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Near | Haiku
LL
Jan 2
Near | Haiku
of
GRAVITATION —
I want you near just as much
as you want me close
01/02/2025
#haiku
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Night before | Haiku
LL
May 15
Night before | Haiku
you wear my shirt from
the night before like it's your
turn to
fill my space
to savor and taste
where there was only
hunger
just the night before
2025/085
#haiku
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No matter | Tanka
LL
May 13
No matter | Tanka
I thought I needed
you —
for me to be happy
—
turns out I only
needed
you to be happy
—
no matter where that leaves me
2025/083
#tanka
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Now | Free verse
LL
Jan 14
Now | Free verse
let me
want your future —
one that's
certain and sturdy
and need your now —
where we're
calm and quiet
where waking up
doesn't hurt
anymore
because it's
no longer
just
a dream
01/14/2025
#free
#verse
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Now | Haiku
LL
3d
Now | Haiku
tell me where,
tell me
when
I can find happiness —
so I can go there
2025/092
#haiku
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Ocean | Tanka
LL
Nov 2024
Ocean | Tanka
I'm always stealing
glances and end up getting
lost in your eyes, or
is it the ocean — to be
honest, what's the difference
#tanka
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OnS | Haiku
LL
Apr 2024
OnS | Haiku
right hand seeks the lamp
left arm — numb with you in it
I wake up alone
#haiku
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Orange | Haiku
LL
May 2024
Orange | Haiku
when you are driving
don't slow down when the light's green
do so when it's orange
#haiku
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Out | Free verse
LL
Nov 2024
Out | Free verse
please don't be mad at him
for the secrets he tried to keep —
for him it's a truth too heavy, too deep
too wide to exit out his mouth
#free
#verse
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Own | Haiku
LL
Mar 6
Own | Haiku
to those who told me
they did it for my own good —
I'm not good
— what now?
02/18/2025
#haiku
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Pahinga | Haiku
LL
May 2024
Pahinga | Haiku
kung pagod ka na
'di kailangang umalis
— magpahinga ka
#haiku
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Party | Haiku
LL
Nov 2024
Party | Haiku
they say, LIFE
is a
PARTY! — maybe it is, and
I'm an introvert
#haiku
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Pay | Haiku
LL
May 2024
Pay | Haiku
someone's calling me
I look around thinking —
did
I forgot to pay?
#haiku
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Peace | Haiku
LL
Jun 2024
Peace | Haiku
our time came and went
like the few seconds of peace
in-between bullets
Thoughts and prayers to those lost to gun violence
#haiku
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Peal | Haiku
LL
Oct 2024
Peal | Haiku
peal my layers off
eat me up and spit me out
plant me — I'm a seed
#haiku
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Photo | Tanka
LL
Nov 2024
Photo | Tanka
we had that one old
photo that always reminds
me how I wanted
to have kids with you, and you
did
have kids — just not with me
#tanka
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Picking up | Tanka
LL
May 7
Picking up | Tanka
you
, who keep singing
a song after leaving the
room — coming back and
picking up where you left off —
like you never even
left
2025/077
#tanka
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Plank | Tanka
LL
Sep 2024
Plank | Tanka
things I left unsaid
walks the plank that is my
tongue, but they won't jump
and now roam my mouth —
ghosts with
a
LIFE
more
DEAD
than
ALIVE
#tanka
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Pleaser | Haiku
LL
Sep 2024
Pleaser | Haiku
the
PARABLE
of
the
PLEASER: "can you help with . . ."
YEAH
SURE THING
WHY NOT
#haiku
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Poured | Haiku
LL
Feb 8
Poured | Haiku
days — blurry, nights — hazed
time poured in a glass-like stream
unremarkably
02/01/2025
#haiku
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Pressed | Haiku
LL
Jul 2024
Pressed | Haiku
seated, my back rests
but calm deserted me when
you pressed my shoulders
#haiku
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Pressure | Haiku
LL
Mar 17
Pressure | Haiku
I
can
work under
pressure — is it
your
job to
put pressure on me?
02/22/2025
#haiku
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Quench | Haiku
LL
May 2024
Quench | Haiku
I'm gravitated
like rain from a thundercloud
falling to the earth
#haiku
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Raging | Haiku
LL
Mar 18
Raging | Haiku
a raging river
of thoughts, a stream of words —
the
rest flows out as tears
02/23/2025
#haiku
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Rain | Haiku
LL
Apr 2024
Rain | Haiku
quickly does the road
get stained by the rain that fell
fast from somewhere else
#haiku
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Reclaim | Haiku
LL
Apr 23
Reclaim | Haiku
I saw you walk in—
to this place like an ocean
wave — reclaiming land
(
I'm the land
)
2025/066
#haiku
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Reclaim pt. II | Haiku
LL
Apr 25
Reclaim pt. II | Haiku
as long as the sea
ends up on top of
me
—
claimed
inevitably
2025/069
#haiku
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Red | Unsent letter
LL
May 2024
Red | Unsent letter
Dear lover,
I've been feeding the white wolf
while the black wolf sleeps.
