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12/23/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

We didn’t start the fire,
But we profit from the smoke.
Dancing in its flames.

Blast from the Past:

What is this world?
It’s a world of fire and salt
Where nothing is real
Unless it is in ashes

12/18/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Javier Ortiz

Pulled in so many
Directions. Do this. Do that.
Forced through the motions

Blast from the Past:

We must return to
Ourselves after long stretches
To renew our soul

12/13/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Ben Blennerhassett

Wake up too early
Without enough sleep. Oh dream,
Don’t leave me so soon.

Blast from the Past:

My bed calls to me:
“Where are you? I miss your warm
Embrace. Come to me.”

12/10/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Jeb Buchman

Arising from dust
We are a wild sunflower
Swaying in the breeze

Blast from the Past:

If I were a tree,
I would be curved and twisted
As I search for the sun
And my roots would cling dearly to the earth

12/08/25 A New Aphorism for a New Day

Photo Credit: Timon Studler

Today I wrote an aphorism instead of a poem:

Instead of asking whether someone is a good person, sometimes the better question to ask is who are they a good person to? Some people are only good to themselves and maybe those closest to them.

Blast from the Past:

Each day, two choices:
Cast out the bad out of yourself,
Or receive the good.