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Feb 2021 · 72
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
winter thoughts shift
from snow drifts to sandy dunes
eating pineapple
Feb 2021 · 57
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
left them there
scales from old skin
on the rock
Feb 2021 · 78
True
ymmiJ Feb 2021
does truth stutter in
finding itself or
does it flow
effortless
from heart to
lips opened
and said to
you?
Feb 2021 · 76
Lolly's Rockin' Chair
ymmiJ Feb 2021
this chair rocked then
gentle arms cradled my sleep
their hands patted me
Feb 2021 · 63
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
just enough richness
rich is having just enough
wanting just enough
Feb 2021 · 100
Cozy
ymmiJ Feb 2021
hot mug warming hands
fire heating still quiet
outside snow flutters
sending cool chills deep inside
cozy feet rub in reply
Feb 2021 · 409
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
that old man
miss his crooked smile
smiling down
Feb 2021 · 88
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
good verses evil
struggles from the beginning
it's a war in here
Feb 2021 · 142
4 Seasons 3 Lines
ymmiJ Feb 2021
summer rhythm fade
rusty fall grinding halt
winter freeze till spring
Feb 2021 · 90
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
pure water flow
cool current revive
wash away
Feb 2021 · 74
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
run from darkness
black winged reapers fan out
feasts of fear
Feb 2021 · 71
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
light makes her feel safe
as the darkness closes in
feelings......
Feb 2021 · 45
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
are fears real?
or just what you want
to believe
Feb 2021 · 58
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
on pallets of blue
winged artists aerial view
feather light technique
Feb 2021 · 70
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
flicker out
great candles all do
this one did
took freedom's beacon
into the darkness
Feb 2021 · 66
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
time erodes
round memories smooth
details fade
Feb 2021 · 72
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
new love springs
fertile lands sprout hope
young eyes opened
Feb 2021 · 82
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
winter dream
cold covered darkness
slowly warms
Feb 2021 · 269
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
gold's envy
gleaming rings unite
true love bonds
Feb 2021 · 70
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
their first breath
taking mine away
birth of life
Feb 2021 · 72
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
instantly
empty feeling
forever
Feb 2021 · 113
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
early spring alert
discovered tracks raise alarms
hibernations end
Feb 2021 · 95
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
swollen skies
weighted heavy clouds
suspense builds
Feb 2021 · 66
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
frantically I circle the bowl
peering out as others peer in
pretending they are not there
Feb 2021 · 74
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
light slowly appears
ending this darkened tunnel
green hills roll beyond
Feb 2021 · 84
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
imagine never
trapped under gravity’s pull
leaving pain behind
Feb 2021 · 145
Beam Me Up Next, Scottie
ymmiJ Feb 2021
columned light
visible at night
beaming sight
Feb 2021 · 135
A Basho Cento
ymmiJ Feb 2021
waking at night
only my dreams wander
how cold it is!
From these three Basho Poems:

waking at night;
the lamp is low,
the oil freezing

sick on my journey
only my dreams wander  
these desolate moors

the leeks
newly washed white-
how cold it is!
Feb 2021 · 154
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
ravens echo
winged shadows appear
reapers riding
Creepy raven encounter
Feb 2021 · 121
BMGenXer
ymmiJ Feb 2021
remember chopper bars
banana seats and cards in the spokes
no helmets taking jumps
into our forever youth
Feb 2021 · 84
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
silent dawn
sun slowly rising
hoarfrost shines
Feb 2021 · 67
We The People
ymmiJ Feb 2021
We The People
deserve to be heard
so turn on your hearing aides
and hear these words
Don’t Tread On Me!!
Feb 2021 · 73
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
doubt
existing
within
creates
confusion
throughout
Feb 2021 · 83
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
morning smoke rising
chimneys streaming acrid signs
winter cold remains
Feb 2021 · 95
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
red petal valley
fragile waves from distant graves
legends never die
into the valley of death....
Feb 2021 · 69
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
oxygen deprived
starving brains slowly die
zombies among us
Feb 2021 · 87
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
nothing really there
just thickening space between
keeping us apart
Feb 2021 · 127
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
scanning empty seas
stranded upon lonely shore
an islands island
Feb 2021 · 499
Missing The Flow
ymmiJ Feb 2021
greyness among
endless grey
neither light dark
between
good bad
taking leaving
nothing coming
everything gone
slack tide of life
missing the flow
Feb 2021 · 91
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
all the time
bottles wishing more
wash ashore
Feb 2021 · 87
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
slip trip fall
three steps well worn
bruised knees show
Feb 2021 · 64
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
whimsical wording
winds whipping weeping willows
wistful wonderment
Feb 2021 · 63
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
grinding years
worn days relentless gears
slip away
Feb 2021 · 572
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
barren frozen cold
inhospitable truths told
lands bitter souls
Feb 2021 · 122
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
wooden carpet ride
downhill toboggan slide
stinging eyes wide
Feb 2021 · 113
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
muted whispers
screaming inside vacuums
only one listens
Feb 2021 · 107
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
light gains
darkness fades
springs ahead
Feb 2021 · 85
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
topping snow hopping
ears flopping frantically
snowshoe white hair
Feb 2021 · 97
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
midnight calls echo
through tree line deserted streets
nightingales crying
Feb 2021 · 110
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ymmiJ Feb 2021
rivers rush past
carrying away debris
cleansing waters run
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