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Mary Beth D.
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Haiku, Senryu "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" Hillel
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night sky
a bonfire
of burning poems
in the heart
of stars

#Photography Paramount Observatory
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I’m thrilled and honored that my poem received an honorable mention in The Haiku Foundation’s Monthly Kukai for September, theme "pink".
thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-...

wishing on stars
she folds pink booties
Into a drawer
— Mary Beth Defer
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I’m thrilled and honored that my poem received an honorable mention in The Haiku Foundation’s Monthly Kukai for September, theme "pink".
thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-...

wishing on stars
she folds pink booties
Into a drawer
— Mary Beth Defer
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ME: "Jesus, why does your close friend Speaker Mike Johnson relentlessly bear false witness?"

JESUS: "WHO???"
I’m thrilled and honored that my poem received an honorable mention in The Haiku Foundation’s Monthly Kukai for September, theme "pink".
thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-...

wishing on stars
she folds pink booties
Into a drawer
— Mary Beth Defer
Congrats. Your Haiku made me smile.
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I’m beyond honored that my poem received an honorable mention in The Haiku Foundation’s Monthly Kukai for September, with the theme of “Pink”. Thanks so much to Beverly Acuff Momoi for her thoughtful commentary. To read the winning poems, click on the link.

thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-...
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I’m a rhymer, a limerick drafter,
And a chronic light-poetry crafter.
I’ve been labeled a “card,”
And called “daft,” but not “bard.”
What’s my target? Grins, giggles, and #laughter.

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Laughter #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Poems #PoetryCommunity
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Mamdani: "Every day, Trump wakes up and makes another threat, a lot of the times about the city that he actually comes from. What is angering to me is not what Donald Trump does, because we've come to expect that from it. But it's the idea that we have to accept that as the law, as normal."
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There’s a quiet strength in vulnerability. I might feel exposed, but I’m not drowning. I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve spent much of my life running away from myself. But it’s never too late to embrace vulnerability. Bear with me as I learn to accept mine—because the artist in me is still here. #art
"siloed realities" is a fowerful truth.
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as if spacewalking–
sea-blue microgravity,
weight off weary bones
her limp dissolves
as she glides through the water
still free

#SenryuSunday
#dailyhaikuprompt #swim
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#writingcommunity
So hopeful. I love this one.
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Gran would be thrilled! 🥹 Thank you kindly, DJ Tyrer, 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, and Atlantean Publishing. 🙏

Gran was a mountain healer. There wasn't a fence she wouldn't jump, or animal she couldn't charm. My love of nature and words is genetic.

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