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silence old alarm clock sound of one hand sound of one hand falling snow- cold and wet my boy, grown man now- shivering in the cold I hold him close winter street junk man junk man junk- junk man chants away cold wet winter now- Brazil hot, humid now...
by isafakir
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on Mon Feb 19, 2024 at 02:07 PM PST
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GOOD REPUBLICANS! SOON YOU WILL HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN U.S. AND THEM. High Coot
by thibrish
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on Mon Sep 18, 2023 at 05:49 PM PDT
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moon watching last moon of summer midnight... ...last moon of summer moon watching till morning last moon of summer moon watching smart phone photos last moon of summer moon watching streets at peace last moon of summer moon watching time for morning...
by isafakir
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on Tue Sep 12, 2023 at 09:39 AM PDT
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Obscene screed and pose, Deranged mockery and hate. No longer satire.
by prophet
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on Sun Jan 15, 2023 at 09:11 AM PST
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I am a student of the humble police blotter. The police blotter is compilation of of minor crime stories published daily or weekly in a shrinking number of American newspapers. A good blotter can be the most telling picture of the human condition that...
by Robert Dobbs
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on Sun Dec 11, 2022 at 11:44 PM PST
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Haiku
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Arbiter?� Touch move!
The tournament hall goes silent…
Touch it, move it, Patz!�
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*puzzles provided by DKos member lobachevsky*
by McGovern78
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on Sat Aug 27, 2022 at 03:00 PM PDT
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That’s not actually my considered opinion, Those five syllables are the way that, each year on the old NPR radio show Only a Game, Charlie Pierce would introduce their segment of Super Bowl Haikus. As an NPR show out of Cambridge MA, and reflecting the...
by Elwood Dowd
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on Sun Feb 13, 2022 at 02:28 PM PST
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Memes aren't just for fun. They can be educational. A haiku can be educational as well, and students in most grade levels can write them. There's not much to a haiku, of course. All you have to do is follow a simple syllabic scheme ( with the first...
by DoctorH
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on Tue Feb 08, 2022 at 09:33 PM PST
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I’m 66, retired for now, sheltering at home — now more than ever — and unsure of the future. When I’m confused, I break out in 5-7-5 American-style haiku about what’s on my mind. It’s better than drinking. My zest for haiku came from an 80’s-era career...
by Robert Dobbs
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on Mon Dec 20, 2021 at 01:35 PM PST
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Happy Holidays to one and all. I hope you are all enjoying the Season! Christmas Star Haiku Star placed on the tree Shines a light through the window Peace to passersby I read posts on this site everyday — usually from the Trending List and Most...
by Paul Frea
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on Tue Dec 14, 2021 at 01:28 PM PST
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by Angmar
15 comments
on Thu Aug 19, 2021 at 09:00 PM PDT
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On a fast two-lane, Most of us hug the white line. Dicks claim the yellow.
by soupbone60
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on Mon Mar 29, 2021 at 01:29 PM PDT
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When the timing is right, the ability to learn a particular task will be possible. This is referred to as a "teachable moment." (Havighurst, Robert James, [1952]. Human Development and Education, p. 5. books.google.com/...) Teachable moment. Healthy...
by Galtisalie
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on Sun Apr 05, 2020 at 03:00 PM PDT
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Thank God it’s over — Now we just have to make sure to get rid of it. A decade of hate, of getting in the streets, of: solidarity. Divide and conquer the tools of the enemy — must stick together.
by ramara
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on Tue Dec 31, 2019 at 08:48 PM PST
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From Trump’s Memorial Day Address to Sailors and Marines stationed in Japan:
“Down through history, from America's earliest days, fearless Americans have said goodbye to their loved ones, gone off to war, and stared down our enemies, knowing that...
by smink
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on Sat Jun 01, 2019 at 06:55 AM PDT
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Nude all winter, trees Discover modesty as humans bare their limbs. 8 comments
on Thu Mar 21, 2019 at 12:36 PM PDT
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It’s my tradition — a haiku diary to welcome the New Year. Haiku rules: Five syllables first, seven in the second line, back to five again. 20 comments
on Mon Dec 31, 2018 at 07:32 PM PST
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Snow falls; winter comes. 1 comments
on Sun Nov 11, 2018 at 05:11 AM PST
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Twenty seventeen —
A year of this president —
Vive la resistance!
Where he sows chaos
and division, we became
Indivisible.
But I still wonder
will there be a country left
when he is finished?
by ramara
16 comments
on Sun Dec 31, 2017 at 07:59 PM PST
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Emperor's new clothes
whistle past the graveyard
Potemkin village
alternative facts
manufacturing consent
ignorance is strength
it is two A. M.
The president is tweeting
apocalypse now
by Dave the Wave
9 comments
on Wed May 17, 2017 at 08:34 AM PDT
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