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727 · Feb 2024
haiku 24/2/11
Mark Wanless Feb 2024
cigarette smoke in
my lungs bitter and burning
why do i want more
725 · May 2022
haiku 22/5/2
Mark Wanless May 2022
i saw a missile
do a left turn in mid air
so **** impressive
725 · Dec 2023
haiku 23/12/20
Mark Wanless Dec 2023
peace equals absence
of conflict in your mind
feels like nothing
725 · Jan 2023
haiku 23/1/1b
Mark Wanless Jan 2023
evolve the present
the present is all there is
ebb and flow unite
724 · Jan 2022
haiku 20/9/13a
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
the human race is
mother and i must suckle
or die a rare death
724 · Feb 2019
laugh u 5
Mark Wanless Feb 2019
volumes of fresh tobacco
with no rolling papers -
potato pipe
723 · Jun 2023
brand new 23/6/19c
Mark Wanless Jun 2023
a mother in her heart
   dreams
of days of love

and falls to this time of
   reality
of here and now
723 · Aug 2023
haiku 23/18/24c
Mark Wanless Aug 2023
the scents of god l
smell and will follow them all
to my mind center
721 · May 2022
haiku 47
Mark Wanless May 2022
sept.18,18

from height a feel
onto solid water
sky of blue
721 · Oct 2021
haiku 21/10/4e
Mark Wanless Oct 2021
so the dog the dog
bleeds in to my i am i am
a solid random
718 · Jan 2023
haiku 23/1/21b
Mark Wanless Jan 2023
what is a column  
of thoughts in the heaven of
mind our creation
717 · Sep 2016
Choices
Mark Wanless Sep 2016
Choices have come to us
Vital, alarming, deadly, painful.
It is time! It is time!!
To choose the new way
With free will and foresight
And love holding together
The one race which exists.
717 · May 2023
sweetums 23/2/20f
Mark Wanless May 2023
oh sweetums
i bless your comfort touch
the thought of heaven
recedes

i walk in my mind
dream of reality
legs wobbly i wobble
the snowy streets

please give me a moment
that we call our own
no need for future
just us and now
715 · Mar 2023
haiku23/3/3
Mark Wanless Mar 2023
the observer falls
into a heavy night and
ceases to observe
714 · Jun 2022
haiku 20/2/28a
Mark Wanless Jun 2022
i am stepping out
of hatred into compassion
slowly slowly learning is
713 · Jun 2023
haikuhaiku 23/5/6
Mark Wanless Jun 2023
the soul creeper is
you we deny it yet the
the truth ruptures a mind
711 · Feb 2021
haiku 21/2/4a
Mark Wanless Feb 2021
i don't see tonight
october moon in dark sky
squirrels run rampant
710 · May 2022
haiku 19/6/15a
Mark Wanless May 2022
smoke rises
from village hearths
baby's sleep
707 · Aug 2016
Muse
Mark Wanless Aug 2016
i tried to see my muse
all i got was a past full of words
and a definite feeling that if
the blue alien ships
do not land on my head
the green ones will
muse
705 · May 2023
haiku 23/5/22
Mark Wanless May 2023
human bleeds through all
wisdom we must discern what
is within our mind
704 · Oct 2021
haiku 21/10/23a
Mark Wanless Oct 2021
my small mind my poor
small mind the universe is
my poor small mind
702 · Aug 2023
haiku 23/9/26a
Mark Wanless Aug 2023
i dreamt in my mind
reality was kinda
like this here and now
701 · Sep 2023
noise 23/9/18
Mark Wanless Sep 2023
heard a noise
inside my head
sounds like heaven
sounds like hell

don't know where
i'm gonna be
i just know
gonna be free

killed old memorise
in my long lost mind
always been there
no place to hide

just gonna be
a newborn child
talking new
speaking wild
701 · Jul 2021
haiku 21/7/20a
Mark Wanless Jul 2021
the wonder of spring
nothing but an empty mind
truly deeply is
701 · Sep 2019
haiku 19/9/6b
Mark Wanless Sep 2019
i had a necrotic tooth
inside my mouth
i tasted death
700 · Apr 2023
haiku 21/1/29d
Mark Wanless Apr 2023
elixir of life
drink slow let knowledge arise
compassion and love
698 · Jun 2023
haiku 23/6/21a
Mark Wanless Jun 2023
i am here because
of help so much i wonder
why
698 · Jan 2021
haiku 21/1/29d
Mark Wanless Jan 2021
elixir of life
drink slow let knowledge arise
compassion and love
697 · Jul 2021
haiku 21/7/19a
Mark Wanless Jul 2021
we stand apart so
near we perceive under soul
thought just confusion
695 · Jan 2022
mirror 18/7/2
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
i went to the narrow bridge
it was not that narrow
scaled the cliffs of death
i lived
went to the cavern of sorrow
cried and cried and cried
walked to the very end
it did not end
pondered the greatest riddle
the keeper gave up first

