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09/13/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Hiked through one landscape
And then another landscape
So many landscapes

Blast from the Past:

The wild fire
Coursing through me sends me off
In all directions
If only I knew
Which path to follow

Writing our kisses
Upon the cleft of the earth
Footprints in the sand

Blast from the Past:

We come together
When morning and evening
Embrace one ‘nother

Considering the
Strange world we live in, why choose
To stay in one place?

Blast from the Past:

When your heart’s afar,
It’s just gone to a new place
Where you should join too.

To avoid thinking
To not reflect on one’s life
Go through the motions

Blast from the Past:

The questions of life:
No matter how fast you run,
They’re where you will be

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