Sowing bombs
Lingering fury at the poor
Seeds of destruction
Blast from the Past:
As the earth consumes
Me, fever and loss are all
That can protect me.
The Cracked Door – Daily Haikus
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Sowing bombs
Lingering fury at the poor
Seeds of destruction
Blast from the Past:
As the earth consumes
Me, fever and loss are all
That can protect me.
Always looking out
Guarding against foreign threats
Never gazing in
Another version with a different emphasis and themes:
Always looking out
To ward off threats, never sees
The beauty within
All I did today
I did as if others were
Watching over me
Blast from the Past:
Nothing’s more of a
Waste and annoyance than
Careless solemnity.
You know what has a
Soul based on what decides to
Keep its own secrets
Blast from the Past:
Lying to live, or
Living to deceive, losing
Credibility
Life is growth, So if
We’re not growing together,
We’re growing apart
Blast from the Past:
Grow what is working,
And then improve what is not.
Iterative process.
What is poetry?
Remove the words and meaning,
Poetry’s what’s left.
Blast from the Past:
Poets can’t afford
Only to sing about their
True inspiration
Measured, cyclic, slow:
A brief history of time
Reveals many constructs
Blast from the Past:
Nations rise and
Decline, a tide back and forth
In all history
Create our idols
To survive and live by
Executing them.
Blast from the past:
Must we inherit
The depravities of the
Gods worshipped for us?
Love is life itself
Beauty is what love produces
Harmony is love’s process*
Blast from the Past:
Loved by a dog in
A concentration camp.
It saw my humanity
That other people could not.
*Based on the philosophy/theology of Inayat Khan (see https://youtu.be/lal6rf5HhiY?si=2JxjAJcy5lpkcReh)
I will go with you
To hell, if I can make it
Less hellish for you
Blast from the Past:
Walking down the street
Arms’ locked together, rinsing
Each other’s shadows
Happy Valentine’s Day!