woke up looked in the mirror
695 · Aug 2023
haiku 23/7/27a
Mark Wanless Aug 2023
in this brain refrain
of pure gold and diamond
your true love for me
694 · Jul 2022
haiku 22/7/22a
Mark Wanless Jul 2022
i ate barbecue
over and over again
for sixty six years
691 · Mar 2024
haiku24/3/11a
Mark Wanless Mar 2024
i play rufly for
a minute gently as you
wish touch me softly
691 · Jul 2016
Evolution
Mark Wanless Jul 2016
Here i turn     and look outward
A practiced eye seeking more
To see     to sing sweetly
To lark and to crow and to sparrow
To twitter whatever appears
To imbibe and regurgitate life

Somalia taxi drivers
Mexican store owners
Black cashiers   policemen   lawyers
          in suits
White nobody's with hard bodies
White somebody's with soft bodies
Computer mind    buddha mind   angry mind
Is an angry mind    red angry haze mind
Red army    massing hoard
******* car horn out the window
Crashed air planes into buildings
White paper fluttering down from heaven
Black boiling smoke    *** smoke
Crack puff cloud smoke    cigarette
          death
Rage against the machine failure
As the raging machine rages on
Expensive cars    poor people buying
          expensive cars
Hot humid days   cool nights
Sticky cummmmmmm thighs
Whale cry     baby sigh
New confusing war cry
690 · Jul 2023
haiku 23/7/24
Mark Wanless Jul 2023
the construct of the
universe is you my friend
you are what is here
689 · Jul 2023
time again 19/11/9b
Mark Wanless Jul 2023
i heard a sound  so sweet it brought
me to my knees many sang as one blessed

and lifted the ether from the mass
and it has changed my mind forever

i just hear and know this mind
in the future of time and this time again
689 · Nov 2019
haiku 19/10/28
Mark Wanless Nov 2019
compassion one step
at a time
the answer
686 · Jun 2023
okay 19/8/18
Mark Wanless Jun 2023
they told me
   prepare for war

of course i said yes
    to fight is save

i see the path ahead
    honor, integrity, conquest

and now i walk certainty
    even unto death
685 · Aug 2024
personal 24/7/27c
Mark Wanless Aug 2024
thank you mom and dad
for all the silly gifts
you bought me
684 · May 2022
haiku 19/6/17d
Mark Wanless May 2022
the polar bear
stands eight feet tall
behind the bars
682 · Mar 2022
haiku 22/3/5a
Mark Wanless Mar 2022
the cloud arises
in true mind of all people
what do we do now
681 · Jul 2023
walwalking 19/10/19
Mark Wanless Jul 2023
walking the dog down familiar
   blurry roads

what do i see but i want
   there to be

created a spaceship that flew
   me to mars

followed good soldier into
   evil war

stopped all the killing
   hatred no more
680 · Mar 2021
haiku 21/3/4a
Mark Wanless Mar 2021
the powerless dog
lives a very long lifespan
or dies just in time
680 · Sep 2023
haiku 23/11/1a
Mark Wanless Sep 2023
is there a thought in
mind or habituation
there is not knowing
680 · Jun 2024
haiku 24/6/13a
Mark Wanless Jun 2024
the devil sleeps in
a mind and awakes sometimes
imaginary
680 · Dec 2021
haiku 21/12/21b
Mark Wanless Dec 2021
rock bottom mind dreams
heaven grows up difficult
footsteps move forward
679 · Jul 2021
haiku 21/7/8a
Mark Wanless Jul 2021
the well kept green grass
uniform height and color
truly just beauty
675 · Jan 2021
haiku 21/1/13c
Mark Wanless Jan 2021
i see you in gold
intrepid on the mountain
and a person now
675 · Nov 2021
haiku 21/11/13a
Mark Wanless Nov 2021
my mind a floating
emptiness except for my
karma hahaha
674 · Jul 2022
happy mindless 22/7/9b
Mark Wanless Jul 2022
the door opens
   the sun shines through
the small child
   walks out to do

her chores of morn
   feed the chickens
and hungry rabbits
   water the dogs

back to enjoy
   warm breakfast
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