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Lifelong diarist with >4 million words written. Published photographer, journal designer, nerd, nd. Also: cats. Links: lelinde.start.page
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gratitude and grief old wounds war with new knowings love hurts like loss now #HaikuFeels (arrive) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

his hands helping mine as years and tears burn my eyes, drafting eulogies. #DailyHakuPrompt (spiral) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

digging in thickets finding my inner child bound by barbed wire #HaikuFeels (locate) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

Endure this, our end. Let it be our grand Big Bounce. Collapse precedes growth. #HaikuFeels (bounce) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

rejected again another social failure hermits don't need friends #DailyHaikuPrompt (friend) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

tears salting our earth stop watering dead flowers build your thriving life #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

broken but resewn thrifted thrice then discarded my heart your garbage #DailyHaikuPrompt (thread) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

old sable lady cat abandoned in strange forests by empty-eyed men #DailyHaikuPrompt (sable) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry (dedicated to our family housecat, Sable, left in the woods when I was 12, because my father & brothers no longer wanted her...)

autumn afternoon sunflower sounds welcome me half a world from you #DailyHaikuPrompt (sunflower) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

wavering between betrayal's aching rage and wishing I had stayed #DailyHaikuPrompt (rage) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry (note: I don't.)

despite all our rage we are still letting fascists take stage... yet again. #DailyHaikuPrompt (rage, 🎃) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

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an alloy of joy a mirage which melts again and my soul's light wanes #DailyHaikuPrompt (parched) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry 01/23 Ocean Parched 01/24 Glimmer Lotus 01/25 Rage Glade

salty scents and spray playful undulating waves cast plastic in our wake #DailyHaikuPrompt (ocean) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry 01/23 Ocean Parched 01/24 Glimmer Lotus 01/25 Rage Glade

his future for us The House lawn laden with red soaked by our sorrows #DailyHaikuPrompt (lawn) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

ten tiny fires little lives licked by life breath our darling arson #DailyHaikuPrompt [candle(s)] #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

burn your broken world eat her ashes pass the salt savor what you've sewn #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (smolder) #writing #senryu

no Christmas krautnip no sizzling sausage song divorce for dinner #haiku #poetry #prompt "food" (seasonal) #writing #senryu

pages anchor thought her whispers reach through spacetime another life, lost #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (time) #writing #senryu

hiding from your light knowing I will never love another winter #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (hibernate) #writing #senryu

brittle charcoal heart ashes of adultery careless cremation #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (charcoal) #writing #senryu

bonfire embers embrace reincarnation with dark carbon eyes #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (charcoal) #writing #senryu

(belated 1/1) another evening deciding tomorrow’s goals tomorrow’s failures #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (another beginning…) #writing #senryu

While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland.

steady threat of lips quick sips of silken bubbles minutes to midnight #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (endings) #writing #senryu

imperfect again resolving to be better a December dream #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (December) #writing #senryu