{"id":1407,"date":"2025-08-31T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2025-11-22T04:52:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T09:52:46","slug":"08-31-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/08-31-25\/","title":{"rendered":"08\/31\/25 A Magic 9 Poem for a New Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Boat-Sail-Sailboat.jpg?fit=840%2C559&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1408\" style=\"width:437px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Boat-Sail-Sailboat.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Boat-Sail-Sailboat.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Boat-Sail-Sailboat.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Boat-Sail-Sailboat.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Boat-Sail-Sailboat.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/boat-sail-sailboat-sea-ship-water-1867124\/\">Pexels<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Eyes glued forward, beyond the rise and fall<br>Too afraid to look another way<br>The wind howls its persistent call<br>A slap across my face<br>The boat inches on its slow crawl<br>Nothing can change its glacial pace<br>&#8220;Forward!&#8221;, &#8220;Forward!&#8221; I try to call<br>Get me to another day<br>Beyond the&nbsp;rise&nbsp;and&nbsp;fall<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Today&#8217;s poem is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersdigest.com\/write-better-poetry\/magic-9-poetic-forms\">Magic 9 poem<\/a>, a 9 line poem following this rhyme scheme: abacadaba. 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