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Occasional writer
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Remarkably, I too was going to post about trying to better oneself linguistically!

Bettering oneself,
By learning something new gives
New meaning to life!

#17thOctober #haiku365
January 21, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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‘I think I’m ready to retire.’

‘What? You don’t look that old.’

‘You’re young. Something drops & and you just #bend over to pick it up.’

‘Yeah. That’s kinda how it works.’

‘Well, I’m at that certain age that if something drops, I stare at it & wonder if I really need it anymore.’

#vss365
January 21, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Huck and
Tom sailed
on,
Passed
another
river
bend...
"I think
we're
safe, now."

#vss365 #bend #haiku
January 21, 2026 at 7:05 AM
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20.11

Illuminating, thank you. Mine is very domestic and continues on from yesterday..

Satuisfaction in
The arrangement of pictures.
Now look and enjoy.

#17thOctober #haiku365
January 20, 2026 at 10:20 PM
She stains his conscience
Like her blood the parquet floor;
Demons loom: patient . . .
🩸

#vss365 #loom #haiku
January 20, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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19.01

Time ran away tonight, so unable to finish hanging pictures on a refreshed feature wall..

Soon, pictures will hang,
That will remind of good times —
A life gallery.

#17thOctober #haiku365
January 19, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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He #murmurs absurdities,
but does anybody listen
#veering this way, then that,
dragging the world by its fingertips
towards the cliff’s fine edge.
He cracks open a fine bottle of whiskey,
downs it without a breath,
then begins to count
all his vices
in the time he has left.
#vss365
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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#vss365

To #veer, or not to veer,
that is the question:

Whether ’tis wiser
to blindly continue
along Life’s Path

Or to stop, look, listen
and veer off in a wholly
new direction.
January 19, 2026 at 7:58 AM
🛒
As I get older,
Like a broken cart I veer
Further to the left

#vss365 #veer #haiku
January 19, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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18.01

Last night we assembled in great numbers to dance, raise money for Sue Ryder and pay our respects to a true Peterborough legend, taken too soon..

Dear Julz. Rest assured
That we will keep your spirit
Alive and with Us.

#17thOctober #haiku365
January 18, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Is there time to change
The murmur in the nation
Or is it too late?

#vss365 #murmur #haiku
January 18, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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17.01

Happy New Thread Day!!

This one's for Dame Judi Whitesøx, our beautiful tabby:-

Regardez amis!
Le chat est sur la table;
"Oú est le fromage?"

#17thOctober #haiku365 #catlife
January 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Thank you for the reminder that it's the"start" of the month. New thread; new beginning.

Volume IV: Spring is Coming

17/1

Haikus echo thought;
Subconscious tectonia:
All in three short lines

#17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku
January 17, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The bay stopped, silent,
Its hooves kicked dust as eyes fixed
On the dappled gray.

#vss365 #dapple #haiku #equineerotica
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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16.01

New thread beckons!

Visited my late father's house tonight and was reminded how he used to love stoking up the wood burner, whilst Dexter looked on - captivated:

Showing his grandson,
The art of the wood burner,
Gave him so much joy.

#17thOctober #haiku365
January 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Frodo gave Gollum
The One Ring because, he said,
"It's preciousssss to him".
January 16, 2026 at 9:36 AM
"That poncho from Sears?"
Asked Frank, who jived with us all
On Cosmic Debris

#vss365 #sear #haiku
January 16, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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If you know, you know...
January 15, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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15.01

Knee-deep in online training for my new role; penning this haiku constitutes a screentime break and a chance to use the word 'tetrahedron' [thinks Lisa Simpson]

Fire tetrahedron:
Chemical chain reaction -
Fuel, oxygen, heat

#17thOctober #haiku365
January 15, 2026 at 11:32 AM
'Tis with heartfelt thanks
I pen this ode: Come up, Sun:
Bring luck; break my day

#vss365 #heartfelt #haiku
January 15, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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14.01

Hope you're ok, old friend. I am finding myself fatigued and unable to tap into any reserves of an evening:

The joy of reading!
Yet the text blurs through leaden
Eyes, soporific..

#17thOctober #haiku365
January 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Good morning.
January 14, 2026 at 9:25 AM
"Wonky? Three doors down,
We make choc'late here; don't worry,
Happens all the time"

#vss365 #wonky #haiku
January 14, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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13.01

A very good balti prepared by a very good Chef! We've had Dexter's Year 10 Parent's Evening today and it was a very positive experience:

The praise of teachers,
The realised potential;
The kid's done us proud.

#17thOctober #haiku365
January 13, 2026 at 8:48 PM