Author: ETHNODATA1

08/27/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo credit: Craig Marolf

Unable to know
Which way is up or down. The
Horizon is gone.

Blast from the Past:

I’m at the end of
The road, nowhere else to turn
I sit down and wait

08/26/25 A New Poem for a New Day

Photo Credit: Alexander Krivitskiy

I don’t believe in anger
I don’t believe in rage
I can’t stand your pain
I don’t want your cage
None of this will lead me
Back to you again

(I lost internet for a few days, so I was not able to post the poem I wrote that day until several days later.)

Blast from the Past:

Not proactive enough, not obedient enough,
Not developing enough, not restraining enough,
Not enough good questions, not confirming enough,
I have had enough enoughs

08/25/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: YEH CHE WEI

During all of this
You’ll never be able to stop
The arrow of time

(I lost internet for a few days, so I was not able to post the poem I wrote that day until several days later.)

Blast from the Past:

Life is shortened by
Spending time sheltering from
Afternoon showers

08/24/25 A New Pegunta for a New Day

Photo Credit: Thuy

Do our lives matter
If in time we will soon be
Fully forgotten?

Lacking legacy,
We’re now free to forge our own
Meaning for our moment

This poem is a pegunta. The idea is to have the first stanza raise a question that the second stanza answers.

Blast from the Past:

Stop looking for a
Meaning; you are the meaning
Start being yourself.

(I lost internet for a few days, so I was not able to post the poem I wrote that day until several days later.)

08/23/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo credit: Vishal mallik

The end of the earth
Inability to do
Are you happy now

(I lost internet for a few days, so I was not able to post the poem I wrote that day until several days later.)

Blast from the Past:

The road is bumpy
But the hardship is worth it
The happy ending

08/21/25 A New Poem for a New Day

Photo Credit: Roman Davydko

Hiking through the forest,
In search of a monkey.

What’s that rustle in the bush?
Is that a monkey?
No, it’s a focused cat.

What’s that swinging from the trees?
Is that a monkey?
No, it’s a scavenging crow.

What’s that clamor?
Is it a monkey?
No, it’s gushing water.

What’s that brown figure in the bush?
Is it a monkey?
No, it’s a rotting stump.

Never did find any monkeys,
But in the search,
I discovered
A whole forest

Blast from the Past:

The trees are gorgeous,
If only I look up and
Engage with the world