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verse / 20231104

November 18, 2023November 4, 2023 by Kurt
away with the wind / 
like leaves dead, like ashes, dust / 
let mine self scatter
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verse / 20231101

November 18, 2023November 1, 2023 by Kurt
Kurt can't look away
my eyes are open / 
I see it, see it coming / 
I can't look away

#atthespeedoflife

Categories Poetry Tags haiku, poetry, senryū 4 Comments

verse / 20231030

November 18, 2023October 30, 2023 by Kurt
like the universe / 
expanding until the end / 
my mind never stops 

#川柳

Categories Poetry Tags haiku, poetry, senryū, 俳句, 川柳 3 Comments

verse / 20231026

November 18, 2023October 26, 2023 by Kurt
Machine gun png sticker, illustration
death denial death... / 
round after round after round... / 
reload and repeat... / 

#ar15
#automatichell
#566/2023

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verse / 20231023

November 18, 2023October 23, 2023 by Kurt
lo! the speed of life / 
moving so fast that it hurts / 
except when it hurts

#川柳

Categories Poetry Tags haiku, poetry, senryū, 俳句, 川柳 1 Comment

verse / 20231022

November 18, 2023October 22, 2023 by Kurt
freely willed or not / 
our becoming comes with costs /
not all pay the bill
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verse / 20231021

November 18, 2023October 21, 2023 by Kurt
continents, islands / 
separate by space, by time / 
far less than the mind

#川柳

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verse / 20231020

November 18, 2023October 20, 2023 by Kurt
time beyond the realm / 
of time, of the illusion, / 
exists, as is now

#川柳

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verse / 20231019

November 18, 2023October 19, 2023 by Kurt
My heart breaks asunder / 
   Anew / 
For the Season's first leaf to fall / 
For the Season's last cricket to sing

#mementomori

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verse / 20231018

November 18, 2023October 18, 2023 by Kurt
midnight clouds, blue, black / 
consume fast the Hunter's Moon / 
the howls grow frenzied

#俳句

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