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09/02/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

When all is asleep,
You can hear the train’s faint thwomp,
Pulse of the city

Blast from the Past:

Cars glide ‘cross the freeways
Each on a preordained track
Up and down forever

Oh American Dream,
I lie here wondering if
I can wake from you

Blast from the Past:

Only time you get
To see your dream job is when
You are fast asleep.

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

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

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

The alarm clock blasts
Just as I finally start
Into a nice dream

Blast from the Past:

You’re startled awake
From a dream but have no clue
What happened or why

The massive wave bows
Letting me catch a glimpse of
The island behind

Blast from the Past:

Gently lapping waves,
Soothing swooshes and crashes
The ocean’s heartbeat

Musical complaints
Becoming realities
A divine regret

Blast from the Past:

Standing in line
At life’s theater waiting for
Waiting for Godot

The sun imprints streams of red
Across the dark sky
‘Fore making clouds give way
For its grand entrance

This one is my first attempt at a kouta (a 7575 syllable style of poem).

Blast from the Past:

The bright, sunny day
And the tempestuous storm
Both drown out the moon

Dark night of itself
Terrifying silence
Nobody likes me

Blast from the Past:

Make peace with darkness
Cold and broken call of love
Embrace the stillness