024/2025

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We've been calling Elon Musk "Apartheid Clyde" for a reason He's a white supremacist He's a Nazi He was radicalized Feb 11, 1990 And a Nazi Afrikaaner has just taken control of the US Treasury and will begin the destruction of our economy right after Beyonce wins AOTY

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NEW: I expect there will be several new lawsuits filed tomorrow regarding the Trump administration's unlawful attacks on democracy. Follow @democracydocket.com for breaking news and sign up to receive their free daily and weekly newsletter updates. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

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it didn’t occur to me i could enjoy this moment morning fog #dailyhaikuprompt

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Results are in! Visit the Drifting Sands website for results of the Third Annual Rachel Sutcliffe Haiku-Arts Memorial Contest and join us in congratulating this year’s winners! drifting-sands-haibun.org Winning haibun and haiku to be posted in Issue 31, 3/15/25. The Drifting Sands Team

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#dailyhaikuprompt #quilt worn quilted jacket-- the vagrant and dog fill a doorway

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no wind left in our sails doldrums #HaikuChallenge #HaikuSaturday #haiku

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🧪 If I were Canadian PM I would immediately: 1. Create a new $15B science fund 2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada 3. Immediate permanent residency 4. Citizenship after 2 years Overnight a science superpower

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🚨BREAKING: New York appellate court UPHOLDS John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York. This reverses a lower court decision in a case from Newburgh, NY. This is a big victory for the minority voters who brought suit and voting rights in the Empire State. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

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heavy downpour the cafe flooded with people #haiku #Poetry

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Thank you Alex Fyffe for including my haiku in today's Haiku Dialogue featuring idioms. Congratulations to all the poets. 🫠🙃🙂‍↕️😊

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#senryu by new contributor, Aja Rhianna (IG: @ajarhiannavoiceover) @AjaRhiannavo #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetry #micropoetry #haiku #salt #ocean

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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

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“Make good trouble.” ~ John Lewis

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Shame on them. On the backs of disabled and poor people.

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& all day the sun fog-clagged & small as the moon

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In light of today's decision to allot mega money for A I, here's an old one. A version of this was in Fresh Out Magazine , Spring 2023.

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The section of the poem “The Hill We Climb,” by Amanda Gorman that caused her book to be pulled after a complaint by a parent. The parent called it indoctrination and inappropriate. I think it’s beautiful. ‘A nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished.’ This is #hope.

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midwinter the startling absence of birdsong #DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku

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Thank you, Eric Lohman for publishing Fresh Out Magazine - the most fun publication everywhere!! 💞

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hospital visit hearing the inflection in the doctor’s eyes #senryu

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