Remember having
the energy inside you
to be this angry
Tag: Haiku
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JanPoWriMo 28
The word of the day
they are banning books again
as they always have
when they think they can
pretty easy way to start
a good reading list
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JanPoWriMo 27
It’s so cold outside
I fell asleep on the couch
before the end of the show
every inch of skin
exposed to the elements
cracks open a scar
you didn’t know would
bleed quite as profusely while
washing your hands for
the seventeenth time
counting twenty seconds lasts
as long as it should
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JanPoWriMo 24
What would it mean for
your final destination
to be a million
miles away from here
only to glance in wonder
at points in the sky
heretofore unseen
that reveal the creation
of light in itself
might the journey be worth it
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JanPoWriMo 22
Cold sun makes the house
slightly warmer as the heat
keeps kicking over
Breathing open mouth
cough rings out this dry weather
turning life brittle
Return to the house
cats question our choice of walk
over shaft of light
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JanPoWriMo 11
Morning what is this
unexpected fluttering
felt on the surface
a new sensation
no longer subliminal
what hands are made for
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JanPoWriMo 9
Already lost track
of the days I was counting
on losing—practice
for when the days are
inherently lost to grief
anniversaries
we spend all day long
forgetting to celebrate
how many losses
can we hold before
we pass averting our eyes
the hallways too long
the faces too familiar
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JanPoWriMo 7
All of winter fell
in the span of just one week
what did you expect
we have been so sparse
might as well accumulate
while no one’s looking
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JanPoWriMo 3
Look out the window
shock of snow interrupted
by the commonplace
no one knows to use low gear
Joshua Keiter 