All that Glistens ~ #poetry

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A tattered cloth, which glistens gold

One key that locks, the tales untold

The topaz gem, with mystical powers

Keeps them guessing through the hours

That secrets, hidden, deep inside

On pages, yellowed, cracked and dried

Lets imaginations run wild with thoughts

Though they dare not speak, or else get caught

By what was kept by those before

Whose names are spoken, nevermore

 

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Speaking Volumes ~ #DailyHaikuChallenge #poetry

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Grandeur speaks volumes

When mountain secrets echo

In whispering trees

 

Daily Haiku Challenge ~ Day 257/365

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The Tavern ~ #poetry

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There’s a scent in the air

The smell of old smoke

An old man in the corner

Laughs aloud, at his jokes

Another scream in the night

Someone else has been scorned

Now tattered and wasted

Her face is forlorn

Stilettos stagger against pavement

Cobbled streets make no noise

She hears sounds, from the bar

Just the usual ole boys

They’ll playfully tug at her

Sinister, perverse, as they flirt

Taunting and teasing

And grabbing her skirt

But she knows in her heart

She will never surrender

She leans over, whispers to me

“Make it a double, bartender …”

 

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Inhale ~ #DailyHaikuChallenge #poetry

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Inhale the ocean

Let cool waters clear your mind

And open your soul

 

Daily Haiku Challenge ~ Day 256/365

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Mourn the Darkness ~ #poetry of the #night

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The sun sets fire, to the night

As moon no longer, holds its flight

Sinking deeply, in ocean’s waves

The sky, now blackened, darkness caves

For we, no longer, will see him shine

Drowned beneath the water’s brine

So, we hang our heads, as we say goodbye

And mourn, the darkness of the sky

 

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