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Category: Aphorisms

05/15/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Mohan Murugesan

No matter the effort,
One cannot purify
Someone else for them

Blast from the past:

This moment will pass
Like all preceding moments
And all yet to come.

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on May 15, 2026May 16, 2026Categories Aphorisms, Daily HaikuTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappaiLeave a comment on 05/15/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

05/08/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Zohre Nemati

When my disquiet
Constricts my own revival,
Drive a stake through it

Blast from the past:

Try. Fail. Try again.
As long as you’re converging
Defeats are data

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on May 8, 2026May 8, 2026Categories Aphorisms, Daily Haiku, Poems about LifeTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappai

05/07/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Aleksandra Sapozhnikova

The youth who tried to
Snatch the moon plummeted with
A star in her grasp

Blast from the past:

Inspiration waits
It never seems to find me
So I guess I’ll wait

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on May 7, 2026May 6, 2026Categories Aphorisms, Daily Haiku, Poems about LifeTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappai

05/04/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Nils Rasmusson

Blessings and curses
Fade away. All you have left
Is you resilience

Blast from the past:

The possible does
Not concern me. Let it bring
Joy or pain

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on May 3, 2026May 3, 2026Categories Aphorisms, Daily HaikuTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappai

04/30/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Zakaria Kasmi

After finally
Catching you here in my trap,
Why do I feel bad?

Blast from the past:

Your own destruction
Is the result of trying
To defeat others

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on April 30, 2026April 30, 2026Categories Aphorisms, Daily HaikuTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappai

04/27/26 A New Aphorism for a New Day

Photo Credit: Francisco De Legarreta C.

Tenacity doesn’t show in success but in how one handles repeated failures.

Blast from the past:

The road to a failed project is paved with a thousand miscommunications.

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on April 27, 2026April 27, 2026Categories AphorismsTags aphorism, dailyaphorism, dailywisdom, quoteoftheday

04/25/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Brannon Naito

Looking down the edge
For a foothold that won’t slide
As the world spins round

Blast from the past:

Don’t climb those distant
Mountains. Just turn your molehills
Into thrilling quests.

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on April 25, 2026April 25, 2026Categories Aphorisms, Daily Haiku, Poems about NatureTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu

04/23/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Deny Abdurahman

One imprint after
Another laid on sand that
The waves take away

Blast from the past:

May the waves of the
Abysmal future be less
Choppy then they look.

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on April 23, 2026April 23, 2026Categories Aphorisms, Daily Haiku, Poems about Life, Poems about NatureTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappai

04/12/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Vitaly Gariev

It’s worthless to think
It’s worthless to analyze
When no one else seems to

Blast from the Past:

Can’t think beyond so
What do you do? You bully.
Harm those who differ.

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on April 11, 2026April 11, 2026Categories Aphorisms, Daily Haiku, Poems about Psychology

04/11/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Alex Alvarez

The smallest of things
Zooms up close after a while
Whispering “Hello!”

Blast from the Past:

Uncover the core
Of the impossible. See
The world around you.

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on April 11, 2026April 10, 2026Categories Aphorisms, Daily HaikuTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappai

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