The sun sets, and I sleep alone.
If I feed the black wolf
while the white wolf dreams,
would I find you at sunset,
at the end of this red string?
Love,
LL
#unsent
#letter
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Reply | Haiku
LL
May 2024
Reply | Haiku
the cold wind whispers
there's nothing left for you here
so I struck a match
#haiku
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Rest | Haiku
LL
Apr 2024
Rest | Haiku
restless, these long nights
looking for you in the stars
found you — I found rest
#haiku
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Ride | Haiku
LL
Apr 2024
Ride | Haiku
inside the tunnel
the clown made you cry again
I promise not to
#haiku
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Rose | Haiku
LL
Apr 2024
Rose | Haiku
boy ran to the fields
his brother rose to meet him
finally, they're home
#haiku
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Runner | Haiku
LL
May 14
Runner | Haiku
that guy who runs through
temples but stays in place —
is
life an illusion
2025/084
#haiku
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Saan? | Haiku
LL
May 2024
Saan? | Haiku
yeah, I'm twenty-eight
next year I'll be twenty-nine
—
nasa'n ka na ba?
#haiku
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Saan? pt. II | Haiku
LL
Jun 2024
Saan? pt. II | Haiku
'di ko na naman
nakuha 'yung gusto ko
— nas'an ka na ba?
#haiku
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Sakura | Haiku
LL
Jun 2016
Sakura | Haiku
the wind kissed your hair
just like
sakura
petals
I can't look away
sakura
fall five
centimeters per second
I'm falling faster
you're a
sakura
and I'm a cobblestone path
waiting for autumn
I left home armored
and soon I will be back home
as a
sakura
⠀
桜
#haiku
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Sand | Haiku
LL
Aug 2015
Sand | Haiku
waves rush towards her
sand slipping between her toes
I am letting go
#haiku
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Sarcasm | Haiku
LL
Jan 21
Sarcasm | Haiku
sarcasm demands
shared
intimate
history
for it to make sense
01/21/2025
#haiku
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Sea | Free verse
LL
May 2024
Sea | Free verse
the green of the sea is the green I see
when I look in your eyes
𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟
#free
#verse
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Secondhand | Haiku
LL
Jan 12
Secondhand | Haiku
deep voice drew me in —
close enough to inhale his
secondhand stories
01/11/2025
#haiku
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Sense | Haiku
LL
Aug 2024
Sense | Haiku
it will all make sense
you can't tell that to someone
who is hurting
NOW
#haiku
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Shape | Haiku
LL
Oct 2024
Shape | Haiku
his
LIPS — pressed to my
nape — bear witness to
the
SHAPE
of my
EXISTENCE
#haiku
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Sharpener | Haiku
LL
Sep 2024
Sharpener | Haiku
owning a pencil
must come with a sharpener
or skills,
and a blade
#haiku
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Sheets | Haiku
LL
Jan 26
Sheets | Haiku
got so depressed in
the middle of changing sheets
I slept without one
(
for months
)
01/25/25
#haiku
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Shift | Haiku
LL
Jun 2024
Shift | Haiku
these shifting shadows
of
streetlight-lit leaves
make it
hard to walk home
d u k
r n
#haiku
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Shut | Haiku
LL
Jul 2024
Shut | Haiku
how can you see stars
when you close your eyes shut, but
not when you're awake
#haiku
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Silently | Haiku
LL
Aug 2024
Silently | Haiku
look into my eyes
and you'll see how silently
I'm screaming right now
#haiku
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̶S̶i̶n̶ | Haiku
LL
Jan 6
̶S̶i̶n̶ | Haiku
the real
sin
is not
in two men in love but in
choosing to
hate
love
01/06/2025
#haiku
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Skin | Haiku
LL
Dec 2024
Skin | Haiku
skin —
your skin
— excites
the hell out of me like it's
fine art on the street
#haiku
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Skin pt. II | Haiku
LL
Dec 2024
Skin pt. II | Haiku
sun's hot, water's wet
— and skin was just
skin
until
I saw it on you
#haiku
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